This Is Beirut 2024-07-12 08:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The recent visit of the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, reflected, in one of its aspects, the insistence of the Vatican, Washington, Paris, and Western and Arab capitals on “adhering to the Taif Agreement and the Constitution as a way out of the presidential deadlock.” Informed sources revealed that Parolin ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-11 20:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea considered that opening the southern front was not merely a “mistake” but a “major sin” against the Lebanese people as well as the Palestinian cause. He stressed that the situation in Lebanon cannot tolerate waiting for what will happen in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas. “The Lebanese ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-11 18:33 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
MP Pierre Bou Assi, a member of the “Strong Republic” parliamentary bloc (Lebanese Forces), considered that “Hezbollah is not a resistance but rather a scheme to seize power.” He pointed out that Naim Kassem, Hezbollah’s Deputy Secretary General, expressed this clearly by saying that “even if Jerusalem falls, we will not surrender our ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-11 15:51 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The military career of 118 officers, whose recruitment has been anticipated since August 2023, remains in limbo, awaiting the outcome of an expected mediation to be handled by the caretaker Minister of Culture, Mohammed Mortada, who is trying to resolve the dispute between the Minister of Defense, Maurice Slim, and Army Commander-in-Chief, Joseph ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-11 14:33 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Arab League’s Assistant Secretary General Hossam Zaki triggered the ire of more than one Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) country following his recent visit to Beirut, during which he declared, “The League no longer classifies Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.” However, the Arab League does not have any established or official list ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-11 13:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli attacks persisted on the southern border with heavy shelling on Thursday. The southern and eastern outskirts of Mays al-Jabal were targeted by phosphorus artillery bombardments, while a number of interceptor missiles exploded in the airspace of the village and its surroundings, causing fires. The surrounding areas of Hula, Wadi Salouki, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-11 12:22 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Renewal Bloc, in a press release issued on Wednesday, considered that the roadmap presented by the opposition constitutes a serious opportunity to overcome the climate of obstruction to the election of a president in line with the provisions of the constitution. This would constitute a gateway to restoring the sovereignty of the state and the ...
Salam Zaatari 2024-07-11 10:27 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hezbollah has become a major non-state actor in the Middle East since Israel’s 2006 invasion. Supported by Iran, it has received large shipments of rockets and drones and now produces its own weapons, including air defense capabilities. Its arsenal includes guided and unguided rockets, antitank artillery, ballistic and anti-ship ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-10 21:17 - Reading : less than a minute
The Lebanese were once again panic-stricken by Israeli aircraft breaking the sound barrier over Beirut, Jezzine, Nabatiyeh, Iqlim al-Kharroub and Iqlim al-Tuffah on Wednesday afternoon. Store and house windows were smashed in several villages in southern Lebanon as a result. Israeli bombardments also continued, targeting an uninhabited house in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-10 20:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah's Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah reiterated on Wednesday that his party will “fight until the aggression against Gaza ends.” He stated, “If a ceasefire agreement is reached in Gaza, our front will stop. However, if Israel attacks southern Lebanon after the Gaza ceasefire, we will defend Lebanon and will not tolerate occupation. ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-10 19:51 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The correction of the official Lebanese baccalaureate exams was suspended on Wednesday in the North, Saida and Baalbeck due to uncertainty surrounding the remuneration of teachers for marking and supervision. The process of marking the exams began on Tuesday by an acceptable number of public-school teachers. But some correctors suspended work on ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-10 17:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Following the announcement of their initiative to break the presidential stalemate that has persisted since October 31, 2022, opposition MPs submitted on Wednesday “their two proposals” to various parliamentary blocs that they met successively. Opposition MPs Elias Hankach, Ghassan Hasbani, Fouad Makhzoumi, and Michel Doueihi began their ...