Liliane Mokbel, 2024-10-31 19:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Lebanese industrial sector has experienced a significant loss of domestic market share, with the notable exception of the pharmaceutical and food industries, as consumers increasingly prioritize essential goods. Furthermore, opportunities for international trade have diminished. According to Ziad Bekdache, Vice President of the Association of ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-31 18:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Baalbeck Damascus Lebanese Army
Amid concentrated shelling on southern Lebanese towns, the district of Baalbeck and the western Beqaa, violence continued to rise between Israel and Hezbollah on Thursday, coupled with an increasing death toll. The Israeli Channel 12 had revealed that the Israeli army is preparing to expand its ground operations in Lebanon, “because ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-31 12:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In a statement via X (formerly Twitter), Avichay Adraee, the Arabic spokesperson for the Israeli army, issued an urgent warning to residents of Baalbek, Ain Bourday, and Douris. He stated: “You are in a combat zone where the Israeli army intends to attack and target Hezbollah's infrastructure, interests, facilities, and means of warfare. We do ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-30 17:15 - Reading : less than a minute
Around 15 Israeli strikes have targeted Baalbeck and its surroundings, prompting residents to flee the area following evacuation orders.
Bélinda Ibrahim, 2024-10-30 16:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Baalbeck Tyre Lebanon War World Heritage
Tyre and Baalbeck, Lebanon’s ancient gems, are shaken by the relentless bombardment. Recent Israeli airstrikes near these UNESCO World Heritage sites jeopardize an irreplaceable cultural legacy. An evacuation order for Baalbeck has foreshadowed potential strikes with unpredictable consequences for the site. This relentless cycle of conflict ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-30 15:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Baalbeck israel heritage UNESCO
Israeli warplanes carried out more than 20 raids targeting the ancient city of Baalbeck within a period of half an hour on Monday afternoon, coinciding with Naim Qassem’s first address as Hezbollah’s new secretary general, succeeding the group’s slain chief Hassan Nasrallah. Ahead of the raids, an evacuation order issued by ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-29 10:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Baalbek-Hermel district endured a tragic day on Monday as Israeli airstrikes claimed 63 lives, including women and children, and injured dozens. Casualties were reported across multiple towns, with attacks on densely populated civilian areas worsening the humanitarian crisis. The attacks included the areas and towns of Shmastar, Halanieh, ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-28 20:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Clashes escalated between Hezbollah and Israel on Monday, resulting in a rising death toll and massive destruction in southern Lebanon and the Beqaa, amid a cautious calm in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Southern Lebanon The caza of Tyre witnessed heavy Israeli airstrikes, as fighter jets shelled many buildings in several neighborhoods, which ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-28 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Baalbeck Heritage Tourism Lebanon
For over a month, the iconic Palmyra Hotel has not hosted a single tourist coming to explore Baalbeck’s Roman ruins, near which Israeli bombs are falling. Yet Rabih Salika refuses to leave the establishment where he has worked for 24 years. The war between Israel and the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement, deeply rooted in Baalbeck (east), has not ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-27 18:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
While calm continued to prevail in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday, Israel continued targeting southern Lebanon and the Beqaa. Southern Lebanon Several towns in Bint Jbeil were subjected to a raid on Sunday afternoon, including Ainata. It was also reported that an Israeli raid blocked the road between Ain Ebel and Bint Jbeil. An Israeli ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-24 20:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli army conducted late at night, on Thursday, a series of airstrikes against Haret Hreik, Choueifate-Amroussieh, Burj Brajneh, and Hadeth in the southern suburb of Beirut, following and evacuation order issued by its spokesperson, Avichai Adraee. Durin the day, at least 15 people were killed in a series of Israeli airstrikes on southern ...
Bélinda Ibrahim, 2024-10-24 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Baalbeck Tyre War World Heritage
Listed as a World Heritage site since 1984, the complex of Roman temples in Baalbeck is one of the most impressive archaeological sites in the world. With its monumental colonnades and gigantic sanctuaries dedicated to Jupiter, Bacchus, and Venus, it stands as a testament to the grandeur of Roman architecture at its peak. But today, this jewel is ...