Source: L'Orient Today
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
Tuesday 28 December 2021 10:26:58
Fuel Prices up in Lebanon despite Global Decrease
Fuel prices increased again Tuesday, though prices have dropped worldwide.
Here’s what we know:
• The price of 20 liters of 95-octane gasoline increased by LL10,800 to LL335,800; 98-octane, by LL11,400 to LL347,800. Twenty liters of diesel now costs LL900 less at LL336,200, while the price of household cooking gas increased by LL1,400 to LL298,600.
• A spokesperson for gas station owners George Brax attributed the rise in the price of gasoline “although it dropped worldwide” to the central bank’s decision to increase its dollar rate from LL22,100 to LL23,200 and because the lira slightly dropped against the dollar on the parallel market during this week.
• Brax also said that diesel dropped by only LL900 “although its price dropped $8 per kilo” worldwide, because of the devaluation of the lira against the dollar.
• The Energy Ministry is updating fuel prices at least once a week due to the constant fluctuation of the lira rate on the parallel market.
