2024-04-27 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Everyone in Beirut is anticipating the visit of Amos Hochstein, top advisor to US President Joe Biden, who recently traveled to Israel to continue discussing ceasefire specifics in southern Lebanon and reach a long-term solution based on United Nations Resolution 1701. Based on recent information, Hochstein is once again attempting to separate ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-27 11:30 - Reading : less than a minute
A former minister reportedly said that if Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri accepts French President Emmanuel Macron's invitation to visit Paris, it would constitute a major breakthrough for Lebanon to negotiate a way out of the crisis. A source close to Ain el-Tineh also reported that Berri's visit to Paris could take place around mid-May. In ...
2024-04-27 10:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel pursued its air strikes on southern Lebanon from Friday night until Saturday morning. Hezbollah announced in a statement on Saturday morning that its fighter Rafi Fayez Hassan "Nasser Ali" (born in 1974) was killed in an Israeli raid on the town of Khiam. Around midnight on Friday, Israeli warplanes carried out two raids with heavy ...
Fady Noun 2024-04-27 10:33 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
In the "low-intensity war" it has been waging since October 8 against Israel in support of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah has officially mourned the deaths of 273 of its men. But up until now, these sacrifices have not earned the party any gains, and their impact on what is happening in Gaza is almost nil. On the other hand, they have resulted ...
Rayan Chami 2024-04-27 08:42 - Reading : less than a minute
UNESCO Beirut unveils the World Heritage Plaque and launches the Conservation Management Plan, breathing new life into Rachid Karami International Fair for economic and cultural renaissance.
gdeveloper 2024-04-26 21:36 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The government endorsed on Friday the report from the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) concerning the investigation into the death of journalist Issam Abdallah. Caretaker Minister of Information Ziad Makary emphasized that "the Lebanese state, along with the family of Issam Abdallah, will have the opportunity to file ...
Alissar Boulos 2024-04-26 21:29 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Since the beginning of the year, as part of diplomatic efforts to contain confrontations in southern Lebanon, Lebanese politicians have been referring to the 1949 armistice. On January 8, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati declared that "all international decisions must be implemented, led by the 1949 armistice declaration." More ...
gdeveloper 2024-04-26 19:41 - Reading : less than a minute
High tension gripped Ain el-Helweh camp in Saida early on Friday evening, where a Palestinian, identified as AS, has been killed. He was shot by armed men while in the vicinity of a vegetable market. In response, members of Fateh and the Youth of Islam (Chabeb el-Islam) swiftly deployed to the camp. Reports indicate that AS' family has close ...
Alissar Boulos 2024-04-26 19:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Good evening, and welcome to The Intelligent Recap. It is Friday, April 26th, and the 203rd day of the war in Gaza. In tonight’s episode, the momentum in southern Lebanon increases, Parliament votes on a bill to postpone municipal elections, discussions are ongoing to resolve the issue of Syrian migrants, and Lebanon’s Armenian community ...
Élie-Joe Kamel 2024-04-26 16:44 - Reading : less than a minute
For the past seven months, the displaced people of southern Lebanon have been impatient to return to their homeland, where war continues to rage between Hezb and Israel. Not only do they fear for their future, but they also have to contend with the high cost of rent, among other things. Many of the displaced have to draw on their reserves to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-26 15:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Lebanese Forces expressed deep regret over a recent Human Rights Watch report, criticizing the "intentional mixing between the deportation of Syrian refugee activists, which leads to their persecution and arrest in their country, and the assertion that 99% of refugees in Lebanon aren't activists.” The LF condemned this misrepresentation, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-26 14:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Lebanese Forces called for a dialogue meeting in Maarab on Saturday, in a step which expresses keenness on avoiding escalations through emphasizing the necessity of implementing UN Resolution 1701 as a mandatory path for stability in the southern part of the country. The gathering will be attended by LF and "opposition" MPs, and supporters of ...