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 ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-10 12:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The judiciary is still actively pursuing the case of the TikTok pedophile case. Mount Lebanon's first investigating judge, Nicolas Mansour, has rejected the formal defenses of five detainees, who waived their right to appeal. Moreover, according to MTV, Judge Mansour interrogated the TikToker at the center of the issue, Gigi Ghanoui, and two ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-10 09:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Free Patriotic Movement Palestine Gebran Bassil
Opposition within the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) against party leader MP Gebran Bassil is increasingly taking shape, with many members reportedly boycotting party meetings. The dissidents have many remarks regarding Bassil’s political positions, especially a recent stance which suggests that he is “longing” to return to Hezbollah’s ...
Rayan Chami 2024-07-09 21:04 - Reading : less than a minute
Tuesday's government meeting at the Grand Serail addressed 30 provisions. One key provision included adding the names of 4 martyred journalists to the list of names whose families will receive compensation through the council of the South. This initiative underscores the value of their sacrifice and ensures support for those left behind.
This Is Beirut 2024-07-09 20:19 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Cabinet session, held Tuesday afternoon in the presence of Army Commander-in-Chief General Joseph Aoun, decided to grant a one-week extension to continue consultations on the file of Military Academy students. An appropriate decision would be taken in this regard during the next session scheduled in a week. This issue constitutes a point of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-09 16:49 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Abu al-Fadl Qarnabash, the former key bodyguard of Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, was killed on Tuesday afternoon in an Israeli airstrike that targeted his car on the Damascus-Beirut Road near the Ya'four-Saboura checkpoint, according to information obtained by This is Beirut. Qarnabash had a role within the pro-Iranian ...
2024-07-09 15:04 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea criticized those “claiming that 86 MPs are ready to participate” in an official dialogue table chaired by Speaker Nabih Berri. “If it were true,” he questioned, “why don't they follow through by sitting as long as they want around a table chaired by Speaker Berri?” In a statement, Geagea emphasized, ...
2024-07-09 13:49 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
On Thursday, the opposition MPs presented their vision for a roadmap based on two practical proposals as an urgent solution to end the disruption and save the country from its constitutional crisis. During a press conference in Parliament, they assured that this initiative stems from a position of responsibility and the constitutional duty of ...