This is Beirut, 07/01 12:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Céline Haidar Football Lebanon War
Celine Haidar, a beloved player on Lebanon’s national women’s football team, has awakened from a coma following severe injuries sustained in an Israeli airstrike in November. Haidar, who remains in the intensive care unit at Saint Georges Hospital in Ashrafiyeh, has shown small yet profound signs of recovery. Haidar’s injuries stem from a ...
Yara Germany, 05/01 11:00 - Reading : less than a minute
War Burn center Medical Corps Heroes
In its fourth episode, Heroes Behind the Scenes sheds light on the relentless efforts of healthcare workers, particularly those at the Geitaoui Hospital burn center. Amid the war, these brave professionals worked tirelessly to save lives and treat injuries inflicted by the conflict, serving as a beacon of hope in the face of chaos.
Yara Germany, 01/01 16:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Heroes War Red Cross Paramedic
In its third episode, Heroes Behind the Scenes invites you to discover the extraordinary journey of the Lebanese Red Cross paramedics. Confronted with the horrors of war, these men and women risked their lives to help the injured and provide comfort to those in distress, offering a ray of hope amid the chaos.
This is Beirut, 01/01 13:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Some Russians ushering in the New Year said they wanted the conflict with Ukraine to end in 2025 and for a return of "peace" and "stability". But on the streets of Moscow there was no mention of Russia withdrawing its troops or giving up territory seized during the nearly three-year offensive. "Of course, we would like the country to finally end ...
Marc Saikali, 2024-12-30 16:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Amos Hochstein Donald Trump Hezbollah Israel Benjamin Netanyahu war
Dominated by the Shiite duo, signatories of the ceasefire agreement and its secret annex, the government is fully aware that it agreed to grant freedom of action to the Israeli army in the south, but pretends to be outraged by these same actions. For its part, Hezbollah manipulates the interpretation of the agreement’s terms and adamantly claims ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-25 09:40 - Reading : less than a minute
For the first time since the Israeli-Hezbollah ceasefire agreement took effect, Israeli warplanes struck deep into Lebanese territory, without causing casualties. The airstrike, which took place at around 2:30 AM on Wednesday, targeted a two-story house in the Taraya Plain in the Bekaa, west of Baalbeck. It was the first such attack since the ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-22 14:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hamas Palestine Gaza Israel war
Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli strikes overnight and early Sunday killed at least 28 Palestinians, including at one family's home and at a school building the Israeli military said was used by Hamas. On the ground in Gaza, civil agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal said that at least 13 people were killed in an air strike on a house in ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-22 14:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel Palestine Pope Francis war Gaza
Pope Francis doubled down Sunday on his condemnation of Israel's strikes on the Gaza Strip, denouncing their "cruelty" for the second time in as many days. "And with pain I think of Gaza, of so much cruelty, of the children being machine-gunned, of the bombings of schools and hospitals. What cruelty," the pope said after his weekly Angelus ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-22 12:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Russia said Sunday it had captured two more villages in east Ukraine, the latest territorial gains for Moscow's advancing army. The defense ministry said on Telegram that its troops had "liberated" the villages of Lozova in the northeastern Kharkiv region and Krasnoye, called Sontsivka in Ukraine. The latter is close to the resource hub of ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-11 13:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tehran syria khamenei war Assad HTS
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that the weakening of the anti-Israel "resistance" after the ouster of Bashar al-Assad in Syria would not diminish Tehran's power. Some, "unaware of the meaning of resistance, imagine that when the resistance becomes weak, Islamic Iran will also become weak... Iran ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-11 09:45 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Syria's new transitional prime minister on Tuesday said it was time for "stability and calm" in the country, two days after longtime president Bashar al-Assad was toppled by rebels in a lightning offensive. The rebels appointed Mohammad al-Bashir as the transitional head of government to run the country until March 1, a statement ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-11 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Syria HTS war
For more than a decade, the United States has sought to keep out of Syria's political debacle, seeing no viable partner. Islamist rebels' toppling of strongman Bashar al-Assad has forced a change of tune and a debate over just what US interests are. Donald Trump, who returns to the White House in little more than a month, on the eve of Assad's ...