This is Beirut 23/11 12:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
At dawn on Saturday, the Israeli army carried out a series of strikes against the Basta area, and more specifically against a building where, according to unconfirmed reports, Hezbollah's head of operations, Mohammad Haidar, was staying. While some sources mention the names of the group's Secretary General, Naim Qassem, and the head of the ...
This is Beirut 23/11 10:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
On the occasion of Lebanon’s Independence Day, the Lebanese Community in France, under the “Change Lebanon” (CL) initiative, and in coordination with its various components, including the Comité de Coordination Libano-Français (CCLF), is organizing a rally at Place du Panthéon in Paris. The event will take place tomorrow, Sunday, November ...
This is Beirut 23/11 10:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A series of violent Israeli raids targeted Beirut at 4 AM today without prior warning, and focused on an eight-story building on Fathallah street in the Basta al-Fawqa neighborhood, a popular and densely populated neighborhood. Israeli Channel 12 reported that the person targeted in the raid in the center of Beirut is more important than Talal ...
This is Beirut 23/11 04:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Violent Israeli strikes hit the center of Beirut early this morning, at around 4 o'clock. At least four bombs, potentially bunker-buster ammunitions, hit the Basta el-Fawka district and were heard in many other neighborhoods. At least one building was destroyed and several others damaged. The strikes happened less than a hundred meters ...
This is Beirut 22/11 22:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah Israel
Ali Larijani, senior advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, declared on Friday, that Hezbollah “has not yet used its important weapons” in its war against Israel. In parallel, he emphasized that “if they did, the equation would change radically on the ground and in the region.” In a conversation with the Iranian news ...
This is Beirut 22/11 20:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The surge in violence persisted on Friday with Israeli airstrikes targeting Beirut’s southern suburbs and south Lebanon, as fierce fighting raged in southern villages between Hezbollah combatants and Israeli troops advancing deeper into Lebanese territory. New evacuation warnings were issued by the Israeli army to residents of Hadath, Ghobeiri ...
Vanessa Kallas 22/11 19:45 - Reading : less than a minute
Trapped in no man's land on the war-torn Lebanon-Syria border, taxi drivers risk their lives to earn a living by transporting passengers between two deep craters created by Israeli airstrikes.
This is Beirut 22/11 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Amos Hochstein Hezbollah Israel Lebanese Army Ceasefire
US Presidential envoy Amos Hochstein wrapped up his regional tour on Friday, aimed at promoting an American proposal for a ceasefire in Lebanon, leaving Tel Aviv without issuing any public statements after his meetings. Israeli officials also remained tight-lipped, even as the Israeli military escalated its raids and advanced further into Lebanese ...
This is Beirut 22/11 17:03 - Reading : less than a minute
On Lebanon's Independence Day, we ask legal experts whether the main principles of the National Pact have ever been fully implemented. #IndependenceDay
This is Beirut 22/11 16:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah South Lebanon UNIFIL Israel
Four Italian soldiers were lightly hurt in a rocket "attack" on the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, Rome said on Friday, with Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani saying initial evidence pointed to Hezbollah. "It is believed that there were two missiles. From what it appears, they are believed to have been launched by Hezbollah," he said in ...
Marc Kaloustian 22/11 16:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
November 20, 2024, I’m boarding the return flight from Dubai to Beirut. The news isn’t great, but I’m used to it — uncertainty clings to me like a second skin. I’m Lebanese. That imperceptible tension between the unparalleled joy of coming home and the unbearable insecurity of feeling trapped there is my daily reality. I accept it ...
Johnny Kortbawi 22/11 13:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Refined comments pour in during the national holidays: Independence Day, Flag Day, the First Liberation Day, the Second and the Nineteenth. Yet, no one truly believes in the poetry written for these occasions. The mandate era is increasingly seen as more merciful than the independence we now endure, constantly violated by those surrounding ...