This is Beirut 2024-12-15 16:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
"We need to see justice and accountability for crimes, and it must go through a credible justice system. We must ensure that no acts of revenge take place," Geir Pedersen said upon his arrival in Damascus. Assad fled Syria last weekend following an 11-day rebel offensive led by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), marking the ...
Elie Ziadé 2024-12-15 15:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Turkey HTS Bashar al-Assad Syria
The fall of Bashar al-Assad took everyone by surprise, almost no one saw it coming. Yet, it was met with joy. Scenes of celebration across Syria, as well as in countries hosting millions of Syrian nationals and refugees, along with the shared joy of other populations — notably in Lebanon — reflect the harsh rule that the Assad dynasty had ...
Fady Noun 2024-12-15 10:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Introduced by Vincent Gelot, L'Œuvre d'Orient's representative in Syria and Lebanon, the conference featured addresses by Archbishop Jacques Mourad, the Syriac Catholic Archbishop of Homs, Hama and Debek, Sister Jihane, a member of the Soeurs de Besançon (Sisters of Besançon) and director of Damascus' largest Christian school, and Salim Safir, ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-14 21:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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In a televised speech on Friday, his first since the fall of the Assad regime in Damascus, Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Naim Qassem acknowledged that “Hezbollah has lost its military supply route through Syria,” but emphasized that this loss was merely a minor detail and that a new supply route would be established. Qassem further ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-14 20:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
United States Anthony Blinken Syria HTS Ahmed al-Sharaa
The United States has made contact with Syria's victorious Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday, despite previously designating the group as terrorists. Blinken's comments, after talks on Syria in Jordan, came as Turkey reopened its embassy in Damascus, nearly a week after the Islamist-led rebels toppled ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-14 17:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Turkey reopened its embassy in Damascus on Saturday, nearly a week after president Bashar al-Assad was toppled by forces backed by Ankara, and 12 years after the diplomatic outpost was shuttered early in Syria's civil war. The move came as Middle Eastern and Western diplomats were meeting in Jordan for high-level talks on Syria, and a day after ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-14 16:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria Jordan Anthony Blinken HTS ISIS
Top diplomats from eight Arab countries, meeting in Jordan on Saturday, called for a peaceful transition in Syria with UN and Arab League support following Bashar al-Assad's ouster. In a final statement after the talks in the Jordanian Red Sea port of Aqaba, foreign ministers from Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, the United Arab ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-14 13:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A blue Mercedes vehicle was targeted by an Israeli drone on the Khardali road, connecting Nabatiyeh to Marjayoun, on Saturday morning. One person was killed and several others injured. The identity of the victim remains unknown. Two explosions were also heard Saturday morning in the village of Kfar Kila, in further Israeli violations of the ...
Amal Chmouny 2024-12-14 09:27 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon is at a critical juncture as it navigates a complex regional landscape, and emphasis on the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) has never been more important. In Washington, there is a strong belief that empowering the LAF is essential to countering militant factions like Hezbollah and ensuring the stability of the country. In the wake of the ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-13 10:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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An Israeli raid targeted the town of Naqoura early on Friday morning, and the town of Khiam was also targeted on Thursday, which resulted in one killed and one injured, according to the Ministry of Health. In this context, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers condemned the attack, which occurred "less than 24 hours after the army’s ...
Katia Kahil 2024-12-12 22:11 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Khiam Israel Lebanese army Ceasefire
On the night of Tuesday, December 10, a powerful explosion rocked the Marjayoun region, leaving residents in uncertainty as its cause remained unclear. By morning, it appeared that a family had attempted to discreetly return to their home in Khiam, defying Israeli army restrictions on approaching its positions along the border. Shortly after the ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-12 21:59 - Reading : less than a minute
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Army Commander General Joseph Aoun met in Yarzeh on Thursday with Major General Patrick Gauchat, the Head of Mission and Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO). Discussions reportedly focused on Lebanon and the region, particularly on the efforts to implement the ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and ...