2024-01-05 07:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Since the end of 2022, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon has been virtually at a standstill. The recent announcement by Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres, declaring the cessation of its activities due to lack of funding, has irrevocably sealed its fate. Indeed, since the financial crisis of October 2019, Lebanon has been ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-04 23:49 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Secretary-General of Catholic Schools, Father Youssef Nasr, announced on Thursday evening, on behalf of the Episcopal Commission of Catholic Schools in Lebanon that “The school strike was suspended, and therefore, classes will resume as planned on Monday, January 8th.” This resumption date marks the end of the holiday break. In an ...
Renée Davis 2024-01-04 23:29 - Reading : less than a minute
Over 40 months in, the families of the Beirut blast victims continue to seek justice for their lost loved ones.
This Is Beirut 2024-01-04 21:11 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli army escalated its bombardments and air raids on the border regions of southern Lebanon on Thursday. Three airstrikes and six surface-to-air missiles targeted the outskirts of Aita al-Shaab on Thursday afternoon, followed by a fourth raid on the Aita al-Shaab-Debl road. Another raid also targeted the outskirts of Maroun al-Ras, with ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-04 20:52 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna agreed to seek steps to avoid a wider Middle East war following strikes in Lebanon and Iran, the US State Department said Thursday. In a telephone call the day before, the two top diplomats "discussed the importance of measures to prevent the conflict in Gaza from ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-04 20:49 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced on Thursday that they seized a shipment on November 30, 2023, which was carrying substances for the manufacturing of drugs and was about to leave the port of Beirut, bound for Australia. According to the press release, raw materials used in the manufacturing of methamphetamine, the primary ingredient ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-04 20:27 - Reading : less than a minute
Commander-in-Chief of the Army General Joseph Aoun convened several meetings in his office in Yarzeh on Thursday to discuss the situation in southern Lebanon and the role of the Lebanese Army. Discussions with UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Aroldo Lázaro focused on cooperation and coordination between the Lebanese Army ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-04 18:28 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hundreds of people attended on Thursday the funeral in Beirut of Hamas deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri, who was killed in an Israeli attack. Calling on Hamas to avenge his death and the killing of five other members of the Palestinian militant group on Tuesday, the mourners gathered at a mosque to recite the prayer of the dead before marching to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-04 18:14 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
MP Pierre Bou Assi, of the Strong Republic parliamentary bloc (Lebanese Forces), criticized attempts to link the presidential elections to the end of the war in Gaza, deeming it "a heinous crime." "It is essential to completely dissociate what is happening in Gaza from what is happening in Lebanon, as weakening our institutions does not benefit ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-04 17:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
French Ambassador to Lebanon Hervé Magro declared on Thursday that French President Emmanuel Macron’s personal envoy for Lebanon, Jean-Yves Le Drian, “will be visiting Beirut shortly to follow up on the Quintet Committee’s mission in resolving the presidential vacuum.” During a meeting with the Maronite League, Magro announced that ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-04 15:46 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib met with Brett McGurk, Middle East advisor to US President Joe Biden, at the White House. Discussions emphasized the need to pursue US diplomatic efforts to defuse Lebanon's involvement in the Gaza conflict. Both sides underlined "the importance of the mission of US envoy Amos Hochstein to stop the ...
Alain E. Andrea 2024-01-04 15:13 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The already alarming situation of oncological patients in Lebanon has reached critical levels due to the lack of efficient and affordable treatment, putting the lives of over 30,000 Lebanese patients at risk. Given the increasing plight of cancer patients in Lebanon, pointing fingers at the people responsible has become an imperative. The fatal ...