This Is Beirut 2024-03-28 00:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF), Samir Geagea, expressed skepticism about the success of the Bkerke initiative, which is sponsoring inter-Christian meetings to achieve a unified political stance around a roadmap that brings back the Lebanese constants. The aim of this initiative is to put an end to the dysfunctions that have been blocking ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-27 21:16 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Giorgia Meloni, head of the Italian government, arrived in Beirut on Wednesday evening for a 24-hour visit during which she will inspect the Italian contingent of UNIFIL and hold talks with its commanding officers. She was welcomed off the plane by caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, with whom she immediately held a meeting at the Serail in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-27 18:45 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanese security forces announced in a statement on Wednesday that they aborted an attempt to smuggle 148 kilograms of hashish through Beirut International Airport to an undisclosed European destination. The illicit substance was concealed in bags of thyme, sumac and other food ingredients and stored in a warehouse in Beirut before the planned ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-27 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Informed French sources revealed that Hezbollah rejected the French initiative and refused to respond to it “because it is a document that is biased towards Israel.” However, the sources emphasized that France would continue to play its role in the current stage, based on its participation in the UNIFIL in the South. A French official ...
2024-03-27 15:15 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati received an invitation from the King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, to attend the 33rd Arab League summit, set to take place on Thursday, May 16, 2024 in Manama. During a meeting on Wednesday, Mikati welcomed Bahraini Ambassador to Syria Waheed Mubarak, delegated by the ruler of the island-state to ...
Michel Touma 2024-03-27 12:17 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In the midst of a persistent chronic and existential crisis, some political factions occasionally resort to subtly propagating truncated or even baseless information. Their aim? Either test public reactions on specific topics or artificially sustain the attention of a partisan public by crafting tailored "information" capable of sparking debate ...
2024-03-27 12:06 - Reading : less than a minute
The historical city of Saida has become renowned in the country for its lively celebrations of Ramadan and its festivals that last all night until sunrise. Full report available via the link in bio.
Ici Beyrouth 2024-03-27 10:16 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hezbollah announced on Wednesday that it had launched "a salvo of rockets at Kiryat Shmona" in northern Israel "in retaliation for the night raid" that killed seven rescue workers at an Islamic emergency and rescue center in Hebbariyeh in southern Lebanon, believed to belong to Jamaa Islamiya. The Jamaa Islamiya press office was quick to react, ...
Maureen Décor 2024-03-27 09:00 - Reading : less than a minute
The price of cocoa has reached 9,000 dollars per ton, a historic figure whose repercussions in Lebanon are likely to be felt in the coming weeks.
This Is Beirut 2024-03-26 20:37 - Reading : less than a minute
The caretaker Minister of Interior and Municipalities, Bassam Mawlawi, chaired a meeting of the Central Internal Security Council to discuss the internal security measures that will be taken during the holidays. "The Director General of the Internal Security Forces, Major General Imad Othman, assured us that a number of measures were decided to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-26 18:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued sanctions on Tuesday targeting finance and trade facilitators for the Syrian regime, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, the Houthis and Hezbollah. In two separate announcements, the US treasury listed six entities, one individual and two tankers that are based or registered in ...
Johnny Kortbawi 2024-03-26 16:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Abdallah Bou Habib might be the victim of a series of circumstances that reduced him to puppet status at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but what is certain is that he does not even play puppet well. Bou Habib is a reactionary man, one who speaks on impulse and then goes on to retract his words. Unlike the chewing gum he spat out at the recent ...