Can Hezbollah Still Claim Resistance With Its Arsenal Depleted?

Mario Chartouni 2025-08-05 14:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Hezbollah’s secretary-general, Naim Qassem, warned on July 30 that any withdrawal of the group’s forces from south of the Litani River would be “a gain for Israel,” insisting that the party’s weapons remained “a domestic Lebanese matter.” Speaking at a memorial ceremony marking the first anniversary of the death of senior Hezbollah ...

Op-edLebanon’s Death by a Thousand Hezbollah Cuts

Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2025-08-05 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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It took Lebanon’s cabinet six months to even begin discussing the fate of Hezbollah’s arsenal. Whatever decision emerges will go to the Higher Defense Council for further deliberation and planning, then to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to devise an implementation strategy. If each step takes as long as the first, disarming Hezbollah could be ...

AnalysisThe Shebaa Question: Sovereignty, Strategy, and the Price of Peace

Philippe Abi-Akl 2025-08-05 08:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad and the rise of Ahmad al-Sharaa as Syria’s president, the political landscape has dramatically shifted. Long-held narratives have unraveled, and entrenched positions reversed, including those concerning territory, borders, and the disputed Shebaa Farms. No longer using Shebaa as a pretext for resistance under ...

Noun Assaulted After Port Blast Memorial

This is Beirut 2025-08-04 21:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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William Noun, brother of firefighter and August 4 victim Joe Noun, was assaulted on Monday following a gathering commemorating the fifth anniversary of the Beirut port explosion. A video circulating on social media showed an armed individual confronting and attacking Noun shortly after the memorial. The assailant was later arrested, along with ...

Five Years On: Lebanon Remembers Beirut Port Victims

Vanessa Kallas 2025-08-04 21:20 - Reading : less than a minute

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Five years since the Beirut Port explosion, Lebanon bows its head in grief, remembrance and continued calls for justice. From wreaths and masses to messages from global leaders, here’s how the country honored the victims of August 4.

Victims’ Families Demand Justice on 5th Memorial of Port Blast

This is Beirut 2025-08-04 19:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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On Monday evening, the fifth anniversary of the devastating Beirut port explosion, families of the victims led a solemn march, reaffirming their calls for truth, justice and accountability. Two groups set off from Martyrs’ Square and the Karantina Fire Station, converging at the Statue of the Emigrant near the blast site, carrying portraits of ...

VideosAugust 4: The Demand for Justice Endures

Lyne Sammouri 2025-08-04 18:50 - Reading : less than a minute

On the fifth anniversary of the Beirut port explosion, families of victims and firefighters marched from Karantina and Martyrs’ Square to the Statue of the Emigrant, demanding truth and accountability in a case that remains unresolved.

VideosFive Years On: The City Still Demands Justice

Chelsea Al Arif 2025-08-04 17:05 - Reading : less than a minute

Hundreds gather in Beirut to mark five years since the port explosion, marching from Martyrs’ Square to the Statue of the Emigrant in a powerful demonstration for truth, memory and justice.

Israeli Drone Kills Hezbollah Member in Khiam

This is Beirut 2025-08-04 16:55 - Reading : less than a minute

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A Hezbollah member was reportedly killed and four injured, on Monday, in an Israeli drone strike that targeted the Old Slaughterhouse neighborhood on the eastern outskirts of Khiam, according to Al-Arabiya television. Hezbollah officially mourned Ali Suleiman Abu Abbas, who was killed in the town of Khiam. The strike came after a relatively ...

VideosFamilies of Beirut Blast Victims Gather at Karantina Fire Station

Lyne Sammouri 2025-08-04 15:50 - Reading : less than a minute

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At the Karantina Fire Station, families of the firefighters who died in the Beirut Port explosion gathered in silence to mark five years since the blast. The annual march of remembrance continues toward the Statue of the Emigrant.

ReportAugust 4: Four Witnesses at the Epicenter

Moncef Ait-Kaci 2025-08-04 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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That day began like any other. Sam, a young bartender then working in Hamra, was already on shift, and the restaurant was packed. “I was preparing orders when I felt the ground shaking. A massive jolt. They say there were two explosions, but I only heard one. A sound unlike anything I’d ever heard.” Jacques, architect, was sitting down to ...

Five Years On: Lebanon Marks Beirut Port Blast Anniversary with Calls for Justice and Remembrance

This is Beirut 2025-08-04 14:52 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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On the fifth anniversary of the devastating Beirut Port explosion, which killed over 200 people and injured thousands, officials and institutions have renewed their calls for justice and remembrance, while tributes were held across the country. Interior Minister Ahmad Hajjar visited the Beirut Fire Brigade headquarters, where he laid a wreath at ...