2024-07-16 09:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Since the beginning of the presidential vacancy on October 31, 2022, the Shiite duo (Amal-Hezbollah) has not taken any significant steps to expedite the election of a new president. Their actions have varied from casting blank ballots to voting for Sleiman Frangieh for the first time during the 12th session on June 14, 2023, during which Frangieh ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-15 21:08 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon’s land transport federations and unions held a meeting on Monday chaired by Bassam Tlais and attended by Bechara al-Asmar, President of the General Confederation of Lebanese Workers (GCTL). They discussed various issues, including the Traffic Management Authority, Vehicle Registration Authority, social security, and infractions. They ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-15 18:29 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Kataeb Party leader and MP Sami Gemayel condemned Hezbollah for the extensive damage inflicted on Lebanon due to its decision to open the southern front against Israel in support of Gaza. “The damage befallen Lebanon is enough to condemn Hezbollah for opening the southern front in support of Gaza without the consent of the Lebanese people or ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-15 15:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Saydet el-Jabal Gathering noted that Hezbollah started feeling fatigued, as evidenced by the increasing frequency of its attacks on citizens who criticize it, as seen in Tyre and other places. “Despite promoting its commitment to internal peace since its inception, Hezbollah's actions betray this claim, as evidenced by recent incidents in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-15 10:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
French president Emmanuel Macron tackled the “historic upheavals” of the Middle East during his speech to the troops on Saturday, just before the Bastille Day national holiday on Sunday, July 14, 2024. “Nearly 700 of our soldiers are engaged in UNIFIL, with numerous partners,” he said, adding that “their mission is essential, and is ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-14 18:36 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is seeking to renew his presidential mandate, is facing the key challenge of resolving the protracted issue of Syrian refugees, which had an adverse effect on his Justice and Development Party, or AK party, at the last municipal elections. Erdogan’s party lost the mayorship of Istanbul, which is ...
2024-07-14 16:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
After a relatively calm day, repeated fire exchanges renewed along the southern border on Sunday night. Israeli bombardments and airstrikes targeted Aita al-Shaab, Rachaya al-Foukhar, Kfar Hamam, Bani Hayan, Houla, and Blida. Earlier, Lebanon’s electricity company, Electricité du Liban (EDL), announced that the power station in Marjayoun, in ...
2024-07-14 15:47 - Reading : less than a minute
Beirut Metropolitan Elias Audi stressed the importance of the Constitution, saying that "its respect is a duty and its application is obligatory." In his Sunday sermon, Audi expressed the wish that the Constitution of Lebanon be respected by all, particularly by the MPs, "in order to relieve the people of psychological and material pressures" and ...
2024-07-14 14:17 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The head of the Maronite Church, Cardinal Bechara Rai, reiterated his call for leaders to “rush to elect a president.” During the Sunday Mass celebrated at the church of the patriarchal seat in Dimane, Rai stressed the need for Parliament to resume its “legislative role” and for the Council of Ministers to “fully recover its ...
2024-07-14 14:13 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Amal Movement and Hezbollah claim that it is important to ensure security in Beirut's southern suburb through “official security forces and apparatuses,” following the fatal shooting of Hezbollah member Samir Kabbani. In a joint statement issued on Sunday, both parties extended condolences to the family of Samir Kabbani, head of the Madi ...
2024-07-14 13:26 - Reading : less than a minute
A patrol from the Intelligence Directorate of the Lebanese Army in Al-Minya, in North Lebanon, intercepted on Sunday several buses transporting Syrian migrants who had entered Lebanese territory illegally, through the largely porous northern border. An investigation has been initiated with the detainees under the supervision of the competent ...
Fady Noun 2024-07-14 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
On the night of July 16 to 17, Shiites observe Ashura (from the word "achra," meaning ten), commemorating a pivotal event in their community's history: the assassination of Imam Hussein, the Prophet's grandson, in Kerbala, Iraq, in October 680 A.D. (Muharram 61 in the Islamic calendar). Imam Hussein was fleeing Damascus and the Caliph Yazid, with ...