par This Is Beirut, 18/03 18:58 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
On Monday afternoon, the Military Court Government Commissioner, Judge Fadi Akiki, ordered the release of political activist Makram Rabah. However, Rabah remains at the disposal of the investigators should they need to question him again. Rabah, who is also a professor at the History Department of the American University of Beirut and is ...
par This Is Beirut, 18/03 13:53 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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While supporting Christian unity, the Lebanese Forces clearly stated on Monday that they will not engage with the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) unless it stops supporting Hezbollah. Responding to FPM chairman Gebran Bassil’s call on Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai to unify Christian ranks, the party said in a statement, "We see no reason for ...
par This Is Beirut, 17/03 17:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli military continued its attacks overnight, conducting raids on the town of Khiam and launching artillery shells towards Sarda Hill and the town of Wazzani. Simultaneously, Israeli reconnaissance planes have been observed flying over Saida and its eastern areas since dawn on Sunday. Field sources reported a significant explosion heard ...
par Alissar Boulos, 17/03 16:01 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
After addressing the scenario in which Lebanon has a President-in-Office, the second part of the article will look at negotiation prerogatives in the event of a presidential vacancy and a systematic institutional vacuum. In the current situation, in which Lebanon does not have a sitting President, and in the event of negotiations taking ...
par This Is Beirut, 17/03 15:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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A former official says that there is no breakthrough on the presidential deadline and no consensus on a candidate. The Amal-Hezbollah duopoly continues to back its candidate, Marada leader Sleiman Frangieh, "to the hilt," as Hezbollah has asserted. Meanwhile, members of the opposition and the Free Patriotic Movement continue to support the ...
par This Is Beirut, 17/03 11:03 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israeli strikes on Syria targeted at least two sites in Damascus province on Saturday night, including a weapons depot, a war monitor said, while state media said that a soldier was wounded in the attack. Israel has launched hundreds of airstrikes on targets in Syria since the civil war broke out in 2011, mainly targeting Iran-backed forces, ...
par This Is Beirut, 16/03 17:59 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Lior Haiat emphasized that Israel does not want to engage in war with Lebanon. "Since Hezbollah began its attacks, we have declared and stated more than once that we do not want to expand the circle of war from Gaza to Lebanon," Haiat said. "Our only demand is the implementation of UN Resolution 1701, and we ...
par This Is Beirut, 16/03 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute
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“The alliance is broken, and the lovers have parted ways,” presumably stated a Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) official regarding their party's relations with Hezbollah. According to the source, the meeting that took place in Rabieh between President Michel Aoun and a Hezbollah delegation, presided over by the party chief of the Loyalty of ...
par Rayan Chami, 15/03 21:27 - Reading : less than a minute
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This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for March 15th, 2024.
par This Is Beirut, 15/03 19:48 - Reading : less than a minute
The artillery exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel resumed on Friday early afternoon, after a morning marked by a fragile calm. The Israeli Army conducted raids on a three-story building in Alma al-Shaab, completely destroying it, as well as a villa in Kfar Kila. It also conducted raids in the Labbouneh-Naqoura region. Furthermore, Israel ...
par Bassam Abou Zeid, 15/03 19:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The official Lebanese reply to the French initiative, aimed at ending the raging war between Hezbollah and Israel in southern Lebanon, lacked detailed input regarding the initiative’s implementation in three stages, notably a ceasefire, withdrawal of Hezbollah's armed forces to the north of the Litani River, and settlement of border disputes at ...
par This Is Beirut, 14/03 16:28 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf warned that Iran-backed Hezbollah is leading Lebanon into a dangerous situation. "We look forward to the Lebanese state monopolizing its weapons and Hezbollah becoming a political party," she added. Speaking to Sky News Arabia, she said, "We demand Iran to stop arming groups ...