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More Than 20 Israeli Strikes on Syria's Territory
This is Beirut 2025-05-03 02:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Syria Strikes Conflict
Israel launched more than 20 air strikes inside Syria late Friday, a war monitor said, following up an attack near the presidential palace in Damascus which was condemned as a "dangerous escalation" by the country's Islamist rulers. The strikes came amid Israeli warnings to the Damascus government not to harm the Druze minority, ...
Mossad Agents Behind Deadly 'Pager Operation' in Lebanon Publicly Honored During Independence Ceremony
This Is Beirut 2025-05-03 10:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Pagers
During Israel’s 77th Independence Day torch-lighting ceremony on Mount Herzl last Wednesday, three masked Mossad operatives identified only by the initials “R,” “D” and “N” appeared publicly for the first time. Israeli media reported that these individuals led the covert “Killer Pager Operation” targeting Hezbollah members in ...
Yemen Government Names Finance Minister as New PM
This is Beirut 2025-05-03 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Gulf Hamas Houthi Palestine
Yemen's internationally recognised government named finance minister Salem bin Buraik as its new prime minister on Saturday, after his predecessor quit saying he was unable to fully exercise his powers. Outgoing premier Ahmed Bin Mubarak had disputed for months with Rashad al-Alimi, who heads the Saudi-backed Presidential Leadership Council, ...
Israeli Army Destroys Former Syrian Regime Outpost on Mount Hermon
This is Beirut 2025-05-05 14:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Syria Israël Mount Hermon Golan Heights
The Israeli army declared that it had located and demolished a former Syrian regime military headquarters situated on the summit of Mount Hermon in southern Syria. The operation was conducted over the past week by troops from the recently established HeHarim, or “Mountain Brigade.” Formed in 2024, the HeHarim Brigade is tasked with securing ...
Ford Sees $1.5 Bn Tariff Hit This Year, Suspends 2025 Forecast
This is Beirut 2025-05-06 05:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ford United States Economy Tariffs
Ford reported a 65 percent drop in first-quarter profits Monday, citing a near-term drag on auto sales from new vehicle launches, as it withdrew its forecast amid tariff uncertainty. The carmaker estimated a full-year net hit of about $1.5 billion in adjusted operating earnings following President Donald Trump's myriad tariff actions since ...
The FPM: Once Upon a Time in Power
Johnny Kortbawi 2025-05-06 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Municipal Elections Free Patriotic Movement
Those close to the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) often exaggerate the party’s political victories. After the most recent parliamentary elections, they insisted for months that the FPM held the largest bloc, despite clear figures showing the Lebanese Forces (LF) had outperformed them. They maintained this narrative by portraying their entire bloc ...
Beirut's Municipality: A Small-Scale Republic
Johnny Kortbawi 2025-04-22 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Beirut’s municipality is, in truth, more than a municipal body, yet smaller than a republic. It is effectively a quasi-state, given the sheer number of people who enter the city each day for work or residence — a figure that amounts to nearly half of Lebanon’s population. More than 60 percent of the country’s registered vehicles also enter ...
Pope Francis: "Providence Will Never Forsake Lebanon"
Fady Noun 2025-04-21 16:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Pope Francis Hezbollah US Secretary of State USA
Pope Francis has always kept Lebanon close to his heart. According to those close to him and many of his visitors, the Holy Father has remained closely informed about developments in the country. While he has not visited Lebanon—due to both health concerns and the political vacuum created by the absence of a president and a fully functioning ...
Basketball: Akram Halabi, the Architect of the Lebanese Rebound
Makram Haddad 2025-05-07 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Basket-ball Akram Halabi
When Akram Halabi was elected head of the Lebanese Basketball Federation in 2018, no one yet suspected that Lebanon was about to go through one of the worst decades in its contemporary history. A President in the Storm Akram Halabi did not imagine that the term he was beginning would turn into a marathon of crises. In October 2019, an ...
Political Fraud and the Bungled Peace
Charles Chartouni 2025-04-07 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah USA
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 ...
Sudan Army Says it Has Taken Full Control of Khartoum
This is Beirut 2025-03-28 09:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Sudanese army said it had wrested back full control of Khartoum, nearly two years after losing the capital to rival paramilitaries, capping a weeklong blitz that saw it recapture the presidential palace, the airport and other strategic sites. "Our forces today have... forcibly cleansed the last pockets of the remnants of the Daglo terrorist ...
Rai: As if Lebanon Were a Project of Positions Rather Than a Project of State
This is Beirut 2025-03-30 12:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In his Sunday homily, Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai likened the Lebanese state to a paralytic. He believes that the country is suffering from immobility due to the loss of sovereignty, foreign interventions aimed at fueling division and disrupting political and democratic life, growing debt, increasing poverty, rising unemployment and stagnating ...
Kabalan Calls for Full Mobilization in Favor of Hezbollah and Amal for Parliamentary Elections
This is Beirut 2025-03-31 11:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Amal Ahmad Kabalan Parliamentary elections
In his sermon on Monday, marking Eid al-Fitr celebrations, Jaafarite Mufti Sheikh Ahmad Kabalan cautioned against the political and strategic stakes of the upcoming parliamentary elections, scheduled for May 2026. He emphasized that Lebanon’s political and strategic survival depends on full mobilization in favor of Hezbollah and the Amal ...
Lebanon Caught Between the Hammer of Hezbollah and the Anvil of Israeli Strikes
Bassam Abou Zeid 2025-03-31 13:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Morgan Ortagus, Deputy US Special Envoy for the Middle East, is preparing to visit Lebanon, potentially right after Eid al-Fitr. She has laid the groundwork for this visit through a series of interviews with Arab and Lebanese media, where she emphasized a central message: Hezbollah must be disarmed. This issue is expected to be central to her ...
Israeli Army Dismantle Hamas Tunnel and Rocket Workshop
This is Beirut 2025-03-31 16:45 - Reading : less than a minute
Nawaf Salam Israeli Army Hamas Gaza
The Israeli army on Monday dismantled a one-kilometer underground tunnel by the elite Yahalom Unit, a tunnel identified as part of Hamas’ network. This comes as part of an intensification of targeted operations in northern and central Gaza. In addition to neutralizing the tunnel, the troops also discovered and disrupted a workshop dedicated ...
Switch 2: The Legacy of a Global Success
This is Beirut 2025-04-02 12:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Gaming giant Nintendo is set to unveil the successor to its phenomenally popular Switch console on Wednesday. Here are some facts about its success: 150 million sold Nintendo has sold around 150 million Switch machines since the gadget's launch in March 2017. That makes it the third best-selling console in video game history, behind Sony's ...
Val Kilmer, Charismatic Star of 'Top Gun' and 'Batman,' Passed Away
Marie-Christine Tayah 2025-04-02 14:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Cinema Val Kilmer Culture Art Actor
American actor Val Kilmer has died at the age of 65 from complications of pneumonia, as confirmed by his daughter Mercedes Kilmer to The New York Times. The actor, whose career saw soaring highs and difficult lows, had been battling the long-term effects of throat cancer since 2014, which left him without his voice but never without his artistic ...
Hezbollah Struggles with Internal Divisions Amid Economic and Leadership Crises
This is Beirut 2025-04-03 13:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah Naim Qassem Khalil Harb Mohammad Haidar Haitham Tabatabai
Hezbollah’s silence and inaction in the face of ongoing Israeli attacks have raised significant questions about the group’s internal stability. Israeli media have reported mounting challenges in the Iran-backed group, particularly following the severe damage it sustained during the recent conflict with Israel. These setbacks have ...
Aoun Visits ISF and GS Directorates to Reinforce Institutional Independence
This Is Beirut 2025-04-03 15:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Joseph Aoun Security ISF
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun conducted an inspection tour of the General Directorates of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) and General Security (GS) on Thursday. Accompanied by Minister of the Interior Ahmad Hajjar, Aoun reaffirmed the crucial role of security institutions in maintaining national stability and emphasized the need to safeguard ...
Mission Ortagus 2: Disarming Hezbollah and Addressing Border Tensions
Élie-Joe Kamel 2025-04-03 19:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Donald Trump Morgan Ortagus
Morgan Ortagus, the US Deputy Special Envoy for the Middle East, is scheduled to arrive in Beirut tomorrow, Friday, as part of a renewed effort to resolve the ongoing conflict between Lebanon and Israel and to revive negotiations over border disputes. Until yesterday, the Lebanese government had not been informed of Ortagus’s visit. However, ...
Beirut Municipality: Parity and Coexistence Are Crucial
Johnny Kortbawi 2025-04-04 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The municipal elections can no longer be postponed, especially now that no party is willing to take the blame for another delay, regardless of the challenges. The main issue is the fragile balance of equal representation in the Beirut Municipality, which remains uncertain as efforts to preserve it continue. Rafic Hariri – and later his son – ...
Israel: Document Reveals Iran's Support for October 7 Attack
This is Beirut 2025-04-06 18:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Israel Katz Hamas Iran Gaza
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz disclosed on Sunday a communication between Iran and Mohammed Al-Deif, the General Commander of the Al-Qassam Brigades, as well as Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, confirming "Iran's support for the October 7, 2023, plan." During a visit to the intelligence unit in the "Amshot" division on Sunday, ...
Luxury Perfume Bottles Go Electric in France’s Glass Valley
This is Beirut 2025-04-09 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Perfume Art Culture Heritage Luxury
In rapid succession, molten drops of glass fall into molds, giving shape to iconic perfume bottles from Lancôme, Chanel, and Guerlain—now produced with a lighter carbon footprint thanks to a new electric furnace at the Pochet du Courval glassworks in Normandy. An intense heat surrounds the furnace, which continuously melts a mix of raw ...
Pope Francis Dies at 88: A Legacy of Peace, Reform, and Compassion
Pierre Daccache 2025-04-21 12:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on December 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, passed away on Monday at the age of 88. The first pope from the Americas and the first Jesuit to lead the Roman Catholic Church, Francis leaves behind a profound legacy of humility, reform, and global outreach. Humble Beginnings in Buenos Aires The son of ...
Hamas Leadership Operating Behind Veil of Secrecy
This is Beirut 2025-04-10 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Hezbollah Middle East
After Israel killed a string of its leaders, Hamas anointed new commanders to top ranks, this time shrouding their identities in secrecy to protect them from assassination. Israel vowed to crush Hamas in retaliation for the October 7 attack, launching a blistering offensive in Gaza that has massively weakened the movement while reducing much of ...
HTS: Repression Driving the Protests
Marie de La Roche Saint-André 2025-04-10 16:15 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
Starting in February 2024, a wave of protests has swept through the cities of Idlib, Binnish and Sarmada, quickly spreading across much of Syria's northwestern province. The demonstrations are a direct response to the repressive governance of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), compounded by worsening economic conditions and a collapse in basic ...
Banners Proclaiming 'A New Era for Lebanon' Burned Just Hours After Installation
This is Beirut 2025-04-11 12:49 - Reading : less than a minute
Beirut International Airport Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah
Barely installed, already in flames. The banners bearing the slogan “A New Era for Lebanon,” unveiled on Thursday along the road leading to Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, survived only a few hours. By Friday morning, photos circulating on social media showed the signs reduced to ashes—targets of a deliberate act of ...
Beirut Port Blast Probe Takes New Turn as Judge Bitar Presses Ahead
This is Beirut 2025-04-11 14:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The investigation into the devastating August 4, 2020 Beirut port explosion saw renewed momentum on Friday, as Judge Tarek Bitar reaffirmed his intention to pursue the case despite no immediate action being taken against those questioned. Among those summoned was former General Security chief Major General Abbas Ibrahim, who appeared before Judge ...
Erdogan Accuses Israel of Destabilizing Syria
This is Beirut 2025-04-11 17:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday accused Israel of sowing divisions in Syria in a bid to "dynamite" the "revolution" that toppled strongman Bashar al-Assad. Turkey is a key backer of Syria's new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, whose Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) led the rebel coalition which ousted Assad in December. "Israel ...
April 13 (Part II): The Roots of the Conflict
Michel Touma 2025-04-14 11:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanese Army Militia PLO Civil war
In the collective memory of Lebanon’s civil war, a specific moment often takes center stage: the deadly attack in Ain el-Remmaneh by Kataeb militiamen on a bus carrying Palestinian Fedayeen. For many observers—whether casual or seasoned—this event is widely viewed as the spark that ignited the Lebanese conflict. But such a narrative may ...