ici 2024-02-22 12:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Retired military personnel staged on Thursday a sit-in in front of governmental and financial administration in the cities of Sidon and Tyre in the south of Lebanon, while a group of them blocked the road in front of the Tripoli Serail towards Al-Bahsas in the north. “Negotiations with the government have been halted as of nine o'clock this ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-21 23:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
MP Michel Moawad, from the Renewal bloc, deplored in an interview with LBCI on Wednesday evening that the Lebanese government's decision on war and peace had been "hijacked" by Hezbollah, charging that caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati "let Hezbollah have its way, to the detriment of the country's sovereignty." For the opposition MP, "the only ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-21 22:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Abdallah Bou Habib Christopher Coons
A US Congressional delegation including Democrat senators Richard Blumenthal and Christopher Coons started a visit to Lebanon on Wednesday for talks with Lebanese officials on the political situation and persisting violence on the southern border between Hezbollah and Israel since October 8. Accompanied by US Ambassador Lisa Johnson, the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-21 20:54 - Reading : less than a minute
Renowned veteran Lebanese journalist Camille Menassa passed away on Wednesday after a long battle with illness. He was 88. Menassa is known for his roles as the director of news and political programs at Lebanon’s official TV, TeleLiban, from 1960 to 1971, and as Middle East correspondent for French radio and television from 1960 to 1964. In ...
Joanne Naoum 2024-02-21 19:39 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
In a move that brought the simmering divisions between the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and its former ally Hezbollah into the open, former President and FPM founder Michel Aoun and the party’s current leader, MP Gebran Bassil, denounced Hezbollah’s military activities against Israel in South Lebanon. "We are not bound to Gaza by a defense ...
2024-02-21 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute
According to the new 2024 Budget, a Mukhtar's stamp now costs LBP 50,000, which means that an individual civil or family status record now costs a minimum of LBP 600,000, while others can reach up to LBP 1 million.
This Is Beirut 2024-02-21 14:36 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Civil servants from the Ministries of Labor, Economy and Information will be on strike starting Wednesday in support of their wage demands. They are protesting against the fact that they have been excluded from the allowances that the government plans to grant to certain categories of civil servants. A delegation from the syndicate representing ...
Johnny Kortbawi 2024-02-21 14:27 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The electoral process in Lebanon is adapting to challenging conditions, wherein securing any sort of election has become more of a privilege in light of the country’s political, economic and security situation. Municipal elections, slated for last year, were postponed due to the reluctance of influential governmental and parliamentary ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-21 11:17 - Reading : less than a minute
The Ministry of Energy issued a statement refuting Israeli claims made in a video circulating on social media. The video claims the existence of missile sites belonging to Hezbollah in Jbeil and Keserwan. In the statement, the Ministry of Energy and Water mentioned that, upon scrutinizing the video, it turns out that Israel was showing ...
Michel Touma 2024-02-21 08:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nothing is solely black or white in any political dynamic, especially when dealing with the cynical and unpredictable "game of nations" that can often defy understanding, especially if the intelligence services of antagonistic parties get involved! For sometimes, the "raison d'Etat" has motives that reason itself cannot comprehend... This is ...
Maureen Décor 2024-02-20 23:37 - Reading : less than a minute
The collapse of a building in Choueifat on Monday evening, which caused the deaths of four people, a few days after a similar tragedy, raises the question of compliance with building standards and the responsibility of the Lebanese political authorities.
This Is Beirut 2024-02-20 21:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Following a meeting chaired by Kataeb leader MP Samy Gemayel, the party’s political bureau issued a statement affirming that "the only valid logic today is to let the Lebanese Army take charge of defending Lebanon and protecting the border, in collaboration with international forces." Kataeb criticized "the deterrence strategy," according to ...