This is Beirut - Tripoli

Tripoli’s Municipal Battle: Power Gaps and Fractured Alliances

Rayan Chami, 09/05 10:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Tripoli Municipal Elections Al Mina Lebanon

Tripoli district is gearing up for pivotal municipal elections on May 11, with 359 candidates competing across Tripoli city, al-Mina and Beddawi. In Tripoli municipality, 187 candidates are vying for 24 council seats in what observers call the city’s most fragmented and unpredictable race in decades. Al-Mina sees 69 candidates competing for 21 ...

More Than Three Tons of Smuggled Fruit Seized in Tripoli

This is Beirut, 24/04 10:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Smuggling Lebanon Tripoli Fruits

A major joint operation by the General Directorate of Customs and the Ministry of Agriculture foiled a smuggling attempt. They seized more than three tons of fruit in the Tripoli market and searched several commercial refrigerators. Among the main seizures was a refrigerator belonging to a shopkeeper in the al-Bahsas district, which contained 2.5 ...

Sandstorm Sweeps Across Lebanon: Dusty Skies and Health Warnings Issued

This is Beirut, 22/04 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Meteo Liban lebanon Bekaa Beirut Tripoli Saïda

A powerful sandstorm is sweeping across Lebanon, turning skies hazy and covering major regions—including the Bekaa, Tripoli, Beirut, and Saida—in a dense layer of dust. Visibility has dropped dramatically, and the entire country feels cloaked in a golden fog. Where’s It Coming From? This storm is the result of a collision between a ...

Weapons and Smuggling: Major Seizure at Tripoli Port

This is Beirut, 13/04 19:55 - Reading : less than a minute

Tripoli Smuggling Weapons

A security inspection at the port of Tripoli led to the seizure of 50 crates containing dismantled military-grade weapons, initially declared as standard duty-exempt merchandise. According to reports from MTV Lebanon, the shipment had been inspected and cleared by a customs officer identified as (A.Y.), who classified the contents as legal goods ...

Security in Lebanon: When the Streets Call for Order

Soumia Benmerzoug, 12/04 17:15 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

Lebanon Security Beirut Tripoli

In 2025, Lebanon’s population is estimated at approximately 5.8 million. Beirut, the capital, accounts for nearly 2.4 million residents, while Tripoli, the country’s second-largest city, houses approximately 850,000. These figures underscore the country’s heavy urban concentration—particularly in areas where security tensions are most ...

Relative Calm in Tripoli Despite Unrest in Syria

Rayan Chami, 12/03 13:45 - Reading : less than a minute

Jabal Mohsen Bab al-Tabbaneh Tripoli Syria

In Tripoli’s Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh, a fragile calm persists despite escalating violence in Syria since last Thursday. Once divided by sectarian conflict, these neighborhoods remain on edge as tensions rise across the border.

Hady Zaccak Wins Best Director in Cairo for ‘Cilama’

Marie-Christine Tayah, 10/01 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Cinema Culture Art Film Cairo Tripoli

It comes as no surprise that Hady Zaccak won the Best Director prize at the first edition of the Arab Innovation Festival, held during the feature film competition in Cairo, Egypt. The director is renowned for earning numerous international accolades for his meticulously crafted and deeply focused documentaries. This award reflects the filmmaker's ...

Former Syrian Army Deserters Arrested in Tripoli

This is Beirut, 2024-12-29 15:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Syrian Army Tripoli Lebanese Army

A Lebanese Army unit arrested several officers and soldiers on Sunday who had fled the former Syrian Army in the Mallouleh area of Tripoli. The suspicious group, traveling on a bus, was stopped to verify the passengers' identities. According to local sources, the detainees are currently being investigated to determine the details of their escape ...

Two Firefighters Die Trying to Control a Blaze in Tripoli

This is Beirut, 2024-12-25 11:20 - Reading : less than a minute

Firefighters Civil Defense Fire Blaze Tripoli Mina

Two Civil Defense firefighters died on Wednesday morning while trying to control a fire in a warehouse inside a building in the port of Mina in Tripoli, northern Lebanon. The building collapsed on the two firefighters, Abdallah Mouhtadi and Khalil Achkar, who fell victim to the tragedy.

Bab al-Tebbaneh Massacre: Wounds That Never Healed

Nisrine Merheb, 2024-12-18 20:40 - Reading : less than a minute

Bab El Tabbeneh Tripoli Massacre Assad Regime

From mass killings to the harrowing question to mothers: “Who do we kill first, your son or your husband?” The 1986 Bab al-Tebbaneh massacre, committed by the Assad regime in north Lebanon’s city of Tripoli, left heartbreaking stories of murder and oppression endured by the residents of this impoverished neighborhood. For Huna Lubnan, ...

'Cilama' by Hady Zaccak: A Journey Through the Forgotten Cinemas of Tripoli

Marie-Christine Tayah, 2024-11-24 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Cinema Paris Tripoli Film

The screening of Cilama, directed by Hady Zaccak in 2024, at the IMA in Paris, as part of Focus Tripoli: Tripoli, Arab Cultural Capital 2024, offered an evocative glimpse into Tripoli’s cinematic past. The documentary, both poetic and deeply reflective, serves as an album that chronicles the collective memory of cinema at the heart of this ...