This is Beirut 13/01 12:45 - Reading : less than a minute
Judge Nawaf Salam was nominated Monday as the next prime minister with the support of 84 MPs following a long day of parliamentary consultations with President Joseph Aoun at Baabda presidential palace. Salam, current president of the International Court of Justice, was favored over his "opponent," caretaker prime minister Najib Mikati who got 9 ...
Mario Chartouni 13/01 12:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Joseph Aoun Presidency
As Joseph Aoun takes office as President of the Lebanese Republic, he inherits more than just a position: he carries a name weighed down by a heavy legacy. Michel Aoun, his predecessor, left his mark on Lebanon’s history as the embodiment of failed governance, an unwavering ally of Hezbollah and its destructive agenda for Lebanon, and a ...
This is Beirut 13/01 11:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In response to President Joseph Aoun's election and his transformative inaugural speech, the Lebanese-American Coordinating Committee (LACC) conveyed a message of support and commitment. In a letter addressed on Monday to the new President of the Republic, Joseph Aoun, following his election last Thursday, the LACC welcomed this new chapter for ...
This is Beirut 13/01 10:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel South Lebanon Lebanese Army Hezbollah
Sunday night was violent for the inhabitants of southern Lebanon and the Beqaa. As Israeli violations of the agreement continued, Israeli warplanes raided one of the Lebanese-Syrian border crossings at Qasr in Hermel at midnight on Sunday. Meanwhile, the Israeli Army's Arabic-speaking spokesman, Avichay Adraee, announced on his X account on ...
Michel Touma 13/01 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Joseph Aoun Hezbollah United States Prime Minister
The challenging journey has officially begun. At the starting line, President Joseph Aoun has clearly outlined the key directions. In his inaugural address to the National Assembly, ambassadors and members of the diplomatic corps, the head of state presented a roadmap that breaks with conventional approaches and entrenched clichés. “My aim is ...
Charles Chartouni 13/01 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Presidency Joseph Aoun Parliament Election
Finally, the long-awaited presidential election has taken place after two and a half years of deliberate sabotaging and unjustified procrastinations. Whatever might have been the intricacies of the electoral process, the constitutional mandate would have never taken place if it were not for the changing dynamics elicited by the Israeli ...
This is Beirut 13/01 08:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Joseph Aoun Prime Minister Consultations
The much-anticipated parliamentary consultations, spearheaded by the president of the Republic to appoint a new prime minister, started at Baabda Palace on Monday morning. Members of Parliament are streaming in to partake in the discussions. In a significant turn of events, Tajaddod bloc member MP Fouad Makhzoumi made an announcement on Monday. ...
This is Beirut 12/01 22:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The head of the Syrian administration, Ahmad al-Shareh called on Sunday president Joseph Aoun to congratulate him after his election as head of State. During the discussion, president Aoun stressed "the importance of bilateral cooperation in order to resolve all pending issues between the two countries," according to a statement issued by the ...
This is Beirut 12/01 18:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Israeli army carried out a series of raids in several areas of southern Lebanon, Sunday night. Shortly before midnight, the Israeli warplanes launched at least four raids in the valleys between Arabsalim, Houmine el-Fawka, Derir el-Zahrani and Roumine. Detonations could be heard for miles around in the Nabatyeh caza. Another air strike ...
This is Beirut 12/01 13:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Metropolitan of Beirut, Elias Audi, congratulated the Lebanese on the election of Joseph Aoun as President of the Republic, “which has given them renewed hope after so much hardship and suffering.” In his Sunday homily, he stated, “the President comes from an institution (the army) that trains its men on love of the homeland and ...
This is Beirut 12/01 11:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Bechara Rai Joseph Aoun Lebanese Army
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai hailed President Joseph Aoun for strongly emphasizing the state’s “exclusivity of bearing arms, investing in the Lebanese Army and adopting positive neutrality.” In the inauguration address of the first Sunday sermon after Joseph Aoun’s election, Rai said that Aoun outlined a new national strategy based on ...
Fady Noun 12/01 11:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Roumieh Prison Islamists HTS Syria Lebanon
Although the issue was not explicitly mentioned during the joint press conference between Syria’s new leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa, and Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, the matter of Syrian detainees in Lebanese prisons – an intersection of humanitarian, judicial and political concerns – was reportedly discussed during their ...