This Is Beirut 2024-02-08 13:24 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Retired Military Personnel Have Entered the Area around Parliament, Which is Normally Closed Off by Barricades. #RetiredMilitary Personnel Have Entered the Area around #Parliament, Which is Normally Closed Off by Barricades. pic.twitter.com/OvktGBXPgR — This is Beirut (@ThisIsBeirut_) #RetiredMilitary Personnel Have Entered the Area around ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-08 12:52 - Reading : less than a minute
After a wait of almost 3 hours, the meeting of the Council of Ministers finally commenced at the Grand Serail after a quorum was secured. Sixteen of the twenty-four ministers were able to make it to the government session, which was due to take place at half past nine this morning, to discuss an agenda consisting of 25 items, the most important ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-08 12:28 - Reading : less than a minute
The Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon, Moujtaba Amani, announced on Thursday via the X platform that "the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Dr. Hossein Amir Abdollahian, will arrive in Beirut tomorrow, where he will hold important meetings with senior officials of the Lebanese Republic as part of consultations on the various ...
Hala Abdallah 2024-02-08 12:17 - Reading : less than a minute
Retired army and security officers protested on Thursday morning ahead of a scheduled cabinet meeting at the Grand Seray, demanding their rights before the discussion of the 25-point agenda.
This Is Beirut 2024-02-08 11:30 - Reading : less than a minute
After a decade at the head of the INTERPOL Foundation for a Safer World, Elias El Murr, former Vice-President of the Council of Ministers and former Minister of the Interior and Defense, has decided to re-enter the Lebanese political scene to continue the legacy of his father, Michel El Murr, who passed away in January 2021. Elias El Murr, whose ...
2024-02-08 10:51 - Reading : less than a minute
Hezbollah strongly condemned the assassination of Abu Bakr el-Saadi in a US strike in Iraq. In a statement issued on Thursday, Hezbollah referred to the attack as a “flagrant violation of Iraq’s sovereignty, security, and stability.” Wissam Mohammad, nicknamed Abou Bakr, a high-ranking commander of the Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades, along with ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-07 22:02 - Reading : less than a minute
Commander-in-Chief of the Army General Joseph Aoun and French Ambassador Hervé Magro inaugurated a conference hall funded by the French authorities at the Army Command headquarters. Several commanding officers were also in attendance. General Aoun thanked the French authorities for this initiative, stating that it contributes to enhancing ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-07 19:48 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Kataeb political bureau expressed "its total rejection of this tendency (adopted by the Amal-Hezbollah duo in particular) to link the fate of Lebanon to the ongoing conflict in the region." It demanded in this context "the immediate application of Security Council Resolution 1701 by both parties," and above all "the cessation of all ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-07 18:35 - Reading : less than a minute
Army Commander-in-Chief General Joseph Aoun and German Ambassador to Lebanon Kurt Georg Stoeckl-Stillfried signed an agreement on Wednesday under which German authorities are to offer a donation worth two million euros to support the army, one million of which would be allocated to fuel and the other to the medical needs of army personnel. It ...
Tylia El Helou 2024-02-07 18:08 - Reading : less than a minute
MP of the Change and Coalition parliamentary bloc Michel Doueihy told Political Pulse that the whole political scene in Lebanon needs to be rethought in order to have a fully functioning political system and state institutions. Furthermore, he called for the election of a president and the immediate application of UN Resolution 1701 and ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-07 17:32 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Maronite bishops voiced full support to Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai's stance, refusing to jeopardize the lives of residents of South Lebanon who have been exasperated by the escalation of cross-border tensions between Hezbollah and Israel that endanger their livelihood and properties. In a statement released on Wednesday, following their ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-07 13:48 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The retired military personnel reaffirmed on Wednesday its previous decision "to gather and protest outside the grand serail to block ministers from participating in a cabinet meeting scheduled on Thursday." The protesters vowed to maintain their protests "until achieving justice and equality." They called on "retired military personnel, ...