Lebanon

Behind the ScenesLebanon Bound by Resolution 1559 as Hochstein Introduces Mechanisms for Resolution 1701

2024-10-20 20:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Tehran UN Security Council USA Hochstein

A diplomatic source at the United Nations indicated that Lebanon cannot disregard the implementation of Resolution 1559 if it truly intends to comply with Resolution 1701. Lebanon has reiterated its commitment to both resolutions, along with Resolution 1680, by endorsing the recent Security Council decision that renewed the mandate of ...

Spotlight Food Poisoning: The Fear on Our Plates!

Alain E. Andrea 2024-10-20 19:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Lebanon Health food poisoning

In recent weeks, Lebanon has seen a notable rise in food poisoning cases, a phenomenon that cannot be separated from the socio-economic conditions burdening the country. The war context alone increases these risks, as we will explain later. However, other factors also play a role. First, the chronic lack or shortage of electricity severely ...

ChronicleCanonization of the Massabki Brothers: A Triumph of Blood Ecumenism

Fady Noun 2024-10-20 19:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

Bechara Rai Damascus Pope Francis Church canonization Maronite

Today, October 20, the universal Church has been graced with the addition of 14 new figures of holiness, including eleven martyrs: eight Franciscan religious and three Maronite laymen, the brothers Francis, Abdel Mohti, and Raphael Massabki. All were brutally killed in Damascus during the night of July 9 to 10, 1860, for their refusal to ...

Behind the ScenesFATF: Lebanon Could Be Granted a Grace Period

Liliane Mokbel 2024-10-20 16:52 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

FATF GREY LIST Banking

According to several reliable sources, Lebanon could soon be added to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list. A decision is expected in five days. If confirmed, this would hardly come as a surprise. However, rumors have circulated over the past 24 hours about a possible postponement of the decision to November rather than October, ...

PoliticsGhalibaf Strikes Again: “Khamenei, a Pillar for the Lebanese”

This is Beirut 2024-10-20 15:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Tehran Ghalibaf Lebanon

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Ghalibaf has struck again. In comments reported by the local news agency Al-Markaziya, he stated, on behalf of the Lebanese, that their reference point is none other than the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. According to Al-Markaziya, Ghalibaf claimed that “Ali ...

In Mays al-Jabal, Blue Helmets Without Water or Supplies

This is Beirut 2024-10-20 13:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

UNIFIL South Lebanon

It was only last night that the UNIFIL’s command managed to deliver water and supplies to its soldiers stationed in Mays al-Jabal, south of Lebanon. The peacekeepers had not received provisions for several weeks, and by Saturday, their water supply had run out, according to the multinational peacekeeping force's Telegram account, which noted ...

Lebanon Trapped in the Crossfire Between Iran and Its Rivals

This is Beirut 2024-10-20 12:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Lebanon US Iran

Repeated Israeli strikes on Iran-backed Hezbollah have trapped Lebanon between Washington and its allies, who seek to impose a new order, and Tehran, which is resisting, experts say. "This is a standoff between Iran on one side, and the U.S. and Israel on the other," says Michael Young from the Carnegie Middle East Center. "The Israelis and ...

"Future News" Returns After Years of Suspension

This is Beirut 2024-10-20 12:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Future TV Hariri Lebanon

The Future Television building on Spears Street in Hamra is currently hosting an active workshop in preparation for the launch of its website in the coming hours. This launch is being overseen by a news team that combines new members with those who previously worked at the station, according to our sister company, “Houna Loubnan.” In ...

'Out of Fear of Assassination,' Sheikh Naim Qassem Left Beirut for Iran

This is Beirut 2024-10-20 10:15 - Reading : less than a minute

Naim Qassem Iran Lebanon

A report in Israeli media claimed that Hezbollah's Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem left Lebanon for Iran out of fear of being assassinated. These Israeli reports, quoted by Sky News Arabia and Lebanese media, added that Qassem departed Lebanon for Iran on October 5. However, as of now, there has been no official statement from ...

Beirut’s Suburbs Hit at Dawn, the Israeli Army Announced the Killing of a Hezb Expert in Communications

This is Beirut 2024-10-20 09:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Beirut Southern Suburb South

The Israeli army announced that it had killed Reza Abbas Awada, a Hezbollah expert in wireless communications, in a strike on his car on Saturday in Jounieh, Keserwan area. Two people were killed in the raid. The second passenger was a woman of Iranian origin, according to a statement from the Iranian embassy. “Maasouma Karbachi was with her ...

SpotlightIsraeli Airstrikes Escalate Across Lebanese Localities Saturday

This is Beirut 2024-10-19 21:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

South Lebanon beirut

Lebanon witnessed an intensification of Israeli airstrikes on Saturday, continuing late into the evening. Southern Suburbs of Beirut The Israeli army resumed its strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Saturday afternoon, carrying out several consecutive raids shortly after a warning to evacuate was issued by the Israeli army's Arabic ...

EditorialThe War at All Costs

Marc Saikali 2024-10-19 21:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Donald Trump G7 Hamas USA

Things seemed clear. Following the death of the mastermind behind the October 7 attack, Israeli public opinion was poised to pressure the government into negotiating a ceasefire and securing the release of hostages. Western leaders, who unanimously praised this action and asserted that the time had come to end the war, aligned with journalists. ...