This Is Beirut 12/01 23:12 - Reading : less than a minute
On Friday, the Gathering of Owners of Rented Buildings in Lebanon denounced the Council of Ministers' decision to refer to parliamentary committees the law on commercial leases adopted by Parliament on December 15. In a statement, they announced that they would refer the matter to the Council of State to overturn the decision. They also said that ...
This Is Beirut 12/01 21:54 - Reading : less than a minute
The Maronite Patriarch, Bechara al-Rai, said on Thursday that "he who claims to be able to control this country by stifling plurality is mistaken." "He is responsible for our internal problems," al-Rai insisted before a delegation from the Daou Family League in the presence of MP Mark Daou. "We must preserve our unity in diversity," he said. ...
This Is Beirut 12/01 21:09 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The private school teachers' union has called for a general meeting on Monday, January 15, at 3:30 PM, to vote on the decision to observe an open strike in private schools. If a quorum is not reached at this first session, a second one will follow at 4:30 PM on the same day. This call follows Friday morning's decision by the Council of Ministers ...
Lyne Sammouri 12/01 16:29 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanese Forces MP Ghassan Hasbani commented on the killing of a municipal police officer in Gemmayze at the press conference on January 12.
This Is Beirut 12/01 15:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
MP Marwan Hamadeh, member of the Democratic Gathering Bloc, spoke on Friday about the invitation for dinner on Monday extended by the former leader of the Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Joumblatt, to the Marada party leader Sleiman Frangieh, noting that “the invitation is not for Sleiman Frangieh as presidential candidate, but for Sleiman ...
This Is Beirut 12/01 15:03 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
On Friday morning, 16 ministers attended the first cabinet meeting of 2024, thus ensuring that quorum was met. 34 items were on the agenda, as well as ten others proposed by the Ministry of Environment and the Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) to ensure the continuity of waste management. At the end of the meeting, caretaker ...
Lyne Sammouri 12/01 12:13 - Reading : less than a minute
On the night of January 11, a man on a motorcycle killed a municipality police officer while attempting to breach a Beirut Municipality checkpoint. The assailant's violent escape, involving a second victim, led to his subsequent arrest today, revealing his origins.
This Is Beirut 12/01 10:48 - Reading : less than a minute
Hezbollah strongly condemned, in a statement, the "blatant American-British aggression on its sisterly country Yemen." The United States and the United Kingdom carried out air and naval strikes targeting more than a dozen facilities used by the Houthis in Yemen on Thursday night, in response to repeated attacks by Houthi supporters against ...
Rayan Chami 12/01 10:09 - Reading : less than a minute
Mariam’s Soup Kitchen was established on August 8, 2020, just after the Beirut port explosion. Today, it has evolved into a lifeline for the community, providing hot meals to all.
This Is Beirut 12/01 08:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Western diplomatic sources revealed to This Is Beirut that the Minister in the Saudi Royal Court responsible for the Lebanon dossier, Nizar Al-Aloula, will visit Paris mid-January and meet with French officials in the “Lebanon Cell” in the Elysee, following changes and new appointments among its members. Cooperation with French ...
This Is Beirut 11/01 19:07 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
New US Ambassador to Lebanon Lisa A. Johnson arrived in Beirut to take up her post, replacing Dorothy Shea, the US Embassy in Beirut announced on Thursday. Upon her arrival, Johnson expressed her pleasure to return to Lebanon, where she previously served from 2002 to 2004, to lead the US Embassy in Beirut, an embassy communique said. "This is a ...
This Is Beirut 11/01 19:01 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A new episode in the tragedy of the massive August 4, 2020 explosion at the port of Beirut took place on Thursday, as the families of the Civil Defense victims denounced the tribute made by the Beirut fire department command to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. Berri had received, on Wednesday, a delegation of officers from the Beirut fire ...