Bélinda Ibrahim 2024-04-13 11:26 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
48 years later, the deadly attack launched against the town of Damour in January 1976 is still a gaping wound in the Lebanese collective subconscious. Zeina Zerbé, clinical psychologist and psychotherapeutic psychoanalyst, courageously dives into this profound trauma in her book Damour L’assaut, le massacre et la chute de la ville. A compendium ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-13 10:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
After a meeting with Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai at Bkerke, Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati emphasized the need to announce that international contacts are underway regarding the Syrian refugee issue in Lebanon, stressing that “the main solution is to consider most areas in Syria safe to deport the Syrians who came to Lebanon under ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-12 23:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Interior, Bassam Mawlawi, stated on Friday evening that “the investigation into the murder of Pascal Sleiman is still in a preliminary stage in the hands of the army.” In an interview with the pan-Arab Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, Mawlawi declared that “the Lebanese people’s speculations about the operation’s details ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-12 19:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli army opened fire from its positions in Maskaf Aam, targeting a team from Al-Mayadeen news channel as their car was crossing the Odaisseh road. Their vehicle was hit by bullets, with no reported injuries. This is not the first time Israel has targeted media personnel in southern Lebanon. On November 21, two journalists, Farah Omar and ...
Alissar Boulos 2024-04-12 19:28 - Reading : less than a minute
Good evening and welcome to The Intelligent Recap. It is Friday April 12th and the 189th day of the war in Gaza. In this week’s recap: The situation at the southern border, and the 6-month anniversary of the war. Also in Lebanon, a murder that shook the country and other local news. Internationally: What’s happening in Gaza, a new European ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-04-12 18:39 - Reading : less than a minute
Pascal Sleiman lays in his final resting place. The LF coordinator, killed last Sunday, arrived this Friday in his village of Mayfouk, welcomed by hundreds of companions, for his final journey. Friday was a long day full of emotions for Lebanon, especially for the Lebanese Forces, who gathered in large numbers in various regions of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-12 15:41 - Reading : less than a minute
The Quai d'Orsay urged French nationals on Friday to avoid certain countries, in the current context of Iran's threats of retaliation against Israel. French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné advised French citizens to "abstain" from traveling to Iran, Israel, Lebanon, and the Palestinian territories. This decision comes as Iran threatens to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-12 15:04 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanese Forces MP, Ziad Hawat, at the farewell funeral mass of Pascal Sleiman on Friday, expressed the sorrow of Lebanon and Jbeil for the absence of Sleiman. “Jbeil was preparing to receive Pascal, but the demon of death kidnapped her son,” Hawat said. In a speech at St. George Cathedral in Jbeil, Hawat indicated that the real conflict is ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-12 14:53 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
With much sadness and pain, Lebanon bid farewell to Pascal Sleiman, the coordinator of the Lebanese Forces in Jbeil. The Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai presided over the funeral oration on Friday in the presence of the deceased's family, his mother, and Lebanese Forces members at a political and mass gathering at Saint George Church in ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-04-12 13:11 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanese Forces MP and Former Deputy Prime Minister Ghassan Hasbani said to This is Beirut that the only armed forces in the country need to be the Lebanese Army forces and that illegitimate weapons should be seized.
This Is Beirut 2024-04-12 13:05 - Reading : less than a minute
The funeral cortege of Pascal Sleiman, coordinator of the Lebanese Forces of Jbeil, arrived at 12:30 PM at the perimeter of Saint Georges Cathedral in Jbeil, where the funeral will take place at 1 PM. The ceremony will be officiated by the Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Bechara al-Rai. Pascal Sleiman's coffin, wrapped in the Lebanese and LF flags, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-12 12:28 - Reading : less than a minute
"Reporters Without Borders" called on the international community to "pressure to ensure Israel's accountability" for the killing of Lebanese journalist Issam Abdallah six months ago in southern Lebanon, where also six journalists were injured, including two reporters for Agence France-Presse (AFP). "It is unacceptable after all the ...