2024-01-13 20:44 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Faculty of Religious Sciences at Université Saint-Joseph in Beirut (USJ) is reintroducing a university degree in religions and media. The goal is to bring about a change in society by sowing the seeds of a culture of peace, openness to others and responsible dialogue. "The role of the media is not only to transmit information but also to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-13 19:01 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The head of the Lebanese Forces (LF), Samir Geagea, addressed a message to Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri on his “X” account, saying his party was “ready to attend any presidential election session called for in consecutive rounds until a new president of the republic is elected. However, this participation comes with one condition: ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-13 15:57 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Public Works Ali Hamieh said on Saturday that "the flooding of the highway in Dbayeh is thought to be due to the accumulation of sand from construction sites in the drainage canals." "Some people are wondering why water is accumulating on certain highways and not draining properly through the canals. A video dated Saturday, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-13 13:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has voiced profound concern over the escalating tensions and military operations unfolding in the Red Sea and Yemeni territories. In a statement on Saturday, the ministry called for urgent measures to reduce tension, halt the ongoing escalation, and cease military operations through collaborative efforts by the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-13 11:19 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Heavy rainfall overnight and in the early morning on Saturday turned the coastal roads and highways in north Lebanon into rivers and lakes. The flow of raging torrents, mixed with mud, debris, and stones, inundated the highway leading to Akkar, where traffic was redirected to adjacent lanes. In Tripoli, Al-Mina, Qalamoun, and all the way to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-12 23:17 - Reading : less than a minute
The Internal Security Forces (ISF) have announced the closure of the road linking Nahr el-Kalb to Zekrit in the Keserwan region from midnight on Friday until further notice. In a statement issued in the evening, the ISF explained that this decision had been taken following landslides caused by bad weather, which in turn led to cracks in the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-12 23:12 - Reading : less than a minute
On Friday, the Gathering of Owners of Rented Buildings in Lebanon denounced the Council of Ministers' decision to refer to parliamentary committees the law on commercial leases adopted by Parliament on December 15. In a statement, they announced that they would refer the matter to the Council of State to overturn the decision. They also said that ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-12 21:54 - Reading : less than a minute
The Maronite Patriarch, Bechara al-Rai, said on Thursday that "he who claims to be able to control this country by stifling plurality is mistaken." "He is responsible for our internal problems," al-Rai insisted before a delegation from the Daou Family League in the presence of MP Mark Daou. "We must preserve our unity in diversity," he said. ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-12 21:09 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The private school teachers' union has called for a general meeting on Monday, January 15, at 3:30 PM, to vote on the decision to observe an open strike in private schools. If a quorum is not reached at this first session, a second one will follow at 4:30 PM on the same day. This call follows Friday morning's decision by the Council of Ministers ...
Lyne Sammouri 2024-01-12 16:29 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanese Forces MP Ghassan Hasbani commented on the killing of a municipal police officer in Gemmayze at the press conference on January 12.
This Is Beirut 2024-01-12 15:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
MP Marwan Hamadeh, member of the Democratic Gathering Bloc, spoke on Friday about the invitation for dinner on Monday extended by the former leader of the Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Joumblatt, to the Marada party leader Sleiman Frangieh, noting that “the invitation is not for Sleiman Frangieh as presidential candidate, but for Sleiman ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-12 15:03 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
On Friday morning, 16 ministers attended the first cabinet meeting of 2024, thus ensuring that quorum was met. 34 items were on the agenda, as well as ten others proposed by the Ministry of Environment and the Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) to ensure the continuity of waste management. At the end of the meeting, caretaker ...