Source: Kataeb.org
Security & Justice
Israel Advances Border Strategy with New Positions Amid Ongoing Military Actions in Lebanon
Israeli forces continue to establish new military positions along the border with Lebanon, with construction teams actively working to set up sites for deployment. According to Israel Hayom, most of the new positions are planned to be located between Israeli settlements and the border fence, in accordance with the Northern Command’s strategic plan.
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Judge Faces Legal Resistance as Defendants Plan to Block Summonses in Beirut Port Explosion Probe
The Lebanese judiciary is grappling with a profound structural crisis, impeding justice for the Beirut Port explosion—the largest non-nuclear blast in history. Political interference, stalled judicial appointments, the exploitation of legal loopholes by implicated individuals, and the Public Prosecution’s opposition to the lead investigator have created an ongoing deadlock.
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Opinion
Lebanon Can Escape Iran's Orbit and Return to the Arab Fold
Lebanon is going through a historic transformation – one marked by a shift in its domestic and regional status quo. The election of former army general Joseph Aoun as President and the appointment of jurist Nawaf Salam as Prime Minister usher in some long-awaited positive change to the country’s domestic balance of power and in its international relations.
Sunday, January 19, 2025
With Its New Prime Minister, Lebanon’s Revolution Comes Full Circle
Lebanon has just gone through a revolution – one that started more than five years ago with street protests demanding an end to corrupt political rule. It took all that time and a whole myriad of developments to get to a point where a president and prime minister have been elected outside the grip of the usual political parties that have dominated the country for decades.
Saturday, January 18, 2025
Sports
Fury Announces Retirement from Boxing Again
Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has announced his retirement from boxing.
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
World Number 219 Habib Puts Lebanon on the Map at Australian Open
Lebanese qualifier Hady Habib broke new ground for the strife-torn nation on Sunday as he beat China's Bu Yunchaokete 7-6(4) 6-4 7-6(6) to reach the second round of the Australian Open.
Sunday, January 12, 2025
Wednesday 24 April 2019 11:30:23
World's Earliest Photographs to Go on Display at Louvre Abu Dhabi
An 1881 photo of the Holy City of Makkah and an image of a dead crocodile on a boat on the Nile in Egypt are among the world's earliest known photographs that will be on display at the Louvre Abu Dhabi starting April 25.
The exhibition, entitled "A World of Exchanges, Photographs 1842 – 1896: An Early Album of the World", explores the development of photography through images taken by travelers and sailors in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, India and the Americas.
This is the first time many of these pictures, namely those that were taken with a vernacular or everyday standpoint, will have been shown in the region or at all.
