This Is Beirut 2024-05-26 15:07 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Egyptian Ambassador to Lebanon, Alaa Moussa, has confirmed that the Quintet's work is ongoing, with an approach tailored to the Lebanese reality, and that consultations with various political forces are underway. During an appearance on Naharkom Said on LBCI, Moussa emphasized that the committee's work is consistently progressing, even if in ...
2024-05-26 12:58 - Reading : less than a minute
Over 20,000 people are expected at AUB's annual festival, Outdoors, held this year to raise funds for their financial aid programs.
This Is Beirut 2024-05-26 11:42 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil
According to Al-Jadeed media channel, sources within the Free Patriotic Movement announced that the head of the movement, MP Gebran Bassil, apologized for his inability to host the French presidential envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian next Wednesday due to a prior commitment to a foreign visit. It is worth mentioning that during Le Drian's last visit to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-26 10:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Migrant workers from various countries find joy and camaraderie through a weekly cricket tournament in Beirut, offering a rare respite from their tough working conditions. In a Beirut car park, migrant workers cheer as their teams face off in a cricket tournament, a moment of respite in crisis-hit Lebanon, where working conditions are often ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-25 17:34 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanese Forces (LF) MP Ghassan Hasbani believes that “the international community is unwilling to tackle the issue of Syrian migrants seriously and find a comprehensive and radical solution to this existential problem.” Speaking on the Voice of Lebanon radio station, Hasbani warned against “the current status quo, which is content in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-25 16:03 - Reading : less than a minute
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad did not attend the funeral ceremony of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and their companions after the crash of the presidential helicopter returning from Azerbaijan. Assad's absence raised several questions, especially after his return to the Arab embrace, his ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-25 13:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Civil Defense personnel recovered the bodies of citizens Yahya Ahmed Abous and Walid Yaacoub Sarkis from the sea off the Batroun coast. The members of the marine rescue unit and land centers of the Civil Defense extended their search since 2 AM to find the bodies of the citizens who were reported missing near the Kfar Abida beach. The teams ...
Élie-Joe Kamel 2024-05-25 12:25 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut takes you to the camps of Ersal, a village north-east of Baalbeck-Hermel, where voluntary return convoys, comprising 330 Syrian migrants according to the municipality, were organized last Tuesday. These migrants had registered with General Security centers to facilitate their return home.
This Is Beirut 2024-05-25 12:19 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A tense and cautious calm prevails this morning in the border area of the eastern sector of southern Lebanon It extends from the Majidiya plain in Ghajar, through the outskirts of Mari in Hasbaya, to the Arqoub and the occupied Shebaa Farms. The clashes between Hezbollah and the Israeli Army ceased late Friday night after the latter expanded ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-25 11:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
At an event held at the Holcom Group headquarters in Beirut, Cablevision announced the launch of a new strategic partnership with beIN MEDIA GROUP, one of the world's leading sports and entertainment networks. The event was marked by the presence of Qatar's ambassador to Lebanon, SE. Sheikh Saud bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani. This strategic ...
2024-05-25 11:03 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
The ultra-identitarian and ultra-communitarian woke ideology is built on hatred and vengeance. This nihilistic ideology, that rejects the Christian notion of hope, confines individuals into tightly sealed categories with no chance of liberation. Wokeism prohibits and ostracizes. It establishes its realm on a blank slate, where truths are ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-25 10:41 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanese Forces (LF) MP Pierre Bou Assi blamed Hezbollah and its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah for undermining political stability in Lebanon by preventing the election of a president, thus compromising the country's security and stability. He also blamed the pro-Iranian group for dragging Lebanon into the regional fire without consulting ...