Bouchra Al Wajeh 2024-11-14 13:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Under the pretext of a voice recording sent by journalist Nabil Mamlouk, a native of Tyre, to a WhatsApp news group he created after the war broke out to inform the city’s residents—many of whom had fled the bombing—he was assaulted and beaten in front of his father, a pharmacist, by youths with known political affiliations. The attack was ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-14 09:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hezbollah Israel South Lebanon Dahye
As Israeli warnings intensify, residents of Beirut’s southern suburbs are now being urged to evacuate multiple times a day. With Israel entering the next phase of its ground operation, the pace of military activity has escalated. According to the Israeli security source Israel Hayom, the Israeli army is preparing to establish buffer zones ...
Christiane Tager 2024-11-14 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The import of essential goods during wartime presents a major logistical and economic challenge for Lebanon. Importing companies, already weakened by multiple successive crises, are now facing exorbitant costs and increased risks in transport. It's been around two months since the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah intensified, bringing a ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-14 00:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Ali Larijani, the senior adviser to the leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Ali Khamenei, is expected in Syria, on Thursday. The announcement was made by the spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Esmaeil Baghaei. Baghaei said that Ali Larijani, who is also a member of the Expediency Council, “will depart for Damascus at the head of ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-13 22:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hezbollah Israel Lebanon Syria
Syrian state media said that Israel had carried out an air raid on Wednesday in a region near the border with Lebanon which is a known stronghold of Hezbollah. A leading monitor said that 15 people had been killed in the strikes although there was no immediate confirmation from Syrian authorities. The Sana news agency said that "the Israeli ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-13 20:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israël lebanon France Jean-Noël Barrot
Israel wants to “maintain the ability to strike” Lebanon “at any time” as part of a ceasefire agreement with the Hezbollah, which constitutes a violation of the country's sovereignty, revealed the French Foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, on Wednesday. Barrot, who was in Israel last week, noted a hardening in Tel Aviv positions, during ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-13 20:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hezbollah South Lebanon United Nations
Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, visited southern Lebanon on Wednesday to assess the situation in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) area of operations. During his visit, Lacroix toured the UNIFIL 1-26 site in Mansouri and the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura, where he ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-13 19:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Kataeb leader Samy Gemayel, who is currently on a visit to Washington as part of a tour of Western capitals, met on Wednesday with the American special envoy to Lebanon, Amos Hochstein. Hochstein is still working on a deal for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah and may travel to Tel Aviv and Beirut to this end. During the meeting, ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-13 18:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel Hezbollah Lebanon Israel Katz
Israel's new Defense minister told senior military commanders Wednesday there would be no easing-up in the war against Hezbollah as he toured the northern border with Lebanon. "We will make no ceasefires, we will not take our foot off the pedal, and we will not allow any arrangement that does not include the achievement of our war objectives," ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-13 17:55 - 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 November 13, 2024.
This is Beirut 2024-11-13 16:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States CIA FBI Bibileaks Iran Israel
A CIA official has been charged with leaking classified documents that reportedly revealed Israel’s plans to retaliate against Iran following a missile attack earlier this year, as reported by a New York Times report, quoting individuals familiar with the case, in addition to court documents. The official, Asif W. Rahman, was indicted last week ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-13 14:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Joseph Aoun Egypt Lebanon Israel Nabih Berri
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Aati underlined upon his arrival in Beirut on Wednesday, his country’s full alignment with Lebanon’s demand for an immediate ceasefire and an unconditional end to Israel’s incessant attacks against Lebanon. “Egypt’s mission is to mobilize international and Arab partners to press for an immediate ...