This Is Beirut, 2024-03-20 22:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Artillery fire exchange between Hezbollah and Israel intensified on Wednesday evening. An Amal fighter was killed in an air raid on a house in Kantara, which had been repeatedly targeted. Israel also bombed Kfar Kila, Aita al-Shaab and the outskirts of Wazzani for the second time on the same day. Earlier in the day, cattle breeders had been ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-27 22:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Kataeb political bureau considered that any initiative aimed at facilitating the election of a president of the Republic should be accompanied by “a goodwill gesture from those attempting to impose their will and delay the election of a president to secure their candidate,” alluding to Amal and Hezbollah. According to the Kataeb, the ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-11 16:58 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Clashes continued on Sunday afternoon in south Lebanon, where two members of the Amal movement were reportedly killed in an air raid on a house in the Chihine region. Israeli raids also hit the Jabal Blat and Yaroun areas in the central sector. The Wadi Hamoul and Labbouneh areas were bombarded with 155-mm shells. Israeli artillery also ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-10 10:32 - Reading : less than a minute
Negotiations are intensifying behind the scenes between opposition forces intending to create a broad coalition of sovereigntist forces — traditional parties as well as so-called Change MPs. This would be a large-scale national coalition, with significant political weight due to the large number of personalities who would make it up. Only the ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-23 16:08 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Maronite Patriarch, Bechara al-Rai, implicitly expressed his opposition to a national conference for dialogue, still desired by the Speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri, with the aim of reaching a consensus on the presidential election. He renewed his criticism of the Amal-Hezbollah tandem, holding them responsible for blocking the presidential ...