Source: Kataeb.org
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
Thursday 2 May 2024 12:10:07
Extensive Lebanese-Cypriot-European Talks Kick off at Grand Serail
The extensive official talks between Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides, and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen have kicked off at the Grand Serail.
Attendees on the Lebanese side are Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib, Defense Minister Maurice Sleem, Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi, Head of the House Committee of Foreign Affairs MP Fadi Alama, Army Commander General Joseph Aoun, Lebanon's Ambassador to the European Union Fadi Hage Ali, Director General of the Presidency of the Republic Antoine Choucair, Internal Security Forces; chief Major General Imad Othman, General Security chief Major General Elias Baisari, and PM's advisors Boutros Asaker and Ziad Mikati.
Attending on the Cypriot side are Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos, Interior Minister Konstantinos Ioannou, Cypriot Ambassador to Lebanon Maria Hadjitheodosiou, Cypriot government spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis, and chief of Cyprus Intelligence Service Tasos Tzionis.
The European delegation comprises Head of the European Union's Delegation to Lebanon Sandra De Waele, and Diplomatic Advisor to the President of the European Commission Fernando Andresen Guimaraes.
