This is Beirut, 10/02 13:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa said in an interview released Monday that "thousands" of people were joining the country's new army following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad and the dissolution of his military. "I did not impose mandatory conscription in Syria. Instead, I opted for voluntary enlistment, and today thousands are joining ...
This is Beirut, 24/01 15:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israel announced on Friday that the withdrawal of its forces from southern Lebanon would continue beyond the 60-day period stipulated in a November ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said that the ceasefire agreement had been drafted "with the understanding that the withdrawal process might extend ...
This is Beirut, 07/01 13:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Lebanese Armed Forces, the Military Technical Committee for Lebanon (MTC4L), and the Lebanese Association of the Knights of Malta have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to address social and humanitarian challenges across Lebanon. The MoU was signed on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, by General Joseph Aoun, Commander-in-Chief of the ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-07 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria's army said it was redeploying in two southern provinces on Saturday, after a war monitor reported government forces had lost control of most of Daraa province, the cradle of the country's 2011 uprising. "Our forces operating in Daraa and Sweida are redeploying and repositioning, and establishing a... security cordon in that direction after ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-03 19:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
On November 28, Parliament opted for a package deal that would satisfy the interests of the various parliamentary blocs. All of them? No, because some 47 of the 98 members of Parliament present in the hemicycle opposed the vote, under which the one-year extension of the term of office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Joseph Aoun, was ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-24 13:20 - Reading : less than a minute
At least “one Lebanese soldier was killed and eighteen others wounded, some of them seriously” in an Israeli strike on Sunday, shortly before noon, targeting a Lebanese army checkpoint at Amriyeh, located between Tyre and Naqoura in southern Lebanon, the troop said in a statement. Teams of rescue workers and firemen from the Lebanese Civil ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-29 13:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Caretaker Minister of Defense Maurice Sleem ratified the results of the military academy entrance exams on Tuesday. This decision affects 200 candidates now admitted as officer cadets in the army and the general directorates of the Internal Security Forces, General Security, State Security and Customs. Additionally, Sleem signed a draft decree ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-14 14:15 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli army organized a "press tour" in southern Lebanon on Sunday. A group of journalists, escorted by the army, visited three alleged Hezbollah positions, including two tunnels. Credit: AFP
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-21 13:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An Israeli airstrike on Majdal Zoun killed a woman, Khadija Salman, and a seven year-old child, Amal Hussein Al Durr, after hostile warplanes targeted the Al-Masha'a neighborhood in the town of Majdal Zoun, aiming at a house. At an earlier time, an ambulance belonging to the Islamic Mission Scouts transported a moderately injured person from the ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-22 14:13 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The last French troops have withdrawn from Niger, concluding over a decade of anti-jihadist operations in the Sahel, amid strained relations and regional coups. The last French troops withdrew from Niger on Friday, marking an end to more than a decade of French anti-jihadist operations in West Africa's Sahel region, as reported by AFP and ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-19 14:51 - Reading : less than a minute
Clashes between the Israeli army and Hezbollah continued on Tuesday morning. The outskirts of Khiam and the Awaida hill in Kfar Kila were targeted by two phosphorus bombs. Israeli bombardments also targeted the outskirts of Hula. Hezbollah claimed to have targeted the Israeli position at Metula. Earlier, Israeli weapons targeted the eastern ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-18 11:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli bombardments intensified in southern Lebanon on Monday. Around midday, an Israeli raid targeted the Aita al-Shaab area and a shell fell just a few meters from the place where the funeral of Hassan Maan Srour, a Hezbollah fighter killed on Sunday, was taking place. The ceremony continued despite the ...