This Is Beirut 2024-06-02 13:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai called for reinforcing people’s attachment to the land by supporting farmers and the agricultural industry. In his Sunday sermon, Rai stressed that “the land forms an essential part of the national identity,” and that farmers should be supported to remain in the land. He praised the efforts of the Director ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-01 22:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
How can we reject fragmentation and adhere to the Constitution and the Taif Agreement? By having the will to elect a president and restore confidence in Lebanon. These were the topics discussed at the forum “Lebanon: from a scene of conflict to a nation in the making,” organized by the group Tajadod Lil Watan (Renewal for the Nation). The ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-01 16:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Islamic Sharia Supreme Council, the high Sunni authority in Lebanon, called for fostering national unity and implementing the Taif Agreement. "Our only option is national unity and the implementation of the Taif Agreement, which serves as a robust safeguard for Lebanon, with its Arab identity and commitment to the constitution," reaffirmed ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-01 14:17 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai issued a stark warning on Saturday about the ongoing presidential vacuum, criticizing recent electoral choices that have not led to meaningful change. Rai highlighted widespread boycotts and a paralyzed political landscape, stating that "Lebanon has become a class-based country, and when the people rose to ...
2024-06-01 14:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
"China is ready to cooperate with Arab countries to build a higher-level China-Arab community with a shared future." With these words, Chinese President Xi Jinping highlighted China's wish to increase its economic presence in the Middle East during the 33rd Arab League Summit held in Bahrain on Friday, May 17. Lebanon is not exempt from this ...
Fady Noun 2024-06-01 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
For the Christians of Lebanon and for Lebanon as a whole, the presidential vacancy is "worse than the plague." It jeopardizes the future of the Lebanese "political entity," stated the Greek-Catholic Archbishop of Zahle, Ibrahim Ibrahim, during the Feast of Corpus Christi, which the city has faithfully commemorated since 1825, nearly two centuries ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-01 00:24 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, asserted that his organization does not link the presidential election to the war in Gaza. For Hezbollah's Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah, any occasion is good to try to convince the Lebanese people of the "opportunity" of the unnecessary and destructive war he has led in southern Lebanon. On ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-31 23:23 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Tensions rose in the evening at the southern front between Hezbollah and the Israeli army, which carried out a series of raids on several areas in south Lebanon, killing two men in Naqoura and Yaroun, and one woman in Adloun. In the evening, Israeli aircraft raided a home in Adloun, killing the woman and wounding others. Late in the afternoon, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-31 22:13 - Reading : less than a minute
The Lebanese Army announced on Friday that it had arrested "eight individuals who confessed to being supporters of the terrorist organization Daesh (ISIS)." "The suspects admitted to committing acts of theft to finance their terrorist projects and to firing at shops and at the vehicle of an officer of the Internal Security Forces as part of a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-31 20:37 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations, based on the instructions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, filed a complaint to the Security Council regarding an "Israeli strike that targeted a car carrying a Lebanese citizen, resulting in his death. The same raid also damaged a school bus transporting students to Shoukin ...
Alissar Boulos 2024-05-31 19:17 - Reading : less than a minute
Good evening and welcome to The Intelligent Recap. It is Friday, May 31 and the 238th day of the war in Gaza. In tonight’s edition: the situation in the South continues to take its toll, France’s special envoy visits Lebanon and Syrian refugee camps battle the spread of disease. Internationally: the war in Gaza and its ramifications, Xi ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-31 18:16 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A medic from the Islamic Health Committee, affiliated with Hezbollah, was killed and another was injured in an Israeli drone strike on an ambulance in Naqoura. The deceased was 45-year-old Haidar Jahir, also known as Amir, according to a statement from the party. The medics were working to extinguish a fire caused by Israeli shelling in the ...