Rayan Chami, 11:20 - Reading : less than a minute
Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah Israel Mossad Assassination
Days before the commemoration of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination, Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth revealed new details about the operation. According to the report, agents on the ground, along with devices placed above his bunker, played a decisive role in the success of the strike. Here’s what we know.
This is Beirut, 22/09 18:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced on Monday that he issued an administrative circular banning the use of public spaces without prior authorization from the relevant authorities. “I have instructed all government departments, public institutions, municipalities and municipal unions to strictly enforce the laws regulating the use of public ...
This is Beirut, 22/09 13:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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On the first anniversary of Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination, Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth published new details about the operation which it described as “worthy of a science-fiction movie.” The mission took place in September 2024, while Israeli fighter jets were heavily bombing Hezbollah strongholds in the southern suburbs of ...
Johnny Kortbawi, 19/09 11:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah Lebanon Raoucheh
The Raouche Rock crisis has no real bearing on Lebanon’s political life. Yet, it does reveal the deep divide in how political figures are perceived: either as sacred icons or as demons. Hezbollah’s fabricated controversy over projecting the images of Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine on the rock to mark their assassination is nothing more ...
This is Beirut, 17/09 19:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Raouche Lebanon Hassan Nasrallah Hashem Safieddine Hezbollah Nadim Gemayel
Hezbollah has stirred controversy among Lebanese politicians after announcing on Tuesday that the images of former Secretary Generals Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine would be projected on the Rock of Raouche on the anniversary of their deaths. During a press conference, Hezbollah’s head of activities, Ali Daher, said that the Raouche ...
Natasha Metni Torbey, 17/09 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hezbollah Israel Lebanon Hassan Nasrallah Beirut
September 17, 2024, 3:30 p.m. Like so many other dates, this one once again thrust Lebanon into the unexpected. In an almost everyday silence, thousands of small devices, pagers, and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah forces exploded almost simultaneously. A deafening roar, flames erupting from offices, vehicles, and command centers. Dozens killed, ...
This is Beirut, 16/09 19:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah Lebanon Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that the death of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on September 27, 2024, in a violent Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs, triggered the collapse of the pro-Iranian axis. “On October 7, we were attacked by the monsters of Hamas. The next day, Hezbollah joined the fight ...
Michel Touma, 15/09 10:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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“The American way of life – as we want it – remains disarmingly simple: I want to be able to marry, buy a home, raise children, let them ride their bikes until sundown, send them to a good school, and live in a peaceful neighborhood.” These words came from Charlie Kirk, delivered during one of his well-known public debates, often hosted on ...
Johnny Kortbawi, 02/09 17:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah Israel Lebanon weapons
In the wake of the recent war with Israel, Hezbollah has entered a new phase, prompting a shift in many of its long-held convictions, most notably its attachment to weapons as a bargaining chip. What was once upheld as a symbol of dignity and pride, described by former Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah as a divine mission, is now the subject of ...
Sana Richa Choucair, 27/08 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah Naim Qassem Judiciary
The complaint, lodged Wednesday by lawmakers and members of the Sovereignist Front, comes after an August 19 meeting during which several parliamentarians and political figures announced their intention to take legal action against Qassem and refer the case to the Court of Cassation. They argue that Qassem’s August 15 statement warning that ...
Johhny Kortbawi, 16/08 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah Israel
A clear separation is emerging between Naim Qassem and Hezbollah, or even between various factions within the party and its wider base of supporters, following the absence of a central figure like Hassan Nasrallah, which has undermined decision-making and centralized authority. Historically, Qassem played a secondary role within Hezbollah, ...
Michel Touma, 07/07 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah Israel Joseph Aoun War
In the aftermath of one of Hezbollah’s many aimless wars in recent years, a senior figure within the pro-Iranian party delivered a speech categorizing the Lebanese people into four groups: the “noblest” – party members and loyalists who, in his words, are “resisting the occupation,” those who “collaborate with the enemy,” those who ...