New Year's Eve Preparations in Beirut
Renée Davis 2023-12-31 20:31 - Reading : less than a minute
Despite the ongoing conflict in the South, Beirut is ablaze with last-minute preparations for 2024.
Lebanon
Qassem: Israel Is Unable to Impose Its Conditions
ici 2023-12-31 19:15 - Reading : less than a minute
Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem declared on Sunday that Israel is “unable” to impose its conditions regarding the presence of the pro-Iranian group at the Lebanese-Israeli border. “Israel is proposing and attempting to create the impression of having options to facilitate the return of Israelis displaced from the northern ...
Mastermind Behind Drug Network in Khaldeh and Haret Hreik Arrested
ici 2023-12-31 17:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In a significant breakthrough against drug trafficking operations in Lebanon, the General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced the success of an operation that targeted a network involved in storing, packaging, distributing and trafficking drugs in Mount Lebanon. The prime focus of the operation was on M.H. (born in 1994, ...
Audi Urges Election of a Head of State for Lebanon
This Is Beirut 2023-12-31 16:13 - Reading : less than a minute
In his last Sunday homily of the year, the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Beirut, Bishop Elias Audi, called for the swift election of a head of state to initiate a process of reform and recovery, hoping that it "will not take too long so that Lebanon can regain its prosperity, democracy and role." Bishop Audi insisted that Lebanon needs a ...
Official Closure of the STL
This Is Beirut 2023-12-31 14:52 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
On Saturday, the United Nations officially announced the closure of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. The closure had been scheduled for March 1, 2023, but UN Secretary-General António Guterres decided in January to extend the mandate of the STL, created in 2007, until the end of December "in order to complete the residual non-judicial functions ...
From Daesh's Takfirism to Hezbollah's 'Takhuinism'
2023-12-31 12:08 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
If ISIS tried to carry out ethnic cleansing based on takfirism, Hezbollah has devised the notion of "takhuinism" (accusation of treason) to subjugate Lebanon in an atmosphere of terror. Every Christian is potentially labeled as a Zionist agent. The military tribunal has become Hezbollah's instrument of oppression, where any accused individual is ...
An Overview of Lebanon’s Political Landscape in 2023
Alissar Boulos 2023-12-31 09:42 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
On a political level, 2023 has been overall a year of stagnation for Lebanon. It was marked by significant setbacks, such as the failure to elect a President of the Republic and establish State sovereignty. This is Beirut compiled a summary of the key political events that have shaped Lebanon's landscape throughout 2023. The Investigation into ...
Lebanon Targets UNESCO Register for Pioneering TV Archive
gdeveloper 2023-12-30 21:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
For decades, Tele Liban has been a mainstay of Lebanese living rooms. Now the country is seeking UNESCO recognition for the archives of its pioneering Arab broadcaster. Caretaker Minister of Information, Ziad Makary, told AFP that Beirut would apply to have the full archives of Tele Liban added to the UN cultural body's Memory of the World ...
Yet Another Christmas Tree Burned in Tripoli
This Is Beirut 2023-12-30 19:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Unknown assailants set fire to a Christmas tree in the square in front of the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George in al-Mina, Tripoli, on Friday night. This incident comes less than a week after a Christmas tree in front of the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George in Zahriyeh suffered the same fate last Sunday, on Christmas Eve. This tree, like ...
Ethiopian Woman Found Dead in Souk al-Ahad, the Presumed Murderer Arrested
This Is Beirut 2023-12-30 15:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced on Saturday that they apprehended H.A., a Sudanese individual born in 1993, on December 22 in Furn el-Chebbak. He is suspected to be the perpetrator of the heinous crime against L.N., a young Ethiopian woman born in 1989, whose lifeless body was discovered on December 16 in a dumpster in Souk ...
Cable Car: Clarification from the Company in Charge
This Is Beirut 2023-12-30 11:59 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Two days after Thursday's cable car incident, and in response to reports published on the media and social networks that the operating license granted to the Lebanese Cable Car and Tourist Expansion Company SAL had expired at the end of 2022, the company in question asserted on Saturday that the license “will expire in April 2026.” As for ...
Drivers Brace for Road Safety Measures Ahead of NYE
2023-12-30 09:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Many Lebanese drivers regard NYE as the most dangerous night on the road. YASA Director Ziad Akl divulges road safety measures to follow, and how safety is everyone's responsibility.