par Johnny Kortbawi, 16/04 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The state of utter confusion the Lebanese were in last Saturday was not a first. In fact, since the birth of the State of Israel in 1948, the entire region has become prone to security threats and proxy wars between the great powers that have a direct impact on Lebanon. However, waiting for the Iranian drones, and then the constant expectation of ...
15/04 18:13 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The southern front flared with artillery exchanges on Monday afternoon, after Hezbollah claimed that it had detonated "explosive devices" targeting Israeli soldiers who reportedly crossed into Lebanese territory. Hezbollah fighters "planted explosive devices in the Tal Ismail area" inside Lebanon, detonating them after Israeli soldiers "crossed ...
par This Is Beirut, 14/04 11:13 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
While Iran launched its drone and missile attack on the Hebrew state on Saturday night, Israeli bombardment of villages in southern Lebanon continued unabated until dawn. At the same time, Israeli reconnaissance planes flew over the entire Lebanese territory and interceptor missiles exploded in the sky. Early on Sunday morning, a series of ...
par This Is Beirut, 13/04 21:04 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hezbollah retaliated on Saturday afternoon to the Israeli strike which in the morning had targeted a large military complex and a post belonging to Hezbollah in the Rihan area in southern Lebanon. In the afternoon and through the evening, Hezbollah carried out a series of attacks on Israeli positions, targeting, with drones, Iron Dome launch ...
par This Is Beirut, 13/04 10:51 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Early on Saturday morning, the Israeli Army announced that it had "struck a large military complex belonging to Hezbollah, housing installations, and a military post in the Rihan region" in southern Lebanon. Exchanges of fire continued throughout the night between the pro-Iranian group and the Israeli Army in southern Lebanon against a backdrop ...
par This Is Beirut, 11/04 21:20 - Reading : less than a minute
Israeli aircraft carried out several raids on Thursday against the villages of Mays el-Jabal, Khiam, Yarine, and Dhayra. The last two were attacked twice during the day. A three-story building in Dhayra was destroyed. Ambulances were rushed to the scene, but no casualties were reported. Israeli artillery also shelled the outskirts of Jebbain, ...
par This Is Beirut, 10/04 13:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A Lebanese man who was found dead in the town of Beit Mery in the Metn area was under US sanctions for allegedly funneling money from Iran to Palestinian militant group Hamas, a security source told AFP on Wednesday. The body of Mohammad Srour, struck by more than five bullets, was discovered on Tuesday in a villa in the mountain town of Beit ...
par Michel Touma, 10/04 11:47 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Sketchy scenarios… The endless series of political assassinations that have been plaguing and destabilizing the country for many years are often coupled by far-fetched narratives, stemming from a woefully barren imagination. These narratives usually serve to divert attention for some unavowable purpose, or to conceal the true masterminds of the ...
par This Is Beirut, 09/04 18:26 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Kataeb politburo has responded to comments made on Monday by Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, accusing the party of being strife-mongers. “It is regrettable that Nasrallah mocked a large number of Lebanese and the Lebanese resistance who have defended Lebanon against occupying armies and organizations,” reads a statement ...
par This Is Beirut, 08/04 13:17 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Clashes between Israel and Hezbollah continued relentlessly on Monday, six months after the front in South Lebanon was opened by the pro-Iranian party to support Hamas in Gaza. The Israeli military said that it killed a Hezbollah commander, identified as Ali Ahmed Hussein of Hezbollah's elite Radwan Forces, in an overnight airstrike on the town ...
par This Is Beirut, 07/04 22:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli Army claimed on Sunday to have completed a “new phase” in its preparations for war in Lebanon, where deadly exchanges of fire with Hezbollah are intensifying. In its statement, “Preparing for the transition from defense to attack,” published on its website, the Israeli Army said it had “completed in recent days a new phase ...
par This Is Beirut, 05/04 20:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Two Hezbollah fighters and three others affiliated with its ally, the Amal Movement of Speaker Nabih Berri, were killed and two were injured in Israeli airstrikes on targets in South Lebanon on Friday evening. The raids hit a house in Aita al-Shaab and a center of the Amal movement in Jdeidet Marjayoun. Hezbollah and Amal announced the death of ...