Funeral

Jbeil Prepares to Bid Farewell to Pascal Sleiman

The funeral of Pascal Sleiman, the LF coordinator abducted and killed by suspected car thieves on Sunday, will take place tomorrow, Friday, at 1 PM, in the Cathedral of Saint Georges in Jbeil. The mass will be presided over by the Maronite Patriarch, Bechara al-Rai. The burial will take place in his native village, Mayfouq. Opposition MPs have ...

Funeral of Sleiman: LF Supporters Are Beginning to Gather

Supporters of the Lebanese Forces are beginning to gather in several regions of Lebanon.Thousands of people are expected at the funeral of Pascal Sleiman, the coordinator of the Lebanese Forces in Jbeil, who was killed last Sunday.   [readmore url="https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/lebanon/244279"]  

Pascal Sleiman Funeral: A Moving Popular Welcome as the Funeral Cortege Arrives

The funeral cortege of Pascal Sleiman, coordinator of the Lebanese Forces of Jbeil, arrived at 12:30 PM at the perimeter of Saint Georges Cathedral in Jbeil, where the funeral will take place at 1 PM. The ceremony will be officiated by the Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Bechara al-Rai. Pascal Sleiman's coffin, wrapped in the Lebanese and LF flags, ...

A Funeral Leads to Infringement of State Sovereignty

  In a blatant violation of state sovereignty and its institutions, members of the military branch of Jamaa Islamiya, a Lebanese Islamist group with close ties to Hamas, conducted a military parade in Akkar on Sunday. The parade was part of the funeral procession of two members of the Islamic group who were killed in an Israeli air raid in ...

Calls for Revenge at Iran Funeral for Hamas Chief Haniyeh

Iran held a funeral ceremony on Thursday with calls for revenge after the killing in Tehran of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in a strike blamed on Israel. The Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led prayers for Haniyeh ahead of his burial in Qatar, having earlier threatened a "harsh punishment" for his killing. In ...