Nisrine Merheb 2024-10-25 14:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
“And when the buried female infant is asked…” — this Quranic verse denounces the pre-Islamic custom of burying infant girls alive out of fear of “dishonor,” an act Islam would go on to forbid and criminalize. Back then, the infant girl was a victim—killed without consent, without fault, and denied even ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-25 14:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has condemned the Israeli attack on journalists in Hasbaya on Friday, describing it as a "war crime." "I have instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to add this new crime to the series of dossiers documenting Israeli crimes that will be submitted to the relevant international authorities, so that the ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-25 13:35 - Reading : less than a minute
Internal Security Forces displacement war
The Caretaker Minister of Interior and Municipalities Judge Bassam Mawlawi, in efforts with Beirut Governor Judge Marwan Abboud and the Offrejoie Association, relocated displaced people living in tents on the Beirut Corniche to a shelter center in the Karantina area. In a statement, The Disaster and Crisis Management Room in Beirut ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-25 12:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Antony Blinken Lebanese Army Najib Mikati
Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati met Friday with the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in London, to discuss Israel's strikes on the country as Washington presses the Beirut government to take charge against Hezbollah. This meeting follows Blinken’s Middle East tour and the Paris conference on Lebanon, where Mikati gave a ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-25 12:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
European Union Josep Borrell Lebanese Army United Nations
Josep Borrell, the EU foreign policy chief, stated on Friday that the international community must accelerate efforts to find a political solution to end the fighting in Lebanon and prevent a potential "conflagration." In a statement released following a conference on aid for Lebanon in France, Borrell emphasized that the first necessary step is ...
Johnny Kortbawi 2024-10-25 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Free Patriotic Movement Ghada Aoun Gulf Palestine
Hezbollah's financial capacity is estimated to be around one and a half billion dollars, based on general assessments, as the true extent of its funds remains unknown. What is certain is that this money exists outside the banking system and is not part of any financial or economic framework affiliated with the Lebanese state. From these funds ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-25 09:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Antony Blinken Hamas Benjamin Netanyahu United States USA
Israel announced on Thursday that it would dispatch a delegation to Qatar to negotiate a deal concerning Gaza that involves the release of hostages, while Hamas stated it was open to discussions on a ceasefire in the Palestinian territory devastated by over a year of war. The latest indirect negotiations, facilitated by mediators—Qatar, Egypt, ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-25 09:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Images of a missile that brought down the building in the Tayouneh area on Tuesday have recently spread on social media. It's uncommon to capture footage of a missile in flight just before it strikes. Equally remarkable were the scenes of the building collapsing straight down on itself. The missile in question is an MK-84, enhanced with wings ...
Christiane Tager 2024-10-25 09:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United Nations war infrastructure private sector
Lebanon, already grappling with severe economic and political crises, is now facing the devastating impact of the ongoing military conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. This war has plunged nearly every sector of the country into a critical state, from infrastructures, the private sector, and agriculture to energy, water, and trade. The ...
Marc Saikali 2024-10-25 09:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Antony Blinken Hamas Middle East Palestine Tehran
The title of the nightmare could well be "Support Front." A major strategic mistake that will haunt generations of Lebanese for the next 50 years. How could the perception of events have become so distorted that the decision of a few ended up plunging an entire population into the abyss? For a whole year, the warnings were repetitive and clear: ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-25 05:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Russia earlier this year provided satellite data to help Yemen's Huthi rebels strike ships in the Red Sea, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The US daily -- citing "a person familiar with the matter" and two anonymous European defense officials -- reported that the data was transmitted by Iranian intermediaries and used to ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-24 23:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Ceasefire Hamas Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine
A senior Hamas official told AFP on Thursday that the group had told Egyptian officials it was ready to stop fighting in Gaza if Israel committed to a ceasefire deal. The official said a Hamas delegation discussed "ideas and proposals" related to a Gaza truce with Egyptian officials in Cairo on Thursday. "Hamas has expressed readiness to stop ...