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ISF Warns of Fraudulent Schemes on WhatsApp
This is Beirut 2024-12-24 13:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Internal Security Forces Fraud
The Directorate General of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) is warning citizens not to fall victim to scam schemes they may encounter through social networks. These scams typically involve messages received from foreign numbers via the WhatsApp application, "offering remote work opportunities and promises of earning money," according to data ...
Pro-iranian Axis on Alert in Deir Ezzor After Drone Strike
This Is Beirut 2024-09-06 15:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), pro-Iranian groups operating along the Syria-Iraq border are on high alert after an unidentified drone targeted a truck near one of their headquarters on Thursday, close to the town of Boukamal in the Deir Ezzor countryside. The attack resulted in three casualties: a Syrian ...
Cardinal Aghagianian's Remains Moved to Beirut
Fady Noun 2024-09-12 16:27 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
While official statements have been sparse and lacking in detail, the figure of Cardinal Grégoire Pierre XV Aghagianian (1895-1971) is emerging more clearly as the reasons for transferring his remains to Lebanon are now better understood. This solemn transfer, taking place at Martyrs' Square, comes at his own request. Born in Georgia in 1895 and ...
Israel Arrests Citizen in Iranian Plot to Kill Netanyahu
This Is Beirut 2024-09-19 16:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel's police arrested an Israeli citizen allegedly recruited by Iran to plot the assassinations of top Israeli officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the police and Shin Bet said Thursday. "An Israeli citizen was recruited by Iranian intelligence to promote assassinations of Israeli figures. He was smuggled twice into Iran and ...
Escaping Lebanon... by Yacht?
Maroun Chahine 2024-09-30 19:23 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
There was a time, particularly in the 1970s and 1980s, when Cyprus served as a “haven of peace” for Lebanese escaping the horrors of war. Simply arriving in Cyprus, typically Larnaca, was enough to obtain a visa and enjoy the island's “small pleasures.” As the Israeli war intensifies on Lebanese territory, old fears are being revived, ...
Iran Delays Israel-Saudi Normalization, Israel Hinders US-Iran Deal
2024-10-08 08:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam israel Iran Saudi Arabia
Will Israel’s response to the Iranian strike be calculated, precise, and restrained under US guidance, the same way Iran’s strike on Israel was? Will Tel Aviv comply with Washington’s directives to avoid targeting nuclear sites, keeping its actions within the parameters set by the US, or will it disregard these boundaries and strike those ...
Al-Qard Al-Hassan: Is Hezbollah's "Bank" in Jeopardy? (1/2)
Maurice Matta 2024-10-09 08:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Intense daily Israeli airstrikes continue on the southern suburb of Beirut, southern villages, and the Beqaa Valley, while the Israeli side affirms that its war will persist until it eliminates Hezbollah's military and organizational targets. The aim is to inflict as much strategic damage as possible on Hezbollah, including its financial ...
Israeli Strikes on Baalbeck-Hermel District Kill 63
This is Beirut 2024-10-29 10:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Baalbek-Hermel district endured a tragic day on Monday as Israeli airstrikes claimed 63 lives, including women and children, and injured dozens. Casualties were reported across multiple towns, with attacks on densely populated civilian areas worsening the humanitarian crisis. The attacks included the areas and towns of Shmastar, Halanieh, ...
Israel Targets Hezbollah Weapons Depots in Syria
This is Beirut 2024-10-31 19:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said five civilians were killed Thursday in Israeli strikes on Syria's Qusayr region near the border with Lebanon, where Israel said it hit Hezbollah weapons depots. The Britain-based war monitor said three strikes targeted the town of Qusayr, where Iran-backed Hezbollah holds sway, and surrounding ...
Heavy Raids on Beirut's Southern Suburb
This is Beirut 2024-11-24 21:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Heavy raids hit the southern suburb of Beirut, namely the areas of Roueiss, Ghobeiri, Bir al-Abed and Haret Hreik. Twelve airstrikes were numbered according to official media reports. The Israeli army's Arabic-speaking spokesman, Avichae Adraee, confirmed via the “X” platform that the Israeli army had launched ...
Iran Launches Heaviest Space Payload Into Orbit
This is Beirut 2024-12-06 10:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran successfully launched on Friday its heaviest space payload, which includes a satellite and a space tug, using a domestically developed satellite carrier, official media reported. Weighing 300 kilogrammes (660 pounds), the payload consisted of the Fakhr-1 telecommunications satellite and the Saman-1 space tug, according to state ...
Syria Rebel Leader Vows to Pursue Former Officials for Torture
This is Beirut 2024-12-10 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria's Islamist rebel leader said Tuesday that the incoming authorities will announce a list of former senior officials "involved in torturing the Syrian people". "We will offer rewards to anyone who provides information about senior army and security officers involved in war crimes," rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, now using his real name ...
Hezbollah Faces a Shrinking Support Base
Sonia Rizk 2024-12-19 15:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Amal Baalbeck Hamas Hezbollah Palestine
At a time when all norms in Lebanon and its surrounding regions have been overturned, with one downfall following another — from Hamas in Gaza to Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Assad regime in Syria — huge changes continue to unfold, provoking reactions from the entire “Axis of resistance.” This axis has collapsed, dragging along those who ...
Israel Attacks Hezb Vehicle and Arms Depot
This is Beirut 2025-01-01 09:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli army's Arabic-speaking spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, began 2025 by announcing that it had targeted a vehicle and an arms depot belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, without specifying the location. “On Tuesday, the Israeli army spotted Hezbollah members transferring combat equipment from an arms depot in southern Lebanon to a ...
The Government Turning a Blind Eye to Hezbollah’s Weapon-Laden Tunnels
Joanne Naoum 2024-08-27 16:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In his latest speech, Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah called on the Lebanese to “rest” and “go back to their homes,” in southern Lebanon, announcing that revenge for the killing of top Hezbollah commander Fouad Shokr in an Israeli strike in Beirut’s Southern suburb had been “accomplished.” But incessant cross-border ...
BDL’s Foreign Reserve Assets Stand at $10.35B After a $210.47M Rise in the First Two Weeks of January 2025
This is Beirut 2025-01-23 13:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Central Bank of Lebanon Balance sheet of BDL Foreign Reserve Assests
According to the balance sheet of Lebanon’s Central Bank (BDL), the Bank’s total assets declined by 13.44% annually, to reach $93.22 billion by mid-January 2025, under the 89,500 LBP/USD official rate maintained by BDL since February 1, 2024. The fall was mainly due to the 80.60% and 24.49% year-on-year (YOY) drop in deferred open market ...
Bus Carrying Freed Palestinian Prisoners Arrives in Ramallah
This is Beirut 2025-02-15 16:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Palestine Hostages Ramallah
A bus carrying a group of Palestinian prisoners released Saturday by Israel under the Gaza ceasefire deal arrived to a cheering crowd in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, according to an AFP journalist. Wearing traditional keffiyeh scarves, the freed prisoners were hoisted onto the crowd's shoulders. They hugged relatives before heading to ...
February 18, 2025: Military Deployment Areas in Southern Lebanon
This is Beirut 2025-02-18 15:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam South Lebanon Lebanese Army
With the expiration of the deadline for the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon under the ceasefire agreement, Israeli forces withdrew on Monday from a large number of villages, where the Lebanese Army began to deploy. However, the Israeli Army maintains a presence at five strategic points in southern Lebanon, namely Labbouneh, Jabal Blat, ...
Vehicle Targeted in Ras Naqoura, Several Injuries Reported
This is Beirut 2025-03-05 19:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah south
Several people were injured on Wednesday morning after an Israeli drone fired a missile and dropped bombs on a van in Ras Naqoura. The vehicle, belonging to two brothers of the Jouheir family, was targeted as its owners were travelling to the area to inspect land belonging to them. The van's passengers were seriously injured, but survived the ...
Lebanon's Central Bank Dilemma: Between Collapse and Recovery
Salam El Zaatari 2025-03-27 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Banks Central Bank Economy
Imagine a ship caught in a storm – battered, leaking and listing dangerously – while its crew argues not over how to navigate to safety, but whether to abandon ship entirely or simply repaint the deck. This is Lebanon today: a country sinking under the weight of a financial collapse, and yet, paralyzed by a bitter ideological struggle over ...
Towards the Closure of the Ministry of the Displaced
This is Beirut 2025-03-27 11:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Kamal Chehadeh Ministry of Displaced
Despite repeated promises from successive governments, the Ministry of the Displaced remains operational, with plans for its closure yet to materialize. Now, with a new administration in power, the question resurfaces: could this long-standing goal be achieved within a year? In this context, Kamal Shehadeh, Minister of the Displaced and Minister ...
The Government Approves Compensation for Public School Teachers
This is Beirut 2025-04-11 21:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon public schools cabinet
The Cabinet on Friday approved a long-overdue decree granting financial compensation to employees of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, marking what many are calling a long-awaited victory for public school teachers. The decree, which incorporates revisions suggested by the State Council, will take effect immediately upon the ...
Sudan: What You Need to Know After Two Years of Hell
Mario Chartouni 2025-04-15 20:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Sudan Conflict Darfur United Arab Emirates
Since April 15, 2023, Sudan has been ravaged by a brutal civil war between the country’s two main armed forces: the regular army, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary militia commanded by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, better known as Hemedti. The conflict, which erupted in the heart of the ...
WHO Countries Reach Landmark Agreement on Tackling Future Pandemics
This is Beirut 2025-04-16 09:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump Covid-19 United Nations WHO Pandemic
Years of negotiations culminated early Wednesday with countries agreeing the text of a landmark accord on how to tackle future pandemics, aimed at avoiding a repeat of the mistakes made during the Covid-19 crisis. After more than three years of talks and one last marathon session, weary delegates at the World Health Organization's headquarters ...
TikTok Fined 530 Mn Euros in EU Over China Data Transfer
This is Beirut 2025-05-02 13:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
TikTok was hit with a massive EU fine of 530 million euros ($600 million) Friday, accused of sending personal data of Europeans to China and failing to guarantee it was shielded from access by Chinese authorities. The Chinese-owned social media giant, which is also in the crosshairs of the United States, acknowledged during a probe that it has ...
Lebanon Among World’s Most Expensive Destinations for Remittances
This is Beirut 2025-05-07 20:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
United Kingdom United Nations United States Canada
Lebanon continues to rank among the costliest countries for receiving money transfers, with recent data highlighting the financial strain on expatriates sending money home. In the third quarter of 2024, the average cost of transferring $500 from the United States to Lebanon rose to $31.23, representing 6.25% of the amount sent. This marks an ...
Karim Souhaid: The Banking Reform Law Undermines the Independence of the Central Bank
This is Beirut 2025-05-07 21:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon BDL Banque du Liban Economy Parliament
Presenting a 33-page document containing substantial remarks on the banking reform bill submitted by the government, the Governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon, Karim Souhaid, attended a session of the Parliamentary Finance and Budget Committee held mid-week. The session was chaired by MP Ibrahim Kanaan and attended by 40 parliamentarians, along ...
No Plans to Save the School Year in the South
Samar Yamout 2024-08-30 16:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
There’s currently no tangible plan in place to save the school year in Southern Lebanon, as discussions on this matter are still ongoing. Students in conflict areas may be moved to safer schools or those closer to their temporary new homes. As security conditions worsen and the war in Lebanon continues, families and students in southern ...
Blackout: Glimmers of Hope
This Is Beirut 2024-08-18 20:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Following the blackout in Lebanon on Saturday afternoon, glimmers of hope are appearing, and solutions are beginning to take shape. On Sunday, the Board of directors of Électricité du Liban (EDL) announced that it had approved the supply of around 5,000 kiloliters of petroleum derivatives to the Zahrani power plant, financed by a loan approved ...
US Sanctions Four Key Hezbollah Financiers in Lebanon and Iran
This Is Beirut 2025-05-15 18:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Hezbollah US Treasury Washington
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on two senior Hezbollah officials and two financial facilitators based in Lebanon and Iran for coordinating funding to support the group’s “terrorist activities.” According to a press release issued by the Department of the Treasury on ...