This is Beirut 2024-12-24 11:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai stressed on Tuesday that “there is no salvation for Lebanon without a return to the culture of positive and active neutrality.” “Neutrality is not a political position, but an economic position that supports stability, productive flexibility and ensures the rebirth of the neutral state,” he said in his ...
Fady Noun 2024-12-24 10:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
It is from the night that the Savior came, and it is in the night that He was born. He came from the night of time, as He is the eternal “Son of the Father,” according to the doctrine of the Catholic Church, and He was born in the night, as witnessed by the shepherds and as the Scriptures say: “While gentle silence enveloped all things, and ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-24 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Caretaker Minister of Interior Judge Bassam Mawlawi said that the way for Lebanon to “overcome its serious and repeated crises is to return to legitimacy, the Taif Agreement and the law.” At a meeting with the Lebanese community in Riyadh, hosted by Fawzi Kabbara, Lebanon's ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Mawlawi stressed “the need, in Lebanon, ...
Philippe Abi-Akl 2024-12-24 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The key issue Walid Joumblatt brought back from Paris, coupled with the information shared with Nabih Berri about Joseph Aoun’s rising presidential prospects – stemming from his leadership of a key institution and his role in ensuring stability – has revitalized the stagnant presidential process. This development has prompted candidates to ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-23 19:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Two people were killed and one was injured, on Monday, in an Israeli drone attack targeting a group of youths near the public school in the town of Taybeh, caza of Marjeyoun. Furthermore, Israeli soldiers kidnapped a shepherd, Mahmoud Moussa, in the outskirts of Ain Ebel, while others blew up an entire neighborhood in the heart of Kfar ...
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This is Beirut 2024-12-23 17:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Monday urged the Israeli military to speed up its withdrawal from the area, nearly a month after a ceasefire came into effect. “UNIFIL strongly urges accelerated progress in the Israeli army withdrawal from and the Lebanese Army deployment in south Lebanon,” the force said in a ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-23 17:50 - Reading : less than a minute
Hezbollah on Monday appointed Youssef al-Zein to take over the late Mohammad Afif's media relations duties. Afif was killed on November 17 in an Israeli strike on central Beirut, which targeted the Baath political party offices in the crowded Ras al-Naba’a area.
This is Beirut 2024-12-23 16:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Kataeb Party leader Samy Gemayel called for the election of “a president who is determined to limit weapons to the Lebanese Army and build a state that meets the ambitions of the Lebanese youth.” After meeting with a delegation from the parliamentary National Moderation bloc on Monday, Gemayel stressed that “the president should reassure ...
David Hale 2024-12-23 15:05 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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So many Syrians and Lebanese are celebrating the downfall of the Assad regime, whose last decade of rule came courtesy of Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah. The proximate cause of the final collapse is debatable; some attribute it to the inability of Russia to come to Assad's defense, while others cite Israel's decimation of Assad's Hezbollah ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-23 13:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Director General of the Ministry of Economy, Mohammad Abu Haidar, stated that the war inflicted losses estimated at $12 billion to $15 billion on Lebanon’s economy, with direct losses exceeding 50%. In an interview with the local channel MTV, he explained that the war’s repercussions have deprived the country of revenues typically ...