This Is Beirut 15/05 19:53 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
One person was killed Thursday in an Israeli drone strike in the plain of Yohmor al-Shaqif, in the Nabatiyeh district (caza), the Ministry of Public Health announced. According to available information, the strike targeted a bulldozer believed to be operated by Hezbollah member Mohammad Marouni. The deadly attack was part of a wider escalation ...
This Is Beirut 15/05 18:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on two senior Hezbollah officials and two financial facilitators based in Lebanon and Iran for coordinating funding to support the group’s “terrorist activities.” According to a press release issued by the Department of the Treasury on ...
Natasha Metni Torbey 15/05 16:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Riyadh, May 2025—In the heart of the Saudi desert, a private summit between US President Donald Trump, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and Syrian President Ahmad el-Chareh reignited crucial conversations on the Middle East’s future. But one absence was consistently noted: that of Lebanon. While Lebanon’s persistent crises were ...
This Is Beirut 15/05 12:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
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On Thursday, May 15, MPs gathered at Nejmeh Square for a legislative session with an exceptionally heavy agenda: 83 draft laws were submitted for review, underscoring a chronic governance crisis oscillating between institutional paralysis and reform efforts. Only one law was approved by the end of the session: an amended law criminalizing ...
This is Beirut 15/05 11:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Well-informed sources about the electoral dynamic in Beirut's constituency report a sharp anger among voters against the so-called “Change” MPs. Behind the “reformist” rhetoric and breakaway slogans, more and more voters are perceiving ambiguous and sometimes confusing positions on sensitive issues, fuelling doubts ...
This is Beirut 15/05 11:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Judges Nada Dakroub and Habib Rizkallah have been elected ex officio as members of the Higher Judicial Council following a vote held on Thursday at the Palace of Justice in Beirut. Judge Dakroub now presides over the Eighth Chamber of the Court of Cassation, while Judge Rizkallah heads the Ninth Chamber. They join the Council for a three-year ...
Mark Saikali 15/05 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Donald Trump had promised that his visit to the Gulf would be historic — and he delivered. From the moment he stepped off the plane, a series of announcements followed swiftly. Let’s start with the numbers — and they’re staggering: $300 billion in signed deals spanning industry, research, defense, space, and even civilian nuclear energy. ...
This is Beirut 15/05 09:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Lebanese government’s commissioner at the military court, Judge Fadi Akiki, filed charges on Wednesday against Mohammad Hadi Saleh, a Shiite religious singer (mounshid) known for his close ties to Hezbollah. Saleh is accused of “collaboration with the Israeli enemy” and “complicity in acts that led to the deaths of Lebanese ...
This is Beirut 15/05 09:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Ministry of Interior Municipal Elections Results North Lebanon
Lebanon’s Ministry of Interior has released the official results of the municipal and mukhtar elections held on May 11 in the North and Akkar governorates. The full results were made available on the ministry’s website (@MOIM_Lebanon) by Thursday, May 15. In Tripoli, the municipal results were announced on Wednesday evening, following ...
This is Beirut 14/05 23:10 - Reading : less than a minute
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The results of the municipal elections in Tripoli were finally announced on Wednesday evening, following a three-day vote count. According to information obtained by This is Beirut, the “Vision Tripoli” list—backed by a coalition of political figures and parties, including Faysal Karameh, Ashraf Rifi, MP Karim Kabbara, and the Al-Ahbash ...
This is Beirut 14/05 20:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Lebanon’s absence from the recent MBS’ Riyadh summit with U.S. President Donald Trump should not go unnoticed — or unchallenged. It is not merely a missed diplomatic engagement; it is a glaring symptom of our national paralysis. We must raise this question loud and clear: why was Lebanon not invited? The answer lies, yet again, ...
Chelsea Al Arif 14/05 19:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
As of tonight, two dominant electoral lists have emerged. The first is “Qalb Zahle” (The Heart of Zahle), spearheaded by Salim Ghazale and supported by the Lebanese Forces (LF). The second, “Zahle Rou’ya wa Qarar” (Zahle: Vision and Decision), is led by current municipal head Assaad Zgheib and backed by MP Michel Daher, the Kataeb party, ...