Lebanon

The Passport Crisis is Back: Long Waits, Crowded Lines, and Quotas

Bouchra Al-Wajeh, 31/10 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Lebanon Passport General Security

Since the first day of the war, General Security centers have been crowded with people displaced from their homes in the South, Beqaa, and Beirut’s southern suburbs, along with citizens from areas considered safe, all seeking to issue new passports. While some have managed to leave the country, the majority are on standby, ready to depart if ...

UNICEF: At Least One Child Is Killed Daily in Lebanon

This is Beirut, 31/10 14:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

UNICEF Lebanon war children

UNICEF’s Executive Director Catherine Russell raised the alarm on Thursday about the growing number of casualties among children in the ongoing war between Hezbollah and Israel. “Since October 4th of this year, at least one child in Lebanon has been killed and ten injured daily,” Russell said in a statement. The war is impacting thousands ...

Mikati Calls for the Security of Electronic Data

This is Beirut, 31/10 13:15 - Reading : less than a minute

Najib Mikati Security Data Lebanon

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati issued a circular on Thursday addressing public administrations and municipalities regarding electronic platform usage and information exchanges. Mikati stressed that to mitigate security risks and potential infiltrations, public administrations, institutions, and municipalities are strongly advised against ...

Israel Issues Evacuation Warnings in Baalbek, Paramedic Killed in Zifta

This is Beirut, 31/10 12:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Baalbeck Lebanon South

In a statement via X (formerly Twitter), Avichay Adraee, the Arabic spokesperson for the Israeli army, issued an urgent warning to residents of Baalbek, Ain Bourday, and Douris. He stated: “You are in a combat zone where the Israeli army intends to attack and target Hezbollah's infrastructure, interests, facilities, and means of warfare. We do ...

Alida Torbay’s Introspective Odyssey at MACAM: "Caminante"

This is Beirut, 31/10 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Lebanon Culture Exhibition

Alida Torbay, a multidisciplinary Lebanese-Venezuelan artist, presents her exhibition Caminante at MACAM (Modern and Contemporary Art Museum), following its debut at the Instituto Cervantes in Beirut. Inspired by Antonio Machado’s poem Caminante, Alida Torbay celebrates the individual’s journey through life, embodying the idea that “the path ...

US Officials Heading to Israel to Discuss Lebanon, Gaza Deals

This is Beirut, 30/10 19:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

United States Gaza Lebanon war

Senior US officials were traveling to Israel on Wednesday to seek progress on deals to end the Gaza and Lebanon wars, the State Department confirmed. Amos Hochstein, the US pointman on Israel-Lebanon tensions, and Brett McGurk, the top White House official on the Middle East, will lead the talks with Israel. The two "are traveling to Israel to ...

Hezbollah Launches Drone Attack on Northern Israel

This is Beirut, 30/10 18:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Lebanon Israel Army

Hezbollah said that it fired rockets and drones on Wednesday at three military positions in northern Israel, including near Haifa and Acre, in a simultaneous operation that it said bypassed Israeli defenses. In a statement, the Iran-backed group said it launched a "combined attack using advanced rockets and a swarm of drones," adding that they ...

Can We Live with Our Traumas?

David Sahyoun, 30/10 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Traumatism Psychoanalysis Lebanon War

As we wrote in our previous article, trauma causes a psychic collapse, a shock that leaves a person unsteady, defenseless against the seismic breach and the abrupt rupture in their sense of continuity of existence. Lebanese people have been living for far too long in a trauma-inducing environment. The repeated situations of hot and cold wars, ...

Israeli Strike on Baalbeck

This is Beirut, 30/10 17:15 - Reading : less than a minute

lebanon Baalbeck

Around 15 Israeli strikes have targeted Baalbeck and its surroundings, prompting residents to flee the area following evacuation orders. 

Heritage: Are Tyre and Baalbeck Collateral Victims of Human Murderous Madness?

Bélinda Ibrahim, 30/10 16:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

Baalbeck Tyre Lebanon War World Heritage

Tyre and Baalbeck, Lebanon’s ancient gems, are shaken by the relentless bombardment. Recent Israeli airstrikes near these UNESCO World Heritage sites jeopardize an irreplaceable cultural legacy. An evacuation order for Baalbeck has foreshadowed potential strikes with unpredictable consequences for the site. This relentless cycle of conflict ...

Israel-US: Approaching Washington’s Presidential Transition

Rami Rayess, 30/10 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

USA Lebanon

Expecting a permanent ceasefire in Gaza or Lebanon just days before the end of President Joe Biden’s term is overly optimistic, if not entirely unrealistic. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is unlikely to offer a “gift” he withheld for over a year to a president on the brink of departure. Naturally, Netanyahu will be eagerly ...

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