This Is Beirut 2024-08-22 14:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Member of the "Strong Republic" bloc, MP Pierre Bou Assi, shared his insights on Lebanon’s current situation, addressing the nation's challenges. Bou Assi expressed concern for all Lebanese sects, noting a prevailing sense of existential peril. Many Lebanese feel excluded from a meaningful participation in the nation's affairs, with the ...
Salam Zaatari 2024-08-22 13:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Hate speech has become an increasingly pervasive issue in today's interconnected world, particularly on social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter), amplifying divisive rhetoric with profound societal repercussions. In Lebanon, a country with a fragile sectarian balance, the recent surge in hate speech between Lebanese Shias and Lebanese ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-21 19:54 - Reading : less than a minute
Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) MP Marwan Hamadeh revealed that he "had information from officials directly linked to the negotiations, indicating that the war will take place in a matter of days or even hours." Speaking on Wednesday on MTV, Hamadeh added that "there will be no civil war in Lebanon, but any intervention or pressure on Lebanese ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-21 17:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Kataeb MP Selim Sayegh stated that Qlayaat René Mouawad Airport "can immediately begin rehabilitation work to accommodate commercial flights and travelers," assuring that no new legislation is required. During a press conference at Parliament on Wednesday, Sayegh also confirmed that "the on-site technical inspection shows that Qlayaat René ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-21 01:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tuesday night was particularly violent in the Bekaa and the South, with clashes continuing on Wednesday morning. An Israeli drone targeted a car in Bayt Lif on Wednesday morning, killing one person. Israeli bombardments also hit the areas of Deir Mimas and southern Khiam. Bombing also hit the Sardeh region near Wazzani, killing a Syrian ...
2024-08-20 14:41 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The claims made by caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati during his recent visit to Iraq—that Iraqi fuel would easily resume its flow to Lebanon's power plants—do not match the current reality in the electricity sector. The power plants in Deir Ammar and Zahrani have ceased production, and it has become clear that the Iraqis remain ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-20 11:49 - Reading : less than a minute
The Super Blue Moon lit up the sky over the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Monday night. This rare celestial event, which combines a supermoon and a blue moon, typically occurs once every 10 years.
Johnny Kortbawi 2024-08-20 10:59 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In recent days, a number of Hezbollah sympathizers have impertinently mentioned demographics in Lebanon, with the sole purpose of embarrassing Christians in unprecedented ways. In this context, the Hezbollah-affiliated newspaper Al Akhbar published inaccurate figures, thereby stating that Lebanese Christians now make up less than 20% of ...
David Hale 2024-08-19 16:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The people of the Middle East, particularly Lebanese, Israelis, Palestinians, and their near neighbors are understandably living on a knife's edge of uncertainty about what's next ever since the killing of Ismael Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31, 2024. It was a humiliation for the Iranians to have an honored terrorist guest assassinated in a ...
Fady Noun 2024-08-19 12:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A delegation representing the families of the victims of the August 4, 2020, Beirut port explosion is en route to the Vatican, according to informed sources. They will be received on August 26 by Pope Francis and Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin. The group consists of approximately twenty people, including spokespersons for the victims' ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-18 14:57 - Reading : less than a minute
The UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) announced that three peacekeeping soldiers on patrol were slightly injured on Sunday morning when an explosion occurred near their vehicle in the vicinity of Yarine, in southern Lebanon. In a statement, UNIFIL indicated that "all the peacekeeping soldiers who were on patrol returned safely to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-18 13:19 - Reading : less than a minute
The Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Beirut, Elias Audi, pointed out that the leaders “must rally around the idea of the State and work towards building it, putting the welfare and salvation of Lebanon as their primary goal.” During the Sunday Mass at the Saint George Cathedral in Beirut, he considered that if the leaders love their country and ...