This Is Beirut 2024-06-21 19:26 - Reading : less than a minute
Israel reportedly assassinated Major General Saeed Aibar (an Iranian advisor in Syria and a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard) less than a month ago in an airstrike on Aleppo targeting his convoy just hours after his return from Iran. During his visit, he had assumed his duties as commander of the Revolutionary Guard front in Lebanon and ...
2024-06-21 16:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
What is the real story behind the events unfurling in the Damour and Naameh areas involving the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine–General Command (PFLP-GC)? Since the late 1970s and up to this day, armed members of this Palestinian organization, loyal to the Moumanaa or “Resistance” axis, have been present in the area. ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-21 15:56 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Clashes in southern Lebanon continued on Friday, but at a slower pace than on previous days. The Israeli air force carried out a drone attack on the locality of al-Wazzani, followed by a sweep with automatic weapons. The Israeli army also carried out artillery bombardments on the outskirts of Naqoura, setting fire to a house. Bombardments hit the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-21 11:46 - Reading : less than a minute
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken emphasized on Thursday the “importance of avoiding further escalation in Lebanon through a diplomatic solution that allows Israeli and Lebanese families, who were displaced due to the exchange of fire on the border, to return to their homes.” Blinken was meeting Israeli National Security Advisor Tzachi ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-21 11:31 - Reading : less than a minute
The Secretary-General of the Cooperation Council for Arab States of the Gulf, Jassem Al-Budaiwi, expressed on Thursday “deep alarm at the military escalation in Southern Lebanon.” In a statement, Al-Budaiwi called on the stakeholders “to practice maximum restraint to spare the region and its peoples the dangers of war and its ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-21 00:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Deputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab revealed, in an interview on MTV, that a Cypriot security envoy was in Beirut on Thursday, but did not specify the nature of his mission. The visit was related to the Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah's threats against Cyprus on Wednesday. According to Bou Saab the threats were in fact a message "that led ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-20 22:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Education Abbas Halabi stated in an interview on MTV Lebanon that the official exams will proceed as planned, despite the ongoing conflict in southern Lebanon. "We are well aware of all the difficulties and concerns that the students in the south are enduring," Minister Halabi noted. "However, we have a national educational ...
2024-06-20 18:02 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
South Lebanon students, on Thursday, protested in front of the Ministry of Education against holding the official exams, as caretaker Minister of Education Abbas Halabi is expected to make an announcement about the fate of the exams this evening. The protesters accused Halabi of disregarding the violence that has been gripping South Lebanon since ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-06-20 17:35 - Reading : less than a minute
The families of the victims of the explosion gathered in front of the Palace of Justice in Beirut on Thursday to raise their voices regarding the investigation.
This Is Beirut 2024-06-20 14:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah’s speech on Wednesday triggered a wave of international and local reactions. Not only did Nasrallah reiterate his threats against Israel, but he also targeted Cyprus, a member of the European Union. Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides responded firmly to Nasrallah’s threats, stating that ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-20 14:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Ministry of the Environment has issued a caution regarding a significant increase in the risk of fires in Lebanon in the coming days, especially in the regions of West Bekaa, Rachaya, and Akkar. The ministry urges citizens to exercise extreme caution and avoid any activities that could start a fire near vegetation, as temperatures are ...
Joanne Naoum 2024-06-20 13:33 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Syrian refugees and migrants in Lebanon, whose number is believed to have exceeded two million, compared to the Lebanese population of six million, are a hot subject of local debates. However, what is even more concerning, is the fast-growing number of unregistered Syrian births. Thirteen years have passed since the war in Syria, and yet, ...