This Is Beirut 2024-02-20 08:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri's advisor on Russian relations, Georges Chaaban, has extended an invitation to the head of the Future Movement to visit Moscow on a date to be set later, depending on Russian President Vladimir Putin's schedule. Russia supported Saad Hariri's return to Lebanon as a crucial step towards a balanced and consensual ...
2024-02-20 07:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
No new initiatives or proposals seem to be looming on the horizon from the members of the Quintet Committee (the United States, Saudi Arabia, France, Qatar and Egypt) regarding Lebanon. Sources suggest that the Committee's ambassadors' meeting at the French Ambassador’s residence (Résidence des Pins) will not stray from the format of mere ...
Hala Abdallah 2024-02-19 23:57 - Reading : less than a minute
A six-story residential building in Choueifat collapsed on Monday night, with reports indicating several dead and injured. This is the second time in a week that a building has collapsed in the area.
gdeveloper 2024-02-19 22:28 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli drones conducted two airstrikes in the Ghazieh area, south of the city of Saida, marking the first attacks of their kind since the outbreak of conflict on the southern border. Initial reports suggest over a dozen people were wounded. According to reports, the airstrikes targeted a warehouse used for manufacturing tires and generators, as ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-19 22:17 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A residential building in Choueifat collapsed on Monday night, with preliminary reports indicating several injured. The six-storey building is located near the municipality and is known as the Ibrahim al-Suqy Building, housing 30 residents, most of whom are Syrian nationals. Preliminary information suggests that there are approximately 17 ...
2024-02-19 20:17 - Reading : less than a minute
Following the Israeli strike on Ghazieh on Monday evening, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates issued a statement urging countries interested in restoring stability to southern Lebanon “to condemn the ongoing Israeli assaults.” In the statement, the Ministry called on the international community to pressure Israel to halt its ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-19 18:03 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In a recent statement, leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF) Samir Geagea emphasized the importance of adhering to the electoral schedule despite ongoing security challenges in southern Lebanon. With the municipal and local council terms set to conclude by the end of May, Geagea acknowledged the significant military activities hindering the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-19 17:49 - Reading : less than a minute
In a recent interview with This Is Lebanon News, caretaker Minister of Information Ziad Makari reiterated his staunch opposition to the financial reorganization and bank restructuring draft law that was invalidated by the State Council. Makari emphasized that he is "against writing off depositors' money" and that he did not "justify the draft ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-19 17:43 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Early evening on Monday, Israeli warplanes carried out several airstrikes on the town of Ghazieh. Later reports indicated that two warehouses were targeted in the area. No new information has come out on the targeted individuals. Sources told This is Beirut that the first airstrike was near the “Rim” warehouse, and the second was near the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-19 17:18 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hezbollah's network of secret tunnels in Lebanon is "more sophisticated" than that of Hamas in Gaza. According to an article published on Sunday in the French daily Libération, "Since the 1980s," the pro-Iranian militia, whose "military power is far superior to that of Hamas, has been building, with the help of North Korea, an underground ...
2024-02-19 16:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran has warned Hezbollah not to give Israel cause to launch a full-scale war along the Israel-Lebanon border, fearing it would risk gains it believes it has made in the region since Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, according to a report by the Washington Post. Iranian officials, who met with the Hezbollah leadership earlier this month, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-19 16:31 - Reading : less than a minute
Israeli military operations continued along the Lebanese border as tensions escalated on Monday. Before noon on Monday, Israeli warplanes carried out two raids between Yarine and al-Bustan. They also launched a missile strike targeting the al-Mahafer area in the town of Odaisseh. Additionally, the Israeli military announced that they had ...