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Security & Justice
Southern Lebanon Endures Massive Damage: 40,000 Homes Leveled Across 37 Towns
Israeli forces have systematically destroyed entire neighborhoods in southern Lebanon, leveling more than 37 towns and wiping out over 40,000 residential units, according to Lebanon's National News Agency.
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Gaps in Coastal Radar Enabled Israeli Raid in Batroun, Army Commander Says
Lebanon’s army chief, General Joseph Aoun, detailed to Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati how Israeli forces likely exploited gaps in the country's coastal radar system during the recent raid carried out in Batroun. The briefing comes as Lebanese officials seek answers on how Israel’s elite Shayetet 13 unit carried out the landing undetected.
Monday, November 4, 2024
Opinion
The Emptying of Baalbek Is a Moment to Take Stock
“Large numbers of people continue to flee their homes every day, as Israel’s military operations in Lebanon have been going on unabated.” These disturbing words could be from almost any news report about Israel’s invasion of its northern neighbour over the past month. However, they can be found in a report by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre issued on July 27, 2006.
Saturday, November 2, 2024
A Future Without Hezbollah
At the end of September, when Israel’s campaign to destroy Hezbollah was reaching its height, I met one of the group’s supporters in a seaside café in western Beirut. He was a middle-aged man with a thin white beard and the spent look of someone who had not slept for days. He was an academic of sorts, not a fighter, but his ties to Hezbollah were deep and long-standing.
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Sports
Tottenham Forward Son Heung-min Crowned Asia’s International Player of the Year
Tottenham forward Son Heung-min was crowned as Asia’s International Player of the Year for the fourth time by the Asian Football Confederation at its annual awards ceremony Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Real Madrid Launch Investigation into Racist Insults After El Clasico Defeat
Real Madrid has launched an investigation into racist insults directed at players during Saturday’s 4-0 home loss to Barcelona in LaLiga, it said on Sunday.
Monday, October 28, 2024
Sunday 21 August 2022 17:14:14
Baskinta Forest Fire Reignites
A fire that ravaged a pine forest near the village of Baskinta in the Metn area on Friday night and Saturday, and which is believed to be of criminal origin, reignited Sunday, the state-run National News Agency reported.
An army helicopter intervened to try to overcome the flames, while residents and the Civil Defense fought the blaze on the ground.
On Saturday, five Civil Defense teams and three army helicopters tackled the fire, but their efforts appear to have been insufficient.
Lebanese Forces MP for the region, Razi Al Hajj indicated via Twitter that the fire is of criminal origin, calling on the security forces to intervene "immediately" to apprehend the culprits. Meanwhile, the Director of the Civil Defense, Raymond Khattar, recalled that in Lebanon "95 percent of fires are caused by man, intentionally or otherwise."
Wildfires are common in Lebanon, especially during the dry summer season. Amid the country's economic crisis, firefighters and the Civil Defense are severely lacking in resources to combat fires.