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Riyadh Welcomes US-Ukraine Meeting in Jeddah Next Week
This is Beirut 2025-03-07 13:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Saudi Arabia welcomed on Friday the planned meeting between the United States and Ukraine, to be held in Jeddah next week, according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry underlined the Kingdom's “unrelenting efforts to achieve lasting peace and put an end to the Ukrainian crisis, which have been pursued over the ...
Jaber: The 2026 Budget Will Guarantee Financial Regularity and Support Social Spending
This is Beirut 2025-03-07 18:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Finance Minister Yassine Jaber affirmed on Friday that the 2026 budget plan would include measures aimed at ensuring financial regularity while paving the way for increased spending in social sectors. He emphasized that this budget would highlight the government’s development strategies and priority reform objectives. Among the measures planned ...
Hussain Abdul-Hussain from FDD Washington, D.C : Lebanon and Israel Should Start Talking About Peace
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2025-02-03 20:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
I spent the last decade away from Lebanon in self-imposed exile. I became an intellectual and political pariah for demanding immediate and unconditional peace between Lebanon and Israel. I was told not to show off my Hebrew and to conceal my friendships with Israelis. I was told that I was going too far and that the Lebanese were not there yet. ...
To What Extent Can a Leader Make Independent Decisions?
David Sahyoun 2025-01-29 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanon Psychoanalysis Leaders Liberty Culture
Far from being purely rational actors, leaders—like all human beings—are constantly influenced by unconscious forces that shape their choices, distort their perceptions, and foster illusions of control. The freedom each person believes they possess is, in truth, far more constrained than it appears. Every individual constructs their own ...
Naim Qassem After Fall of Assad Regime: 'Hezbollah Lost Its Supply Lines Through Syria'
This is Beirut 2024-12-14 21:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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In a televised speech on Friday, his first since the fall of the Assad regime in Damascus, Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Naim Qassem acknowledged that “Hezbollah has lost its military supply route through Syria,” but emphasized that this loss was merely a minor detail and that a new supply route would be established. Qassem further ...
Beirut Blast Investigator Resumes Work After Two Years
This is Beirut 2025-01-16 20:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Lebanese judge Tarek Bitar resumed his investigation into the deadly 2020 Beirut port blast on Thursday, charging 10 people, including security, customs and military personnel, according to a judicial official. The fresh charges come after a two-year hiatus in the investigation into the August 4, 2020 explosion that killed more than 220 people, ...
HTS Leader Jolani Says Syrian Rebel Factions Will Be ‘Disbanded'
This is Beirut 2024-12-17 09:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Syria's rebel factions will be "disbanded," the head of the group that led the ouster of Bashar al-Assad has pledged, as the former president denounced the country's new rulers as "terrorists". Assad fled Syria on December 8, as rebels led by Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) captured the capital Damascus, ...
US Senators Introduce Law to Assist Lebanon
This is Beirut 2024-12-19 20:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US Senators introduced on Wednesday the ‘Preventing the Undermining of Lebanon’s Sovereignty and Economy (PULSE) Act’ that authorizes strong US assistance to the Lebanese people, its army and its economy, according to a press statement by the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee. The PULSE Act was introduced by Senators ...
General J. Aoun to New Army Cadets: 'Your Mission Is Sacred'
This is Beirut 2024-12-20 15:40 - Reading : less than a minute
Army Commander-in-Chief General Joseph Aoun on Friday congratulated cadets admitted in the Military Academy for joining the “institution of honor, sacrifice and loyalty.” “Armies are built for times of adversity, sacrifice is our destiny, even martyrdom if duty calls,” Aoun told the new cadets. “Let your party be Lebanon and your sect ...
BDL Reserves Rise to $10.176B: Will Payments Continue in January?
Maurice Matta 2024-12-27 11:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The relevant departments of the Banque du Liban (BDL) have finalized a comprehensive study on deposits and accounts held in Lebanese banks. This study distinguishes between “fresh accounts,” opened after October 17, 2019, and “dollar accounts,” which refer to legacy accounts established before that date. Commissioned by the acting ...
Chaos or Restructuring?
Charles Chartouni 2024-12-30 10:37 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The regional landscape is far from reassuring; none of the political and military events have come to a closure, and none of the geostrategic and political issues have found a way to deliberation. The situation in Syria is under the pull and sway of strident political factionalism, clashing regional power politics and endemic instability. Lebanon ...
Lebanon, a Nation Suffering from Its Leaders
David Sahyoun 2025-01-01 18:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Lebanon Psychoanalysis Politics Leaders Perversion Narcissisism
Amid the turmoil Lebanon is enduring, the psychological factors at play, which are crucial, are often overlooked. At the root of this profound crisis lies a political class responsible for the current decay, a class whose psychological dysfunctions border on true mental pathologies. Stuck at an infantile stage of development, the men and women in ...
In Pursuit of a President Defying the Detrimental Mini-State
Michel Touma 2025-01-06 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The Iranian mullahs' camp and their local allies have adopted excessive tactics of intimidation, threats and coercive politics. They revel in flaunting their defiance, entrenched in denial, loudly proclaiming that the "resistance" remains intact, "strong" and poised for a swift revival. While listening to their rhetoric and observing the arrogance ...
The Presidential Election and Its Aftermath
Charles Chartouni 2025-01-13 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Finally, the long-awaited presidential election has taken place after two and a half years of deliberate sabotaging and unjustified procrastinations. Whatever might have been the intricacies of the electoral process, the constitutional mandate would have never taken place if it were not for the changing dynamics elicited by the Israeli ...
Russia Accuses Ukraine of 'Energy Terrorism' Over Alleged Pipeline Strike
This is Beirut 2025-01-13 18:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Kremlin accused Ukraine on Monday of conducting "energy terrorism" and posing a danger to Europe's energy security, after an attempted drone attack on part of a major gas pipeline that carries Russian supplies to Turkey. The allegation -- which Kyiv has not commented on -- comes amid an escalating energy row between the two countries, almost ...
TikTok Faces Possible Ban in the US After January 19
Michael al-Andary 2025-01-14 13:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A regulation that might ban TikTok in the United States unless it finds an American buyer by January 19 has been upheld by a federal court. The ruling requires TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to either sell its US business or shut down in the country. Therefore, the well-known application which is currently used by 170 million Americans, ...
If Lebanon Were to Buy Back Its Debt...
Christiane Tager 2025-01-15 19:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In 2023, Lebanon’s public debt reached around $100 billion, representing approximately 200% of its GDP. This makes Lebanon one of the most indebted countries in the world in relation to its economy. It ranks second behind Japan (260% of GDP) and ahead of Greece (180% of GDP), Italy (150% of GDP) and Sudan (176% of GDP). This debt results from ...
Gaza: Israel Endorses Ceasefire Agreement With Hamas, Truce Begins On Sunday
This is Beirut 2025-01-18 02:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The Israeli government gave the final green light on Saturday to the ceasefire agreement with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, paving the way for a truce to come into force on Sunday, with the release of the first Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian detainees. Announced on Wednesday by Qatar and the United States, the agreement aims to bring ...
Israel Ends All Relations with UNRWA, Citing Security Concerns
This is Beirut 2025-01-28 18:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israel will cease all contact with the UN's Palestinian relief agency UNRWA and any other body acting on its behalf, its UN envoy said Tuesday, after repeatedly accusing the organization of undermining its security. UNRWA's offices and staff in Israel play a major role in the provision of healthcare and education to Palestinians, but ...
Bitcoin hits record above $109,000 awaiting Trump
This is Beirut 2025-01-20 11:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Bitcoin hit a record high above $109,000 on Monday as Donald Trump, who has signalled plans to deregulate the cryptocurrency sector, prepares to be sworn in as US president. Bitcoin surged to an all-time peak of $109,241 ahead of Trump's inauguration ceremony, before falling back to around $107,500. The world's biggest cryptocurrency has soared ...
Tensions and Military Deployment in South Lebanon Ahead of Ceasefire Expiry
This is Beirut 2025-01-20 11:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Search and rescue teams from the Lebanese Civil Defense recovered five bodies on Monday in the town of Khiam, the General Directorate of Civil Defense announced in a statement. Four bodies were found in the Jalahiya neighborhood, while another was recovered in the eastern neighborhood of al-Faour. The remains have been transferred to Marjayoun ...
The Trump Team Takes Shape: Part 1 – Nominations Requiring Senate Confirmation
Sana Richa Choucair 2025-01-20 11:30 - Reading : 17 minute(s)
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President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in on Monday, January 20, officially signaling his return to power. In the lead-up to the inauguration, Senate confirmation hearings have begun, giving the public a chance to watch committees evaluate Trump’s nominees and their suitability for their designated roles. But how does the confirmation ...
New Lebanon: The End of the ‘Resistance Axis’ Obstruction
Philippe Abi-Akl 2025-01-21 08:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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President Emmanuel Macron’s third visit to Lebanon since August 2020, dubbed “The Last Chance,” marks a turning point for the new president’s term. It came after repeated failures to resolve the crisis of electing a president. Macron visited Beirut shortly after General Joseph Aoun’s election as President and Nawaf Salam’s designation ...
Israel Voices Concerns over Ceasefire Implementation with Hezbollah as Deadline Approaches
This is Beirut 2025-01-23 20:27 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Israeli government expressed concerns on Thursday about the slow implementation of the ceasefire agreement with Iran-backed Hezbollah, just days before Israel is scheduled to complete its troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon, as outlined in the deal. The ceasefire, brokered by the United States and France, was agreed upon in November, ...
Mine Clearance in Lebanon: When Will Displaced Families Return South?
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-01-24 13:37 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Haunted by thousands of landmines and unexploded ammunition, Lebanon faces a significant challenge: clearing a territory scarred by decades of conflict, the most recent being the 2024 war between Hezbollah and Israel. Triggered by Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Tel Aviv, the conflict spilled over into Lebanon under the banner of ...
The Last Shot… Ending Amal-Hezbollah Grip on Finance Ministry
Johnny Kortbawi 2025-01-24 17:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Amal Hezbollah Lebanese Forces
The Ministry of Finance is not just a mere step in government formation. Speaker Nabih Berri has reopened the “Taif” files, reflecting on a past that no longer has anyone to endorse or oppose. The Ministry of Finance was indeed part of the Taif Agreement discussions, with a proposal to assign it to the Shiite community. However, this proposal ...
Washington Urges Immediate Ceasefire Extension as Tensions Continue in Southern Lebanon
This is Beirut 2025-01-24 23:14 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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As the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon nears its expiration on Monday, January 27, Washington has called for an urgent extension, urging Lebanese authorities to consider a temporary and short-term prolongation. The call comes as Tel Aviv announced its intention to extend its military withdrawal from southern Lebanon beyond the ...
Zelensky Says Allies Should Work on 'Format' for Any Talks with Russia
This is Beirut 2025-01-25 17:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday said allies should work towards determining a format for potential peace talks with Russia, reiterating that only talks involving Kyiv could bring about a sustainable peace. His comments are the latest to pile on speculation over the possibility of negotiations to end the brutal conflict that ...
Progress on UN Resolution 1701 Implementation
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-01-26 07:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon South Ceasefire Hezbollah
“Nothing is more certain than the impossible.” For years, this idea shaped Lebanon's political and security landscape under Iranian dominance— the impossible Israeli withdrawal, the impossible deployment of the Lebanese Army along the border, and the impossible disarmament of Hezbollah. Today, in the aftermath of the devastating war that ...
Solomonic Decisions
Charles Chartouni 2025-01-27 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Ceasefire
The truce agreement is coming to an end, and nothing has been accomplished on the Lebanese side: delays in disarming, setting demarcation lines, and laying the groundwork for long-term strategic goals. The incendiary rhetoric of Hezbollah and its ideological humbug have returned to the foreground at a time when the newly established authorities ...