par This Is Beirut, 28/01 12:06 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
More and more voices are being raised in Lebanon to denounce Hezbollah's actions, whose policy is based on "Iran and the resistance first" and "whatever is good for the resistance is good for Lebanon." During his Sunday sermon in Bkerke, Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai condemned the murderous and destructive venture into which the pro-Iranian ...
par Charles Chartouni, 29/01 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The most intriguing feature of this war is its mutating complexion and overlapping dynamics drawing on the open-ended conflicts of an imploded Middle East. The strategic overstretch of Iranian power politics seems boundless and puts at stake the future of peace in the region. Far from being circumscribed to Gaza, this conflict questions the future ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/01 11:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
After a night marked by heightened tensions, the southern front remains on edge as Hezbollah and Israel continue their attacks. On Monday morning, Hezbollah announced that it had targeted the Branit barracks with Burkan missiles. They also declared they had targeted the Hadb Yarin and Birkat Risha sites just after midnight on Sunday. Late Sunday ...
par Alissar Boulos, 29/01 18:32 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Social media flared up on Sunday and Monday with a smear campaign against the Maronite Patriarch, Bechara Rai, accusing him of "betrayal" and of being the "Arabic-speaking spokesperson" for Israel. In his Sunday sermon, Patriarch Rai denounced Hezbollah’s military operations against Israel on the southern border. He shared a letter, received ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/01 20:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah claimed seven attacks on Monday against Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of Jal al-Alam, the Metat barracks, the Hounin castle, the Zraiyit and Samaka barracks and the Brannit barracks, which that was targeted twice. The weapons used were Burkan-type missiles and rocket weapons, in addition to other “appropriate weapons” that ...
par This Is Beirut, 30/01 11:53 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In the midst of the cross-border exchange on the Lebanese-Israeli border, the continuous war in Gaza and the anticipation of the US decision in retaliation to the targeting of its troops in Syria, an unprecedented development circulated in the media on Tuesday concerning the land border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel. According to ...
par Philippe Abi-Akl, 30/01 14:04 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
The race is on between diplomatic initiatives and the big explosion. Messages and mediation efforts between countries that intend to prevent a catastrophic war abound. Hezbollah is being advised to excercise caution and de-escalate to spare Lebanon total destruction, one that Hezbollah alone would bear responsibility for. Israel, in turn, is being ...
par This Is Beirut, 30/01 15:42 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli army targeted the outskirts of the towns of Labbouneh and Naqoura with artillery shelling on Tuesday morning, while heavy machine gun rounds from the Birkat Risha locality were fired towards the outskirts of Aita al-Shaab. Israeli reconnaissance aircraft also flew over the western and central sectors overnight, over the villages in ...
par Fady Noun, 01/02 10:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
President Charles Helou (1913-2001) titled one of his written works Liban, cette part de Dieu (Lebanon, This Part of God). He should have said, "Lebanon, this dream of God." Lebanon, defined by its historical calling, is a nation in the making, not a static entity. And it always will be. The ongoing struggle for Lebanon's soul will never stop, ...
par This Is Beirut, 01/02 12:43 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Tehran's ideological army, decided to withdraw its officers deployed in Syria on Thursday February 1, in reaction to the recent Israeli strikes, according to information reported by several security sources close to the matter. The withdrawal of Iranian officers from Syria is not complete, however, ...
par Tylia El Helou, 01/02 17:17 - Reading : less than a minute
Academic researcher and activist Dr. Saleh Machnouk criticized the Lebanese State's position vis-à-vis the war in Gaza, condemned Hezbollah's fighting in the war and detailed post-war scenarios. He also called for the application of United Nations Resolution 1701.
par This Is Beirut, 01/02 18:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah Central Council member Sheikh Nabil Kaouk asserted on Thursday that "the resistance has the last word on the ground, as has always been the case." Speaking at a ceremony in memory of one of the party's fighters, he said that "pressures cannot change the situation," in response to the threats made by Israel against the pro-Iranian ...
