Hala Abdallah 2024-12-18 18:15 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut invites you to follow its special Christmas bulletin during the festive season. Here's what the newsroom has in store for you on Wednesday, December 18.
This is Beirut 2024-12-18 18:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Ceasefire Hezbollah Lebanese Army United States UNIFIL
Israeli army spokesperson Avichae Adraee announced on Wednesday that the troops of the 188th Brigade destroyed underground Hezbollah headquarters connected by a tunnel stretching for “tens of meters.” Adraee further disclosed on his X account that Hezbollah used this site to launch missiles toward cities and villages in the northern Israeli ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-18 13:50 - Reading : less than a minute
Nawaf Salam Southern Lebanon UNIFIL
For the third consecutive day, Israeli bulldozers demolished several neighborhoods and homes in Naqoura, southern Lebanon, as well as in the vicinity of the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in the same area. While bombardments continued in Tyre, the Israeli Army carried out strikes in the localities of Tayr ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-18 12:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai emphasized on Wednesday the importance of the Lebanese Constitution, calling it “the backbone of Lebanon” and cautioning that “any deviation from its provisions contributes to the country’s paralysis.” Patriarch Rai welcomed to Bkerke a delegation from the Saydet al-Jabal Gathering, led by former MP Fares ...
Élie-Joe Kamel 2024-12-18 11:00 - Reading : less than a minute
For the fourth consecutive year, the NGO Lebanon of Tomorrow organized its renowned Christmas recital on Tuesday, performed by artist Christiane Najjar at the Notre-Dame de la Médaille Miraculeuse church in Ashrafieh.
This is Beirut 2024-12-17 19:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon World Bank Nabih Berri Jean-Christophe Carret
Speaker Nabih Berri received Jean-Christophe Carret, the Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department at the World Bank, at Ain al-Tineh for a meeting focused on the post-war reconstruction of regions devastated by Israeli airstrikes. The discussions particularly addressed projects and programs planned within this framework, ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-17 19:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister Najib Mikati chaired a Cabinet session on Tuesday afternoon at the Grand Serail. At the end of the session, caretaker Information Minister Ziad Makary cited Mikati reiterating “drawing the attention of the Monitoring Committee and the ambassadors we meet with to the need to stop the unacceptable Israeli violations,” ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-17 18:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Walid Jumblatt Sami Abi Al-Muna
Former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Joumblatt considered that “we can only engage positively with the new Syrian regime.” He remarked, “I am not concerned about an Islamic fundamentalist rule and do not agree with this notion. Let us give the Syrian people, who have emerged from 61 years of a great prison, the opportunity to ...
Lyne Sammouri 2024-12-17 18:00 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut invites you to follow its special Christmas bulletin during the festive season. Here's what the newsroom has in store for you on Tuesday, December 17.
This is Beirut 2024-12-17 17:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lawyers Majd Harb and Elie Kyrillos filed a legal complaint once again on Tuesday against Al-Qard Al-Hassan, Hezbollah's illicit financial institution. Harb announced on his X account that he had “filed this complaint for the second time against Hezbollah, addressed to the Acting Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation, Jamal Hajjar.” ...
Rayan Chami 2024-12-17 16:25 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanon Christian Council for Coordination
Under the patronage of Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai, the Christian Council for Coordination (C3) held its launching ceremony on Tuesday. Committed to strengthening the role of Christians in Lebanon, C3 aims to foster hope and resilience through innovative social and economic initiatives, transforming challenges into opportunities for future ...
Michael al-Andary 2024-12-17 14:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
“Islamist” detainees in Lebanon who were arrested following the “Arab Spring” movement in 2011 represent a dormant case that is being readdressed today after the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s rule on December 8, 2024. Mediator and head of a sectarian conflict resolution group Lea Baroudi raised the concern, revealing that “there are ...