par This Is Beirut, 16/01 00:08 - Reading : less than a minute
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called to stop "playing with fire" along the Blue Line and to implement the UN Security Council Resolution 1701. “I have serious concerns about daily exchanges of fire across the Blue Line,” Guterres said in a press conference on Monday. “This risks triggering a broader escalation between Israel and ...
par This Is Beirut, 06/02 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Certain aspects of the British plan, presented to political leaders by UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron during his recent visit to Lebanon, to resolve the crisis on the southern border have been revealed. According to well-informed sources, the plan proposes a joint ceasefire declaration by Lebanon and Israel and the withdrawal of military ...
par This Is Beirut, 07/02 12:45 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The American website, Axios, published an article revealing that the five Western powers (US, UK, France, Germany and Italy) are soon to announce steps to end Israel-Hezbollah fighting on the Lebanon-Israel border. The US and four of its European allies (UK, France, Germany and Italy) hope to announce in the next few weeks a series of ...
par Natasha Metni Torbey, 12/02 13:28 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
In a series of four articles, This is Beirut looks at three key elements in the Lebanese-Israeli border dispute, and a fourth that has fallen into oblivion. The first concerns the Ras Naqoura tunnel, owned by the Lebanese state and registered in the land register under number 28/Naqoura, but which Israel turned into a tourist zone since occupying ...
par This Is Beirut, 31/03 17:41 - Reading : less than a minute
UNIFIL spokesperson in Lebanon Andrea Tenenti revealed that "the peacekeepers who were wounded in the shelling (in South Lebanon) had no warning and were taken off-guard," noting that "currently, there is no direct information available" to determine the source of the fire or make accusations. "We are investigating the origin of the fire," he ...
par This Is Beirut, 03/04 11:23 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Southern Lebanon witnessed a heavy exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel on Wednesday morning and throughout the previous night. In the morning, the Israeli fired several heavy artillery shells on the outskirts of the towns of Naqoura, Jabal al-Labbouneh, Alma al-Shaab, Dhayra, Aita al-Shaab and Ramya, as well as the valleys surrounding ...
par This Is Beirut, 20/06 20:58 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
United Nations Special Coordinator Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert emphasized the necessity of halting conflict along the Blue Line during a meeting on Thursday with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Head of Mission and Force Commander Aroldo Lázaro and peacekeepers stationed in south Lebanon. “Our joint efforts are aimed at ...
