Lebanon

Raggi: State Monopoly on Arms Is a “Historic Step” Toward Sovereignty

This is Beirut 01/09 13:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Lebanon United Nations Youssef Raggi Border

Lebanon has reaffirmed its determination to strengthen ties with Gulf states and fully restore national sovereignty, Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi said in an interview published Monday by the Emirati daily Al-Ittihad. He highlighted the government’s recent decision to grant the state exclusive control over weapons, describing it as a ...

Salloum Warns of Threat from Expired Medicines

This is Beirut 01/09 11:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Lebanon Joe Salloum Pharmacy Drugs Expired

Expired medications piled up in pharmacies pose a significant threat to patient safety. This is what Dr. Joe Salloum, head of the Lebanese Pharmacists’ Syndicate, expressed, calling on the Ministries of Health and Environment to ensure that expired drugs are collected and destroyed outside Lebanon. He stressed that the risk they present is ...

Bolton: Disarming Hezbollah Is Key to Middle East Peace

This is Beirut 01/09 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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In an article to the Telegraph on Sunday, former US National Security Advisor John Bolton warned that Lebanon faces an existential choice: emerge from decades of war or again fall into civil conflict and terrorist domination. He argued that Israel’s strikes against Iran and its proxies following Hamas’s October 7 attack give Lebanon a chance ...

AnalysisSolomonic Judgment

Charles Chartouni 01/09 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Lebanon Gaza Hamas

International issues are pending, and nothing seems to move toward negotiated solutions across Ukraine and the wide arc of conflicts extending through the Middle East. None of the actors is interested in peacemaking; on the contrary, these zones of active conflict tend to work in the best interests of countries vying for imperial conquests and ...

EditorialSeeking Regional Leaders with Sadat’s Vision

Michel Touma 01/09 08:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hamas Hezbollah Iran

Clothes do not make the man – a saying that fits today’s leaders of Iran’s radical factions, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Tehran’s proxies in Iraq and Yemen. They issue routine inflammatory statements and adopt media stances that are often exaggerated, sometimes bordering on the absurd. In response to the upheavals sweeping the region, they ...

Budget 2026: Quick Taxes or Deep Reform?

Liliane Mokbel 31/08 20:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Lebanon economy Budget 2026 Taxes Reforms

For 2026, the Finance Minister has promised a deficit-free budget, with revenues and expenditures in balance. An attractive prospect, but at what cost to Lebanese households? Tax hikes and new levies could quickly turn that balance into a burden for taxpayers. The draft budget has been submitted to the General Secretariat of the Council of ...

Berri Reiterates Call for Dialogue, Defense Strategy

This is Beirut 31/08 16:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Lebanon Hezbollah Nabih Berri Mousa Sadr

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri marked on Sunday the 47th anniversary of the disappearance of Imam Musa al-Sadr with a speech that emphasized time and his call for dialogue on a national defense strategy and the future of arms. This is a key demand of Hezbollah, which rejects the government’s plan to establish a state monopoly over weapons. His ...

Army Intelligence Arrests Majdel Zoun Men Blocking UNIFIL Patrol

This is Beirut 31/08 14:40 - Reading : less than a minute

Lebanon UNIFIL Hezbollah Patrol Tyre

Army intelligence arrested three young men from Majdel Zoun in the Tyre district on Sunday after they prevented a United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrol from passing through the town. Such obstructions have become increasingly common, often carried out by supporters of Hezbollah, complicating UNIFIL’s mission to monitor and ...

Fatah Reaffirms Commitment to Disarm All Palestinian Camps

This is Beirut 31/08 12:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Lebanon Disarmament Palestinian Camps Mahmoud Abbas Joseph Aoun

The official spokesman of the Palestinian Fatah movement, Abdel Fattah Dawla, reiterated on Sunday his group’s commitment, under the authority of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, to cooperate with Lebanese authorities in disarming Palestinian camps across Lebanon. “The delivery to the Lebanese government on Friday of a third batch of ...

VideosLebanon: Love at First Sight

Yara Germany 31/08 11:00 - Reading : less than a minute

Lebanon Tripoli Batroun byblos tourism

What if you rediscovered Lebanon through the eyes of someone seeing it for the very first time? Barbara shares her journey – from the bustling souks of Tripoli, to the charm of Byblos and Batroun, to the breathtaking beauty of a land where sea meets mountains. She discovers the diversity of its villages and, above all, the warmth of a welcome ...

Israeli Army Targets Hezbollah Infrastructure in Southern Lebanon

This is Beirut 31/08 09:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Early on Sunday morning, the Israeli military launched a series of heavy airstrikes on the Nabatiyeh district in southern Lebanon, an area that has been repeatedly targeted in recent weeks. According to local sources cited by the Al-Markazia news agency, over 10 air raids struck the area of Ali al-Taher and its surroundings, not far from Beaufort ...

Perhaps What Is Meant Is the Collapse of Deadlines…

Johnny Kortbawi 30/08 14:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Lebanon Benjamin Netanyahu Tom Barrack Syria

Tom Barrack has made more than one misstep – mistakes that some might even consider political sins. The issue is not simply what he told journalists at Baabda Palace, but the deeper political and strategic implications of his words. At a time when the government is moving toward the point of no return on Barrack’s proposal, and after failing ...