This Is Beirut 2024-03-20 14:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
As part of their mission to push forward the presidential election dossier, the ambassadors of the Quintet committee, grouping the US, France, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Qatar, visited several Lebanese officials in the past couple of days, including Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-20 11:58 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The World Happiness report for the year 2023 has been published on Wednesday, and what unfortunately comes as no surprise is Lebanon’s ranking at the bottom as the least happy in a list of 137 countries around the world. Lebanon ranked 136th, just ahead of Afghanistan, while Finland ranked first as the happiest country with Denmark, Iceland and ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-20 11:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Joanna Wronecka and United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix briefed the Security Council on Tuesday on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701 (2006). The Security Council was meeting in closed consultations to discuss the latest report of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-20 08:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A number of Arab and Western embassies in Beirut have drawn up plans to evacuate their nationals in the event of a large-scale Israeli military operation against Lebanon. The decision, taken as a precautionary measure, was prompted by fears that Israel would carry out its threats against Lebanon if diplomatic efforts to restore calm on the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-19 20:20 - Reading : less than a minute
The Faculty of History and International Relations at USJ organized a roundtable discussion, moderated by journalist Marianne Zouein, around a documentary broadcast by the Lebanese TV channel MTV on the struggle of the Lebanese between the years 2000 and 2005 until the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon. The discussion focused on a debate ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-19 19:54 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Wafiq Safa, Head of the Coordination Unit within Hezbollah, embarked on a trip to the Emirates on Monday night. "Wafiq Safa is attempting to reach an agreement for the release of several Lebanese detainees currently held in Emirati prisons due to their alleged ties with Hezbollah," stated a Hezbollah spokesperson to Lebanese media. According to ...
Samar Kadi 2024-03-19 19:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon has been the scene of a flurry of foreign and Arab diplomatic moves that gained significant momentum in the past months after Hezbollah opened its so-called “support front” for Gaza on the southern border with Israel on October 8. In June last year, French President Emmanuel Macron appointed his former Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-19 18:33 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
During their mission to engage Lebanese officials and propel forward the presidential election dossier, ambassadors from the Quintet countries, the United States, France, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Qatar, convened on Tuesday with Samir Geagea, leader of the Lebanese Forces, at his residence in Maarab. After the meeting, Geagea highlighted the core ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-19 16:19 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli attacks on South Lebanon continued throughout the day on Tuesday, while Hezbollah has yet to claim any retaliatory attacks on the territory. A Merkava tank targeted the outskirts of Ramya and Bayt Lif with five direct shells and artillery shelling this afternoon. Israeli warplanes also carried out an airstrike on the town of Aita ...
Johnny Kortbawi 2024-03-19 15:46 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
No people in the world believe in conspiracy theories like the Lebanese do. In Lebanon, there is an absolute passion for analyzing and painting scenarios, no matter how farfetched or utterly unrealistic they might be. Adherence to conspiracy theories is nothing new for the Lebanese people, who believe that all that occurs is the result of a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-19 15:41 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai said he felt shame towards “the obstructive leaders who mock the international community for helping Lebanon elect a president and wish for the failure of their internal or external initiative, whereas these nations care about the necessity of electing a president to our country.” “This is a disgrace,” he ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-19 13:48 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati affirmed that the government’s primary concern is to maintain the state’s structure and prevent it from further deteriorating until a political consensus is achieved, enabling the implementation of appropriate reforms. Speaking at the start of a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Mikati underlined the main ...