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
FC Barcelona Fears First Team Star Will Be Banned From Playing, Reports SPORT
FC Barcelona is concerned that one of its main first-team stars will be banned from playing at the turn of 2025 because of issues related to his registration and Financial Fair Play (FFP) limits according to SPORT, which cited anonymous sources.
Friday, November 1, 2024
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
Tuesday 29 March 2022 19:42:08
Economy Ministry Announces Bread Price Hikes
The Economy Ministry released new higher bread prices on Tuesday. The price increases can be attributed to a rise in global fuel and wheat prices, the ministry said.
Here’s what we know:
• The Economy Ministry’s statement specified that the price of small bread bundles, the minimum weight of which increased by 35 grams to reach 385 grams, will increase by LL1,500 to reach LL7,000. Medium bundles, the weight of which is no less than 815 grams, will be sold at LL11,000. Family-sized bundles decreased significantly in size to 1,085 grams from the previous weight of 1,750 grams, while their price increased by LL3,000 to reach LL14,000.
• The price increase is attributed to the rise in fuel and wheat prices in the international market, in addition to the Lebanese lira’s devaluation against the dollar on the parallel market, the Economy Ministry said in its statement Tuesday.
• The hike in prices comes after a period of uncertainty regarding wheat supply and bread availability in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, from which Lebanon imports a large proportion of its wheat supply.
