This Is Beirut 2024-07-03 13:01 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Lebanese Forces (LF) quickly responded to the “false statements” made against them by the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), Gebran Bassil, stressing their role as an “impenetrable barrier” against attempts to change Lebanon's identity by imposing new norms that contradict the Constitution. LF MP Sethrida Geagea asserted on ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-03 11:45 - Reading : less than a minute
The Internal Security Forces (ISF) tracked down a gang carrying out motorcycle thefts and armed robberies in several areas of Beirut and Mount Lebanon. On June 28, the branch's patrol apprehended the mastermind of the gang, A.Q., (Lebanese, born in 1999) with a history of theft, pickpocketing, drug and shooting incidents, in a qualitative ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-03 10:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Western diplomatic circles expect a breakthrough in the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington at the end of this month. United States President Joe Biden is expected to insist on adherence to his proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza on the eve of the upcoming US presidential ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-02 18:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Assistant Secretary-General of the Arab League Hossam Zaki's statement on Hezbollah's status, made on Saturday, stirred reactions and questions within both local and Arab circles. During a televised interview on Cairo's news channel, Zaki announced that the Arab League no longer classifies Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. He then asserted ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-02 17:57 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli warplanes attacked the outskirts of the towns of Al-Boustan and Al-Zaloutiyeh in South Lebanon’s western sector on Tuesday afternoon, killing one person, according to preliminary reports. No further details were provided about the victim's identity. Meanwhile, the Civil Defense reported that a person was injured in an Israeli airstrike ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-02 16:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A cooperation memorandum was signed on Tuesday between the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center and the Lebanese Higher Relief Committee, under which Saudi Arabia contributed $10 million to Lebanon to implement approximately 28 projects in various Lebanese regions. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati highlighted the occasion which he ...
Johnny Kortbawi 2024-07-02 13:41 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Observers of Lebanon's political and social landscape might perceive that the alarming regression of all concepts echoes medieval times in its approach. At its helm is Hezbollah’s caretaker Minister of Culture, who molds the Lebanese culture according to the party’s ideological beliefs. The advocate of the saying “vices of deviation” ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-02 12:31 - Reading : less than a minute
The Assistant Secretary-General of the Arab League, Hossam Zaki, took advantage of his visit to Beirut to address Lebanon’s failure to fund one of the League's institutions. He took up the issue with caretaker Prime Minister, Najib Mikati. Zaki also met with several opposition MPs, out of the spotlight. Sources in the opposition revealed that ...
Yara Germany 2024-07-02 11:43 - Reading : less than a minute
In an interview with This is Beirut, MP Wadah Sadek declared having proposed a law to ensure access to electricity in the Beirut region, addressing the country's lack of initiative on this issue.
This Is Beirut 2024-07-02 10:47 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Education Minister Abbas Halabi considered on Tuesday that “the greatest achievement has been the completion of the official exams” especially in the circumstances the country is going through “We will continue our work, and this year we have changed the method of presenting questions,” he said. In an interview on the local ...
2024-07-02 08:04 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
As the region hovered on the edge of a serious escalation between Hezbollah and Israel that could set the whole Middle East ablaze, international efforts are intensifying to prevent such a potential disastrous conflict. The visit of the Vatican's Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, to Lebanon last week was dubbed the "ultimate attempt to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-01 17:40 - Reading : less than a minute
The Lebanese Armed Forces Command has received a further portion of the $20 million financial donation from the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, as part of its ongoing support for the military institution in light of current challenges. "The donation will be distributed equitably to soldiers as soon as administrative procedures are ...