This Is Beirut 2024-02-19 18:03 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In a recent statement, leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF) Samir Geagea emphasized the importance of adhering to the electoral schedule despite ongoing security challenges in southern Lebanon. With the municipal and local council terms set to conclude by the end of May, Geagea acknowledged the significant military activities hindering the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-19 17:49 - Reading : less than a minute
In a recent interview with This Is Lebanon News, caretaker Minister of Information Ziad Makari reiterated his staunch opposition to the financial reorganization and bank restructuring draft law that was invalidated by the State Council. Makari emphasized that he is "against writing off depositors' money" and that he did not "justify the draft ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-19 17:43 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Early evening on Monday, Israeli warplanes carried out several airstrikes on the town of Ghazieh. Later reports indicated that two warehouses were targeted in the area. No new information has come out on the targeted individuals. Sources told This is Beirut that the first airstrike was near the “Rim” warehouse, and the second was near the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-19 17:18 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hezbollah's network of secret tunnels in Lebanon is "more sophisticated" than that of Hamas in Gaza. According to an article published on Sunday in the French daily Libération, "Since the 1980s," the pro-Iranian militia, whose "military power is far superior to that of Hamas, has been building, with the help of North Korea, an underground ...
2024-02-19 16:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran has warned Hezbollah not to give Israel cause to launch a full-scale war along the Israel-Lebanon border, fearing it would risk gains it believes it has made in the region since Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, according to a report by the Washington Post. Iranian officials, who met with the Hezbollah leadership earlier this month, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-19 16:31 - Reading : less than a minute
Israeli military operations continued along the Lebanese border as tensions escalated on Monday. Before noon on Monday, Israeli warplanes carried out two raids between Yarine and al-Bustan. They also launched a missile strike targeting the al-Mahafer area in the town of Odaisseh. Additionally, the Israeli military announced that they had ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-19 16:04 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Saydet el-Jabal Gathering convened its weekly session at its headquarters in Ashrafieh. In a statement, attendees revealed that the gathering "issued its fourth call of the year 2024." The gathering called on political forces to get Lebanon out of its economic crisis, which has reached every home in the country. In this context, the gathering ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-19 13:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In a statement issued on Monday, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers announced caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati's intention to convene a ministerial meeting on Friday, February 23 at 3.30 PM, "with a single item on the agenda, namely the draft law on the situation of banks in Lebanon and their restructuring, which was previously ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-19 12:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
MP Marwan Hamadeh, member of the Democratic Gathering bloc, stressed that the situation in southern Lebanon "remains open to all possibilities," and that "the front will continue, even if at a varying pace." He also expressed hope that the Safed and Nabatiyeh strikes, in which civilians were killed last week, would lead "to curbing the targeting ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-18 16:36 - Reading : less than a minute
The Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdel Latif Derian discussed on Sunday with former Prime Minister Saad Hariri the situation of Sunni Muslims, how to empower them and promote national unity among Lebanese citizens. Derian emphasized that Dar al-Fatwa is keen on working with all Lebanese to save the country from collapse, reduce chaos, elect a unifying ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-18 13:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Metropolitan of Beirut for the Greek Orthodox, Bishop Elias Audi, cautioned against the prevalent culture of blame and accusation of treason, stating, "It would be preferable if everyone in this country acknowledged their actions." Reflecting on Lebanon's current challenges during his homily, Bishop Audi denounced the erosion of democratic ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-18 11:56 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai emphasized that "heroism is not in creating a war with advanced weapons, but in using reason, avoiding war and keeping peace." In his Sunday sermon in Bkerke, Rai explained that "the development of weapons forced people to carry them, as war begets war and destruction," stressing that "the displacement of ...