par Joanne Naoum, 21/03 17:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In a scene that raised concern among residents, masked and armed members of Hezbollah deployed heavily on Wednesday night in Beirut’s southern suburb (Dahyeh), checking people’s identities in a move aimed at tightening control over the party’s stronghold. Security concerns are the main motive for Hezbollah’s heightened control amid its ...
par This Is Beirut, 01/08 21:57 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
According to Reuters, Hezbollah did not evacuate its key sites or senior officials in Beirut's suburbs before the recent Israeli airstrike that killed Fouad Shokr, a senior commander, on Tuesday. The group believed and trusted that the US-led diplomatic efforts would prevent an attack, according to information obtained by Reuters from sources ...
par This Is Beirut, 20/09 18:48 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An Israeli raid targeted the southern suburb of Beirut, known as Dahyeh, on Friday afternoon, in the third such attack on Hezbollah’s stronghold since the pro-Iranian group opened its “support front” for Gaza on October 8. The Israeli army claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack, indicating that Ibrahim Aqil, head of operations and a ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/09 10:14 - Reading : less than a minute
The toll from Friday’s Israeli bombardment on the southern suburbs of Beirut rose to 51 on Sunday. The Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health had declared earlier that 45 people had been killed. 6 bodies have been recovered since. Meanwhile, search and rescue teams, ambulance services, and civil defense personnel are ...
