This Is Beirut 2024-04-03 21:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Two associations filed a complaint on Tuesday in France to the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF) against caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, accusing him of fraudulently building up assets in the country, a source close to the case told AFP on Wednesday. "We—Najib Mikati and the members of the family—have always acted in strict ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-03 19:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Iran-backed “leaders of the Resistance” marked the annual “Jerusalem Day” through public addresses, in which they vowed to keep up the confrontation against Israel, while criticizing Arab idleness and incapacity to check Israel’s “continuous onslaught” against the Palestinians in Gaza. The announcement of the event noted that ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-03 17:51 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
On condition of anonymity, a judicial official told AFP on Wednesday that according to the initial results of the Lebanese army's investigation, UN observers and their translator "were injured by (the explosion of) a mine" in Rmeish on Saturday. "An investigation is being conducted jointly by UNIFIL (The United Nations Interim Force in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-03 16:42 - Reading : less than a minute
With the number of displaced Syrians arriving in Cyprus on the rise in recent weeks, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides has described the situation as "extremely worrying." After meeting with the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, Christodoulides said, "I fully understand the challenges facing Lebanon, but exporting ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-03 16:32 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is to provide Lebanon with humanitarian aid worth over $67 million. This contribution will be allocated to the country's neediest populations, through the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). It will benefit some 500,000 people, including some 200,000 Lebanese, by providing ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-03 16:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai declared that any authority that does not uphold and respect the founding principles of the Lebanese state, including coexistence, equality, public freedoms and respect of the constitution, is illegitimate. Speaking on the occasion of Annunciation Day on Wednesday, Rai denounced "the torpedoing of the Constitution ...
2024-04-03 14:42 - Reading : less than a minute
Following Wednesday's meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Committee, MP Wael Abou Faour reiterated the importance of the implementation of Resolution 1701 in South Lebanon, adding that Lebanon needs work out a truce agreement before looking to anyone else in the region.
2024-04-03 14:19 - Reading : less than a minute
Change MP Waddah Sadek said to TIB, "We are against Hezb taking the decision of war," following the meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Committee to discuss UN Security Council Resolution 2728, the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the process of Resolution 1701 and the UNRWA file after the suspension of the agency's funding.
This Is Beirut 2024-04-03 09:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A Hezbollah official has expressed “discomfort and exasperation” over the aggravating developments in South Lebanon in view of the “unimaginable damage” that the region has sustained since the pro-Iranian party opened its so-called “support front” for Gaza on October 8. The official’s frustration with what is happening in the South ...
Rami Rayess 2024-04-03 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Among the many pending Lebanese projects is the writing of a unified history book for Lebanon. Many attempts were made to that end and failed, not for the lack of competent historians who possess the required skills, but for the absence of any political decision. Another obstacle is the conflicting views about Lebanon’s history, from its ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-02 22:51 - Reading : less than a minute
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Paris for talks with senior officials, including French President Emmanuel Macron. Blinken, in a joint press conference with French Minister of Foreign Affairs Stéphane Séjourné, expressed gratitude “for France’s partnership on the crisis of the Middle East,” and stated that they’ve been ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-02 18:59 - Reading : less than a minute
Former Judge Malik Saibi was appointed as acting General Inspector of the Judicial Inspection Authority, following the cabinet’s approval in accordance with the provisions of Article 102 of the Judicial Law. The decree for Saibi’s appointment was approved by the cabinet on March 19, following the endorsement by the Supreme Judicial Council on ...