This Is Beirut 2024-06-27 13:25 - Reading : less than a minute
On Thursday, Russia advised its citizens against traveling to Lebanon until the situation in the south of the country calms down. Meanwhile, the United States also encouraged its citizens to reconsider any travel to Beirut, citing the complex security situation that could rapidly deteriorate. On Wednesday, Germany and Holland urged their citizens ...
Joanne Naoum 2024-06-27 13:03 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Walking through Beirut’s downtown ghost town feels surreal. Sieged from every angle, what was once a vibrant city, now resembles a prison. Yet, Downtown Beirut is reviving. New boutiques, cafes, and hotels are emerging, defying all odds, particularly in the shadow of an all-out war looming between Hezbollah and Israel. Some say this is what ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-27 12:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdallah Bou Habib, began his international tour in Brussels on Wednesday, where he met with several officials from the European Union (EU) to discuss ways to prevent a large-scale war in Lebanon and the region. Within this context, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-26 22:32 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Deputy Secretary-General of the Arab League Hossam Zaki held talks with Lebanese officials on Wednesday, during a visit aiming to prevent an escalation of the military conflict between Israel and Hezbollah and help end the presidential deadlock. Zaki arrived in Beirut on Tuesday for a two-day mission at the request of League Secretary-General ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-26 21:58 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin on Wednesday urged warring parties in the Middle East to accept "peace proposals," saying the region, including Lebanon, "doesn't need war." "The Middle East is going through a critical moment," Parolin told a press conference in Beirut during a days-long visit to Lebanon. "(The Holy See) asks for peace ...
2024-06-26 15:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Lebanese American University (LAU) on Wednesday announced the appointment of Chaouki T. Abdallah as its 10th president, marking a new chapter in its history. Abdallah, who succeeds Dr. Michel E. Mawad, is currently the Executive Vice President for Research at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), LAU said in a press release, ...
Michel Touma 2024-06-26 14:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
European Union Foreign Ministers and ten Mediterranean countries convened in Barcelona in November 1995 to launch a vast and ambitious geostrategic initiative with a vital socio-economic dimension, the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. The objective was to establish a zone of stability, prosperity, cooperation and peace encompassing the EU and ten ...
2024-06-26 13:54 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdallah Bou Habib left Beirut on Wednesday morning on an international tour in an effort to prevent a large-scale war in Lebanon. Bou Habib is also expected to invoke the Lebanese government's policy on the issue of Syrian migrants in Lebanon in order to resolve this crisis. The Lebanese minister's tour ...
2024-06-26 12:16 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli army continued its bombardment of border villages on Wednesday. This morning, Israeli warplanes carried out two raids on Bab Thanya in Khiam and Aita al-Shaab. Artillery shelling targeted Kfarchouba, Wadi Hamoul and the outskirts of Dhayra, Wazzani, Bin Jbeil and Kounin. Earlier, the Israeli army announced that it had struck ...
2024-06-26 00:02 - Reading : less than a minute
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs submitted to Lebanon's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York a letter addressed by caretaker Foreign Abdallah Bou Habib to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, containing Lebanon's request to renew UNIFIL's mandate for another year. The letter stresses Lebanon's appreciation of the role played by ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-25 21:56 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Visiting German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock appealed on Tuesday for restraint in southern Lebanon, warning that a "miscalculation" could provoke a full-scale war between Hezbollah and Israel at any moment. Berlin has joined Western diplomatic efforts to avert a conflagration in the Middle East, sending its foreign minister to Tel Aviv and ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-25 21:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Kataeb party and Lebanese Forces MP Ghayath Yazbeck reacted strongly to the odd remarks made by Jaafari Mufti Ahmad Kabalan about Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai, describing them as “unacceptable.” Kabalan, Hezbollah's unofficial spokesman, has called on Tuesday on the head of the Vatican’s diplomacy, visiting Cardinal Pietro Parolin, to ...