Lebanon

A Guideline for Running in Municipal Elections

This is Beirut 07/04 11:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Ahmad Hajjar Interior Ministry Municipal Elections Mount Lebanon Lebanon

On Monday, Minister of Interior Ahmad al-Hajjar announced the procedures for filing and withdrawing candidacies for the municipal and mukhtar elections, which will be held on May 4 in the mohafaza of Mount Lebanon. Anyone wishing to run as a candidate must submit a notarized declaration of candidacy, along with the following documents: an ...

Several Israeli Attack in southern Lebanon

This is Beirut 07/04 11:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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For the second time in less than twelve hours, an Israeli drone targeted a car in Taybeh. Two people were injured in the attack An Israeli drone targeted a car and a motorcycle on the Dardara-Khiam plain road. Two Syrians and one Lebanese. Alaa Nasser, were killed in the attack. Another Israeli strike targeted a vehicle in the village of ...

EditorialMorgan Ortagus' Mission Amid Rising Frustration

Michel Touma 07/04 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Let’s be clear—no more avoiding the issue or making compromises. The time for indulgence and indecisiveness has passed, and it must never return. Complacency and weakness are no longer acceptable, nor should they ever be again. For the past 20 years—since 2005, when Hezbollah seized control of the local political scene—and more broadly ...

AnalysisPolitical Fraud and the Bungled Peace

Charles Chartouni 07/04 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Hezbollah Lebanon USA Israel

Monitoring the Lebanese political scene is quite disturbing since the hypothetical new political era seems to be bungling. The new incumbents, who came into power incidentally, were unlikely to be co-opted if it were not for the military and political upheaval induced by the Israeli destruction of the operational platforms weaved by the Iranian ...

Israeli Night Raids in Southern Lebanon

This is Beirut 06/04 23:40 - Reading : less than a minute

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The Israeli air force carried out a number of raids on Naqoura in Southern Lebanon on Sunday evening and dropped sound bombs on Aita al-Shab. It then carried out an airstrike on this village. An Apache helicopter swept over the village of Naqoura before launching a raid on prefabricated houses located near a Lebanese army post. Later, it carried ...

Ortagus Puts Lebanon at a Crossroads: Disarm Hezbollah or Lose Aid

This is Beirut 06/04 22:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Lebanon is at a crossroads: disarm Hezbollah "as soon as possible," implement the ceasefire agreement with Israel, and carry out essential reforms, or face isolation. This was made clear by Morgan Ortagus, the US Deputy Special Envoy for the Middle East, during an interview with LBCI on Sunday evening. While expressing optimism about the new ...

Wildfire Erupts in Remhala, Civil Defense Races to Contain Flames

This is Beirut 06/04 17:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Lebanon fire Civil Defense army Remhala

A large wildfire broke out on Sunday morning in the forested valleys of Remhala, in the caza of Aley, prompting an urgent response from Lebanon’s Civil Defense units and the Lebanese Army, as the flames threatened to reach nearby residential areas. According to a statement from the Directorate of Media and Public Relations at the General ...

Finance and Economy Ministers and Central Bank Governor Discuss Reforms with Ortagus

This is Beirut 06/04 13:40 - Reading : less than a minute

Morgan Ortagus Economic reforms Central Bank

A meeting was held this morning between Minister of Finance Yassine Jaber, Minister of Economy Amer Bisat and Governor of the Central Bank Karim Souhaid with US envoy Morgan Ortagus. The discussion focused on the reform process launched by the Lebanese government. The officials presented the reform laws that have already been passed and are in ...

Southern Lebanon: Israeli Drone Attacks In Naqoura And Zibqin

This is Beirut 06/04 11:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Southern Lebanon Israel drones

According to preliminary information, an Israeli drone targeted a Rapid vehicle on the Naqoura road while another targeted a bulldozer in the town of Zibqin. The Ministry of Public Health's Emergency Operations Center issued a statement announcing that the final toll of the Israeli raid on the town of Zibqin resulted in the death of two ...

Rai: Some People's Aim Is to Control the State, Not to Modernize the System

This is Beirut 06/04 10:50 - Reading : less than a minute

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Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai stressed that “we live under a parliamentary democratic system and a national accord,” explaining that pluralism, federalism and centralization are foreign words in our political and constitutional lexicon. In his sermon during Sunday mass in Bkerke, he said that “the aim of some is to control the state, not ...

Lebanese University Contract Professors: A One-Week Warning Strike

This is Beirut 06/04 09:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Lebanese University Strike

The Committee of Contract Professors at the Lebanese University announced a week-long warning strike starting tomorrow, Monday, April 7, until Monday morning, April 14, 2025, with the possibility of extension if demands are not urgently met. In a statement, the professors complained of “the most horrific forms of marginalization and neglect” ...

Morgan Ortagus Calls for Proposals to Disarm Hezbollah According to Resolution 1701

Bassam Abou Zeid 05/04 18:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Morgan Ortagus Hezbollah Resolution 1701 Blue Line Nabih Berri

Morgan Ortagus, the US Deputy Special Envoy for the Middle East, surprised Lebanese officials with a message that was more measured and diplomatic than anticipated ahead of her visit. Rather than taking a harder line on disarming Hezbollah, Ortagus approached the issue through the framework of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and the ceasefire ...