This Is Beirut 2024-04-25 20:48 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The question of how to "unify the Lebanese position on the crisis of displaced Syrians," which continues to weigh heavily on the Lebanese landscape, was at the heart of discussions between a Hezbollah delegation and the former President of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP), Walid Joumblatt. Joumblatt had received the delegation at Clemenceau ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-04-25 20:32 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In a legislative parliamentary session presided over by Speaker Nabih Berri on Thursday, Parliament approved "extending the existing municipal and elective councils' mandate until a date no later than May 31, 2025," despite objections from lawmakers opposed to Hezbollah. It was the third time in a row that the local elections have been ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-25 19:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
MP Ahmad Kheir of the National Moderation bloc seemrd optimistic about a possible breakthrough on the presidential election issue. "Our initiative includes ten points, eight of which have been addressed," he said after a meeting of the bloc's MPs with the Speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri, on Thursday. "Obstacles surround the last two points, but ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-25 17:42 - Reading : less than a minute
The Kataeb party reiterated on Thursday its “total support” for the mission led by the five-nation group known as the Quintet (United States, France, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Qatar) aimed at breaking the presidential deadlock that has persisted since October 2022 and that is “affecting all the state’s institutions.” “A rapid solution ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-25 17:28 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Leader of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea claimed on Thursday that the pro-Hezbollah “Moumanaa axis” and the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) “are once again stabbing democracy, the right of people to choose their representatives and the establishment of public institutions.” Geagea wrote on his X account, “The flimsy argument used by ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-25 14:21 - Reading : less than a minute
Illegal Syrian migrants living in North Lebanon have been notified on Thursday to vacate their premises. The General Directorate of State Security announced, in a statement, that “its patrols have implemented the decision of the Governor of North Lebanon, Ramzi Nohra, asking Syrian migrants who do not have displaced status, running businesses, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-25 14:01 - Reading : less than a minute
A tanker truck was the target of an Israeli drone attack in Doures-Baalbek on Thursday, which resulted in damaging the vehicle and injuring the driver. Momentum has been increasing since yesterday night as the Israeli warplanes launched three consecutive raids on Maroun el Ras, causing property and infrastructure damage in electricity and water ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-25 13:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Parliament extended, on Thursday, the mandate of municipal and “mukhtar” councils until May 31, 2025, for the third year in a row, thus imposing a detrimental vacancy in several Lebanese towns and villages. The Parliament also approved the tenure of Civil Defense volunteers. The legislative session was convened by Parliament Speaker Nabih ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-04-25 13:03 - Reading : less than a minute
MP Wael Bou Faour told This is Beirut that the PSP had proposed to postpone the municipal elections until the 13th of September but it was rejected. Bou Faour emphasized that the South cannot be isolated from other areas in Lebanon.
Rayan Chami 2024-04-25 08:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Project Lebanon rekindles connections emerging from the crisis, offering a platform for global collaboration and market insights, signaling a promising era of industry resurgence.
This Is Beirut 2024-04-25 08:00 - Reading : less than a minute
There is a lot of talk in the corridors of decision-making in Washington about new sanctions that the US Treasury may take, targeting Palestinian, Iranian, and Lebanese institutions and financial companies, as well as individuals, including Lebanese politicians and businessmen. According to political sources, the sanctions will be imposed on ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-24 23:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
On Wednesday, caretaker Minister of Environment Nasser Yassin reiterated the measures his ministry had taken to limit pollution in the capital, which included "equipping generators with powerful filters and requiring owners of large and medium-sized generators to fit them with systems capable of instantly treating smoke from exhausts." Yassin's ...