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Macron Calls on Lebanon to Exit ‘Wars of Others’ and Build Lasting Peace

This is Beirut, 13/04 21:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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On the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War, French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a powerful message on X urging Lebanon to break free from foreign entanglements and focus on building lasting peace. “Fifty years ago, the Lebanese Civil War began. On this solemn anniversary, I pay tribute to all the victims of that ...

Rai on Palm Sunday: 50 Years Since the Civil War, We Must Learn from Past Mistakes

This is Beirut, 13/04 17:26 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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On this Palm Sunday, which coincides with the 50th anniversary since the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War, Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai recalled the conflict that “tore apart our lives, our childhoods and our youth, and distorted our relationships with one another.” “Lebanon has turned the page on the civil war, and today, it is turning ...

A New Approach to Teaching History: Will Lebanon’s Schools Embrace Multiple Narratives?

Sana Richa Choucair, 13/04 15:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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In Lebanon, the official history textbook ends with the withdrawal of French troops in 1946, following the country’s independence in 1943. Entire chapters of the country’s modern history remain unaddressed—most notably the 1975–1990 war, which left at least 150,000 dead and 17,000 missing. Even the terminology remains contested: Should it ...

Salam on 50th Anniversary of Civil War: Time to Rebuild a State Protected by Its Army

This is Beirut, 13/04 13:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, who laid a wreath of flowers at the Martyrs’ Monument in central Beirut on the 50th anniversary of the commemoration of the Lebanese Civil War on Sunday, said, “We must learn from the tragedies of the war and it is time to rebuild our state capable of protecting us through its army.” On the occasion, he ...

Army Seizes Truck Carrying Captagon Manufacturing Equipment in Hermel

This is Beirut, 13/04 12:30 - Reading : less than a minute

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An Army unit, in coordination with a patrol from the Intelligence Directorate, seized a truck carrying equipment used for Captagon production along with raw materials used in narcotics manufacturing in Sammaka, Hermel on Saturday, April 12. According to a statement issued by the Army Command – Directorate of Orientation, “the seized items ...

April 13, 1975: "A Day Engraved in Our Memory"

Elie Valluy - correspondant à Paris, 13/04 11:28 - Reading : 10 minute(s)

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François Boustani remembers Sunday, April 13, 1975 — the day the Lebanese civil war began — with vivid clarity. “That day is etched in our memory,” recalls the cardiologist, who was in Zahleh, eastern Lebanon, at the time. “The phone rang that afternoon. My parents had friends over for lunch. It was my uncle, calling to warn my father ...

The Feast of Palms: ‘A Red (Blood) Carpet for Jesus’

Fady Noun, 13/04 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Jesus begins the final act of His earthly life with pure joy: the act of His Passion and His victory over death, the ultimate transformation of the human race. This pure joy is that of Palm Sunday, commemorated by the Church on the last Sunday of Lent. It is, in anticipation, the joy of Easter itself. Yet the shadow of the Cross subtly looms over ...

J. Aoun Calls for Unity and a Stronger State on 50th Anniversary of Civil War

This is Beirut, 12/04 20:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War, President of the Republic Joseph Aoun delivered a speech in Lebanese Arabic – a sign of empathy with a people still deeply scarred by the legacy of war and ongoing crises. More importantly, he called on the Lebanese to learn from the past in order to build a ...

Samy Gemayel to Hezbollah: ‘It’s Time to Hand the Weapons over to the State’

This is Beirut, 12/04 18:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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In a speech delivered in Chiyah (Beirut) during a commemoration marking the launch of the Lebanese resistance, the head of the Kataeb Party, Samy Gemayel, made a direct appeal to Hezbollah, urging it to voluntarily hand over its weapons to the Lebanese state. “Hezbollah must hand over its weapons willingly, just as others have done before them. ...

Security in Lebanon: When the Streets Call for Order

Soumia Benmerzoug, 12/04 17:15 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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In 2025, Lebanon’s population is estimated at approximately 5.8 million. Beirut, the capital, accounts for nearly 2.4 million residents, while Tripoli, the country’s second-largest city, houses approximately 850,000. These figures underscore the country’s heavy urban concentration—particularly in areas where security tensions are most ...

Most Hezbollah Military Sites Ceded to Army in South Lebanon

This is Beirut, 12/04 14:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Most military sites belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon have been placed under Lebanese army control, a source close to the group said on Saturday. A November 27 ceasefire that ended more than a year of conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, including two months of full-blown war, stipulated that only United Nations peacekeepers and ...

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