Lebanon

Five Killed in the Israeli Airstrike in Zokak el-Blat
Five Killed in the Israeli Airstrike in Zokak el-Blat

Five people were killed, and 31 others were wounded, according to an initial report published by the Lebanese ministry of Health, in an Israeli airstrike on the neighborhood of Zokak el-Blat in the heart of Beirut, on Monday evening. Two missiles were launched at a building near Al-Zahra Husseiniya, hitting the office of a Mokhtar, Hassan Shuman, ...

Health Minister Launches a Program for Emergency Healthcare Coverage
Health Minister Launches a Program for Emergency Healthcare Coverage

Minister of Public Health Firas Abyad launched a new program to cover emergency primary healthcare services that do not require hospitalization. The new program will begin tomorrow, Tuesday, November 19 and will remain in place after the war on Lebanon ends. This program is aimed at Lebanese citizens receiving treatment at the Ministry of Public ...

Hezbollah Field Commander Among Many Killed in Southern Lebanon
Hezbollah Field Commander Among Many Killed in Southern Lebanon

Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling have intensified across southern Lebanon on Monday, causing several casualties. An air raid on the city of Tyre killed Hezbollah commander Hajj Qassem Wehbe, the head of the Liaison Unit in the Tyre area. Israeli forces struck the Islamic Health Authority center in Arabsalim, killing six paramedics, and ...

The American Ceasefire Plan Put to the Test
Behind the ScenesThe American Ceasefire Plan Put to the Test

Lebanese Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri and Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati received a 13-point US ceasefire proposal from US Ambassador Lisa Johnson. Berri, who forwarded the proposal to Hezbollah for review and feedback, announced that Lebanon's response would soon be issued in writing, with amendments. He explained that "the proposal ...

Enforcing Resolution 1701: Ending the Deception Game
EditorialEnforcing Resolution 1701: Ending the Deception Game

During one of the early phases of the Lebanese war, Bachir Gemayel made a quip to journalists that, while tinged with sarcasm, offered a fundamentally sharp insight into an aspect of public life in the country. “Lebanon (before the war) was not so much a land of coexistence, but rather one of mutual deceit among its people,” he stated, with a ...

Israeli Airstrike Hits Beirut's Mar Elias Street
Israeli Airstrike Hits Beirut's Mar Elias Street

An Israeli airstrike struck the city of Beirut, specifically targeting the Mar Elias area, marking a significant escalation in the ongoing conflict with Lebanon. According to Israeli army radio, the target of the attack in Beirut this evening was the operations chief of Hezbollah's southern front. Subsequent reports indicated that the ...

Israeli Airstrike Targets Ras al-Nabeh
Israeli Airstrike Targets Ras al-Nabeh

An Israeli airstrike targeted Ras al-Nabeh, reportedly hitting the Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party's office. Preliminary reports suggest that the attack also targeted Mohammad Afif, Hezbollah's media relations chief. Additionally, Reuters, citing two security sources, reported that the strike killed Afif. The Ministry of Public Health's current ...

Who Was Mohammad Afif, Hezb’s Head of Media Relations?
PortraitWho Was Mohammad Afif, Hezb’s Head of Media Relations?

The head of Hezbollah's media department, Mohammad Afif, was killed on Sunday in the offices of the Lebanese branch of the Syrian Baath Party, located in the Ras al-Nabeh district in the heart of Beirut. A prominent figure in Hezbollah, he was the son of Sheikh Afif Naboulsi, an important religious figure in the Lebanese Shiite community. Afif ...

300 Experts Urge UNESCO to Protect Lebanon's Heritage
300 Experts Urge UNESCO to Protect Lebanon's Heritage

In a petition addressed to UNESCO, 300 cultural professionals, including archaeologists and academics, called on Sunday for the protection of Lebanon's heritage, particularly Baalbeck. Since September 23, Israel has been engaged in open warfare against Hezbollah, with strikes targeting the cities of Baalbeck (east) and Tyre (south), both of which ...

Beirut's Businesses Struggle to Stay Afloat under Bombardment
ReportBeirut's Businesses Struggle to Stay Afloat under Bombardment

Lina al-Khalil has fled her south Beirut home to escape escalating Israeli attacks on Hezbollah, but she still returns daily to the bombarded area to keep the family business running. "It's more important than my house," said the pharmacist, in her 50s, of the business she inherited from her father in Haret Hreik, a southern suburb ...