This is Beirut, 11/12 11:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Lebanese Forces (LF) and the Change Movement filed a complaint on Wednesday against former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and members of his regime, accusing them of abducting Lebanese nationals. At the Palace of Justice, Elie Mahfoud, president of the Change Movement, stated, “We have submitted documented evidence and testimonies from ...
This is Beirut, 09/12 17:45 - Reading : less than a minute
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The Independent Parliamentary Bloc (the former Aounist deputies) MPs, Elias Bou Saab, Simon Abi Ramia, Ibrahim Kanaan and Alain Aoun, met in Meerab with the leader of the Lebanese Forces, Samir Geagea, as well as other LF MPs, Melhem Riachi, Fadi Karam and Ziad Hawat. After the meeting, Kanaan emphasized that the meeting with the Strong Republic ...
Michael al-Andary, 09/12 15:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Hezbollah appears to be pivoting its strategy from direct military confrontation with Israel to targeting journalists and opinion leaders in Lebanon. This shift was highlighted recently by the assault on journalist Daoud Rammal, who was attacked by suspected Hezbollah members while visiting his parent's grave in Doueir, located in the ...
Michel Touma, 09/12 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A chapter of bloodshed and tyranny in Lebanon’s modern history has drawn to a close — a chapter defined by half a century of occupation and killing tyranny. However, today heralds a beacon of hope: an opportunity to seize this historic juncture and flip another equally somber page — the nearly century-long narrative of tumultuous and ...
This is Beirut, 08/12 21:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Samir Geagea, the leader of the Lebanese Forces Party, considered that “the time for justice has come, not only in Syria but also in Lebanon.” He pointed out that the Assad family’s Syrian administration had thwarted the development of a legitimate state in Lebanon. Geagea used Sunday’s overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s regime as an ...
This is Beirut, 06/12 23:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea asserted on Friday that the ongoing offensive against the Syrian regime is aimed at rooting out Iran and its allied militias, calling on Hezbollah to acknowledge that fact and give up its so-called armed resistance. “The military Hezbollah no longer exists today, and the triptych 'army, people, ...
This is Beirut, 04/12 10:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Lebanese Forces (LF) have urged Hezbollah to “incorporate” itself into the state by legalizing all its institutions, particularly the financial entity al-Qard al-Hassan. The institution recently announced the reopening of 16 branches across various regions in Lebanon, just days after a ceasefire was declared on November 27. In a press ...
This is Beirut, 29/11 14:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Head of the Lebanese Forces Party Samir Geagea accused Hezbollah of committing “a great crime” against the Lebanese, affirming that “the unity of squares theory is meaningless and doesn’t exist on the ground.” After an extraordinary meeting in Maarab on Friday, he confirmed that “Hezbollah drove Lebanon to war when the majority of the ...
Bassam Abou Zeid, 28/11 08:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A French diplomatic source disclosed that the visit of French presidential envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian, following the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, is aimed at pushing for the swift election of a president. Any delays in this process would reflect poorly on Lebanon in the eyes of the international community, which is closely monitoring the ...
This is Beirut, 27/11 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Hours after US President Joe Biden announced a proposal to end the “devastating” conflict, which has killed thousands of people over the course of nearly 14 months of cross-border fighting, the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah went into effect. Many local positions were issued after the truce, which started at 4 AM on ...
Johnny Kortbawi, 26/11 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hezbollah Lebanese Forces Ghada Ayoub
Since her election as a representative of Jezzine two years ago, Ghada Ayoub has become one of the most fiercely attacked members of the Lebanese Forces (LF). Some of these attacks exploit her southern constituency amidst the ongoing conflict, dragging her into controversies for which she bears no responsibility. Others use her gender in a ...
Michel Touma, 25/11 12:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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In late August 1982, Beirut bore witness to the aftermath of the Israeli Army's "Operation Peace for Galilee," initiated on June 6, 1982. Following the prolonged siege of the Lebanese capital, approximately 12,000 Palestinian fighters, including Yasser Arafat, the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), alongside senior officials ...