Escalating Attacks in the South and Bekaa, 88 Killed in the Past 24h
2024-09-27 11:39 - Reading : less than a minute
Baalbeck
Baalbeck Festival: A Memorable Ode to the Oud
Élie-Joe Kamel, 2024-08-30 19:21 - Reading : less than a minute
The Baalbeck International Festival finally took place, albeit far from the City of the Sun. On Thursday evening, at the Caracalla Theatre in Beirut, Charbel Rouhana, accompanied by his Lebanese sextet, and the Trio Joubran, enchanted the audience, giving pride of place to the oud, an instrument symbolizing peace and harmony.
Tensions Intensify in Lebanon as Israel Targets South and Bekaa Regions
2024-08-28 19:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The security situation in Lebanon deteriorated on Wednesday following a series of Israeli airstrikes that resulted in several deaths and injuries. An Israeli drone strike targeted a vehicle on Wednesday afternoon on the Syrian-Beirut border near the Zabadani Bridge. The attack resulted in the deaths of four individuals, including Firas Qassam, ...
Al-Qaa Farmers Decry Lebanese-Syrian Water Agreement on Al-Assi
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-18 18:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The mayor of al-Qaa village in the Baalbeck-Hermel district, Bashir Matar, issued an urgent appeal on behalf of the town's farmers, who rely on artesian wells to irrigate their lands and ensure a decent living under the current difficult circumstances. "We raise this urgent call to the concerned authorities regarding the repercussions of the ...
Cultural ‘Encounter in the Bekaa’ by the Institut Français
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-14 10:21 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
From June 14 to 16, the Bekaa Valley will buzz with a vibrant artistic festival. Organized by the Institut français du Liban in the Bekaa, the happening will offer free performances spanning theater, music, dance, and storytelling to a broad audience. The "Encounter in the Bekaa" festival will take place in Zahlé, Baalbeck, and Hermel. ...
Latest Developments: Two Killed in South Lebanon's Persisting Violence
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-02 10:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Following a day of heavy fire exchanges across the border between Hezbollah and Israel, including drone attacks that hit targets deep into Lebanon, in the region of Baalbeck, unrelenting violence continued on Sunday. The Tallet al-Sanawbar between Hamamas and Khiam was shelled in the early morning hours, causing it to catch fire. Several ...
Israeli Raids Near Baalbeck, Cautious Calm in the South
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-06 10:56 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli warplanes launched an airstrike at around 1:30 a.m. on Monday on a factory in the town of Sefri, near Baalbeck, which led to the injury of three civilians. The raid also targeted an uninhabited building, the stones of which littered the neighboring Rayak-Baalbek International Road. The border area in the eastern sector of south Lebanon is ...
Israel Strikes a Hezbollah Site in Baalbek Area
2024-04-14 19:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel Sunday struck a Hezbollah site in Lebanon's east near the Syrian border, the Israeli army and a source from the Iran-backed group said, as tensions soared after Iran directly attacked Israel. The Hezbollah source told AFP that "the Israeli strike targeted an area... near Baalbek and targeted a two-story building belonging to Hezbollah," ...
Two Syrians Kidnapped and Released in Baalbeck-Hermel
2024-04-11 19:22 - Reading : less than a minute
Armed men in a black Prado jeep with tinted windows and no license plates abducted two Syrians in Baalbeck-Hermel in northeastern Lebanon. They took their cell phones and the money they had on them before releasing them, near the Makneh town. The two were on their way to Homs, north of Damascus. They were in a cab on the Chtoura-Baalbeck-Qaa road ...
Israeli Airstrikes Target Baalbeck
2024-04-07 10:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli fighter jets launched strikes shortly after midnight on Sunday. They targeted a vacant warehouse in the town of Sefri in the Baalbeck district and strategic positions along the eastern Lebanese mountain range near the outskirts of Janta, close to the Lebanese-Syrian border, without causing human casualties. Israel announced that the ...
Jeep Carrying Illegal Syrian Migrants Overturns Near Border
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-31 10:54 - Reading : less than a minute
In an incident near the Lebanese border, a Jeep carrying Syrian families overturned on the Bodai-Baalbeck road, resulting in multiple injuries. The families, consisting of 15 Syrian passengers, had entered Lebanon clandestinely, with the help of armed individuals. Upon the arrival of military intelligence at the scene of the accident, a ...
Israeli Army Raids Ras Baalbeck
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-26 16:07 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In retaliation to Hezbollah’s attack on the Meron air base, the Israeli Army announced that it had hit Baalbeck. An Israeli airstrike targeted Wadi Fuara near the city of Hermel, where the sound of explosions was heard and plumes of smoke were observed, according to the National News Agency (NNA). Simultaneously, an Israeli airstrike targeted a ...