par Bassam Abou Zeid, 17/08 13:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
During closed-door discussions with international envoys, notably American and French officials, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati clearly conveyed his inability to stop the conflict in the south or de-escalate the mounting tensions. He emphasized that his efforts are limited to relaying messages to Hezbollah and urging restraint. However, the ...
par Marc Saikali, 18/08 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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This sentence was once scrawled along the road to Buenos Aires airport. At that time, amid a crisis, Argentina was experiencing a massive wave of emigration. In Lebanon, innovation is in full swing. While the last Lebanese hasn't quite left yet (but we’re getting there), the power has been shut off. Today, the state’s electricity, or ...
par This Is Beirut, 18/08 11:27 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A fighter in the ranks of the Hezbollah-affiliated Saraya Al Muqawama (Resistance Brigades), Fadi Kassem Kanaan, was killed Sunday morning in an Israeli drone attack targeting a motorcycle in the Jannam area, on the outskirts of the town of Shebaa, in the Hasbaya district in southern Lebanon. The Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the ...
par This Is Beirut, 19/08 11:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Heavy fighting continues on Monday morning on the Lebanese southern border as cross border exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah are not letting up. An Israeli raid on Hula early on Monday morning led to the death of two people. The Israeli army opened fire with heavy machine guns at the forests adjacent to the Blue Line on the outskirts of the ...
par David Hale, 19/08 16:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The people of the Middle East, particularly Lebanese, Israelis, Palestinians, and their near neighbors are understandably living on a knife's edge of uncertainty about what's next ever since the killing of Ismael Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31, 2024. It was a humiliation for the Iranians to have an honored terrorist guest assassinated in a ...
par This Is Beirut, 19/08 17:45 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli army announced on Monday the death of "an Israeli soldier killed this morning in a Hezbollah drone attack in western Galilee". According to the Israeli army, "five explosive-laden drones were launched from Lebanon during the attack, three of which were intercepted by the Iron Dome". The other two drones fell near Gesher HaZiv and the ...
par This Is Beirut, 20/08 10:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A new round of escalation began after an intense night of Israeli airstrikes that hit deep inside Lebanon. Hezbollah launched several rocket salvos at Israeli army positions in the annexed Golan Heights on Tuesday "in response" to Israeli strikes on Lebanon the previous day. Hezbollah fighters launched "intense rocket barrages" at two Israeli ...
par Johnny Kortbawi, 20/08 10:59 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In recent days, a number of Hezbollah sympathizers have impertinently mentioned demographics in Lebanon, with the sole purpose of embarrassing Christians in unprecedented ways. In this context, the Hezbollah-affiliated newspaper Al Akhbar published inaccurate figures, thereby stating that Lebanese Christians now make up less than 20% of ...
par This Is Beirut, 20/08 17:09 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tensions continued unabated on Tuesday afternoon between Hezbollah and Israel, as Israeli media reported the launch of "20 new rockets from southern Lebanon towards the western Galilee," after a very turbulent morning between the two sides in which Hezbollah had already fired 55 rockets in retaliation for Israel's nighttime strikes. Hezbollah ...
par This Is Beirut, 20/08 17:24 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran shut two offices linked to Germany's government on Tuesday, the judiciary said, nearly a month after the closure of a religious center in Germany over ties to the Islamic republic. "Two branches of illegal centers affiliated with the German government, which violated Iran laws and committed numerous illegal acts and extensive financial ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/08 20:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Wednesday his "readiness for any scenario" amid the ongoing conflict with Hezbollah and its backer, Iran, against the backdrop of the Gaza war. United States President Joe Biden is expected to urge Netanyahu to ease his demands in the ceasefire deal in a phone call later tonight, an unnamed ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/08 14:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Member of the "Strong Republic" bloc, MP Pierre Bou Assi, shared his insights on Lebanon’s current situation, addressing the nation's challenges. Bou Assi expressed concern for all Lebanese sects, noting a prevailing sense of existential peril. Many Lebanese feel excluded from a meaningful participation in the nation's affairs, with the ...
