This is Beirut, 2024-12-31 10:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Lebanese Army Command announced on Tuesday that army units have intensified security measures as part of their operational duties in preparation for New Year’s Eve. These measures include exceptional procedures implemented across various Lebanese regions. “This effort aims to protect areas, tourist sites, and commercial facilities ...
Natasha Metni Torbey, 2024-12-31 08:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Halfway through the 60-day ceasefire initiated on November 27, nearly 800 Israeli violations have been recorded in just 33 days. Strikes targeting Lebanese towns and villages during this period have claimed over 30 lives. Observers warn that these alarming developments cast serious doubt on the viability of the truce agreement between Hezbollah ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-30 12:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai met with the caretaker Minister of the Interior, Bassam Mawlawi, and the former Minister of Finance and current Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund, Jihad Azour. Upon discussing the issue of the presidential election, Mawlawi stressed that “the election of the ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-29 15:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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A Lebanese Army unit arrested several officers and soldiers on Sunday who had fled the former Syrian Army in the Mallouleh area of Tripoli. The suspicious group, traveling on a bus, was stopped to verify the passengers' identities. According to local sources, the detainees are currently being investigated to determine the details of their escape ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-28 19:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Lebanese Army entered the town of Al-Qantara in southern Lebanon on Saturday to protect its residents following an incursion by Israeli troops. Israeli forces reportedly raided homes and set them ablaze, sparking a wave of displacement from the area. The incursion coincided with extensive operations targeting neighborhoods in Taybeh, ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-27 13:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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All eyes are on Riyadh, awaiting the outcome of discussions between the Lebanese Army Commander-in-Chief, General Joseph Aoun, and Saudi officials. On Thursday, Joseph Aoun met the Saudi Minister of Defense in the presence of the new man in charge of the Lebanese dossier, Prince Yazid ben Farhane. While the Lebanese are closely scrutinizing the ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-26 20:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Following an Israeli army incursion into southern Lebanon on Thursday, Israeli military vehicles retreated from Wadi al-Hujeir toward the outskirts of Wadi Saluqi. According to al-Jadeed television, the Israeli army also detonated two houses in the towns of Yaroun in the Bint Jbeil caza and Kfar Kila in the Marjayoun caza. The Lebanese Army ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-24 17:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati chaired a meeting on Tuesday with Army Commander-in-Chief General Joseph Aoun and the ceasefire monitoring committee, where he pledged for an end to Israeli violations of ceasefire. As a reminder, the committee included US General Jasper Jeffers, French General Guillaume Buchanan, Commander of the Army's ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-23 16:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Kataeb Party leader Samy Gemayel called for the election of “a president who is determined to limit weapons to the Lebanese Army and build a state that meets the ambitions of the Lebanese youth.” After meeting with a delegation from the parliamentary National Moderation bloc on Monday, Gemayel stressed that “the president should reassure ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-21 19:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers on Saturday blocked the road leading to the entrance of Deir Mimas in southern Lebanon, where nearly 20 Israeli soldiers are stationed. An Israeli bulldozer also rammed three cars in the town. Israeli forces have conducted further demolition activities in Naqoura, replacing a checkpoint set up by the ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-21 13:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Lebanese Army announced on Saturday that it had "taken control of the General Command site of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) at Jabal Sultan Yacoub in Western Bekaa." "We entered the headquarters' tunnel and deployed our units around the site," the statement added. Additionally, the Lebanese Army is working to take ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-20 15:40 - Reading : less than a minute
Army Commander-in-Chief General Joseph Aoun on Friday congratulated cadets admitted in the Military Academy for joining the “institution of honor, sacrifice and loyalty.” “Armies are built for times of adversity, sacrifice is our destiny, even martyrdom if duty calls,” Aoun told the new cadets. “Let your party be Lebanon and your sect ...