Charles Chartouni, 09/06 08:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon is disintegrating. The country faces a myriad of challenges, including economic collapse, political instability and social unrest, which threaten to unravel the fabric of society and plunge its citizens into further despair. The mere observation of political and security events in Lebanon yields the unequivocal impression of a decaying ...
This is Beirut, 08/06 21:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon UNIFIL Israel Washington
According to Israeli media reports, Tel Aviv and Washington have allegedly reached an understanding not to renew the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which is set to expire at the end of August. UNIFIL’s mission has traditionally been renewed annually through a vote at the UN Security Council. On Sunday, The ...
This is Beirut, 08/06 20:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Israel Southern Suburb
The Lebanese Army conducted at the request of the International Ceasefire Monitoring Committee (known as "the mechanism") an inspection at the so-called al-Kazem project site, located behind the Imam al-Sadiq School in Mreijeh, in Beirut’s southern suburb on late Sunday afternoon. A military unit cordoned off the area, preventing ...
This is Beirut, 08/06 18:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel struck southern Syria on Sunday, with a war monitor reporting one killed and the Israeli military saying it had targeted a member of Palestinian militant group Hamas. In the wake of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad's overthrow in December, Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes and moved forces into the buffer zone that has separated ...
This is Beirut, 08/06 14:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Israel Lebanese Army Southern Lebanon Hermel
An Israeli drone strike targeted a motorcycle on the Chehabiyeh-Kfar Dunin highway in southern Lebanon on Sunday, killing one person and injuring several others, according to local sources. The attack involved two missiles and triggered an immediate response from local ambulance crews. The identity of the deceased has not yet been released, and ...
This is Beirut, 07/06 22:45 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli army and the General Security Service announced on Saturday that they had eliminated the leader of the Mujahideen Brigades in Gaza, Assaad Abu Shariaa, who took part in the October 7, 2023 attack. According to the Arabic-language spokesperson for the Israeli army, Avichay Adraee, Abu Shariaa was “one of the main perpetrators” of ...
This is Beirut, 07/06 17:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 36 Palestinians on Saturday, six of them in a shooting near a US-backed aid distribution center. The Israeli military told AFP that troops had fired "warning shots" at individuals that it said were "advancing in a way that endangered the troops". The shooting ...
This is Beirut, 07/06 16:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iranian state television reported on Saturday that Tehran had obtained a trove of "strategic and sensitive" Israeli intelligence, including files related to Israel's nuclear facilities and defense plans. "Iran's intelligence apparatus has obtained a vast quantity of strategic and sensitive information and documents ...
This is Beirut, 07/06 11:20 - Reading : less than a minute
Hezbollah Israel United States Washington
The United States has expressed its support for the airstrikes carried out Thursday evening by Israel against Hezbollah positions in the southern suburbs of Beirut. In an official statement, a spokesperson for the US State Department reaffirmed Israel’s right to defend itself against border threats. "The United States supports Israel’s right ...
This is Beirut, 07/06 11:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israel Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas USA Gaza
Israel's military announced Friday the deaths of four soldiers in Gaza, saying it needed thousands more troops to press its offensive, just as the premier's coalition faces the prospect of collapse over ultra-Orthodox conscription. News of the soldiers' deaths came as Gaza's civil defence agency reported 38 killed Friday in Israeli attacks across ...
This is Beirut, 06/06 16:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Southern Suburb Israël Hezbollah
The Reconstruction Committee in Beirut has released preliminary statistics detailing the damage caused by Thursday’s Israeli airstrikes on the southern suburbs of the capital. The figures reveal widespread destruction across multiple neighborhoods, with residential buildings, institutions, and private property bearing the weight of the ...
This is Beirut, 06/06 14:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Israel Geagea Israeli attacks
Lebanese Forces party leader Samir Geagea strongly criticized the state’s failure to resolve the issue of illegal weapons and to act amid ongoing Israeli attacks. He warned that Lebanon remains dangerously exposed due to the government's inability to assert exclusive control over military decision-making. In a statement issued Friday, Geagea ...