This Is Beirut 2024-07-01 15:18 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The 'Journalists for Freedom' association denounced on Monday “the violations suffered by the media in terms of physical attacks, threats, and character assassination attempts”, warning that “Lebanon is heading towards extremely dangerous paths.” In a press conference at Le Gabriel Hotel, the association's president, Assaad Bechara, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-01 13:56 - Reading : less than a minute
The United Nations Human Rights Council should establish an international fact-finding mission into the August 4, 2020 blast at Beirut's port, 18 organizations, including Human Rights Watch, and dozens of relatives of the victims of the blast said in a statement released today. Nearly four years after the blast, nobody has been held to account, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-01 13:54 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Opposition MPs emphasized on Monday the need to “protect Lebanon and prevent it from being dragged into a wider war, which has no other goal than to elevate Iran in the regional equation.” “We refuse to be dragged into a war that doesn’t help the Palestinian cause and destroys Lebanon,” they declared. In a statement published after the ...
2024-07-01 13:41 - Reading : less than a minute
In an interview with This is Beirut, MP Michel Moawad explained the opposition’s view on the possibility of war and its expansion.
This Is Beirut 2024-07-01 12:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Official exams of the secondary school certificate in Lebanon are ongoing. Monday marked the second day, and exams will continue until Friday, July 5. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and caretaker Minister of Education Abbas Halabi were on an inspection tour at St. Jude’s Children Cancer Center (CCCL) at the American University of Beirut, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-01 11:57 - Reading : less than a minute
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock spent a mere three hours in Lebanon, stopping by on her return trip from Israel. She was briefed on the situation in South Lebanon by caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdallah Bou Habib. Baerbock did not convey any message from the Hebrew state. However, during her ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-30 17:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In the Future Movement, discontent has been expressed about Bahaa Hariri's visit to Lebanon. This concern is said to stem from Bahaa's alleged attempt to build up his popularity in the absence of his brother, Saad. What worries the Future Movement are the contacts Bahaa intends to make with Sunni political forces, with a view to enhancing the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-30 15:14 - Reading : less than a minute
The General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced that it has intercepted an attempt of illegal migration by Syrians through the coast of Abdeh in Akkar. On June 21, the ISF arrested a group of 15 Syrians who entered Lebanon illegally, hiding on the roof of a building in the town of Wadi el-Rihane, waiting to embark towards ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-30 14:44 - Reading : less than a minute
Metropolitan Elias Audi stressed that “only prayer with pure hearts can save our region from fire and human brutality,” estimating that “the leaders of the Earth only care about their interests and their positions.” In his homily delivered on Sunday at the occasion of the feast of All Saints in the Byzantine rite, Bishop Audi called for ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-30 12:48 - Reading : less than a minute
The Maronite Patriarch, Bechara al-Raï, recalled that “in war, there is no winner; everyone is a loser.” In his Sunday homily, al-Raï estimated that “true heroism lies in building peace, in peaceful solutions, and in dialogue," inviting people to pray so that “God touches the consciences of warlords and transforms them into ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-30 10:43 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
On Sunday, tensions flared in southern Lebanon as Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling targeted several towns, resulting in casualties and significant damage. In response, Hezbollah launched a series of retaliatory attacks on Israeli military positions. The escalations have led to the deaths of three Hezbollah fighters and injuries to ...
Fady Noun 2024-06-30 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The significance of recent events went largely unnoticed. Following a meeting at Bkerké among religious leaders from Lebanon's diverse communities, dual calls for peace prayers were issued—one by the Patriarch and the other by the Mufti of the Republic—emphasizing a collective rejection of the conflict in which Hezbollah has embroiled ...