par This Is Beirut, 03/02 22:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari announced on Saturday that Israel has targeted more than 50 Hezbollah sites in Syria and 3,400 in Lebanon since the conflict with Hamas in Gaza commenced in October. Israel has attacked more than 50 Hezbollah targets in Syria and 3,400 in Lebanon since the war with Hamas in Gaza began in October, Israeli army ...
par This Is Beirut, 03/02 18:52 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The southern front maintains its daily reality with the continued clashes between Hezbollah and the Israeli army. Today, the Israeli army fired heavy artillery shells on the outskirts of the towns of Naqoura, Yarine, Jebbayn, Dhayra, Aita al-Shaab, Chihine and Wadi Hamul. Israeli warplanes also carried out a strike on the area between Chihine Um ...
par This Is Beirut, 03/02 18:01 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In a statement released on Saturday, Hezbollah condemned the recent United States airstrikes on Iraq and Syria, denouncing the attacks as “a blatant violation of the sovereignty of the two countries, an assault on their security and territorial integrity, and a flagrant violation of all international and humanitarian laws." [readmore ...
par Bassam Abou Zeid, 03/02 15:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Stéphane Séjourné, is set to begin a visit to Lebanon next Tuesday as part of his first regional tour. He will arrive in Beirut following his visit to Israel, where he engaged in discussions with officials regarding the developments in the Gaza war and southern Lebanon. According to French ...
par This Is Beirut, 02/02 17:31 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli army targeted with artillery shells on Friday morning the outskirts of the Hamames hill in Sirda, while a smoke shell fell between houses in the town of Khiam. Artillery shelling also targeted the outskirts of northern Tayr Harfa and the outskirts of Wadi Hassan and Majdal Zoun. Warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes targeting ...
par This Is Beirut, 01/02 18:59 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib stated on Thursday that "Lebanon seeks comprehensive peace, not partial solutions," regarding the southern border with Israel. "Israel aims to push Hezbollah to withdraw to the north of the Litani," he said. "We reject this because we want a comprehensive solution that involves delineating the ...
par This Is Beirut, 01/02 18:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli shelling continued on the Lebanese southern front for the 117th day. On Thursday, the Lebanese Red Cross transferred a wounded individual from the town of Wazzani to the governmental hospital in Marjayoun due to Israeli gunfire. The Israeli army targeted, in the morning, from its positions near Mount Labbouneh, the towns of Jebbine, Tayr ...
par Bassam Abou Zeid, 01/02 18:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron's visit to Lebanon is not the result of US or European cooperation. Rather, it occurred in the context of international efforts towards ending the war in Gaza and South Lebanon between the Israeli army on one side, and Hezbollah and Hamas on the other. Information pertaining to Cameron’s meetings with ...
par This Is Beirut, 01/02 18:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah Central Council member Sheikh Nabil Kaouk asserted on Thursday that "the resistance has the last word on the ground, as has always been the case." Speaking at a ceremony in memory of one of the party's fighters, he said that "pressures cannot change the situation," in response to the threats made by Israel against the pro-Iranian ...
par Tylia El Helou, 01/02 17:17 - Reading : less than a minute
Academic researcher and activist Dr. Saleh Machnouk criticized the Lebanese State's position vis-à-vis the war in Gaza, condemned Hezbollah's fighting in the war and detailed post-war scenarios. He also called for the application of United Nations Resolution 1701.
par This Is Beirut, 01/02 12:43 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Tehran's ideological army, decided to withdraw its officers deployed in Syria on Thursday February 1, in reaction to the recent Israeli strikes, according to information reported by several security sources close to the matter. The withdrawal of Iranian officers from Syria is not complete, however, ...
par Fady Noun, 01/02 10:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
President Charles Helou (1913-2001) titled one of his written works Liban, cette part de Dieu (Lebanon, This Part of God). He should have said, "Lebanon, this dream of God." Lebanon, defined by its historical calling, is a nation in the making, not a static entity. And it always will be. The ongoing struggle for Lebanon's soul will never stop, ...