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Israel Strikes Bridges Over Litani
This is Beirut 19/03 10:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel Lebanon Hezbollah Lebanese Army South Lebanon
As the ground offensive continues, Israeli strikes have begun targeting bridges over the Litani River, with IDF army spokesmen citing Hezbollah smuggling routes and the need to isolate enemy movement. Two retired Lebanese Army Generals believe the move is also a concerted pressure campaign directed at the Lebanese state. On March 13, the IDF ...
Smotrich Calls for Occupying Half of Lebanon as Israel Intensifies Infrastructure Strikes in the South
This is Beirut 23/03 17:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Hezbollah Israel Iran USA War
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s call to occupy half of Lebanon, setting the Litani River as a new boundary, comes as Israel intensifies a systematic campaign targeting critical infrastructure in southern Lebanon, a strategy that is increasingly raising concerns over its military objectives and legal implications. The remarks, made ...
Israel Says "Will Control" Up to Litani River
This is Beirut 24/03 17:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Hezbollah Israel Palestine
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said the military "will control… a security zone up to the Litani" river, adding that displaced Lebanese residents will not return south of the river "until security is guaranteed for the residents of the north" of Israel. The territory between the border and the Lebanese river is roughly 30 kilometres (20 ...
Al-Qard al-Hassan’s Gold: Hezbollah’s New Financial Scheme
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-12-10 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hezbollah Israel Lebanon Al Qard Al Hassan Hezbollah financing
After introducing ATMs, easy-access loans, and clandestine counters scattered throughout the alleys of Beirut’s southern suburbs, al-Qard al-Hassan (AQAH), Hezbollah’s financial arm, has taken its operations a step further: direct gold trading. Gold bars, coins, and jewelry are reportedly now being offered to the Shiite community, turning gold ...
The Layers of Pope Leo XIV’s Inaugural Journey
Charles Chartouni 2025-12-01 15:32 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Lebanon Turkey Vatican Pope Leo
Pope Leo XIV’s first foreign trip is striking and prompts a closer look at what motivated his choice of destinations. To those versed in Church history, his decision to travel first to Turkey and Lebanon may appear obvious, but it remains thrilling. Contemporary Turkey harbors the most important venues of paleo-Christian history. Turkey ...
Trump Arrives in Sharm el-Sheikh After Hero’s Welcome in Jerusalem
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 18:08 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Donald Trump Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas Gaza Sharm el-Sheikh
Donald Trump arrived in Egypt on Monday to co-chair a Gaza summit, following his address in Jerusalem, where he proclaimed an end to a “long nightmare” for Israelis and Palestinians on the day the last 20 living hostages were released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. The U.S. president, who initiated the plan that established a ...
Iran: “Hostage Diplomacy,” an Intractable Dilemma for the West
This is Beirut 2025-11-05 21:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Iran France Cécile Kohler Jacques Paris
For researchers, aid workers, and even tourists, Iran’s use of detention to extract concessions has become a serious dilemma for Western governments, which so far have failed to stop the practice. This so-called “hostage diplomacy,” consistently denied by Tehran, re-emerged just after the release on Tuesday of French nationals ...
Didier Raoult, the Korean Study and the Lure of Oversimplification
Makram Haddad 2025-10-21 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Jacques Choucair Marwan Ghosn Didier Raoult HDF
An internationally reputed microbiologist before 2020, Didier Raoult moved to the eye of the media storm with his promotion of hydroxychloroquine. Raoult, from Mandarin to Divisive ‘Star’ Since then, investigations, methodological critiques and disciplinary proceedings have piled up: in May 2023, his “off-protocol” regimens and a massive ...
Prince Andrew Faces New Pressure Following Virginia Giuffre’s Memoirs
This is Beirut 2025-10-21 20:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Virginia Giuffre Prince Andrew Jeffrey Epstein
The posthumous memoirs of American Virginia Giuffre, the main accuser of Prince Andrew in the Epstein case, went on sale Tuesday, increasing pressure on the disgraced brother of King Charles. In Nobody’s Girl, Virginia Giuffre, who died by suicide in April, recounts in detail being exploited as a sex slave by the late financier and sex offender ...
Hezbollah’s Rapid Rebuilding Outpaces Lebanon’s Disarmament Efforts
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 11:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Lebanese Army The Jerusalem Post
Hezbollah’s accelerated rebuilding efforts risk provoking an Israeli response if Lebanon does not act swiftly, according to Western intelligence sources cited by The Jerusalem Post. In a report published Tuesday, the Israeli daily highlighted the group’s ongoing efforts to rearm and reconstruct, even as the Lebanese government has officially ...
UK King to Be First to Pray With Pope in Five Centuries
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 12:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Pope Francis United Kingdom King Charles III Vatican History
King Charles III leaves for a state visit to the Vatican Wednesday, where he will meet Pope Leo XIV and make history as the first head of the Church of England to pray publicly with the pontiff since the schism between the churches 500 years ago. The visit comes at a delicate time for the British king following new revelations about his brother, ...
Over 330 Hezbollah Members Killed Since Ceasefire
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 ...
Marathon: Tony Hanna Breaks The Lebanese Record In Amsterdam
Makram Haddad 2025-10-27 16:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A few days ago, in the heart of the 50th anniversary of the TCS Amsterdam Marathon — an event labeled “Platinum” by World Athletics — the Dutch capital once again became a clock factory. In a massive pack and at a blistering pace, Hanna ran his race, clean and consistent, to cross the line after a perfectly managed effort. Lebanese record ...
Diplomatic Flurry in Beirut Amid Rising Israeli Strikes
Rayan Chami 2025-10-27 18:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Washington Cairo
Lebanon is witnessing a surge of high-level diplomatic visits as Israeli attacks intensify in the South and Bekaa, raising questions about whether this diplomatic activity seeks to calm tensions or apply greater pressure on Hezbollah’s disarmament. Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit and U.S. Special Envoy Morgan Ortagus arrived in ...
France to Charge Louvre Heist Suspects with Theft and Conspiracy
This is Beirut 2025-10-29 20:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Two men arrested over the jewel heist at France's Louvre museum this month will be charged with theft and criminal conspiracy, the Paris prosecutor said Wednesday. Dozens of detectives have been on the trail of four thieves who used a cherry-picker truck and cutting gear to break into a first-floor gallery at the world-renowned museum, then fled ...
Gold Demand Hit Records as Price Soared
This is Beirut 2025-10-30 09:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam USA Gold Jewelry Interest
Demand for gold hit a record high in the third quarter as the precious metal's price hit all-time highs on geopolitical unrest, industry data showed Thursday. Total demand grew three percent year-on-year in the July-September period to 1,313 tonnes, the World Gold Council said, as the metal, perceived as a safe haven investment, benefitted from ...
Lebanese Officials Condemn Deadly Israeli Attack on Blida
This is Beirut 2025-10-30 11:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Blida
Top Lebanese officials on Thursday denounced Israel’s latest attacks on southern Lebanon, including a deadly overnight strike on the Blida municipal building that killed municipal employee Ibrahim Salameh, describing it as a “flagrant assault on Lebanese sovereignty and state institutions.” Following the incident, President ...
Ortagus in Lebanon: A Low-Profile Visit with a Clear Message
Mario Chartouni 2025-10-30 13:11 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Ain el-Tineh Donald Trump Hezbollah Joseph Aoun
In a region increasingly fraught with tension, U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus’s visit to Beirut unfolded as part of a diplomatic sequence in which Lebanon once again finds itself on the fault line between war and negotiation. High-Level Meetings Morgan Ortagus began her Lebanese tour on Wednesday with a meeting in Ain al-Tineh with Parliament ...
The Sound of Heritage: Noel Anderson and Ireland’s Last Handmade Harps
This is Beirut 2025-10-30 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Music Harp Tradition Ireland Culture
"It's never too late to start a new hobby," says 89-year-old Irish harp maker Noel Anderson, one of only a few making the intricate instrument, a national symbol of Ireland. A retired wood and metalwork teacher, Anderson only took up the niche craft seven years ago, making his first harp at age 82. "It doesn't matter what age I am, really; I ...
The Atelier des Lumières Lands on the Moon: An Immersive Odyssey by Tom Hanks
Marie-Christine Tayah 2025-11-06 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Paris Atelier des Lumières Tom Hanks Culture Exhibition Art
In the heart of Paris, the Atelier des Lumières once again welcomes visitors in search of an extraordinary immersive art experience. This time, it’s not a single artist or a specific work on display — it’s a voyage into the cosmos: Destination Moon. At the Atelier des Lumières, an exploration of lunar conquest co-written by Tom Hanks ...
Day Two: Pope Leo XIV Highlights Peace, Unity and Solidarity
This is Beirut 2025-12-01 13:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Pope Leo XIV Harissa St. Charbel The Vatican
On the second day of his visit to Lebanon on Monday, Pope Leo XIV met with bishops, clergy, religious communities, and pastoral workers at the Our Lady of Lebanon Shrine in Harissa, where he delivered an address focused on his trip’s theme: “Blessed are the peacemakers.” The Pope praised the Lebanese Church’s role in sustaining hope amid ...
Hezbollah’s Obstinate Defiance: A State Within a State
This is Beirut 2025-11-06 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah United Nations
Hezbollah issued an unprecedented “open-letter” on Thursday, addressed to President Joseph Aoun, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam as well as to the Lebanese people. It presents itself as a solemn political message in defense of Lebanon’s sovereignty and unity. Yet behind its polished language about “national ...
'Vibe Coding' Named Word of the Year by Collins Dictionary
This is Beirut 2025-11-06 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
"Vibe coding," a word that essentially means using artificial intelligence (AI) to tell a machine what you want instead of coding it yourself, was on Thursday named the Collins Word of the Year 2025. Coined by OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy, the word refers to "an emerging software development that turns natural language into computer code ...
Memoirs of Juan Carlos Ignite Fierce Debate Over Franco
This is Beirut 2025-11-08 13:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Juan Carlos Spain King Memoirs Culture Art
Exiled former Spanish King Juan Carlos's memoirs have sparked renewed debate in Spain over his legacy and ties to the late dictator General Francisco Franco. Its publication coincides with the 50th anniversary of Franco's death on November 20, 1975 and the commemoration of Juan Carlos's proclamation as king two days later. In the book, the ...
Israel Accuses Lebanese Army of Failing to Curb Hezbollah’s Rearmament
This is Beirut 2025-11-09 12:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon South strikes
Israel has accused the Lebanese army of “failing to take sufficient action to prevent Hezbollah from rearming”, warning that it will “continue its intensified airstrikes unless the situation changes”, according to a report published Saturday by Israel’s public broadcaster Kan. According to the report, Jerusalem conveyed a message ...
Mamdani: Debunking the Fallacies of an Islamist Demagogue
Charles Chartouni 2025-11-10 17:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The New York elections attest to the ubiquitousness of domestic political events in a globalized era and more specifically in New York City, which recapitulates the promises, illusions, and contradictions of the global era. The overlapping variables of the urban order and its economic, social, cultural, and religious factors coalesce to define the ...
Washington Partially Suspends Caesar Act Sanctions
This is Beirut 2025-11-10 20:50 - Reading : less than a minute
United States Syria Treasury Caesar Act
The US Department of the Treasury announced the suspension of sanctions imposed on Syria under the Caesar Act, coinciding with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s visit to the White House, where he was received by US President Donald Trump. In a statement, the Treasury specified that the suspension does not include transactions involving Russia ...
Aoun Strengthens Lebanese–Bulgarian Relations During Official Visit
This is Beirut 2025-11-11 11:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Joseph Aoun Bulgaria August 4 Beirut Sofia
On the second day of his official visit to Bulgaria on Tuesday, President Joseph Aoun continued his diplomatic engagements aimed at deepening Beirut’s’s ties with Sofia. Aoun met with the Speaker of the Bulgarian Parliament, Raya Nazaryan, who expressed readiness to collaborate with Lebanese authorities on legal inquiries related to the ship ...
Why Is Bitcoin Plunging?
This is Beirut 2025-11-19 09:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Bitcoin Value Economy
What Has Caused the Latest Price Drop? Prior to the recent slump, Bitcoin broke a series of record highs in the wake of Donald Trump's return to the White House. The US president came out strongly in favor of cryptocurrencies before his re-election, and has continued to do so. Bitcoin first surpassed $100,000 in May before reaching its latest ...
The Digital Dollar: Hezbollah’s New Financial Weapon
Liliane Mokbel 2025-11-19 13:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Hezbollah’s financing continues to raise serious concerns. A clash is unfolding between international law and the militia, which is using multiple strategies to protect its resources. According to several sources, the group has even turned to digital dollars, particularly Tether, to secure its financial survival. Last week, a US Treasury ...