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Gen. Michael Leeney: New Chief of Ceasefire Commission
This is Beirut 2025-04-30 11:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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US Army General Michael J. Leeney has officially assumed the presidency of the ceasefire monitoring commission between Lebanon and Israel, succeeding his compatriot, General Jasper Jeffers. Born in 1966 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Michael J. Leeney is a seasoned general officer in the US Army. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in ...
16 Killed as Sectarian Clashes Near Damascus Spread: Authorities, Monitor
This is Beirut 2025-04-30 15:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Sectarian clashes between forces linked to Syria's new authorities and Druze fighters spread overnight near Damascus, leaving 16 people dead, state media and a monitor said Wednesday. The expanding violence is a major challenge to the Islamist authorities who overthrew longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December and comes after sectarian massacres ...
Africa's Cardinal Turkson is Continent's Papal Frontrunner
This is Beirut 2025-05-01 09:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Ghana's Cardinal Peter Turkson is seen as one of the Church's most influential men from Africa, where Christianity is quickly growing -- and which some believe could be the birthplace of the next pope. The 76-year-old born into a humble family of 10 children is the first clergyman from the west African country to receive a red hat, having been ...
Israel Strikes Near Damascus Presidential Palace Over Druze Violence
This is Beirut 2025-05-02 06:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israel's military said Friday it launched air strikes near the presidential palace in Damascus after the country's defence minister threatened intervention if Syrian authorities failed to protect the Druze minority. Syria's Druze spiritual leader has condemned a "genocidal campaign" against his community after sectarian ...
April 13 (Part II): The Roots of the Conflict
Michel Touma 2025-04-14 11:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Canada PM Carney to Call April 28 Snap Election
This is Beirut 2025-03-20 22:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to call a snap election for April 28, triggering an intense campaign dominated by how to react to President Donald Trump's trade war and demands to turn the close US ally into a 51st state. Carney, who replaced prime minister Justin Trudeau just last week, is set to announce the election ...
Ronen Bar: Ex-Shin Bet Chief Who Incurred Right-Wing Wrath
This is Beirut 2025-03-21 09:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The days of Ronen Bar as Israel's Shin Bet chief were already numbered after Hamas's deadly attack on October 7, 2023, having hinted he would resign to take responsibility for failing to prevent it. But he was sacked on Friday before he could depart himself, after incurring the wrath of the country's right wing over his positions, including on ...
Israel Supreme Court Freezes PM Bid to Sack Intel Chief
This is Beirut 2025-03-21 15:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Israel's supreme court Friday froze a decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to sack the internal security agency chief, an unprecedented move that has deepened divisions in the country. The court's decision came after opposition parties and a non-governmental organisation filed separate appeals hours after the government ...
Lebanese Authorities Seize Over One Ton of Cannabis Bound for Europe
This is Beirut 2025-03-21 19:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced on Friday that it had seized more than one ton of cannabis resin (hashish) hidden in food products and destined for Europe. In a statement, the ISF’s Public Relations Division revealed that the Central Anti-Narcotics Office had uncovered a drug trafficking network smuggling ...
Rockets in South Lebanon: A Message of Military and Political Escalation
Bassam Abou Zeid 2025-03-22 17:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Lebanese security services are working to identify those truly responsible for the rockets launched from southern Lebanon toward Israel on Saturday. Military intelligence views the attack as suspicious, believing it is an attempt to drag Lebanon back into war. In response, Lebanese authorities are intensifying diplomatic efforts—particularly ...
Israel's Opposition Calls for General Strike
This is Beirut 2025-03-23 05:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel's opposition leader on Saturday called for a general strike if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refuses to obey a Supreme Court decision freezing the government's dismissal of the internal security chief. If the government "decides to disobey the Court's decision it will become a government outside of the law," Yair ...
South Korea Court Reinstates Impeached PM Han as Acting President
This is Beirut 2025-03-24 09:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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South Korea's Constitutional Court dismissed the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Monday, reinstating him as acting president—a role he took after the president was suspended for declaring martial law. The court ruling is the latest development in South Korea's complex and sprawling political crisis, which President Yoon Suk Yeol ...
Pushing Effort to Sack Security Chief, Israel PM Alleges Anti-Govt Plot
This is Beirut 2025-03-24 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israel's prime minister, pushing to dismiss internal security chief Ronen Bar, on Monday alleged an attempt to bring down his government after Israeli media reported Bar's agency spent months probing far-right infiltration of the police. The police are under the supervision of far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. The ...
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 ...
Israel Conducts Large-Scale Military Drill Near Lebanese Border
This is Beirut 2025-03-26 20:25 - Reading : less than a minute
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Israel’s Northern Command launched on Wednesday a large-scale military exercise involving the 91st and 146th divisions, alongside the Air Force, Navy, police, Fire and Rescue Authority, and rapid response teams tasked with protecting border communities. The drill, announced by the Israeli army’s Arabic spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, on his X ...
Joumblatt Accuses Israel of Using the Druze in Syria
This is Beirut 2025-03-27 17:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Druze leader Walid Joumblatt has accused Israel of using the Druze in Syria by increasing outreach to this minority as part of a broader plan, which, according to him, aims to attempt to divide the Middle East into sectarian states. "Israel continues to pursue its longstanding plan... of dividing the region into confessional entities and ...
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 ...
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)
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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 ...
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
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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 ...
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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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 – ...