Fady Noun 2024-05-11 15:04 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
April 8, 1970. Young Thérèse Abdallah is doing her homework in the study hall of the Syriac Orthodox school in Mseitbeh, a predominantly Sunni neighborhood in Beirut. She is the eldest in her family, and her father is the steward of the local bishop, Athanassios Ephrem Barsoum. In Mseitbeh, Muslims and Christians live side by side, but it is ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-11 14:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
An exchange of fire took place on Saturday morning between the border patrol in the Lebanese army and Syrian smugglers in Deir al-Ashayer, on the western border with Syria. It resulted in the death of one person and the injury of another who was transferred to Rashaya Governmental Hospital. Earlier in the morning, the night guards in the ...
Maureen Décor 2024-05-11 10:30 - Reading : less than a minute
As summer approaches, Lebanese seaside resorts are putting the finishing touches on their preparations, while public beaches are already welcoming an influx of visitors.
This Is Beirut 2024-05-11 10:14 - Reading : less than a minute
The night guards in the municipality of Jbeil arrested a Syrian gang on Saturday morning for smuggling Syrians into Lebanon through the border in an innovative way. In detail, the Syrian smuggler transported two women and two children to the Syrian border - in the Arida area, stamped their papers, escorted them out of Syria, but handed them over ...
Alissar Boulos 2024-05-10 22:48 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon and its children mourn the loss of an emblematic figure in medicine, care and benevolence with the passing of Dr. Robert Sacy. His departure leaves a profound void in Lebanon's charitable sector and pediatric healthcare, as well as in the hearts of all who knew him, touched by his compassion and dedication. Dr. Sacy pursued his medical ...
2024-05-10 20:56 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Christian forces – notably the Lebanese Forces (LF), the Kataeb and the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) – who gathered at the seat of the Maronite Patriarchate in Bkerke on Friday, have tentatively agreed on a draft formula regarding Hezbollah's weapons. This formula would be part of the national charter that Bkerke is expected to declare in the ...
Samar Yamout 2024-05-10 20:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The surge in crime in Lebanon is no longer an ordinary issue. It has become a major source of concern for Lebanese citizens, especially for those who have always considered the law-governed State of their upbringing as a safe haven. Samar Yamout from co-sister media, Houna Loubnan, wrote: Hardly a week passes in Lebanon without witnessing crimes ...
Alissar Boulos 2024-05-10 19:02 - Reading : less than a minute
Good evening and welcome to The Intelligent Recap. It’s Friday, May 10th, and the 217th day of the war in Gaza. In tonight’s episode: The staggering cost Lebanon is paying for the war, and the controversy surrounding the EU grant to Lebanon. Also, May 4th marked the 145th month since the Beirut Port explosion. In international news: The ...
2024-05-10 18:09 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The European Union (EU) seems to be on the defensive, especially since the uproar caused by the announcement last Thursday of a one-billion-euro aid package to help Lebanon put up with the burden of Syrian migrants. In a second attempt (the first being yesterday, May 9, on the occasion of Europe Day) to justify the granting of this sum over a ...
2024-05-10 14:11 - Reading : less than a minute
The Supreme Islamic Shiite Council filed a criminal complaint on Friday against comedian Shaden Fakih because of a video clip that was widely shared on social media on Wednesday, in which she jested about Islamic and Christian prayer rituals. Th charges, which were pressed by attorney Prof. Ali Fayez Rahal, came in accordance with provisions of ...
2024-05-10 12:09 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
General Security Director-General, Major General Elias Bayssari, announced that he is preparing a comprehensive study on the Syrian migrants’ file, “which will be detailed and presented at the conference devoted to address this issue, in Brussels next month.” In an interview with Al-Joumhouriya, Bayssari revealed that he “is in the ...
2024-05-10 11:11 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Tensions intensified on the Lebanese-Israeli border on Friday. Two civilians were killed in an Israeli drone strike near a phone transmission station in Tayr Harfa. The victims were Ghaleb Hussein al-Hajj, head of the Civil Defense paramedical staff of the Islamic Mission Scouts, and Youssef Fadi Jalloul, a technician with Powertech, the ...