Marc Saikali, 20/03 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah Tehran PLO Syria
In 1982, the Israeli army launched Operation "Peace for Galilee" with the goal of driving Arafat's militias from southern Lebanon. More than mere militias, these were organized armies, and Yasser Arafat reigned as the undisputed ruler and bloodstained overlord of Lebanon. The leader of the PLO had unilaterally declared Lebanon as the launchpad for ...
This is Beirut, 19/03 20:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hezbollah Lebanese Army Syria Hosh al-Sayyed Ali
The Syrian army announced on Wednesday that it had reached an agreement and coordination framework with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) on securing the border town of Hosh al-Sayyed Ali, warning that any breach of the understanding by Hezbollah would be met with a firm and direct response. In a statement published by the state-run SANA news ...
This is Beirut, 19/03 20:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah Ceasefire Lebanese Army UN Security Council Achrafieh
Lebanese Foreign Affairs Minister Youssef Rajji said Hezbollah is disavowing the November 27 ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel, asserting that the deal explicitly authorized only the Lebanese Army (LAF) to bear arms. Rajji made his remarks on Wednesday during a meeting at the headquarters of the Maronite League in Medawar, Achrafieh, ...
This is Beirut, 19/03 11:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham Hosh el-Sayed Ali Hezbollah
Units of the Lebanese Army and the Engineering Regiment entered, on Wednesday morning, the village of Hosh el-Sayed Ali, which has been under the control of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham fighters. The Lebanese Armed Forces' advance in the area comes after successful negotiations between the concerned parties, supported by intensive mobilization ...
Mario Chartouni, 18/03 21:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Palestine Donald Trump Hamas Hezbollah
As fighting in Gaza escalates with renewed hostilities and intensified strikes, uncertainty over the future of the Israel-Hamas conflict is deepening. With Palestinian sources reporting more than 400 deaths since Monday, This is Beirut spoke with General Khalil Helou to assess the dynamics at play, the potential impact on regional stability, and ...
Bassam Abou Zeid, 18/03 21:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Emmanuel Macron Hezbollah Joseph Aoun
In his upcoming visit to France on March 28, President Joseph Aoun is expected to once again raise, with French President Emmanuel Macron, the issue of TotalEnergies resuming its operations in Lebanon. Aoun had previously requested Macron’s assistance during the French president's visit to Lebanon in January, but there has been no progress on ...
This is Beirut, 18/03 19:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Kataëb UN Resolutions 1701 Implementation Hezbollah
The Kataeb Party’s political bureau convened on Tuesday under the leadership of MP Samy Gemayel and reiterated the need to implement all international resolutions, particularly United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah. In a statement, the Kataeb Party stressed the importance of ...
This is Beirut, 18/03 16:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon The United States Hezbollah Steve Witkoff
According to a high-ranking Lebanese source, quoted by Lebanon Files, the Trump administration is determined to open a direct diplomatic channel between Lebanon and Israel. The source, who recently met with US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff in Doha, revealed that Washington is dissatisfied with Lebanon's handling of the Hezbollah arms issue. The ...
Hussain Abdul-Hussain, 18/03 15:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hezbollah and its allies – Speaker Nabih Berri, former Minister Najib Mikati, and Hezbollah ministers in the previous cabinet – all signed the ceasefire agreement with Israel that ended the war and that stipulated that arms in Lebanon must be exclusively in the hands of six government military and security agencies. When this happens, ...
Philippe Abi-Akl, 18/03 08:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Donald Trump Hezbollah Syria Yemen Iran
Last week, UAE Diplomatic Adviser Anwar Gargash delivered a message from President Donald Trump to Iran’s leadership, proposing a revival of nuclear negotiations that his administration suspended in 2015. Trump’s message stated, “A deal with Iran is preferable to military action, as I do not seek to harm it.” Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali ...
This is Beirut, 17/03 18:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Hezbollah Lebanese Army Syria Border
Heavy clashes rekindled along the Lebanese-Syrian border on Monday afternoon, north of Hermel, following intense shelling from Syrian territory on the town of Hosh al-Sayyed Ali, which has been held by Hezbollah since 2013. Heavy artillery fire also resumed between Mishrifa and al-Qasr. The shelling on Hosh al-Sayyed Ali killed 7 and injured ...
This is Beirut, 17/03 15:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah South Lebanon
Two people were killed and three others wounded in an Israeli airstrike targeting a motorcycle in the Yohmor al-Shaqif area of Nabatiyeh, the Public Health Emergency Operations Center reported on Monday morning. The Israeli army stated that the strike targeted “two Hezbollah members who were operating and directing terrorist ...