Cian Ward, 2025-01-26 13:15 - Reading : less than a minute
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The 60-day ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel officially ended at 4 AM on Sunday. This is Beirut is in South Lebanon with the Lebanese army to cover the latest developments on the ground.
Paul Guillot, 2025-01-26 11:00 - Reading : less than a minute
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Two months after the announcement of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, tensions remain palpable. Despite an international monitoring mechanism, repeated violations of the agreement have been reported, and discussions on a complete Israeli withdrawal are struggling to conclude. A look back at a decisive period for regional stability.
Natasha Metni Torbey, 2025-01-26 07:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon South Ceasefire Hezbollah
“Nothing is more certain than the impossible.” For years, this idea shaped Lebanon's political and security landscape under Iranian dominance— the impossible Israeli withdrawal, the impossible deployment of the Lebanese Army along the border, and the impossible disarmament of Hezbollah. Today, in the aftermath of the devastating war that ...
Élie-Joe Kamel, 2025-01-25 10:15 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
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With only two days remaining until the 60-day ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel expires, two questions arise: What is left of the arsenal of the pro-Iranian group, which was supposed to be dismantled during this period? And does Hezbollah still have the capacity to carry out operations against the Israeli Army? What is indisputable is that ...
Bassam Abou Zeid, 2025-01-25 07:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Tel Aviv announced on Friday that its army will not withdraw completely from the areas it occupies in southern Lebanon when the 60-day ceasefire agreement expires on Monday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the phased withdrawal process would continue after January 27, “in agreement with the United States.” According ...
This is Beirut, 2025-01-24 23:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on Friday that it has reopened its embassy in Lebanon, years after it was closed in solidarity with Saudi Arabia. According to state news agency WAM, the Emirati embassy in Beirut "has officially resumed diplomatic activities." Omar Obaid al-Shamsi, Undersecretary of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ...
Johnny Kortbawi, 2025-01-24 17:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Ministry of Finance is not just a mere step in government formation. Speaker Nabih Berri has reopened the “Taif” files, reflecting on a past that no longer has anyone to endorse or oppose. The Ministry of Finance was indeed part of the Taif Agreement discussions, with a proposal to assign it to the Shiite community. However, this proposal ...
This is Beirut, 2025-01-24 15:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israel announced on Friday that the withdrawal of its forces from southern Lebanon would continue beyond the 60-day period stipulated in a November ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said that the ceasefire agreement had been drafted "with the understanding that the withdrawal process might extend ...
Natasha Metni Torbey, 2025-01-24 13:37 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Haunted by thousands of landmines and unexploded ammunition, Lebanon faces a significant challenge: clearing a territory scarred by decades of conflict, the most recent being the 2024 war between Hezbollah and Israel. Triggered by Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Tel Aviv, the conflict spilled over into Lebanon under the banner of ...
Bassam Abou Zeid, 2025-01-24 13:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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For some in Lebanon, everything takes precedence over the law and the Constitution. Terms such as the National Pact, consensus, custom or even the “minutes of the Taif Agreement” are frequently misused to justify allocating the Ministry of Finance to the Shiite duo Amal-Hezbollah. This is not the first time the minutes of the Taif Agreement ...
This is Beirut, 2025-01-24 13:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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As the ceasefire draws to a close, Israeli transgressions persist in southern Lebanon, casting doubt on the imminent complete withdrawal of Israeli forces. Having completely withdrawn from nine localities, it nevertheless continues to impose restrictions on the inhabitants of border areas, and to carry out incursions into several border ...
This is Beirut, 2025-01-23 20:27 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Israeli government expressed concerns on Thursday about the slow implementation of the ceasefire agreement with Iran-backed Hezbollah, just days before Israel is scheduled to complete its troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon, as outlined in the deal. The ceasefire, brokered by the United States and France, was agreed upon in November, ...