This is Beirut 2024-11-24 13:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The UN special envoy for Syria said on Sunday that it was “extremely critical” to end the fighting in Lebanon and Gaza to avoid the country being pulled into a regional war. “We need now to make sure that we have immediately a ceasefire in Gaza, that we have a ceasefire in Lebanon, and that we avoid Syria being dragged even ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-24 12:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Maronite patriarch Bechara Rai strongly condemned the fact that the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel is being negotiated in the absence of a President of the Republic, a position at the head of the State which has been vacant since October 31, 2022. He stated that this “renders the talks illegitimate,” as it is an integral part of the ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-24 11:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
While the Israelis reported on Sunday morning that the Israeli ground operation in Khiam in the south of the country was “gathering pace,” a precarious calm was observed in Beirut's southern suburbs. However, at 9 AM, the mayor of Bourj al-Barajneh, Atef Hassan Mansour, issued an urgent evacuation call to residents. In a statement, he said, ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-23 21:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israeli strikes continued heavily into the evening of Saturday, causing a drastic rise in human losses. The Ministry of Public Health's Emergency Operations Center has reported 3,670 killed and 1,413 wounded since the start of the Israeli military operation against Hezbollah. In Beirut's southern suburbs, intense Israeli raids targeted buildings ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-23 20:33 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stressed that the United States was dedicated to a diplomatic resolution in Lebanon and urged Israel to improve "dire" conditions in Gaza, in a call Saturday with his Israeli counterpart. Austin "reiterated US commitment to a diplomatic resolution in Lebanon that allows Israeli and Lebanese ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-23 18:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hamas's armed wing said Saturday an Israeli woman taken hostage during the October 2023 attack had been killed in a combat zone in northern Gaza and the Israeli military said it was investigating. Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades spokesman Abu Obeida said contact had been restored with the woman's captors after a break of several weeks. And it was ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-23 18:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hezbollah fighters and Israeli troops engaged in fierce clashes on Saturday at the key southern Lebanon town of Khiam and in the coastal Bayyada area, several kilometers north of the border. The official National News Agency (NNA) reported that Israel was "attempting to control the town" as it was "a strategic gateway for a rapid ground ...
Tylia El Helou 2024-11-23 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute
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In an interview with This Is Beirut, the Assistant Director at the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center and Middle East Programs, Nour Dabboussi, explains how the election of Donald Trump will impact the MENA region and how this election will impact US policy towards Lebanon.
Victoria C. Werling 2024-11-23 16:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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It is 4 PM when we enter Chiyah, a neighborhood in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Navigating through debris, we make our way to the site of the latest Israeli airstrike, which occurred just a few hours earlier. A five-story building lies gutted, its top two floors reduced to rubble. Despite the devastation, the main street running ...
Katia Kahil 2024-11-23 15:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Every day, Maha lights a candle to the Virgin Mary. On November 22, the 81st anniversary of Independence Day, she performed the same ritual—but this time, with a heavier heart. The Israeli army had just taken up positions in her village, Deir Mimas, located about seven kilometers from the southern border in the Marjayoun district. The village is ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-23 13:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Following an Israeli evacuation appeal to those living in the southern suburb of Beirut this morning, which specifically called for Hadath and Choueifat al-Amrousiyeh, field developments continued in southern Lebanon, where heavy shelling continued on several towns and villages, amid intense clashes between the Israeli army and Hezbollah ...