This is Beirut 2024-11-06 17:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Maronite bishops held deliberations at their regular monthly meeting in Bkerke, chaired by Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai. They called on the international community to work toward “a diplomatic solution to the war between Hezbollah and Israel, through the establishment of an immediate ceasefire and the implementation of UN Security Council ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-06 16:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon, Walid Boukhari, confirmed “the Kingdom's continued support for the military institution,” following a meeting on Wednesday with the Commander-in-Chief of the Lebanese Army, General Joseph Aoun, in Yarzeh. Discussions focused on the general situation in the country amid the ongoing Israeli aggression against ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-06 14:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Reactions from Lebanese politicians poured in on Wednesday, celebrating the election of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States. Trump, a Republican, will assume office for a second term, having previously served from 2017 to 2021 and succeeding Democrat Joe Biden. In his first comment on Trump’s victory, caretaker Prime ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-06 12:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon has submitted another complaint to the United Nations Security Council, denouncing Israel’s continued aggression and violations of Lebanese sovereignty between October 25 and November 1, 2024. This is not the first time Lebanon has raised such concerns with the UN, as part of its routine efforts to document Israeli attacks and demand ...
Michael al-Andary 2024-11-06 11:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Beneath the ruins of a Christmas tree dating back to the days of feasts and prosperity in Lebanon resides a displaced family in Martyrs’ Square, Downtown Beirut. “God bless the Christian hands that put this tree here,” shouts an old man, most likely a member of the family living under the “iron bars.” “If this tree were not here, we ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-06 09:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Tensions continue to escalate between Hezbollah and Israel in southern Lebanon, while strikes also continue to target the Beqaa and extend to other areas. Attacks on the Beqaa For the first time, an Israeli balloon, accompanied by an active drone presence in the Beqaa region, flew over the villages of Baalbeck in the eastern Lebanon mountain ...
Rami Rayess 2024-11-06 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The day will come when the war ends, and the people will try to heal their wounds and seek a way to rebuild what was destroyed by Israeli airstrikes, which leveled some villages to the ground, particularly along the border, and will need reconstruction from scratch. One day, all these tragic events will become mere painful memories, but the wounds ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-05 19:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A preliminary probe found that Israeli commandos used a speedboat equipped with radar-jamming devices to abduct a Lebanese man accused of being a Hezbollah operative, a Lebanese judicial official told AFP Tuesday. The initial findings suggest that "the Israeli army used a high-speed vessel equipped with advanced devices capable of jamming radars" ...
Natasha Metni Torbey 2024-11-05 19:05 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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With only two months left until the expiration of Army Commander-in-Chief General Joseph Aoun's mandate, the same question that surfaced at the end of 2023 is once again looming: can Lebanon avoid a vacancy at the helm of its military, the sole fully operational institution in a country where others remain paralyzed amid a profound security, ...
Liliane Mokbel 2024-11-05 18:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The Shiite duo (Amal-Hezbollah) reportedly has its sights set on the funds in Lebanon's Treasury Account 36 to support the displaced. This account comprises funds collected by the Lebanese state, primarily from taxes, customs duties, donations and other sources of public revenue. Recently, Hezbollah and Amal MPs and ministers, including Hussein ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-05 16:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
On Tuesday evening, an Israeli raid targeted an apartment in a residential building near Barja High School in the town of Barja in Iqlim el-Kharroub (Shouf), where 600 displaced people from the south are sheltering. The Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the ministry of Public Health issued a statement announcing that the Israeli raid ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-05 13:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati received an invitation from the Saudi King, Salman bin Abdulaziz, to participate in the joint Arab-Islamic Summit, which will take place on November 11th in Riyadh. The invitation was delivered by the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Beirut, Walid Boukhari, during a visit on Tuesday to the Grand ...