Katia Kahil 11/10 11:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
One year after the September 2024 war, southern Lebanon bears deep scars. Ravaged by strikes and displacement, the region faces a dual crisis: a collapsing economy and the quiet unraveling of its social fabric. Behind shattered facades and shuttered markets, an entire way of life teeters on the brink of a merciless winter. Agonizing Markets In ...
Mario Chartouni 10/10 16:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Syrian Foreign Minister Assaad al-Shaibani is visiting Beirut this Friday for his first official trip since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Long postponed, the visit marks a symbolic step toward restoring ties between Lebanon and Syria after a decade of mistrust. It follows a series of technical missions by Syrian officials exploring ...
This is Beirut 10/10 14:10 - Reading : less than a minute
“Beirut Souks Reborn” brought together officials and public figures on Thursday to celebrate a new chapter for the city, marking the return of life, business and optimism to the heart of the capital.
Johnny Kortbawi 10/10 13:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Both sides in Palestine can claim a form of victory from the negotiations that ended the war in Gaza. Palestinians may see their success in the delivery of humanitarian aid, the release of prisoners, the halt of attacks on the Strip and the prevention of plans mentioned in some statements to depopulate Gaza. Meanwhile, Israelis may view their main ...
This is Beirut 10/10 13:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Youssef Raggi described the visit of his Syrian counterpart, Assaad al-Shaibani, to Beirut as the beginning of “a new chapter” in relations between Lebanon and Syria. Al-Shaibani arrived in the Lebanese capital on Friday morning at the head of a high-level delegation for a one-day official visit, signaling ...
Yara Germany 10/10 09:30 - Reading : less than a minute
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Every two days, someone takes their own life in Lebanon, and more than 700,000 people do so every year worldwide. Through testimonies and data addressing causes, psychology and religion, This is Beirut delves into this phenomenon. This World Mental Health Day, we shed light on suffering too often buried under shame, misinformation, social pressure ...
Christiane Tager 09/10 21:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In a country where a simple power outage can plunge entire neighborhoods offline, this marks a major turning point for a telecommunications sector long lagging behind and an ambitious gamble: connecting a fragmented country, from southern villages to northern towns and through downtown Beirut, not with cables but with stars. On Wednesday, October ...
This is Beirut 09/10 18:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Council of Ministers met on Thursday at the Grand Serail under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Nawaf Salam. It approved the continued use of the Jdeideh landfill until the end of 2026 and tasked the Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) with establishing a power plant on-site. Following the session, Minister of Information Paul ...
This is Beirut 09/10 18:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
As Lebanon continues to face a surge in wildfires since 2019, students from the Lebanese American University (LAU) have developed an automated fire-detection system that is now being tested by the Lebanese Civil Defense. Built in the School of Engineering’s labs, the tool uses satellite data from EUMETSAT and NASA’s FIRMS constellation to ...
Natasha Metni Torbey 09/10 15:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The shadow of Lebanon’s 2015 waste crisis loomed briefly over the country once again. On Tuesday morning, Ramco trucks halted waste collection across Mount Lebanon, Keserwan and Beirut after the Jdeideh landfill abruptly closed in the early hours. Intervention from the Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR), which ordered the temporary ...
This is Beirut 09/10 12:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In an unprecedented move to revive investigations into long-unsolved political assassinations, the Lebanese judiciary has appointed eleven investigative judges to reopen several sensitive cases, some dating back to the country’s civil war. Many emblematic cases that had remained stagnant for decades have now been distributed among different ...
This is Beirut 09/10 11:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A milestone event for maritime vocational training in Lebanon took place with the official inauguration of the International Maritime Academy’s (IMA) new training workshops on October 3. The ceremony, held under the patronage of the French Ambassador to Lebanon, H.E. Hervé Magro, also marked the success of a flagship training program aimed at ...