01/01 13:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In a poignant New Year message, the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Beirut, Bishop Elias Audi, delivered a fervent call for the immediate election of a president in Lebanon. Presiding over the Divine Liturgy service at the Cathedral of Saint George in Nejmeh Square, the archbishop addressed the nation's challenges, expressing hope that 2024 would ...
01/01 12:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In his sermon for the New Year, Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai emphasized that it is the responsibility of the parliament, "if it values its own dignity," to convene and elect a president. He criticized those who insist on a ceasefire in Gaza as a prerequisite for the presidential election, dismissing such demands as "futile and unacceptable ...
01/01 11:57 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
On the first day of the new year, Israel bombed the outskirts of Bint Jbeil and Maroun al-Ras, as well as Wadi Hamoul. On Monday morning, Israeli reconnaissance aircraft flew at medium altitude over the villages of Hasbaya and the western and central sectors. They also flew over the town of Hermel and the villages of the caza. On New Year's Eve, ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 01/01 10:44 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon, a country rich in history and culture, celebrates the New Year in a way that bears witness to its ancestral heritage. Far from today’s ostentatious festivities, Lebanese New Year traditions are imbued with generosity, solidarity and a deep sense of community. At the heart of Lebanese New Year traditions is the symbolism of white, a ...
01/01 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The life cycle of this war is near ending, but not the illusions and deceitfulness of its instigators, who are still adamant about pursuing it with no qualms about its disastrous consequences. Their bets on expanding its radius were belied at the onset, but the actors are still bent on continuing what seems to be a criminal undertaking driven by ...
Renée Davis 2023-12-31 20:31 - Reading : less than a minute
Despite the ongoing conflict in the South, Beirut is ablaze with last-minute preparations for 2024.
ici 2023-12-31 19:15 - Reading : less than a minute
Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem declared on Sunday that Israel is “unable” to impose its conditions regarding the presence of the pro-Iranian group at the Lebanese-Israeli border. “Israel is proposing and attempting to create the impression of having options to facilitate the return of Israelis displaced from the northern ...
ici 2023-12-31 17:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In a significant breakthrough against drug trafficking operations in Lebanon, the General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced the success of an operation that targeted a network involved in storing, packaging, distributing and trafficking drugs in Mount Lebanon. The prime focus of the operation was on M.H. (born in 1994, ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-31 16:13 - Reading : less than a minute
In his last Sunday homily of the year, the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Beirut, Bishop Elias Audi, called for the swift election of a head of state to initiate a process of reform and recovery, hoping that it "will not take too long so that Lebanon can regain its prosperity, democracy and role." Bishop Audi insisted that Lebanon needs a ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-31 14:52 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
On Saturday, the United Nations officially announced the closure of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. The closure had been scheduled for March 1, 2023, but UN Secretary-General António Guterres decided in January to extend the mandate of the STL, created in 2007, until the end of December "in order to complete the residual non-judicial functions ...
2023-12-31 12:08 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
If ISIS tried to carry out ethnic cleansing based on takfirism, Hezbollah has devised the notion of "takhuinism" (accusation of treason) to subjugate Lebanon in an atmosphere of terror. Every Christian is potentially labeled as a Zionist agent. The military tribunal has become Hezbollah's instrument of oppression, where any accused individual is ...
Alissar Boulos 2023-12-31 09:42 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
On a political level, 2023 has been overall a year of stagnation for Lebanon. It was marked by significant setbacks, such as the failure to elect a President of the Republic and establish State sovereignty. This is Beirut compiled a summary of the key political events that have shaped Lebanon's landscape throughout 2023. The Investigation into ...