This is Beirut, 2024-12-29 21:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Chief of Staff General Herzi Halevi claimed to have achieved "a clear military victory over Hezbollah," according to Avichay Adraee, the Arabic Spokesperson for the Israeli Army. https://x.com/AvichayAdraee/status/1873429811294814505 In a post on "X," Adraee stated that Halevi conducted a situational assessment in southern Lebanon on Sunday ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-29 17:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Al-Hadath reported on Sunday a significant reshuffle within Hezbollah’s leadership structure. However, Hezbollah’s Media Relations department has refuted these claims. Al-Hadath claimed that MP Mohammad Raad, head of the Loyalty to the Resistance Parliamentary Bloc, has been appointed deputy secretary-general of Hezbollah. This would imply ...
Roger Merheb, 2024-12-28 16:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
One might think that Hezbollah has a short memory. But no. It resorts to manipulation and counts on the very short memory of certain Lebanese who still see it as a protective shield because they do not want to – or dare not – face reality. They refuse to admit that if part of Lebanon is destroyed and if the Israeli army is present in certain ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-27 13:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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All eyes are on Riyadh, awaiting the outcome of discussions between the Lebanese Army Commander-in-Chief, General Joseph Aoun, and Saudi officials. On Thursday, Joseph Aoun met the Saudi Minister of Defense in the presence of the new man in charge of the Lebanese dossier, Prince Yazid ben Farhane. While the Lebanese are closely scrutinizing the ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-26 11:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Israeli army claimed in a report published by Israeli media to have inflicted significant losses on Hezbollah during ongoing clashes in Lebanon, eliminating approximately 3,800 Hezbollah militants. According to the report, 2,762 militants were killed during a ground offensive launched in late September, with thousands more reportedly ...
Marc Saikali, 2024-12-26 08:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Erdogan seems to be indomitable and relentless in pursuing his ambitions. He just pulled off a remarkable masterstroke: toppling the Assad regime, with an American green light and a tacit Russian approval. Once shunned and labeled the gravedigger of Ataturk’s secular legacy – not to mention contested in the ballot box – he has now staged a ...
Philippe Abi-Akl, 2024-12-24 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The key issue Walid Joumblatt brought back from Paris, coupled with the information shared with Nabih Berri about Joseph Aoun’s rising presidential prospects – stemming from his leadership of a key institution and his role in ensuring stability – has revitalized the stagnant presidential process. This development has prompted candidates to ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-23 17:50 - Reading : less than a minute
Hezbollah on Monday appointed Youssef al-Zein to take over the late Mohammad Afif's media relations duties. Afif was killed on November 17 in an Israeli strike on central Beirut, which targeted the Baath political party offices in the crowded Ras al-Naba’a area.
This is Beirut, 2024-12-23 10:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Two Mossad agents who planned the pager attack in Beirut gave an interview on Monday to the American network CBS. According to the agents, the bombs were made in Israel by the Mossad, and the pagers were directly sold by Israel to Hezbollah through front companies. Hezbollah reportedly purchased over 16,000 pagers at “a good price,” according ...
Charles Chartouni, 2024-12-23 09:42 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The political evolutions in both countries are quite ambivalent since they usher in a new political era beset by the pitfalls and the dirty arcane of domestic and regional power politics. The downfall of Hezbollah and the Assad regime is dawning a new chapter in the life of both Lebanon and Syria, notwithstanding their societal and political ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-22 18:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli army transferred on Sunday seven Lebanese detainees to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) at the Ras al-Naqoura crossing point. These individuals were arrested in the southern villages of Wazzani and Tayr Harfa following the ceasefire implementation on November 27. The detainees – Ahmed Haidar, Jaafar Haidar, ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-22 13:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran's supreme leader denied Sunday that militant groups around the region functioned as Tehran's proxies, warning that if his country chose to "take action", it would not need them anyway. The remarks came after a year in which Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza suffered heavy losses in wars with Israel, and two weeks after the ...