2024-04-14 15:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iranian ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani hailed, on Sunday, his country’s drone and missile strikes against Israel as a successful act to “punish” the Hebrew state for attacking Tehran’s consulate in Damascus on April 1. “Iran has proved that it has succeeded in its move to punish Israel and is determined to defend itself,” Amani ...
2024-04-14 15:25 - Reading : less than a minute
An expected 40,000 voters are set to vote today in the Order of Engineers and Architects of Beirut to a elect a new president, as well as five new members of the Council. Results are expected after the ballots close at 7:30 PM. [readmore url="https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/lebanon/244100"]
This Is Beirut 2024-04-14 13:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Public Works and Transport Ali Hamiye declared on Sunday morning that Lebanon "has reopened its airspace at 7 AM, and the airport will gradually resume normal operations today." "Operations should return to normal by the end of the day," he announced during a tour of the airport. Following the Iranian attack on Israel on ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-14 13:08 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai considered that "the obstinacy in preventing the election of a President of the Republic undermines the (national) pact and the 'culture of unity in diversity' because the President is the guarantor of national unity and his absence leads to the disintegration of the Lebanese family." In his Sunday sermon, Rai ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-04-14 11:01 - Reading : less than a minute
After the escalations between Israel and Iran on Saturday night, Lebanese citizens immediately feared a spillover of the conflict to Lebanon, prompting them to brace for potential escalation.
This Is Beirut 2024-04-14 09:24 - Reading : less than a minute
Beirut International Airport resumed normal operations at 7:00 AM on Sunday. Lebanese airspace had been preventively closed from 1:00 AM until 7:00 AM, following Iran's attack on Israel. For its part, MEA had announced the postponement of its flights originally scheduled for Sunday, April 14 to dates that will be determined later. "Only five ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-14 08:58 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Following the reopening of Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport at 7:00 am on Sunday, April 14, 2024, heavy traffic and crowds were observed. This influx occurred after Lebanese airspace had been temporarily closed from 1:00 am due to regional tensions following the escalations between Israel and Iran. Despite the closure, operations resumed ...
2024-04-14 03:07 - Reading : less than a minute
MEA has announced the postponement of its flights originally scheduled for Sunday April 14 to dates that will be determined later. Only five flights will be maintained, with departures scheduled for 9:00 AM: Paris (ME1209), Paris (ME211), Frankfurt (ME217), Rome (ME231), Düsseldorf (ME247). For further information, call the MEA call center on ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-13 18:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nicolas Chikhani, engineer and economist, announced on Saturday his decision to withdraw his candidacy from the Order of Engineers elections, to be held on Sunday. He said he will not take part in the elections "until all the conditions guaranteeing the democracy of the ballot are met and the rights of engineers are preserved. All our supporters ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-13 17:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea stressed that "resolving the issue of displaced Syrians lies solely in the hands of the Lebanese government." In a statement issued on Saturday, Geagea responded directly to the announcement made by caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Thursday, in which he stated that a government plan for resolving ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-13 15:02 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Apostolic Nuncio to Syria, Cardinal Mario Zenari, declared on Saturday that "circumstances are not favorable" for the return of displaced Syrians while acknowledging that "Lebanon is no longer in a position to support the massive presence of Syrian refugees on its territory." Speaking at a Caritas bishops' conference in Grado, in the Italian ...
Michel Touma 2024-04-13 14:34 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
April 13, 1975, will be forever ingrained in the collective memory of the Lebanese people (at least those of a ‘certain age,’) as the outbreak of the never-ending Lebanese war. However, this perception is somewhat biased, as April 13 was more accurately a tipping point (rather than the onset) of a profound and chronic existential crisis. ...