This Is Beirut 2024-05-08 18:37 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The number of people arrested in connection with the TikTok pedophile network case now stands at 10. On the instructions of Tanios Saghbini, the public prosecutor at the Mount Lebanon Court of Appeal in charge of the case, the cybercrime office arrested an undisclosed tenth individual on Wednesday. "The new suspect was arrested after a lengthy ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-08 18:22 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The opposition parliamentary delegation which recently visited Washington focused its talks with US and UN officials on the Syrian migrant crisis in Lebanon and the developments on the southern front linked to the six-month-long conflict in Gaza. Lebanese Forces MP Ghassan Hasbani, who was part of the delegation, wrote on his X account, "We met ...
Rami Rayess 2024-05-08 09:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The dangerous presidential vacuum the country has known for almost two years now, has grown even more complicated, given Lebanon’s direct link to the regional events, notably the October 7 “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation – and the ensuing Israeli attack on Gaza that is still underway despite Hamas accepting the proposed truce as a first step ...
2024-05-08 08:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The seat of the Maronite Patriarchate in Bkerke is expected to witness on Friday (May 10) the final review of the draft of a national document that has been the subject of intense discussions among the Lebanese Forces (LF), the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), the Kataeb Party and other Christian groups, under the auspices of the Patriarchate. All ...
Élie-Joe Kamel 2024-05-07 22:23 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The President of the Parliamentary Committee on Administration and Justice, Georges Adwan, announced that a draft law on organizing the presence of Syrians in Lebanon and the modalities of their repatriation will be presented to Parliament. During a press conference he held on Tuesday at Place de l'Étoile, Adwan called for "sending back ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-07 18:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri called for a parliamentary session on May 15 to discuss the one billion Euro donation made by the European Union (EU) to Lebanon. The donation aims to alleviate the burden of the significant presence of displaced Syrians in the country and, most importantly, to prevent migrant flows to Cyprus. Extending until ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-07 17:58 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
MPs from the Kataeb party, the Renewal Bloc and the Coalition for Change have lodged appeals against the law extending the terms of office of municipal councils, following in the Lebanese Forces’ footsteps. In their submission to the Constitutional Council, the MPs emphasized “the flagrant violation of the Constitution’s introduction, as ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-07 17:47 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Three people were apprehended on Tuesday, bringing to nine the number of suspects arrested since the start of the investigation into the Tik Tok pedophile ring. A lawyer, member of Tripoli’s Bar Association, a police officer assigned to the municipality of Bourj Hammoud and responsible for facilitating traffic in front of the United Armenian ...
Johnny Kortbawi 2024-05-07 14:24 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The outraged response from Lebanese society to the revelation of a human trafficking network exploiting children via TikTok is both understandable and logical. No matter the extent of the lack of morality, there's no justification for abusing and exploiting children in this manner. While some may justify theft due to poverty or murder as ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-06 19:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Head of the Lebanese Forces Party Samir Geagea asserted on Monday that the LF will continue everything they are doing "until the last illegal immigrant is removed from Lebanon." In a statement, Geagea emphasized, "Neither international wishes nor UN Billions will stop what we started, because no priority is above our Lebanese identity, ...
Joanne Naoum 2024-05-06 19:19 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Amid a national outcry about the protracted presence of displaced Syrians, compounded by calls to tighten control on their illegal residence, the rise in criminality in recent weeks involving Syrians is increasing tensions with their Lebanese hosts. The latest of these crimes occurred on Saturday (May 4) at Universal residence in Beirut, ...
Michel Touma 2024-05-06 12:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The annual commemoration of the Lebanese Press Martyrs' Day, on May 6th, serves as a solemn tribute to our fallen colleagues who courageously defended the principles of freedom of expression and the duty to inform. Beyond its symbolic significance, this occasion presents a chance to engage the public and media circles in a meaningful dialogue ...