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Raids Continue in Southern Lebanon: One Injury in Toul

This is Beirut, 13/11 11:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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One person was injured on Thursday afternoon when an Israeli drone targeted a car in the town of Toul, in the Nabatieh caza, the Public Health Ministry announced in a statement. The strike reportedly occurred at the roundabout near Ayoub Station and Sheikh Ragheb Harb Hospital, in the heart of the town, on a street typically congested at that hour ...

Lebanon’s Dry Season: Agriculture at Risk, but Hope Remains

Élie-Joe Kamel, 10/11 19:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Lebanon is facing an unusually dry year, with autumn bringing far less rainfall than normal. According to the Minister of Energy and Water, precipitation is down about 51 percent compared with the average. The winter of 2024-2025 had already been exceptionally dry, with Beirut recording just 382 mm, compared with 1,051 mm the previous year. The ...

Israeli Strikes Continue in South Lebanon

This is Beirut, 08/11 14:26 - Reading : less than a minute

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An Israeli drone targeted a car in Barashit, Bint Jbeil district, this afternoon. According to a statement from the Public Health Ministry's Emergency Operations Centre, the attack left one dead and four injured. An Israeli airstrike targeted a car in Rachaya al-Wadi, in Lebanon’s Western Bekaa region, this morning, killing two ...

“If only I had known…” Once Again!

Marc Saikali, 08/11 08:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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It was the famous line uttered by the late former secretary-general of Hezbollah after the disastrous war of 2006. Yet the pro-Iranian militia can’t seem to help itself — always eager to “help its neighbor,” especially when the one that pays the price is Lebanon. And so, it happened again in October 2023. The brilliant idea this time? ...

Israel Launches Series of Raids in South Lebanon Following Warnings

This is Beirut, 06/11 17:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Tensions rose sharply in southern Lebanon on Thursday as the Israeli army launched a series of air raids hitting alleged Hezbollah targets in several villages. In the late afternoon, the town of Kfardunin (Bint Jbeil) was targeted after the Israeli army issued a warning to residents located near the building that was hit, located about ten meters ...

South Lebanon: Hezbollah and Christian Villages in Quiet Coexistence

Natasha Metni Torbey, 04/11 16:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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In some regions of southern Lebanon, particularly in Jezzine, Marjayoun, and Rmeish, predominantly Christian areas directly border localities where Hezbollah holds significant influence. These areas, where municipal networks, social structures, and political actors intertwine, reflect a deeply rooted sociopolitical reality shaped by geography, ...

Israeli Drone Strikes Kill Two Hezbollah Members in Southern Lebanon

This is Beirut, 03/11 14:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israeli drone strikes killed two Hezbollah members on Monday, in southern Lebanon. Mohammad Ali Hadid, a Hezbollah official, was reportedly targeted in an Israeli strike in the Nabatiyeh district of southern Lebanon. Media sources reported that Hadid, who had allegedly survived an assassination attempt the previous day, was traveling in a car ...

Israel Warns of Intensifying Attacks Against Hezbollah in South Lebanon

This is Beirut, 02/11 13:47 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israel warned Sunday that its military would step up its attacks against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, a day after the Lebanese health ministry reported four people killed in an Israeli air strike. Despite a November 2024 ceasefire with the Lebanese militant group, Israel maintains troops in five areas in southern Lebanon and has kept up regular ...

Southern Lebanon’s Olive Trees: Peace Left to Fallow

Katia Kahil, 02/11 11:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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After a spiral of violence that devastated villages and farmland, the scars of war remain visible in Deir Mimas, Khiam, Houla, Blida, and Mays al-Jabal. More than 60,000 olive trees have been destroyed. “This year, we lost everything,” says Rose from Deir Mimas. “The trees are no longer pruned, the olives wither on the branches, and no one ...

No-State Zones in Lebanon: Hezbollah’s Parallel State in Southern Lebanon and Beirut’s Southern Suburbs (3/3)

Natasha Metni Torbey, 01/11 11:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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Two flags still fly side by side on some hills in southern Lebanon: The Lebanese flag and Hezbollah’s yellow flag. The first symbolizes a weakened state, the second a parallel power that has filled the void left by the Republic. Here, official authority often ends where the Shia group’s control begins. A Fully Administered Territory From the ...

Two Hezb Members Killed in South Lebanon

This is Beirut, 31/10 16:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Tensions sharply escalated across southern Lebanon on Friday as Israeli drone and warplanes struck target in the Nabatiyeh and Bint Jbeil districts, leaving several casualties. In one incident, an Israeli drone launched a guided missile at a motorcycle in Talat Shukain, in the Nabatieh caza, killing the driver instantly. Ambulances rushed to the ...

Saddi Warns Lebanon 'cannot bear any additional debt'

This is Beirut, 30/10 16:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Energy and Water Minister Joe Saddi defended his ministry’s energy policy, stressing that Lebanon “has nothing to hide” and is working to stabilize electricity production despite severe financial and technical constraints. In an interview with LBCI, Saddi said that public institutions in the South, including Electricity of Lebanon (EDL) and ...

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