This is Beirut, 30/04 21:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Ministry of Public Health announced on Tuesday the immediate closure of a nursery in the Keserwan region following the tragic death of a four-month-old infant. In an official statement, the ministry said that a delegation from its Mother and Child Department, along with the Keserwan District Medical Clinic, visited the nursery, shortly after ...
This is Beirut, 30/04 21:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Lebanese army has dismantled “over 90%” of Hezbollah's infrastructure near the border with Israel since the November ceasefire, a Lebanese security official said on Wednesday. “We have dismantled over 90% of the infrastructure in the area south of the Litani,” the official, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter, ...
This is Beirut, 30/04 18:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Parliament Banking sector Bill
The Parliamentary Finance and Budget Committee, chaired by MP Ibrahim Kanaan, held a session on Wednesday to begin reviewing the draft law on the reform of the banking sector, recently approved by the government. The meeting was attended by nearly 50 lawmakers, Minister of Finance Yassine Jaber and representatives from the banking ...
Paul Guillot, 30/04 14:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Free Patriotic Movement Lebanese Forces Hezbollah municipal elections Lebanon Baabda-Louaizeh
On the eve of municipal elections in Baabda-Louaizeh, three competing lists are contending in a climate marked by family rivalries, sectarian tensions and shifting political alliances. Amid changing party loyalties, the clientelist influence of the village of Sebnay and a population eager for improved public services, Sunday’s vote could ...
This is Beirut, 30/04 12:40 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanon Municipal elections Beirut
The Public Relations Department of the Beirut Municipality announced in a statement on Wednesday that the Governor of Beirut, Judge Marwan Abboud, has issued a circular concerning electoral advertising for the upcoming municipal elections. The circular instructs all candidates to restrict their campaign advertisements to the designated billboards ...
Makram Haddad, 30/04 09:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Football Lebanon Yemen Asia Cup Oman
With one eye on the Asian Cup and the other on the World Cup, Lebanon is wasting no time. After thrashing Brunei (5-0) in the opening match of the qualifiers, Miodrag Radulović’s men top their group, ahead of Yemen and Bhutan, who played to a goalless draw (0-0). The stage is set: on June 10, the Cedars will face the Yemenis in what already ...
Christiane Tager, 29/04 21:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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As the Lebanese endure rolling blackouts, relentless crises and a daily reality that often borders on the absurd, a piece of unexpected news has prompted a collective raised eyebrow – or two: Syria might well be rebuilt before Lebanon. Yes, you read that correctly. On Sunday, April 27, in a move as symbolic as it was strategic, Saudi Arabia ...
This is Beirut, 29/04 17:10 - Reading : less than a minute
Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil Hezbollah Washington Sanctions Lebanon
According to a Lebanese politician quoting an American official, “There is a new list of sanctions set to be announced soon, targeting political figures accused of corruption, others accused of financing Hezbollah, and a third group involved in money laundering and drug trafficking to fund the party.” The official reveals that Hezbollah is in ...
Johnny Kortbawi, 29/04 13:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel Donald Trump Hezbollah Middle East Lebanon
The hands of the clock have frozen in the Middle East as the region waits out the deadline set by US President Donald Trump and his administration to conclude negotiations with Iran—before a potential military escalation that would decisively tip the balance in Israel’s favor. But everything unfolding in the region during this lull amounts to ...
This is Beirut, 29/04 13:35 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanon Bent Jbeil South Israel UNIFIL
A UNIFIL patrol was intercepted on Tuesday by residents of Bint Jbeil after entering the town without an escort from the Lebanese Army. https://x.com/ThisIsBeirut_/status/1917165941978202441 This marks the second such incident in southern Lebanon in less than a week. Last Friday, another UNIFIL convoy was briefly blocked twice near the town of ...
This is Beirut, 29/04 13:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Syria Lebanon displacement Syrians Alawites Akkar
The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on December 8 did not defuse the Syrian displacement crisis in Lebanon. Since March 10, 24,975 Syrians (or 5,188 families) have fled Syria’s coastal areas to seek refuge in northern Lebanon. These displaced people are spread across about thirty border towns and villages, particularly in Akkar, along the ...
Hala Abdallah, 29/04 11:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanon Southern suburbs Hezbollah Amal Municipal elections
As Lebanon prepares for its first municipal elections since the October 2023 war with Israel, attention is turning to the southern suburbs of Beirut, or Dahyeh—a bastion of Hezbollah. The Shiite-majority area has long been under the political influence of Hezbollah and its ally, the Amal Movement. But this year’s vote carries significance far ...