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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 – ...
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 ...
Divided Views on Iran Within Trump’s Administration: Compromise vs. Hardline
Amal Chmouny 2025-04-19 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Iran Italy Donald Trump
The United States is preparing to engage in a new round of negotiations with Iran regarding its nuclear program, adopting a more rigorous approach. The US now demands the complete elimination of uranium enrichment beyond what is necessary for electricity generation, as well as verification of Iran's missile capabilities. This complicates ...
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 ...
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 ...
Israeli Drone Strike Kills Hezbollah Commander in Targeted Vehicle
This is Beirut 2025-04-15 13:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A Hezbollah member has been killed on Tuesday following an Israeli drone strike that targeted a vehicle on the Aitaroun road near the southern town of Bint Jbeil. “A drone attacked the region of Aitaroun in southern Lebanon earlier today and eliminated the commander of a unit in Hezbollah's special operations division,” ...
Basketball: Hoops Upsets Beirut Club and Ends Their Unbeaten Run
Makram Haddad 2025-04-15 20:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
It had to happen one day. After 11 consecutive wins, Beirut Club finally fell. And it was Hoops’ young squad who pulled off the feat, handing the men of Jad al-Hajj their first loss of the season (94-88 OT), during an electric clash in the 12th round of the Lebanese first division basketball championship. The clash, held in the overheated den of ...
Barca Through to Champions League Semis Despite Guirassy Hat-Trick
This is Beirut 2025-04-16 10:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
FC Barcelona Dortmund Champions League
Barcelona are through to the Champions League semi-finals with a 5-3 aggregate win, despite losing 3-1 at Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday with Serhou Guirassy hitting a hat-trick. Holding a 4-0 lead after a dominant performance in Catalonia, the visitors were made to sweat as Dortmund and Guirassy nearly pulled off a stunning turnaround. Guirassy ...
Jonathan Anderson takes helm at Dior Men
This is Beirut 2025-04-17 17:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Fashion LVMH Dior Men Jonathan Anderson France Culture
French fashion giant Dior named the highly-rated designer Jonathan Anderson as creative director of Dior Men on Thursday. Anderson, 40, quit Loewe last month after more than a decade in which he turned around the fortunes of the heritage Spanish brand. The Northern Irish designer -- an influential tastemaker with many A-list fans -- made the ...
Snow White Banned from Lebanese Theaters
Marilyne Jallad 2025-04-17 21:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ninety years after Disney’s pioneering animated version, Snow White is returning to the big screen in a live-action remake—screening in cinemas around the world, or almost. Lebanon and Kuwait have decided to outright ban this timeless tale intended for audiences young and old, from ages seven to 77. Due to the presence of an Israeli ...
Basketball: Al Riyadi and La Sagesse on Autopilot
Makram Haddad 2025-04-18 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The 12th round of the Lebanese First Division championship didn’t shake up the established order. On autopilot, defending champions Al Riyadi Beirut crushed modest Hrajel (110–78), while eternal rivals La Sagesse Beirut cruised past Club Central Jounieh its the court (93–66). Two dominant victories that reaffirm the supremacy of the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sudan War at 'Turning Point' But No End in Sight: Analysts
This is Beirut 2025-03-25 09:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Sudan's army has recaptured the presidential palace from rival paramilitaries and is pushing ahead to wrest full control of the capital, but analysts warn that the brutal two-year war is far from over. In the early days of the fighting, the army-aligned government was forced to flee Khartoum, which army forces are now a breath away from ...
Who Was Hossein Salami, Commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, Killed in Israeli Airstrike?
This is Beirut 2025-06-13 05:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Middle East Tehran Hossein Salami IRGC
Major General Hossein Salami, the Commander-in-Chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed on Friday in an Israeli airstrike that targeted military and nuclear facilities across Tehran. Born in 1960 in the city of Golpayegan, in central Iran, Salami rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most powerful ...
The Political Challenge of Disarming Palestinian Camps in Lebanon
Élie-Joe Kamel 2025-05-31 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Palestinian camps Joseph Aoun Mahmoud Abbas
The disarmament of Palestinian camps in Lebanon is set to begin in mid-June 2025 under a plan jointly developed by the Lebanese government and the Palestinian Authority. This initiative was a key focus of President Mahmoud Abbas’s recent visit to Beirut and was the main topic of a security meeting convened by President Joseph Aoun at the Baabda ...
Pentagon Chief Warns China is 'Preparing' to Use Military Force in Asia
This is Beirut 2025-05-31 16:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
China United States Pete Hegseth Taiwan
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday warned that China was "credibly preparing" to use military force to upend the balance of power in Asia -- remarks that earned a sharp rebuke from Beijing. The Pentagon chief was speaking at an annual security forum in Singapore, as the administration of US President Donald Trump spars ...
Polish PM calls Confidence Vote after Nationalist Wins Presidency
This is Beirut 2025-06-03 09:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Tusk Karol Nawrocki Poland
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has called for a parliamentary confidence vote in a bid to demonstrate continuing support for his pro-EU government after nationalist Karol Nawrocki won the presidential election. European far-right leaders welcomed the election of the 42-year-old Nawrocki, a fan of US President Donald Trump who has said he will ...
Integration of 3,500 Uyghur Jihadists into Syrian Army Raises Questions
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-06-03 14:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Syria Uyghurs China Jihadists Syrian army
A major strategic shift is underway in Ahmad al-Chareh’s Syria. In a controversial move, the United States has approved the integration of approximately 3,500 former foreign jihadist fighters – mostly Uyghurs – into the 84th Division of the Syrian Army. While the decision is reportedly conditional on full transparency during the integration ...
Kfarshima Women’s Volleyball Team Earns First-Ever D1 Spot
Hala Abdallah 2025-06-03 15:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Volleyball sports Kfarshima Adab and Riyada women
In a landmark achievement for women’s volleyball in Lebanon, Adab and Riyada Club of Kfarshima has earned its first-ever promotion to Division 1, marking a turning point for a young and determined team that defied the odds to rise through the ranks. After finishing second in its category with three wins and just one loss, the team secured its ...