This Is Beirut 2024-05-22 10:45 - Reading : less than a minute
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri is set to lead a Lebanese delegation on Wednesday to participate in the funeral of the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter accident on Sunday, May 19. In related events, Hezbollah announced that a ceremony will be held on Friday in honor of the late Iranian president, Foreign Minister ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-22 09:57 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel continued on Wednesday on the southern front. Two Hezbollah fighters were killed in a drone attack in Odaisseh on Tuesday night. For its part, Hezbollah announced in two statements on Wednesday that two of its fighters had been killed, Mohammad Ali Bou Taama and Ali Hassan Sultan. The Israeli air ...
2024-05-21 22:22 - Reading : less than a minute
A vehicle of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was intercepted near the Ain al-Dalba intersection in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Tuesday evening. Residents in the Hezbollah-controlled area stopped the vehicle, considering that the route is "outside UNIFIL's zone of operations."
Fady Noun 2024-05-21 19:59 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawraj sets up a crisis cell comprising architects and agronomists, led by Jean Chamoun. In the absence of any clear prospect for an end to hostilities in southern Lebanon, the Nawraj association, led by Fouad Abounader, has decided to take action and start assessing the losses and needs of the localities subjected to Israeli bombardments. In a ...
Lyne Sammouri 2024-05-21 19:56 - Reading : less than a minute
Nawraj NGO and the mayors of the border strip municipalities held a press conference at the Catholic Information Center, during which they launched an appeal for help and support to the people in the South.
2024-05-21 19:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In less than 24 hours, the army seized two trucks loaded with weapons in northern Lebanon. The first truck was intercepted Monday afternoon in the Batroun district, and the second on Tuesday afternoon in Tripoli. This immediately raises critical questions: How many similar trucks are circulating freely in the country, and more importantly, to whom ...
2024-05-21 18:53 - Reading : less than a minute
Tensions continued on Tuesday in the border regions of southern Lebanon. The Israeli army's Arabic-speaking spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, announced on Tuesday morning that Israel eliminated the commander of Hezbollah’s missile unit in the Tyre region, Kassem Saklawi. On the platform X, Adraee specified that Saklawi was "in charge of planning ...
2024-05-21 18:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The former head of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP), Walid Joumblatt, said from Doha on Tuesday that it is “inevitable for the (Lebanese) political forces to agree, with the help of the Quintet (USA, France, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Qatar) to elect a president on the basis of dialogue and consensus.” Joumblatt made his remarks during a ...
Johnny Kortbawi 2024-05-21 18:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A few months ago, when conditions could lead to the election of a president of the republic, the obstinacy of the political parties in Lebanon sabotaged the opportunity. Each faction adamantly stuck to its candidate, rejecting any negotiations or changes in its position. With time, and with the eruption of the crisis in Gaza on October 7 and its ...
2024-05-21 17:37 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Some 304 Turkish-made handguns were found in a truck filled with goods sent by sea from Turkey to the port of Tripoli. According to information shared by the security forces, the weapons were concealed on both sides of the truck’s engine whose heat set fire to the handguns as the handles are made of plastic. Empty gun magazines were also ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-21 13:28 - Reading : less than a minute
The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Lebanon announced that it will open a register of condolences on Wednesday, May 22 and Thursday, May 23, from 4 PM to 7 PM, at the embassy's headquarters in Bir Hassan, following the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and the accompanying ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-21 13:22 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced on Monday the appointment of Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert of the Netherlands as his new Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL). She succeeds Joanna Wronecka of Poland, who held this position since 2021. "Currently serving as ...