2024-04-06 22:08 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
The Campaign to Boycott Supporters of Israel in Lebanon accused Lebanese-Canadian playwright Wajdi Mouawad of “normalization with Israel,” in a statement published on April 3 and picked up by the Hezbollah-affiliated daily al-Akhbar. According to information provided to This Is Beirut, the smear campaign against Mouawad is also affecting the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-06 19:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hezbollah is reportedly “unable to sustain” its fight against Israel on the southern front, as per information obtained by This is Beirut, leaked by Hezbollah officials. According to these sources, the pro-Iranian party is also leaning towards the American diplomatic initiative for a settlement on the Lebanese-Israeli border, “in exchange ...
2024-04-06 17:00 - Reading : 10 minute(s)
Sexual violence, especially in schools, remains a delicate and often concealed issue. What initiatives have been implemented in Lebanon to promote awareness, prevention, and intervention against this scourge? Who among us hasn't heard rumors about children falling victim to sexual abuse by adults in Lebanese schools? If these cases of abuse, ...
Fady Noun 2024-04-06 10:58 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
How to live honorably as Christians in the Arab-Muslim world. This is the central question posed in the book "Christians in Arab Politics, Reclaiming the Pact of Citizenship," a short essay by Tarek Mitri (128 pages), former Minister, former Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Libya, and current Dean of Saint George University in ...
2024-04-05 22:01 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A large fire broke out on Friday evening in a plastic warehouse near Sports City in Beirut. Firefighters and Civil Defense vehicles rushed to the scene to extinguish it. Civil Defense chief, Gen. Raymond Khattar, informed LBCI that the fire had been controlled, “and our teams are currently conducting cooling operations.” No injuries have been ...
2024-04-05 20:08 - Reading : less than a minute
On Friday morning, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, the World Bank and the Beirut Municipality, initiated rehabilitation efforts for the waste sorting facility in Karantina at the Beirut Municipality garage. The facility suffered severe damage due to the August 4 ...
2024-04-05 19:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah asserted on Friday that the Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus will not go unanswered, and called on "all" to be prepared and take precautions for any development and all eventualities. In his address marking “Jerusalem Day,” which was preceded by a parade of the party’s ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-05 19:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Swiss International Air Lines said on Friday that it turned back a flight in mid-air heading from Zurich to Beirut because the security situation in Lebanon had become "difficult to assess." The flight, with 138 passengers and five crew on board, did not have permission to land back in Zurich overnight on Thursday. It was instead diverted to ...
Alissar Boulos 2024-04-05 19:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Good evening, and welcome to The Intelligent Recap. It is Friday April 5th and the 182nd day of the war in Gaza. In tonight’s Lebanese news: The security situation in the south and a potential diplomatic crisis with Cyprus regarding Syrian migrants. In international news: Gaza’s death toll has surpassed 33,000, a deadly airstrike rocks ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-05 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides will head a ministerial delegation on a visit to Lebanon on Monday, amid growing tensions in diplomatic relations between the two countries over illegal migration from Lebanese shores. Christodoulides will hold talks with Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri. In ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-05 16:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF), Samir Geagea, blamed the conflict in southern Lebanon on those who "decided to involve Lebanon" (in the war between Hamas and Israel since October 7), while not ruling out the Lebanese government's responsibility for ensuring the country's security. He also addressed the issue of the presidential election, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-05 15:48 - Reading : less than a minute
The Public Schools Union in Lebanon has decided to draw up a plan of action to demand a change in salaries, taking into account the current economic situation and the increases approved, in this sense, for the public sector. At a remote meeting held on Thursday, the union proposed the formation of a committee to follow up on practical steps and ...