Source: L'Orient Today
Security & Justice
Captured Hezbollah Operative May Have Been Israeli Double Agent, Report Suggests
The alleged senior Hezbollah operative abducted by Israeli special forces last week in Batroun may have been operating as a double agent, according to a report by The Telegraph.
Monday, November 4, 2024
Lebanon’s Probe into Israeli Raid Expected to Take Days as Security Officials Weigh Theories
Lebanese authorities are ramping up investigations into an Israeli commando raid last week in the northern coastal city of Batroun, during which Imad Amhaz, a Hezbollah official, was snatched.
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 28 April 2024 17:04:54
Civil Defense Continues Search for Two Missing Off Beirut Coast
The Marine Rescue Unit of the Lebanese Civil Defense continued their search on Sunday for two people who remain missing at Ramlet al-Bayda public beach, off the coast of Beirut, according to a statement posted by the Civil Defense on X.
The head of the Civil Defense Maritime Rescue Unit Samir Yazbeck told L'Orient Today on Saturday that five swimmers were swept away in strong waters — four of them as they sought to assist the first swimmer who had initially encountered difficulty returning to shore. Three of the five have been rescued so far, one of whom remains in a critical condition.
Yazbkeck said that environmental factors, such as high waves and wind, were significant factors. Turbulent water, amid spring's quick-changing weather, compounded by the seasonal increase in beach-goers, has caused several drowning incidents in recent weeks.
On Friday, a man's lifeless body was pulled from the sea off the coast of Sour, in southern Lebanon, and two other people were rescued alive and taken to hospital for medical treatment.
On April 19, two people drowned off the coast of Sour and another three were rescued.
The Marine Rescue Unit of the Lebanese Civil Defense continued their search on Sunday for two people who remain missing at Ramlet al-Bayda public beach, off the coast of Beirut, according to a statement posted by the Civil Defense on X.
The head of the Civil Defense Maritime Rescue Unit Samir Yazbeck told L'Orient Today on Saturday that five swimmers were swept away in strong waters — four of them as they sought to assist the first swimmer who had initially encountered difficulty returning to shore. Three of the five have been rescued so far, one of whom remains in a critical condition.
Yazbkeck said that environmental factors, such as high waves and wind, were significant factors. Turbulent water, amid spring's quick-changing weather, compounded by the seasonal increase in beach-goers, has caused several drowning incidents in recent weeks.
On Friday, a man's lifeless body was pulled from the sea off the coast of Sour, in southern Lebanon, and two other people were rescued alive and taken to hospital for medical treatment.
On April 19, two people drowned off the coast of Sour and another three were rescued.
