Lebanon

Footballer Hussein Haroun Hassan, New Victim of the War

On Saturday, Hussein Haroun Hassan, who was part of the promising young talents of the club, was killed while helping in a humanitarian mission in the south. The Israeli airstrike that hit the Hoch region in the south took his life while he was part of a rescue group from “Hayaa el Sohiyya” tasked with transporting the wounded ...

The Day Lebanon Stops Making Headlines…

And therein lies the issue: global attention quickly wanes when conflicts drag on and defy familiar reference points. This is happening again. The current war in Lebanon is no longer front-page news. A journalist friend at a major Paris newsroom told me that his editors were reluctant to send him on assignment to Beirut because the situation was ...

Lebanon, the Unloved

As “good” Lebanese, we celebrate our independence amidst chaos and bombs. An entire book could be written about how we became Lebanese, after being fragments of many other identities. I could recount my own journey of rediscovering memory and identity—borrowing the title of an overlooked book by John Paul II—how I stopped ...

War Diary: Day 414

This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for November 23, 2024.

Life Amid Bombardment in Beirut's Southern Suburbs

It is 4 PM when we enter Chiyah, a neighborhood in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Navigating through debris, we make our way to the site of the latest Israeli airstrike, which occurred just a few hours earlier. A five-story building lies gutted, its top two floors reduced to rubble. Despite the devastation, the main street running ...

In Deir Mimas, Fear Has Not Killed Hope

Every day, Maha lights a candle to the Virgin Mary. On November 22, the 81st anniversary of Independence Day, she performed the same ritual—but this time, with a heavier heart. The Israeli army had just taken up positions in her village, Deir Mimas, located about seven kilometers from the southern border in the Marjayoun district. The village is ...

35 Years Later… Will We Finally Do Justice to René Mouawad ?

In these times of profound upheaval, it is essential to honor the figures who have shaped our history. One pressing question lingers as we commemorate Lebanon’s independence: what remains of its true essence? Among the many unanswered questions of our history, we cannot forget the man assassinated on November 22. Another president, struck down ...

Change Lebanon and CCLF Organize a Rally in Paris

On the occasion of Lebanon’s Independence Day, the Lebanese Community in France, under the “Change Lebanon” (CL) initiative, and in coordination with its various components, including the Comité de Coordination Libano-Français (CCLF), is organizing a rally at Place du Panthéon in Paris. The event will take place tomorrow, Sunday, November ...

America, Iran, Israel, and Lebanon

Most American presidents avoid plunging into Middle East peacemaking as long as possible. There were two exceptions: Bill Clinton started in his first month with a "Syria First" strategy for peace between Israel and its neighbors. Barak Obama on his "day two" launched a respected envoy to pursue a West Bank settlement freeze and two-state ...

Dawn Strike on Beirut's Basta Neighborhood Stirs Panic Across the Capital

A series of violent Israeli raids targeted Beirut at 4 AM today without prior warning, and focused on an eight-story building on Fathallah street in the Basta al-Fawqa neighborhood, a popular and densely populated neighborhood. Israeli Channel 12 reported that the person targeted in the raid in the center of Beirut is more important than Talal ...