This Is Beirut 2024-03-03 11:31 - Reading : less than a minute
The employees' committee of the State Employees Cooperative announced on Sunday that it was suspending the strike, "temporarily" and "for a fixed period, until the civil servants receive their raises and bonuses." Employees of the State Employees Cooperative had begun their strike on Monday.
This Is Beirut 2024-03-03 09:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Papal ambassador to Lebanon, Paolo Borgia, is scarcely appearing with politicians. A politician who met him quoted Borgia as saying, “The Vatican wants a president,” and calls for love, peace, and getting together. The Vatican wants a president in Lebanon because he is the only Christian head of state in the region. In the Vatican’s ...
2024-03-03 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Every Lebanese is suspected of collaboration until proven otherwise, and similarly, every foreigner on Lebanese soil is also regarded as a suspect of collaboration until proven otherwise. Over the past few days, a security team from the Dutch Embassy returning from shooting training in Kaslik was intercepted by Hezbollah elements. The ...
Fady Noun 2024-03-02 16:23 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Georges Naccache's insight holds weight. Two negations do not form a nation. The proof! A plethora of negations wouldn't suffice to form one either. For Lebanon to attain nationhood, it requires numerous affirmations, notably an authentic Christian affirmation. The Assembly of the Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Lebanon recently convened a day ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-02 16:19 - Reading : less than a minute
A fire broke out inside a crude oil pipeline on the Miniyeh sea road in the north. The fire consumed a camp for displaced Syrians and several agricultural nurseries. Black smoke covered the area. [video width="474" height="850" mp4="https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WhatsApp-Video-2024-03-02-at-16.14.55.mp4"][/video]
This Is Beirut 2024-03-02 15:37 - Reading : less than a minute
US envoy Amos Hochstein is expected in Beirut on Monday for a new round of talks with Lebanese officials focused on ways to restore calm in southern Lebanon in the wake of a possible cease-fire in Gaza, according to local TV station MTV. Hochstein will kick off his talks with a meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, whose political ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-02 13:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
MP Sami Gemayel, leader of the Kataeb party, expressed firm reservations about the National Moderation bloc's initiative to break the deadlock in the presidential election, without directly rejecting it. He said that “nothing distinguishes the initiatives that have been proposed from the one defended by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri,” who ...
Rayan Chami 2024-03-02 11:53 - Reading : less than a minute
The Antelias Cultural Movement honors Rifaat Torbey’s unique contribution to theater, emphasizing his transformative approach that transcends mere acting.
2024-03-02 11:19 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a substantial contribution of 2.63 million USD from the Government of Australia to assist vulnerable populations in Lebanon. This funding aims to enable the WFP to provide essential food and cash aid to those in need. In a press release by the WFP, the latter stated that families in ...
2024-03-02 09:49 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Three Hezbollah fighters were killed in an early morning Israeli raid on the Naqoura highway on Saturday. The three were in a car that was targeted by a drone. Until 9 a.m., Hezbollah had not yet commented on the Naqoura raid, while the Israeli media indicated that the attack had targeted a “Hezbollah official.” Hezbollah did, however, ...
2024-03-02 09:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Sheikh Ali Al-Khatib, Vice President of the Supreme Islamic Shiite Council, stressed in a meeting with a delegation of the National Moderation Bloc that “Lebanon’s salvation lies in the full application of the Taif Agreement.” Al Khatib’s opinion is in harmony with the views of officials representing the five-nation group, known as the ...
Alissar Boulos 2024-03-01 19:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Good evening and welcome to the Intelligent Recap It’s Friday March 1st and the 147th day of the war in Gaza. In tonight’s edition: The security situation in southern Lebanon, UNRWA faces a crisis, and Cabinet approves a salary increase for public sector employees. In international news: On the ground in Gaza, Putin delivers his state of ...