This is Beirut, 22/09 22:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Sweida Detainees Release Joumblatt
The Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) announced on Monday the release of 24 detainees from Sweida following sustained mediation efforts. According to a statement from the party’s Media Commission, these releases are the result of ongoing communications and initiatives led by the party since the bloody events of July. The party intensified ...
Soumia Benmerzoug, 11/09 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Damascus Syria Detainees Missing Bilateral
The two countries unveiled the creation of joint committees tasked with handling three key files: Lebanese citizens who went missing in Syria, Syrian prisoners currently held in Lebanon, and formal delineation of the common border. The announcement was made on September 1, 2025, during a visit to Beirut by a Syrian delegation composed of former ...
Rayan Chami, 2024-12-12 00:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanon Syria Prisons Detainees Kidnapped
Souheil Hamawi recounts his 32-year ordeal in Syrian prisons, a journey of unimaginable suffering, resilience, and eventual liberation. From his abduction in 1992 to his emotional return in 2024, his story sheds light on the horrors he endured and the hope he ultimately reclaimed.
This is Beirut, 2024-12-09 20:02 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
With cheers, roses and music, Chekka, a small town in northern Lebanon, welcomed its liberated son Suhail al-Hamwi after 33 years of imprisonment in one of the monstrous Syrian prisons, in Latakia. “Thirty-three years... I paid a lot, my wife paid a lot, and my son, who was 10 months old when I was arrested, paid a lot too,” Hamwi said ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-08 14:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanese Army Mikati Lebanon Syria Detainees
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati stressed on Sunday the urgent need to tighten control on the border with Syria and follow up on the issue of Lebanese citizens believed to have been detained in Syrian prisons. "There is a need to tighten border controls and protect Lebanon from the repercussions of developments in Syria," Mikati said in a ...