This Is Beirut 2024-06-27 12:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdallah Bou Habib, began his international tour in Brussels on Wednesday, where he met with several officials from the European Union (EU) to discuss ways to prevent a large-scale war in Lebanon and the region. Within this context, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-26 22:32 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Deputy Secretary-General of the Arab League Hossam Zaki held talks with Lebanese officials on Wednesday, during a visit aiming to prevent an escalation of the military conflict between Israel and Hezbollah and help end the presidential deadlock. Zaki arrived in Beirut on Tuesday for a two-day mission at the request of League Secretary-General ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-26 21:58 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin on Wednesday urged warring parties in the Middle East to accept "peace proposals," saying the region, including Lebanon, "doesn't need war." "The Middle East is going through a critical moment," Parolin told a press conference in Beirut during a days-long visit to Lebanon. "(The Holy See) asks for peace ...
2024-06-26 15:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Lebanese American University (LAU) on Wednesday announced the appointment of Chaouki T. Abdallah as its 10th president, marking a new chapter in its history. Abdallah, who succeeds Dr. Michel E. Mawad, is currently the Executive Vice President for Research at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), LAU said in a press release, ...
Michel Touma 2024-06-26 14:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
European Union Foreign Ministers and ten Mediterranean countries convened in Barcelona in November 1995 to launch a vast and ambitious geostrategic initiative with a vital socio-economic dimension, the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. The objective was to establish a zone of stability, prosperity, cooperation and peace encompassing the EU and ten ...
2024-06-26 13:54 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdallah Bou Habib left Beirut on Wednesday morning on an international tour in an effort to prevent a large-scale war in Lebanon. Bou Habib is also expected to invoke the Lebanese government's policy on the issue of Syrian migrants in Lebanon in order to resolve this crisis. The Lebanese minister's tour ...
2024-06-26 12:16 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli army continued its bombardment of border villages on Wednesday. This morning, Israeli warplanes carried out two raids on Bab Thanya in Khiam and Aita al-Shaab. Artillery shelling targeted Kfarchouba, Wadi Hamoul and the outskirts of Dhayra, Wazzani, Bin Jbeil and Kounin. Earlier, the Israeli army announced that it had struck ...
2024-06-26 00:02 - Reading : less than a minute
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs submitted to Lebanon's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York a letter addressed by caretaker Foreign Abdallah Bou Habib to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, containing Lebanon's request to renew UNIFIL's mandate for another year. The letter stresses Lebanon's appreciation of the role played by ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-25 21:56 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Visiting German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock appealed on Tuesday for restraint in southern Lebanon, warning that a "miscalculation" could provoke a full-scale war between Hezbollah and Israel at any moment. Berlin has joined Western diplomatic efforts to avert a conflagration in the Middle East, sending its foreign minister to Tel Aviv and ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-25 21:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Kataeb party and Lebanese Forces MP Ghayath Yazbeck reacted strongly to the odd remarks made by Jaafari Mufti Ahmad Kabalan about Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai, describing them as “unacceptable.” Kabalan, Hezbollah's unofficial spokesman, has called on Tuesday on the head of the Vatican’s diplomacy, visiting Cardinal Pietro Parolin, to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-25 21:23 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The car of a civilian employee of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) came under Israeli sniper fire late Tuesday afternoon while traveling on the main road in the village of Ramya. The car was hit by several bullets, but there was no report of casualties. In the meantime, tension persisted on the southern front between Hezbollah ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-25 19:59 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Army's Commander-in-Chief, General Joseph Aoun, affirmed that "the military institution will continue to perform its duty despite all attempts to tarnish its image and hinder its work.” Speaking to graduating officers at the Fouad Chehab Academy for Command and Staff on Tuesday, Aoun said, "Our country is strong and standing, so don't worry ...