ReportWar Diary: Day 375
Vanessa Kallas 2024-10-15 19:45 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for October 15, 2024.
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ReportClasses Resume at the Grand Lycée Franco-Libanais in Beirut
This is Beirut 2024-10-15 19:40 - Reading : less than a minute
Classes resumed on Monday at the Grand Lycée Franco-Libanais in Beirut, despite the Israeli raids carried out last Thursday near Ashrafieh.
Iran's Quds Force Commander Attends Funeral of Slain General
This is Beirut 2024-10-15 10:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iranian commander Esmail Qaani appeared in public on Tuesday after weeks of absence to attend the funeral ceremony for general Abbas Nilforoushan, who was killed last month in Lebanon. Nilforoushan, a general in Iran's Revolutionary Guards, was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut alongside Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah. The funeral ...
Op-edHezbollah's Strength Stems From the Weakness of Its Opponents
Johnny Kortbawi 2024-10-15 09:18 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Opposition Lebanese Forces
Hezbollah’s opposition forces have once again revealed their division and inability to achieve real unity, unlike the solid cohesion among the party’s supporters, despite occasional disagreements surfacing for various reasons. For instance, if a meeting was required for Hezbollah’s supporters, the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and the ...
War Diary: Day 374
Hala Abdallah 2024-10-14 22:50 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for October 14, 2024.
France Reaffirms Support for UN Peacekeepers in Lebanon
This is Beirut 2024-10-14 22:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu United Nations Sebastien Lecornu France UNIFIL
On Monday, French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu affirmed his country’s continued support for UN peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), saying they are "meant to stay." This announcement comes two days before a meeting of European nations contributing to the mission. "The day the weapons fall silent, there ...
Netanyahu Vows No Mercy After Deadly Hezbollah Drone Strike
This Beirut 2024-10-14 22:32 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday vowed to strike Hezbollah without mercy, a day after the Iran-backed group's deadliest strike on Israel since the start of the war in late September. Hezbollah's drone attack on an Israeli base killed four soldiers on Sunday, while another 60 people were injured, according to the Israeli ...
AnalysisDamascus: A Ruthless Universe…
Marc Saikali 2024-10-14 20:52 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
“One people, two countries,” proclaimed Hafez al-Assad. Syria's role in Lebanon's disintegration is significant. The 100-day battle in 1978, during which the Syrian army surrounded and incessantly bombarded the Ashrafieh neighborhoods, the brutal siege of Zahleh in 1981… These events, among many others, are deeply ingrained in collective ...
Op-edWhat Successful Diplomacy Looks Like
David Hale 2024-10-14 15:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon USA Ceasefire Diplomacy
One of the things to know about ceasefires is they don't just happen because an American leader wants one, or because there is a piece of paper in circulation in New York labeled "ceasefire." Unless an outside power is prepared to impose a ceasefire by force, it happens when the parties to a conflict no longer believe they can achieve their ...
VideosIsraeli Army Organizes 'Press Tour' in Southern Lebanon
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
EditorialIsrael-Hezb: Breaking the Vicious Circle of Recurrent Wars
Michel Touma 2024-10-14 11:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanese Forces South Lebanon UN Security Council Nabih Berry
Only the truth hurts, as the saying goes. In the political sphere, it is often the uncomfortable truths that prevail. Recently tasked by Hezbollah to spearhead diplomatic negotiations with international powers, Nabih Berri—Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament and leader of the Amal Movement—has emphasized that any resolution to the ...
Op-edWhere Are We Now?
2024-10-14 09:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Israel is engaged on multiple fronts, extending between Lebanon, Gaza, the West Bank, and the auxiliary theaters of operation in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen. The frontlines correspond to the coordinates that define the operational realms of the “unified battlegrounds” set by the Iranian regime. None of the evoked political issues—the ...