This Is Beirut 24/09 10:11 - Reading : less than a minute
France on Monday requested an emergency UN Security Council meeting to discuss Lebanon after Israel launched a major cross-border attack following nearly a year of clashes with Hezbollah. "I have requested that an emergency meeting of the Security Council be held on Lebanon this week," French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told the United ...
24/09 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hezbollah was still recovering from the wounds inflicted by the Israeli cyberattack on its communications network when it suffered another devastating blow: the targeting of Dahyeh and the assassination of its highest-ranking security official, Ibrahim Aqil, commander of the elite Radwan Brigade, who was wanted by the US and France for the 1984 ...
This Is Beirut 23/09 22:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Lebanese people to move away from danger as the Israeli military pounded Hezbollah targets in the country's south and east on Monday. He asked the Lebanese citizens to “get out of harm's way now.” “Once our operation is finished, you can come back safely to your homes," Netanyahu said in a ...
Marc Saikali 23/09 21:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A call met with silence. Iranian leaders are no longer replying… It is likely not out of fear that their phones will explode, but rather in deliberate abandonment. While the Lebanese are getting bombarded, tens of thousands are fleeing the South and the Beqaa, and hundreds are dying, the Iranian president is speaking at the United Nations about ...
23/09 18:48 - Reading : 9 minute(s)
Hezbollah’s telecom network, which reportedly spans nearly the entire national territory, is believed to be used almost exclusively by its military wing and activated only in times of combat or large-scale conflict. Israel's dramatic twin assault using booby-trapped transmission devices on Tuesday, September 17, and Wednesday, September 18, ...
23/09 17:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Director of Hospitality Institute in Bir Hasan, Beirut, Houssam Younes told TIB that they have been ready to welcome around 400 displaced persons since August.
23/09 17:07 - Reading : less than a minute
The caretaker Education Minister Abbas Halabi, announced in a statement that "following the previous statement ordering the closure of public and private schools, secondary schools, institutes, and vocational schools on Monday and Tuesday in the South governorates, Nabatieh, Bekaa, Baalbek-Hermel, and the southern suburbs, it has been decided to ...
23/09 16:37 - Reading : less than a minute
French presidential envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian arrives in Beirut within an hour and will meet with Army Commander Joseph Aoun in Yarzeh to discuss the new security situation. Moreover, Skynews reported that International envoys from Turkey, Qatar ,and France will arrive in Beirut Tuesday.
Ahmad Ayash 23/09 16:35 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
At the United Nations Security Council session, the Lebanese Foreign Minister strayed from the main topic in the conclusions he reached in his speech. Instead of extricating Lebanon from the global power struggles playing out on its soil, he further entangled the country's fate in this international game. Specifically, he did this by tightly ...
This Is Beirut 23/09 15:08 - Reading : less than a minute
The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, began an official visit to Israel today. She is set to meet with senior Israeli officials to discuss recent developments. The Special Coordinator underscores that there is no military solution that will make either side safer. With the well-being of civilians on both ...
23/09 14:58 - Reading : less than a minute
On Monday, many residents of the Lebanese capital fled in haste following the unprecedented offensive launched by Israel in South Lebanon and the Bekaa earlier in the day.
Michel Touma 23/09 12:53 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Following the humiliating defeat of the Arab armies in the Six-Day War of June 1967, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser attributed the losses of Egypt, Jordan and Syria to Israel’s air supremacy. Since then, over the course of more than half a century, this air supremacy has grown exponentially, while Arab military capabilities have ...