Johnny Kortbawi 2024-04-30 17:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The extension of municipal councils and mukhtars’ mandates for just one year, under the pretext of the country's political circumstances, implies that the current councils are nearing their tenth year in office, portraying an authoritarian regime that has no consideration to democracy. While security conditions in the South prevent holding ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-30 14:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Israel was able to kill the Hezbollah member, Abou Ali, who shot down the “Hermes 450,” a drone which the Israeli army relies on a lot, especially in Lebanese territory. March 8 political sources revealed that this member, who was killed in Adloun, is accused by Israeli authorities of being “the one who shot down the Hermes 450 over South ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-29 23:29 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
On Monday, many Lebanese lived to the rhythm of torrential rain, thunderstorms, floods and even hail that affected several regions of the country, notably North Lebanon, Hermel and the Beqaa, causing several road accidents. Due to the strong atmospheric depression affecting Lebanon and the region, Dahr el-Baydar was covered in a white coat for a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-29 22:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati held two meetings on Monday at the Grand Serail, both focusing on the Syrian refugee crisis. The first meeting was attended by Caretaker Minister of Interior and Municipalities Judge Bassam Mawlawi, Acting Director of General Security Elias Baissari, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Lebanon Imran ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-29 16:23 - Reading : less than a minute
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will visit Beirut on Thursday, May 2, accompanied by Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides. They will meet with caretaker Prime Minster Najib Mikati at the Grand Serail, then proceed to Ain el-Tineh for talks with Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri.
This Is Beirut 2024-04-29 15:56 - Reading : less than a minute
Mount Lebanon Public Prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun failed to attend a hearing session in front of the Supreme Disciplinary Authority (SDA) on Monday. Aoun had submitted a written excuse through her attorney, Roland Awad, claiming that the reason is SDA’s failure to resolve two requests which she had submitted to the General Authority of the ...
2024-04-28 23:00 - Reading : less than a minute
A Syrian national was stabbed in the chest and killed by an unknown Lebanese in front of the "Big Sale" stores in Dora, east of Beirut. The motives behind the attack are still unknown. As a result, he was taken to St. Joseph Hospital in Dora, but he soon succumbed to his injuries. The security services rushed to the scene and started an ...
Samar Kadi 2024-04-28 22:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In a persisting effort to prevent an open conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, visiting French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné asserted on Sunday that Paris is continuing its “total mobilization” to help Lebanon emerge from its political, social and economic crisis. “It has gone on for far too long,” Séjourné told a press ...
Lyne Sammouri 2024-04-28 18:56 - Reading : less than a minute
Greek Orthodox Christians in Lebanon celebrated Palm Sunday across Beirut, ushering in Holy Week and symbolizing the beginning of the final week of Lent leading up to Easter Sunday.
2024-04-28 18:01 - Reading : less than a minute
In a blatant violation of state sovereignty and its institutions, members of the military branch of Jamaa Islamiya, a Lebanese Islamist group with close ties to Hamas, conducted a military parade in Akkar on Sunday. The parade was part of the funeral procession of two members of the Islamic group who were killed in an Israeli air raid in West ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-28 13:26 - Reading : less than a minute
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai called on politicians to "reexamine their conscience" to ensure the common good and restore constitutional institutions, starting with the election of a President of the Republic. During his Sunday sermon, Rai accused political forces of lacking faith in God and causing suffering for the Lebanese people due to a war ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-28 12:46 - Reading : less than a minute
The Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Beirut, Elias Audi, lashed out at Lebanese officials for "ignoring their constitutional obligations, the first of which is the election of a president, pushing the Lebanese people to despair, delinquency and emigration." During his sermon on Palm Sunday Mass for the Greek Orthodox confession, Audi lamented that ...