This is Beirut, 23/11 17:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned Israel’s airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday, noting that the attack happened the day following Lebanon’s Independence Day. President Aoun described it as “further proof that Israel disregards repeated calls to halt its assaults on Lebanon, refuses to implement international ...
Bassam Abou Zeid, 23/11 16:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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President Joseph Aoun is waiting for responses to his initiative, unveiled on the eve of Independence Day, fully aware that its outcome depends largely on two actors: Hezbollah and Israel. According to sources, Hezbollah has no intention of providing a clear response to the Lebanese presidency. The Iran-backed group remains determined to retain ...
This is Beirut, 21/11 21:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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On the occasion of the 82nd anniversary of Lebanon’s Independence, President Joseph Aoun delivered a speech Friday evening from South Lebanon, focusing on sovereignty, the state’s exclusive control over arms, and the need to turn the page on “mini-states.” The head of state unveiled a five-point plan aimed at fully restoring state ...
This is Beirut, 21/11 13:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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On the eve of Lebanon’s 82nd Independence Day, President Joseph Aoun visited the command of the South Litani sector at the Benoit Barakat barracks in Tyre, accompanied by Army Commander General Rodolphe Haikal. Message to Officers and Tribute to Fallen Soldiers Addressing the officers, President Aoun congratulated the army on the occasion of ...
This is Beirut, 17/11 16:20 - Reading : less than a minute
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Ambassador Michel Issa has officially begun his diplomatic mission in Lebanon, presenting his credentials to President Joseph Aoun and meeting with the country’s senior officials.
This is Beirut, 15/11 18:55 - Reading : less than a minute
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President Joseph Aoun has asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Youssef Raji, to instruct Lebanon’s permanent mission to the United Nations to file an urgent complaint with the Security Council against Israel, which has begun building a concrete wall along Lebanon’s southern border that extends beyond the Blue Line drawn after ...
Salam El Zaatari, 13/11 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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In early November 2025, Israeli bulldozers began erecting a concrete wall on Lebanese soil—a seven-meter-high scar from Maroun al-Ras to Aitaroun—cutting through farmland, razing homes, and casting a shadow over what remains of Lebanon’s sovereignty. Israel calls it “defensive fortification,” while Lebanon calls it “occupation.” But ...
Élie-Joe Kamel, 11/11 18:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Since Monday, widespread fires have been sweeping through several regions of Lebanon, driven by dry winds, lingering high temperatures, and Israeli strikes in the southern part of the country. On Tuesday, the General Directorate of Civil Defense reported that firefighting operations were ongoing across multiple areas. According to the statement, ...
This is Beirut, 11/11 11:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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On the second day of his official visit to Bulgaria on Tuesday, President Joseph Aoun continued his diplomatic engagements aimed at deepening Beirut’s’s ties with Sofia. Aoun met with the Speaker of the Bulgarian Parliament, Raya Nazaryan, who expressed readiness to collaborate with Lebanese authorities on legal inquiries related to the ship ...
This is Beirut, 10/11 20:08 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A US official, during a visit to Lebanon on Monday, called on the authorities to “end Iran’s malign influence through Hezbollah,” stressing that Washington is determined to halt Tehran’s funding of the group hostile to Israel. “We believe that the key for the Lebanese people to take back their country is to end ...
This is Beirut, 10/11 14:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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President Joseph Aoun met on Monday with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev at the Presidential Palace in Sofia, where the two leaders held bilateral talks followed by expanded discussions between their respective delegations. The talks focused on strengthening cooperation between Lebanon and Bulgaria across political, economic, and security ...
This is Beirut, 09/11 20:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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President Joseph Aoun met on Sunday evening with a delegation from the U.S. Department of the Treasury at the Baabda Palace. The delegation was led by Sebastian Gorka, Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council (NSC), and included John Hurley, Under Secretary for Terrorism and ...