This Is Beirut 2024-10-04 17:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Fire exchanges continued on Friday, with the southern suburbs of Beirut targeted by many violent and consecutive airstrikes. Earlier, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for “bombing a gathering of Israeli vehicles and soldiers in Saasaa using a heavy Burkan missile.” An Israeli air raid also struck the Al-Lailaki neighborhood in the southern ...
This Is Beirut 2024-10-04 16:50 - Reading : less than a minute
Israel carried out a series of raids on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Thursday night. At least eleven consecutive strikes were carried out, reports AFP.
This Is Beirut 2024-10-04 15:49 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Following the tripartite meeting in Ain al-Tineh on Wednesday between Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, former PSP leader Walid Joumblatt, and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, PSP MP Wael Bou Faour met with Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, Kataeb Party chief Samy Gemayel, and representatives from “Kutlat Tajaddod” to present a ...
Michel Touma 2024-10-04 15:29 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Bitterness, dismay, anger, and depression... The deep resentment often voiced publicly by Hezbollah supporters reflects the tragedy into which the pro-Iranian party forced Lebanon, against the country's will, a year ago. The Lebanese are acutely aware of being left to face the overwhelming Israeli war machine on their own. While this is not the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-10-04 14:58 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in a visit to Beirut on Friday, stated that he had come to express Iran's support for Lebanon. He reported fruitful discussions with President Najib Mikati and Speaker Nabih Berri, during which they exchanged views on recent events. In his press conference, Araghchi expressed confidence that the crimes of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-10-04 13:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Following the tripartite meeting in Ain al-Tineh on Wednesday between Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, former PSP leader Walid Joumblatt, and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, PSP MP Wael Bou Faour met with Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea and Kataeb Party chief Samy Gemayel to present a "three-point national roadmap" aimed at helping ...
This Is Beirut 2024-10-04 13:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a report on the efforts of Lebanese diplomatic missions abroad aimed at ending the war between Hezbollah and Israel and securing medical and humanitarian aid for the Lebanese people. In a statement released on Friday, Caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib announced that $100 million in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-10-04 11:16 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
An Israeli drone struck the outskirts of Rmeish. This marks the first time the town has been targeted since October 8, 2023. The #Border Village of #Rmeish, Struck for the First Time since the Start of the #War pic.twitter.com/9rJ2yt5Orl — This is Beirut (@ThisIsBeirut_) The #Border Village of #Rmeish, Struck for the First Time since the Start ...
2024-10-03 22:01 - Reading : less than a minute
This Is Beirut 2024-10-03 21:08 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati visited the Maronite Patriarchate in Bkerké on Thursday evening, where he met with Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai. He confirmed that their views aligned on urging the international community to pressure Israel to stop its aggression against Lebanon. Mikati, who briefed Rai on the tripartite meeting held in ...
2024-10-03 20:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
France captain Kylian Mbappe has been left out of his team's UEFA Nations League matches this month after coach Didier Deschamps on Thursday named his squad. The Real Madrid star returned from a short spell on the sidelines with a thigh injury to appear as a substitute in the surprise 1-0 defeat at Lille in the Champions League on ...
Liliane Mokbel 2024-10-03 19:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Syrian migrants have begun returning to their country amid escalating military operations between Israel and Hezbollah. Lebanese nationals, particularly from the Beqaa Valley and South Lebanon, are also reportedly crossing into Syria. In its latest report, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has been on a Level 3 ...