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Eurowings Expands Lebanese Routes with Direct Flights to Prague and Salzburg

This is Beirut, 30/10 11:20 - Reading : less than a minute

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Good news for Lebanese travelers: the German airline Eurowings, a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, is expanding its network from Beirut with two new direct routes to Prague and Salzburg. Based in Düsseldorf, the low-cost carrier already operates flights to Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Stockholm. This expansion marks another step in the recovery of ...

Cabinet Forms Committee to Review Proposed Amendments to Election Law

This is Beirut, 29/10 15:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Council of Ministers formed a ministerial committee Wednesday to examine proposed amendments to the election law and submit a comprehensive report within a week. A total of fourteen items were on the agenda of the meeting held in the presidential palace under the chairmanship of President Joseph Aoun. The agenda included two draft laws ...

Ortagus Reaffirms U.S. Support for Lebanon’s Disarmament Plan

This is Beirut, 29/10 14:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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  U.S. Special Envoy to Lebanon Morgan Ortagus on Wednesday reaffirmed Washington’s support for the Lebanese government’s decision to place all weapons under state control by the end of the year. Speaking during the 12th meeting of the Committee for the Supervision of the Ceasefire (the Mechanism) in Naqoura, Ortagus emphasized that the ...

Aoun Meets U.S. Envoy Ortagus, Seeks Action on Israeli Violations

This is Beirut, 28/10 16:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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President Joseph Aoun emphasized during a meeting Tuesday with U.S. special envoy to Lebanon Morgan Ortagus “the need to activate” the work of the Committee for Monitoring the Cessation of Hostilities (‘the mechanism’), particularly regarding the cessation of Israeli violations against Lebanon. Aoun also called for the ...

Berri Adjourns Parliamentary Session Over Lack of Quorum

This is Beirut, 28/10 12:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri on Tuesday adjourned a scheduled legislative session after failing to secure the required quorum, with only 63 of the 128 lawmakers in attendance. The plenary session had been set to resume discussion of draft laws and proposals carried over from the September 29, 2025, agenda. However, it was boycotted by ...

Syrian Authorities Seize 11 Million Captagon Pills Smuggled from Lebanon

This is Beirut, 28/10 10:35 - Reading : less than a minute

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Anti-narcotics units in Syria’s Homs province intercepted a vehicle carrying roughly 11 million Captagon pills smuggled from Lebanese territory, the Syrian Interior Ministry announced Tuesday. The shipment was seized in the southern rural area of Homs. Security forces confiscated both the drugs and the vehicle used in the operation. According ...

Diplomatic Flurry in Beirut Amid Rising Israeli Strikes

Rayan Chami, 27/10 18:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Lebanon is witnessing a surge of high-level diplomatic visits as Israeli attacks intensify in the South and Bekaa, raising questions about whether this diplomatic activity seeks to calm tensions or apply greater pressure on Hezbollah’s disarmament. Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit and U.S. Special Envoy Morgan Ortagus arrived in ...

Hezbollah’s Excuses Are No Longer Credible

Kaline Antoun, 27/10 17:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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Two months after the Lebanese government reaffirmed its exclusive authority over weapons, Hezbollah remains unwavering in its refusal to disarm. Since its inception, the pro-Iranian militia has justified its arsenal as a means of “resistance” and “defending Lebanon,” portraying its weapons as both a shield against Israel and a tool of ...

Marathon: Tony Hanna Breaks The Lebanese Record In Amsterdam

Makram Haddad, 27/10 16:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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A few days ago, in the heart of the 50th anniversary of the TCS Amsterdam Marathon — an event labeled “Platinum” by World Athletics — the Dutch capital once again became a clock factory. In a massive pack and at a blistering pace, Hanna ran his race, clean and consistent, to cross the line after a perfectly managed effort. Lebanese record ...

Young Lebanese Man Fatally Shot at Palestinian Checkpoint in Shatila Camp

This is Beirut, 27/10 13:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Elio Ernesto Abu Hanna, a young chemistry graduate, died on Sunday from injuries sustained after being shot by Palestinian gunmen at a checkpoint at the entrance of the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, an area where armed factions continue to operate outside the control of the Lebanese state. According to relatives and friends, Abu Hanna was ...

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