par This Is Beirut, 25/05 12:19 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A tense and cautious calm prevails this morning in the border area of the eastern sector of southern Lebanon It extends from the Majidiya plain in Ghajar, through the outskirts of Mari in Hasbaya, to the Arqoub and the occupied Shebaa Farms. The clashes between Hezbollah and the Israeli Army ceased late Friday night after the latter expanded ...
par This Is Beirut, 25/05 11:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A car bomb killed a Syrian officer working with Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in Damascus Saturday, a war monitor said, with state media reporting one dead without identifying the victim. Bombings targeting military and civilian vehicles still occur intermittently in the Syrian capital more than 12 years into a devastating civil war. "A ...
par This Is Beirut, 25/05 10:41 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanese Forces (LF) MP Pierre Bou Assi blamed Hezbollah and its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah for undermining political stability in Lebanon by preventing the election of a president, thus compromising the country's security and stability. He also blamed the pro-Iranian group for dragging Lebanon into the regional fire without consulting ...
par This Is Beirut, 23/05 22:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanese schoolchildren had a narrow escape Thursday when a drone strike killed a Hezbollah fighter in the car ahead, blowing out the windscreen of their minibus and wounding three pupils. The three children were hospitalized with cuts from flying glass after the attack. "At first, we didn't understand what was happening, and there was panic ...
par This Is Beirut, 23/05 21:19 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Thursday, asserted his determination to “bring security back to the north of the country," to "enable inhabitants to return to their homes.” Speaking to the commander and division commanders at the Northern Regional Command, Netanyahu pointed out that they are “constantly operating at the ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/05 21:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Escalation continued on the southern border on Wednesday afternoon as Hezbollah announced having “targeted a building used by Israeli soldiers in Avivim with appropriate weapons and achieving accurate hits.” In parallel, Israeli media reported that “Avivim witnessed a fire outbreak after an anti-armor missile was launched from ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/05 09:57 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel continued on Wednesday on the southern front. Two Hezbollah fighters were killed in a drone attack in Odaisseh on Tuesday night. For its part, Hezbollah announced in two statements on Wednesday that two of its fighters had been killed, Mohammad Ali Bou Taama and Ali Hassan Sultan. The Israeli air ...
par Alissar Boulos, 20/05 20:47 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Will the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi have any impact on Lebanon? This is a question many in the country have been asking since the confirmation of the president's and his Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian's disappearance in a helicopter crash on Sunday in Azerbaijan. Asked by This Is Beirut, writer and journalist Mustafa Fahs ...
par This Is Beirut, 20/05 13:02 - Reading : less than a minute
Three people were killed on Monday in two consecutive Israeli raids on a residential neighborhood in Naqoura, and two others were killed in a raid on the southern town of Mays el-Jabal, according to preliminary information. In Naqoura, two houses were completely demolished, and surrounding buildings were damaged. Israel also carried out a drone ...
par This Is Beirut, 20/05 11:48 - Reading : less than a minute
On Monday morning, Israel carried out two consecutive airstrikes on a residential neighborhood in Naqoura. According to preliminary reports, injuries were reported. Two houses were destroyed, and many others were damaged. Subsequently, a drone struck the vicinity where a team from the Civil Defense in the Islamic Health Organization was present. ...
par This Is Beirut, 20/05 10:25 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanon's Tehran-backed Hezbollah group mourned on Monday the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other officials in a helicopter crash, praising him as a "protector" of anti-Israel groups in the region. "Hezbollah in Lebanon extends its deepest condolences," the group said in a statement, adding that they knew Raisi "closely for a long ...
par This Is Beirut, 19/05 20:52 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
On Sunday, the Israeli army carried out a series of attacks on several regions of southern Lebanon, including a deadly one on Maroun al-Ras, where two Hezbollah members were killed. Israeli aircraft raided Maroun al-Ras, Alma al-Shaab, Bayt Lif and Naqoura. Two Hezbollah fighters, Hassan Yehia Nehmeh and Ali Hadi Salameh, were killed in ...