This Is Beirut 2024-03-19 18:33 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
During their mission to engage Lebanese officials and propel forward the presidential election dossier, ambassadors from the Quintet countries, the United States, France, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Qatar, convened on Tuesday with Samir Geagea, leader of the Lebanese Forces, at his residence in Maarab. After the meeting, Geagea highlighted the core ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-19 16:19 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli attacks on South Lebanon continued throughout the day on Tuesday, while Hezbollah has yet to claim any retaliatory attacks on the territory. A Merkava tank targeted the outskirts of Ramya and Bayt Lif with five direct shells and artillery shelling this afternoon. Israeli warplanes also carried out an airstrike on the town of Aita ...
Johnny Kortbawi 2024-03-19 15:46 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
No people in the world believe in conspiracy theories like the Lebanese do. In Lebanon, there is an absolute passion for analyzing and painting scenarios, no matter how farfetched or utterly unrealistic they might be. Adherence to conspiracy theories is nothing new for the Lebanese people, who believe that all that occurs is the result of a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-19 15:41 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai said he felt shame towards “the obstructive leaders who mock the international community for helping Lebanon elect a president and wish for the failure of their internal or external initiative, whereas these nations care about the necessity of electing a president to our country.” “This is a disgrace,” he ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-19 13:48 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati affirmed that the government’s primary concern is to maintain the state’s structure and prevent it from further deteriorating until a political consensus is achieved, enabling the implementation of appropriate reforms. Speaking at the start of a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Mikati underlined the main ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-19 13:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
On the forty-sixth anniversary of its presence in southern Lebanon, UNIFIL’s leadership reiterated its call to all parties to lay down their arms, recommit to UN Security Council Resolution 1701, and work towards a political and diplomatic solution. "The implementation of Resolution 1701 has faced many challenges due to ongoing events, but it ...
2024-03-19 10:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
According to some information, a delegation from the Petroleum Sector Management Authority will convene with TotalEnergies officials in Paris on March 26. The agenda includes a thorough review and discussion of the drilling report in Block 9, which regrettably did not yield significant commercial oil and gas quantities. Moreover, based on this ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-18 21:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil
Leader of the Kataeb party Sami Gemayel asserted that Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, whom he accuses of obstructing the presidential election, is attempting to balance his alliance with Hezbollah and his relations with the United States. "Berri cannot go against the Americans, as he has interests in the United States where members of his ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-18 19:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Egyptian Ambassador to Lebanon Alaa Moussa declared on Monday that a “tangible breakthrough” in the deadlocked presidential election is evident, as the various political parties are convinced that consensus is needed to elect a head of state. In comments made after a meeting of the Quintet’s ambassadors with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-18 18:58 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
On Monday afternoon, the Military Court Government Commissioner, Judge Fadi Akiki, ordered the release of political activist Makram Rabah. However, Rabah remains at the disposal of the investigators should they need to question him again. Rabah, who is also a professor at the History Department of the American University of Beirut and is ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-18 14:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon called on the international community on Monday to intensify efforts in support of the UN agency that cares for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, to enable it to continue carrying out its humanitarian tasks towards Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and neighboring countries. A statement by the Foreign Ministry emphasized that there is no ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-18 13:53 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
While supporting Christian unity, the Lebanese Forces clearly stated on Monday that they will not engage with the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) unless it stops supporting Hezbollah. Responding to FPM chairman Gebran Bassil’s call on Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai to unify Christian ranks, the party said in a statement, "We see no reason for ...