This Is Beirut 2024-05-09 20:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
On Thursday, MPs of the Strong Republic Bloc (Lebanese Forces) presented a memorandum to the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Beirut, emphasizing that "Lebanon is not a country of asylum, but a transit country," citing the massive Syrian presence in Lebanon. During a meeting with the UNHCR ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-09 20:37 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In a country that prides itself on being high on democracy, freedom of expression has never been so suppressed. Thursday, comedian Shaden Fakih, from awk.word comedy club, was the target of religious authorities. Acting on instructions from the Grand Mufti, Sheikh Abdellatif Derian, Dar al-Fatwa filed a complaint against the comedian for ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-09 20:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A closed meeting, organized by the Maronite Center for Research and Documentation, and focusing on the illegal Syrian presence in Lebanon, was chaired on Thursday by Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai in Bkerke. The meeting was attended by the caretaker Minister of Interior, Bassam Mawlawi, representing caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-09 18:52 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Judge Tanios Saghbini, Public Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal in Mount Lebanon, has initiated proceedings against twelve individuals - five of whom have already been arrested – on charges of involvement in the TikTok pedophile network. These include Georges Moubayyed, a hairdresser who has already been apprehended, and Paul Meouchi, owner of a ...
2024-05-09 14:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Judge Tanios Saghbini, public prosecutor at the Mount Lebanon Court of Appeal, has initiated proceedings against twelve people accused of involvement in the TikTok pedophile network. Five of them have already been arrested. According to judicial sources, Magistrate Saghbini has requested that these arrest warrants be distributed to Interpol and ...
2024-05-09 14:27 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon has responded officially to the “modified” French initiative aimed at de-escalating violence on the southern front and eventually paving the way for a sustainable and durable settlement along the Lebanese-Israeli border. Reports that circulated in the media alleging that the initiative had been rejected by Hezbollah, a stance conveyed ...
2024-05-09 11:49 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A drone attack targeting a car resulted in the deaths of four people on Thursday on the Bafliye-Arzoun road in southern Lebanon. According to information, three of Hezbollah’s 'Radwan' forces were on the board of the 'Rapid' car, which was completely burned. Earlier, the pro-Iranian party declared targeting a unit of Israeli soldiers in Ramya ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-08 21:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Media Office of the General Directorate of General Security has issued a statement outlining comprehensive measures aimed at controlling and regulating the presence of Syrians on Lebanese territory. Among the key measures outlined in the statement are directives for “Syrians violating entry and residency regulations to report to border ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-08 18:37 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The number of people arrested in connection with the TikTok pedophile network case now stands at 10. On the instructions of Tanios Saghbini, the public prosecutor at the Mount Lebanon Court of Appeal in charge of the case, the cybercrime office arrested an undisclosed tenth individual on Wednesday. "The new suspect was arrested after a lengthy ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-08 18:22 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The opposition parliamentary delegation which recently visited Washington focused its talks with US and UN officials on the Syrian migrant crisis in Lebanon and the developments on the southern front linked to the six-month-long conflict in Gaza. Lebanese Forces MP Ghassan Hasbani, who was part of the delegation, wrote on his X account, "We met ...
Rami Rayess 2024-05-08 09:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The dangerous presidential vacuum the country has known for almost two years now, has grown even more complicated, given Lebanon’s direct link to the regional events, notably the October 7 “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation – and the ensuing Israeli attack on Gaza that is still underway despite Hamas accepting the proposed truce as a first step ...
2024-05-08 08:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The seat of the Maronite Patriarchate in Bkerke is expected to witness on Friday (May 10) the final review of the draft of a national document that has been the subject of intense discussions among the Lebanese Forces (LF), the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), the Kataeb Party and other Christian groups, under the auspices of the Patriarchate. All ...