This Is Beirut 2024-02-13 21:49 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The monitoring committee of the opposition MPs declared that “the Parliament Speaker does not have constitutional prerogatives to negotiate on behalf of the Lebanese state, as this power is exclusively reserved for the president.” The MPs are referring to Berri holding “exclusive talks with international envoys and therefore controlling ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-13 21:31 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
On Tuesday, the State Council overturned a government decision, part of its “recovery strategy,” which would have destroyed the banking sector and deprived depositors of their funds. The State Council annulled on Tuesday a decision taken by the Council of Ministers in May 2022 as part of its financial recovery strategy. This decision would ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-13 18:51 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A delegation from the Lebanese Parliament, led by Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Fadi Alame and including MPs Salim Sayegh, Simon Abi Ramia and Elias Khoury, made an official visit to Brussels on Tuesday. The purpose was to engage in discussions with senior European officials concerning the current state of affairs in Lebanon. Addressing the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-13 18:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Clashes continued throughout the day on the southern border, with the Israeli Air Force carrying out reconnaissance flights over the coastline. Two Israeli raids were carried out on Hula, the first targeting a shopping center and causing the closure of the road between Mays al-Jabal and Hula. The second raid targeted a house in the al-Miraj ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-13 15:58 - Reading : less than a minute
Despite a severe financial crisis that left over 80% of the population in poverty, Lebanese people are determined to celebrate Valentine's Day amidst adversity.
Johnny Kortbawi 2024-02-13 15:47 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
It is not the first time that a campaign is organized against Majida El Roumi. Everyone thought that campaigns end at some point, but the fanbase of the "Resistance" seems to bore easily and did not miss out on the opportunity to lash out at a major art figure and one of Lebanon’s biggest cultural symbols. In context, the speech El Roumi made ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-13 12:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri met with US Ambassador to Lebanon Lisa Johnson on Tuesday as part of his encounters with foreign diplomats and Lebanese officials on the eve of the 19th commemoration of the assassination of his father, former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, on February 14, 2005. Johnson described the 45-minute-long meeting at Beit ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-13 11:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Several opposition MPs returned from a visit to Washington, where they met with officials from the Administration, Congress, the State Department, as well as the Departments of Finance and Defense, with a clear message: "Washington is against any compromise on the presidency in Lebanon, contrary to what some are reporting." The US officials also ...
2024-02-13 09:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
When the five-nation group, known as the Paris Quintet, consisted of just three members — namely the United States, France, and Saudi Arabia — they had divergent views regarding the Lebanese presidential dossier, as the French and the Saudis didn’t see eye to eye on the matter. When Egypt and Qatar joined, disagreements persisted despite the ...
2024-02-13 07:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The collapse of a building in Choueifat on Sunday morning, reminiscent of past collapses such as the one in Fassouh, Achrafieh, in 2012, or the neighborhoods of the Museum and Msaitbeh in Beirut in 2017, has sparked anger and raised questions among Lebanese citizens: who bears responsibility? While it is still early to determine the causes of the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-12 23:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
New look, new me. Does this expression, which basically means that a person adopts a new look to reflect a change in attitude or personality, apply to the leader of the Future Movement and former Prime Minister, Saad Hariri? The Sunni leader's arrival in Beirut on Sunday evening for the commemoration of the 19th anniversary of the assassination ...
Lyne Sammouri 2024-02-12 21:45 - Reading : less than a minute
The collapse of a residential building in Choueifat on Sunday, occurring just 10 minutes after evacuation, left residents in fear and without a clear future or plan of action in sight. While no casualties were reported, the incident underscores the pervasive risk of old buildings collapsing, demanding urgent preventive measures across Lebanon from ...