Michel Touma 2024-03-25 16:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
During the disastrous days of Syrian occupation, a French journalist in Beirut rightly noted that the Assad regime couldn't bring the Lebanese press to kneel or shake its unwavering commitment to freedom of expression. After the deployment of Syrian forces in June 1976 and following the election of late Elias Sarkis as president, the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-25 14:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanese Forces MP Fadi Karam sounded the alarm over the growing dangers of illegal Syrian presence in Lebanon, which is increasingly “threatening the country’s mere structure.” Speaking at an LF-organized workshop on "Illegal Syrian Presence" held in Amioun, in North Lebanon’s district of Koura, Karam said that the Union of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-24 18:12 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The exchange of fire continued between Israel and Hezbollah on Sunday until late afternoon, following a day marked by intense Israeli airstrikes. Ali Mohammad Faqih, a man from Nasriyeh, was killed in an Israeli raid on the village of Odaisseh. Israeli military planes targeted a house on the outskirts of the village of Aita al-Shaab without any ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-24 14:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Metropolitan Archbishop of Beirut Elias Audi wondered about the identity of those who obstruct the election of a President "since everyone claims to facilitate the electoral process and calls for the vote to happen." "If all the MPs are convinced of holding the election, then why don't they head to Parliament and elect a President as stated in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-24 13:57 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
For the first time since the start of hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel on the southern border, an Israeli airstrike hit on Sunday early afternoon the western Bekaa region, targeting a car on the main road of the town of Al-Suwairi. According to information obtained by This is Beirut, the car that was targeted was a blue Skoda Rapid ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-24 13:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A Southern MP revealed that Amal Movement combatants withdrew from the war on the border "after confrontations took an unacceptable turn." This MP explained to his visitors that this kind of confrontation leads to escalation and contributes to further igniting the war, which would increase the magnitude of the destruction and damage. Indeed, ...
2024-03-24 11:52 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
On this Palm Sunday, Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai mentioned in his sermon the “political sins” in Lebanon, the “suffering of the children of Gaza,” and the victims of the latest incident in Moscow. “Our sins in Lebanon have accumulated to the extent that we live against the sanctity of the self, others, and spiritual, social, and ...
2024-03-24 10:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli warplanes raided a four-story building in Baalbeck late on Saturday night in the Al-Asseera neighborhood, close to the house of Hezbollah leader Hassan al-Lakkis. As ambulances rushed to the scene, preliminary information indicated that three people were wounded in the raid. Baalbeck-Hermel Governor Bashir Khodor urged citizens to be ...
2024-03-24 10:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Until April 9, Muslims around the globe are engaging in daytime fasting for the sacred month of Ramadan. What are the effects of this practice on the body?
This Is Beirut 2024-03-23 20:07 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel continued on Saturday at Lebanon's southern border. Israeli aircraft targeted the Syrian Nationalist Socialist Party office in Kfar Kila. The head of the party's information department, Maan Hamiyeh, said the office was totally destroyed in the raid, with no injuries. In Aita al-Shaab, the air ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-23 17:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon's Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the terrorist attack that targeted a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow on Friday evening, killing over 100 people and injuring many more. In a statement on Saturday, the ministry declared "Lebanon's solidarity with Russia," stressing "the importance of bringing the assailants to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-23 14:53 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
ABAAD, the non-profit organization and Resource Centre for Gender Equality, said on Saturday that the rate of femicide in Lebanon in 2023 increased by 300%. In a statement, ABAAD mentioned that according to the figures obtained from the Internal Security Forces (ISF), "the frequency of violence against women and girls in Lebanon increased in ...