Hussain Abdul-Hussain, 09/09 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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The Lebanese cabinet heard, on Friday, a presentation from Army Chief Rodolphe Haykal on a confidential plan to monopolize arms, as tasked by the government on August 5. The cabinet then issued a statement, and Information Minister Paul Morcos held a press conference. The vague responses left observers divided, with each side interpreting the ...
This is Beirut, 08/09 17:15 - Reading : less than a minute
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The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced on Monday that the Lebanese Army has redeployed to more than 120 positions across southern Lebanon, reinforcing state authority in line with UN Security Council Resolution 1701. In a statement on X, UNIFIL said its peacekeepers are working “closely with the Lebanese Armed Forces to ...
This is Beirut, 08/09 13:20 - Reading : less than a minute
Five people were killed and five others injured on Monday in a series of Israeli airstrikes that targeted the Hermel region in easst Lebanon and areas around Nabi Moussa in Northern Beqaa. The dead are believed to be members of Hezbollah. According to a statement from the Israeli army spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, the raids targeted ...
Charles Chartouni, 08/09 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The observation of political realities in both Lebanon and Gaza sends us back to the same impasses that have prevailed over the last two years despite the mutating strategic landscape. Iran is trying ex post facto to stall the political dynamics and revert to a previous stage whereby it restores its control over political life and dictates its ...
Michel Touma, 08/09 08:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The political decision has been made. What matters now is to move to the essentials, cutting through the media noise stirred up by Hezbollah for domestic consumption. From this point forward, it is bold action on the ground that will test the executive branch’s real determination to implement the disarmament of all militias, Lebanese and ...
This is Beirut, 07/09 20:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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During the annual mass in honor of the martyrs of the Lebanese Resistance in Maarab, the leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF), Samir Geagea, delivered a strong speech against the “obstructionist camp” while outlining his vision for a sovereign Lebanon, free from foreign interference. Between denouncing the practices of Hezbollah and its allies, ...
Tylia El Helou, 06/09 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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In Lebanon, the word “peace” has for too long been confiscated, reduced to an empty slogan or an untouchable taboo, synonymous with “treason.” Yet if our country is to survive, rebuild its economy, and restore hope to its citizens, it can no longer afford to remain trapped in a logic of perpetual war. Peace, including with Israel, must ...
This is Beirut, 06/09 00:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Today’s much-anticipated Lebanese cabinet session made headlines—but not for decisive action. While the army unveiled its plan to disarm Hezbollah and restore a state monopoly on arms, the meeting concluded without any clear implementation timeline, sparking frustrations across the political spectrum. Strikingly, Speaker Nabih Berri ...
This is Beirut, 05/09 22:46 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The Cabinet met on Friday at the presidential palace in Baabda and approved the Lebanese Army’s plan to restore the state’s monopoly on weapons after reviewing its various phases, presented by Army Commander Gen. Rodolphe Haykal. The session, chaired by President Joseph Aoun, gave the green light to the military’s action plan in the absence ...
This is Beirut, 05/09 21:10 - Reading : less than a minute
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Supporters of Hezbollah and the Amal Movement held motorcycle parades on Friday along the road leading to Beirut International Airport (BIA) and in the neighborhood of Mar Mikhael, only hours after the Cabinet endorsed the Lebanese Army’s plan to confine weapons to state institutions. Earlier in the day, the Lebanese Army reinforced its ...
Rayan Chami, 05/09 15:45 - Reading : less than a minute
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The government has opened discussions at the presidential palace on the Lebanese Army’s plan to disarm militias.
Johnny Kortbawi, 05/09 15:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Lebanon’s modern history has been shaped by successive forms of foreign tutelage, beginning with the proclamation of Greater Lebanon 105 years ago. Over the course of half a century, the country experienced various mandates and occupations: 23 years under the French Mandate, 30 years under Syrian domination, alongside repeated Israeli invasions ...