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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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, ...
Marie-Christine Tayah, 2024-11-24 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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 ...
Lyne Sammouri, 2024-11-14 15:15 - Reading : less than a minute
What does daily life look like in Tripoli, and how is the war affecting the economic and social situation?