This is Beirut, 10:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanese Army Fires Akkar Civil Defense
Since early Friday morning, Lebanese Army helicopters have been conducting aerial missions to contain a massive wildfire tearing through the cedar and fir forests of Qala in the highlands of Mish Mish, Akkar, near the mountainous border between Akkar, Dinniyeh and Hermel. The fire, which has been spreading for two days under harsh weather ...
This is Beirut, 24/07 18:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Head of the Kataeb bloc, MP Samy Gemayel, strongly criticized the presence of non-state arms in Lebanon, asserting during a press conference on Thursday that such weapons “neither protect nor liberate Lebanon” and “leave the country paralyzed.” Gemayel argued that the justification for armed resistance is unfounded, stating that ...
This is Beirut, 24/07 15:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Lebanese Army carried out a series of targeted operations on Thursday in different parts of the Bekaa region, resulting in clashes with wanted individuals. In a morning statement, the army command reported that a unit, supported by an intelligence patrol, raided several homes in Bir el-Abed, Baabda. During the operation, four individuals (A. ...
Natasha Metni Torbey, 16/07 15:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Sixty days—no more! That was the confident, oft-repeated promise declared at the signing of the ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel in November 2024. This now-mythic deadline was then heralded as the decisive countdown to peace in Lebanon. What followed? Everything but peace: extensions, postponements, shifting timelines and a ...
This is Beirut, 16/07 14:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Parliament renewed confidence in Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s government on Wednesday, as it concluded a two-day session dedicated to the general policy debate. The vote of confidence was called for by MP and leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) Gebran Bassil. The majority of the 82 MPs present at the closing session, notably 69 ...
This is Beirut, 14/07 20:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Former head of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) Walid Joumblatt emphasized on Monday that preserving the Lebanese state remains a shared priority with international partners, particularly the United States. “Our concern is the same as the American concern, to preserve Greater Lebanon,” Joumblatt said following a meeting with Parliament ...
Natasha Metni Torbey, 10/07 20:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A renewed proposal to build surveillance towers along Lebanon’s southern border with Israel is back on the table—ambitious in scope, but hindered by political and security complications. Originally floated by the British government in 2024, the plan was presented twice to Lebanese authorities amid intense negotiations around the ceasefire ...
This is Beirut, 10/07 12:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Lebanese Army (LAF) carried out a series of security operations, arresting multiple individuals in separate raids across Baalbek, Aley, and Batroun, according to an official statement issued Thursday. In Baalbek, a LAF unit, supported by a patrol from the Intelligence Directorate, raided homes in the town of Dar al-Wasiaa and the Sharawneh ...
This is Beirut, 10/07 11:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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An Israeli drone strike targeted a motorcycle at the Mansouri junction in the Tyre district on Monday morning, killing one person and injuring another. Earlier in the day, Israeli artillery shelled the outskirts of the town of Shebaa. Around 2:15 AM on Thursday, an Israeli drone carried out two successive airstrikes on a café and an ...
This is Beirut, 09/07 19:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The United States is calling on the Lebanese government to intensify efforts to dismantle Hezbollah’s military capabilities and those of other non-state actors, a US State Department spokesperson revealed in a statement on Wednesday, following US envoy Tom Barrack’s mission in Beirut. “We need the Lebanese state to do more to fully remove ...
This is Beirut, 09/07 13:10 - Reading : less than a minute
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The Lebanese Army announced on Wednesday the arrest of four individuals involved in an armed parade that took place last Friday in the Zuqaq al-Blat neighborhood of Beirut, during the commemoration of Ashoura. Armed men had marched through the streets, sparking outrage among residents and drawing official condemnation. In a statement released in ...
This is Beirut, 07/07 22:01 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israeli drone attacks killed two people on Monday and injured several others across southern Lebanon, as cross-border tensions escalate. According to the Ministry of Public Health, one person was killed when an Israeli drone targeted a Rapid vehicle in the town of Deir Kifa, located approximately 20 kilometers from the Israeli-Lebanese border. ...