par This Is Beirut, 12/06 12:51 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The member of the "Strong Republic" parliamentary bloc (Lebanese Forces), MP Pierre Bou Assi, assured that his party is not negatively attached to dialogue or any initiative, but is positively committed to the Constitution, which must be adhered to when any issue arises. "We always think of the enduring population and their interests, while ...
par Michael Al Andary, 12/06 12:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
For the first time, complaints are emerging within Hezbollah's military wing. Key cadres are beginning to express divergent opinions, fueled by the group's perceived lack of care for their displaced families. According to a report on "Al-Hadath", some reserve fighters in the pro-Iranian militia have refused to participate in the war against Israel ...
par This Is Beirut, 12/06 11:01 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel continued its policy of field targeting in the south. On Tuesday evening, it targeted Hezbollah members consisting of the "highest-ranking leader" in the town of Joya in the Tyre district. Hezb announced in a statement the death of "Commander Talib Sami Abdullah," nicknamed "Hajj Abu Talib," from the town of Adchit in southern Lebanon. A ...
par Michel Touma, 12/06 10:14 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Advocating for the establishment of the rule of law in Lebanon may seem utopian, even somewhat naïve, given the current circumstances and the sweeping changes in the Middle East. However, is it too much to ask that the Lebanese at least aspire to be free from the jungle law and the laughable, grotesque reign of scorn and absurdity? In short, is ...
par This Is Beirut, 11/06 20:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli aircraft bombed a three-story house in Jouaya, injuring six people, according to preliminary information obtained by This is Beirut. Ambulances were rushed to the scene. According to the Al Arabiya television channel, a member of Hezbollah, Salim Soufan, was killed. In addition, several villages in the western sector were hit by flare ...
par This Is Beirut, 11/06 14:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An Israeli drone attack on Naqoura on Tuesday caused the death of a civilian, Saleh Mahdi, who was an employee at the Lebanese Water Corporation. Another drone targeted an empty building in Kfar Kila and destroyed it. The village of Khiam was also under Israeli fire. Hezbollah announced that it targeted a building used by Israeli soldiers in the ...
par This Is Beirut, 11/06 10:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli army indicated on Monday that “alarms in Haifa were apparently caused by a misdiagnosis.” Israeli media also stated that “sirens sounded in settlements which were not evacuated.” Earlier, Israeli media declared that “a Hezbollah drone reached Haifa for the first time since the beginning of the war,” describing the event as ...
par This Is Beirut, 10/06 23:01 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Opposition MPs have announced that they are “receptive to all initiatives” aimed at breaking the deadlock in the presidential elections. In a statement issued on Monday evening, opposition MPs said they were “ready to consult with the Progressive Socialist Party bloc, but also with the Free Patriotic Movement, which (FPM) had opted for a ...
par This Is Beirut, 10/06 20:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The exchange of fire between Hezbollah and the Israeli army continued until late afternoon Monday. Hezbollah announced in the afternoon that it had shot down an Israeli Hermes 900 drone over Iqlim al-Tuffah airspace with a surface-to-air missile. The Israeli army confirmed “the shooting down of an air force drone in the skies over Lebanon, the ...
par Bassam Abou Zeid, 10/06 17:48 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The saga of the presidential election in Lebanon keeps unfolding with a series of initiatives that have yet to translate into tangible outcomes. The five-nation Quintet Committee (France, US, Qatar, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia) is in full swing, in parallel to Qatar's own initiative and the efforts of the French presidential envoy, Jean-Yves Le Drian. ...
par This Is Beirut, 10/06 12:43 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A recent wave of panic in southern Lebanon has been triggered by a series of alarming messages, causing widespread distress among residents. The source of these messages is unclear, but some are believed to have been “pranks” by local Lebanese citizens. In Bazouriya, a WhatsApp message received just after midnight warned of an imminent ...
par This Is Beirut, 09/06 20:51 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
South Lebanon witnessed increased fire exchange amid intense operations on Sunday, as Hezbollah mourned Ali Khalil Hamad from Aitaroun, born in 1988. The Israeli Radio announced that sirens sounded in Upper Galilee for the fourth time in half an hour after Hezbollah declared “launching missiles at Sammaka site in Kfarchouba hills and achieving ...