Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-10-27 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Stepping into Roumieh Prison in Matn, one might mistake it for a transit camp rather than a facility meant to enforce sentences. Built to hold 1,000 to 1,200 inmates, it now houses nearly 4,000 - more than triple its intended capacity. The national situation is equally grim. Human Rights Watch reports that Lebanon’s prison system officially has ...
This is Beirut 2025-10-27 17:35 - Reading : less than a minute
Two brothers were killed Monday afternoon in a strike carried out by an Israeli drone near a sawmill in the town of Biyyad, south of Tyre. According to local sources, the strike targeted the vicinity of the industrial site. The Israeli army announced in the evening that the strike had killed Hussein Ibrahim Sleiman, a presumed member of ...
Kaline Antoun 2025-10-27 17:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Lebanese Army
Two months after the Lebanese government reaffirmed its exclusive authority over weapons, Hezbollah remains unwavering in its refusal to disarm. Since its inception, the pro-Iranian militia has justified its arsenal as a means of “resistance” and “defending Lebanon,” portraying its weapons as both a shield against Israel and a tool of ...
This is Beirut 2025-10-27 13:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Beirut Port Pope Francis Turkey
The Holy See Press Office announced at noon today (Rome time) the official program for the apostolic visit of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV to Lebanon, from November 30 to December 2, 2025. The visit will last three days and follows the Pope’s stop in Turkey, where he will attend the celebrations marking the 1700th anniversary of the First Council ...
This is Beirut 2025-10-27 13:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Elio Ernesto Abu Hanna, a young chemistry graduate, died on Sunday from injuries sustained after being shot by Palestinian gunmen at a checkpoint at the entrance of the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, an area where armed factions continue to operate outside the control of the Lebanese state. According to relatives and friends, Abu Hanna was ...
This is Beirut 2025-10-27 09:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah Ceasefire Benjamin Netanyahu Morgan Ortagus
A series of Israeli airstrikes across southern and eastern Lebanon since Thursday, has turned it into one of the deadliest escalations in weeks. The latest attacks on Sunday targeted two senior Hezbollah figures in Naqoura and the Beqaa Valley, as Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz toured the northern border alongside U.S Envoy to the Middle ...
Charles Chartouni 2025-10-27 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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What’s dumbfounding is the equivocation of Hamas and Hezbollah toward the projected normalization initiated by President Trump. Nothing is new, since their obstructionism stems from ideological and strategic considerations. Whatever mediations are attempted by the U.S. and its associates, the state of mind within both formations is not inclined ...
Michel Touma 2025-10-27 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Middle East Donald Trump Amal Banks Hamas
When irrationality and reckless behavior come to define the actions of a powerful political faction, it doesn’t take long before red lines are dangerously breached. As a result, serious threats hang over the lives of populations directly exposed to the faction’s erratic excesses. This is exactly what we are witnessing today among several of ...
This is Beirut 2025-10-26 18:30 - Reading : less than a minute
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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz conducted a visit along the Lebanese border on Sunday, accompanied by U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus, the Israeli Defense Ministry announced. According to Israeli media reports, Katz stated during the tour that Israel would continue to defend its northern regions against any threat. Morgan Ortagus is reportedly ...
This is Beirut 2025-10-26 13:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah strike
A series of Israeli air raids hit several areas in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa on Sunday. An Israeli airstrike targeted a car in Naqoura on Sunday morning, killing one person, according to the Ministry of Health. The Arabic-language spokesperson for the Israeli army, Avichay Adraee, said Sunday evening that the target was Abdel Mahmud ...
Christiane Tager 2025-10-26 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Across produce stalls from Beirut to Zahlé, from the South to the North, conversations brim with disbelief and nostalgia: “Remember when a kilo of tomatoes cost 20,000 pounds?” That was only a few months ago. Today, the same kilo fetches up to seven times that price. According to one tomato grower, this surge is rooted in the heavy losses ...
Rayan Chami 2025-10-25 18:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanon ends daylight saving time at midnight, marking the start of wintertime. Clocks move back one hour, bringing shorter days, longer nights, and one extra hour of sleep.