par Charles Chartouni, 06/05 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The ongoing negotiations shepherded by the US and Saudi Arabia offer a suitable platform to tackle the equivocations of a deliberately mounted conflict and its self defeating premises. This conflict is intractable by definition and was initially conceived to prevent the possibility of diplomatic intermediation. The offer of a 40-day truce ...
par This Is Beirut, 05/05 20:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Tension on the southern front escalated further on Sunday, with an intensification of exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and Israel following the morning raid on Mays al-Jabal, which left four civilians from the same family dead and several others wounded. A salvo of dozens of rockets was fired at Kiryat Shmona from southern Lebanon by Hezbollah ...
par This Is Beirut, 05/05 15:33 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Shiite religious authority Ali al-Amin emphasized that Hezbollah cannot represent all Shiites and underscored the harm its policies have inflicted on both Shiites and Lebanon, in an interview with Independent Arabia. He also touched upon the desires of Lebanese Shiites to create a fair and equitable state. On his opposition to the relationship ...
par Bassam Abou Zeid, 04/05 14:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Despite the ongoing war between Hezbollah and Israel in southern Lebanon and the absence of a long-term solution, reports have emerged regarding preparations to implement security measures along the Lebanese-Israeli borders, notably by a British team, in order to build observation towers in the area. According to detailed information, the British ...
par This Is Beirut, 02/05 23:27 - Reading : less than a minute
Thursday was marked by sporadic exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and Israel in southern Lebanon. The Israeli air force raided a house under construction in Markaba in Marjayoun, while artillery shells fell on the outskirts of Alma al-Shaab and the Labbouneh region, south of Naqoura. The Israeli Army also published a video on the X platform ...
par This Is Beirut, 02/05 22:27 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
On Thursday, May 2, 2024, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against Mazen Hassan el-Zein, as well as four other individuals involved in financing Hezbollah. But who is Mazen el-Zein, and what relationship does he have with the pro-Iranian group? Known as the CEO and ...
par This Is Beirut, 02/05 22:07 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
On Thursday, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against five people involved in financing Hezbollah. Adnan Mahmoud Youssef, Mazen Hassan al-Zein, Andriyah Samir Mushantaf, Bashir Ibrahim Mansur, and Firas Hasan Moukalled were designated for helping US-designated Hezbollah money ...
par This Is Beirut, 01/05 23:15 - Reading : less than a minute
Tensions persisted on Wednesday at the southern front, where exchanges of artillery fire between Hezbollah and Israel continued intermittently throughout the day. The Israeli army raided a house in Tayr Harfa, without causing any casualties, as well as the area between Blat and Marwahin in the western sector. Israel also bombed Tal al-Nahas. In ...
par This Is Beirut, 30/04 15:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The southern Lebanese villages of Al Adayse and Yaroun were targeted by Israeli warplanes on Tuesday at noon, in parallel with continuous reconnaissance flights over the South's central and western sectors. For its part, Hezbollah claimed in a statement on Monday evening “targeting a building where Israeli soldiers are stationed in Doviv ...
par This Is Beirut, 30/04 14:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Israel was able to kill the Hezbollah member, Abou Ali, who shot down the “Hermes 450,” a drone which the Israeli army relies on a lot, especially in Lebanese territory. March 8 political sources revealed that this member, who was killed in Adloun, is accused by Israeli authorities of being “the one who shot down the Hermes 450 over South ...
par Philippe Abi-Akl, 30/04 08:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The statement issued at the conclusion of the Elysée meeting between French President Emmanuel Macron, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Lebanese Army (LAF) Commander-in-Chief General Joseph Aoun was capped with the assurance that "President Macron will guarantee follow-through on various points." Consequently, he dispatched Foreign ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/04 23:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The roadmap proposed by Paris to end the armed conflict between Hezbollah and Israel was reportedly handed over to the Lebanese authorities on Monday. The move follows French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné's visit to Lebanon, on Sunday. Beirut was the first leg of a regional tour that includes Saudi Arabia, where the French minister is ...