par This Is Beirut, 29/01 20:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah claimed seven attacks on Monday against Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of Jal al-Alam, the Metat barracks, the Hounin castle, the Zraiyit and Samaka barracks and the Brannit barracks, which that was targeted twice. The weapons used were Burkan-type missiles and rocket weapons, in addition to other “appropriate weapons” that ...
par Alissar Boulos, 29/01 18:32 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Social media flared up on Sunday and Monday with a smear campaign against the Maronite Patriarch, Bechara Rai, accusing him of "betrayal" and of being the "Arabic-speaking spokesperson" for Israel. In his Sunday sermon, Patriarch Rai denounced Hezbollah’s military operations against Israel on the southern border. He shared a letter, received ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/01 11:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
After a night marked by heightened tensions, the southern front remains on edge as Hezbollah and Israel continue their attacks. On Monday morning, Hezbollah announced that it had targeted the Branit barracks with Burkan missiles. They also declared they had targeted the Hadb Yarin and Birkat Risha sites just after midnight on Sunday. Late Sunday ...
par Charles Chartouni, 29/01 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The most intriguing feature of this war is its mutating complexion and overlapping dynamics drawing on the open-ended conflicts of an imploded Middle East. The strategic overstretch of Iranian power politics seems boundless and puts at stake the future of peace in the region. Far from being circumscribed to Gaza, this conflict questions the future ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/01 12:06 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
More and more voices are being raised in Lebanon to denounce Hezbollah's actions, whose policy is based on "Iran and the resistance first" and "whatever is good for the resistance is good for Lebanon." During his Sunday sermon in Bkerke, Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai condemned the murderous and destructive venture into which the pro-Iranian ...
par This Is Beirut, 25/01 23:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel renewed its threats against Lebanon on Friday, warning that it would launch a military strike from which the country "will not recover unless Hezbollah withdraws far from the southern border.” At the same time, the Israeli media reported the deployment of "a large number of Israeli forces near the borders with Lebanon." Israeli Foreign ...
par This Is Beirut, 25/01 17:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Leader of the Kataeb party Samy Gemayel insisted on Thursday on the need to form a broad coalition dedicated to confronting Hezbollah. "The Kataeb party has been working for more than five months to convince opposition partners, as well as certain other figures and allied parties, to form a broad coalition that would include all those who call ...
par This Is Beirut, 23/01 22:41 - Reading : less than a minute
A Hezbollah delegation, including executives Mohammed Saïd al-Khansa and Mustapha al-Hage Ali, met with Bkerke’s spokesman, Walid Ghayad, at MP Farid al-Khazen’s residence. According to information from Al-Jadeed, the discussions focused on “the situation in Gaza and the suffering of the Palestinian people.” The pro-Iranian party’s ...
par This Is Beirut, 23/01 18:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
“We refuse for Hezbollah to decide the future of the Lebanese people and destroy their country,” said Samy Gemayel, leader of the Kataeb party, on Tuesday. In a speech to the Kataeb party members, he stated that “Lebanon will not be dragged into a major war, not today nor in a thousand years.” Gemayel denounced Hezbollah for “deceiving ...
par This Is Beirut, 23/01 16:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
“France wants to avoid a border ‘escalation’ between Israel and Lebanon,” reiterated French Minister of Defense Sébastien Lecornu on Monday in Tel Aviv, where he met with political figures, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “When you delve into their minds, into their hearts, no one, not in Tel Aviv, not in ...
par David Hale, 23/01 16:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The arrival of a new American ambassador in Beirut can mark a new style in the conduct of U.S. foreign policy there. However, it is good to remember that policies are set in Washington, not at embassies. As the talented new American ambassador, Lisa Johnson, settles in, it is an opportune moment to consider how the team in Washington should ...
par This Is Beirut, 23/01 14:54 - Reading : less than a minute
The Iran-backed Hezbollah claimed to have targeted the Meron military base in northern Israel "for the second time" on Tuesday, in response to "recent assassinations and repeated attacks on civilians" in Lebanon and Syria. Hezbollah said in a statement that it had targeted the Meron base with "a large number of missiles." It had already ...