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
Wednesday 8 June 2022 12:21:24
Fourth COVID-19 Vaccine Dose Now Available Without Appointment
Anyone in Lebanon who received a third dose of the coronavirus vaccine more than six months ago can now get a fourth, without an appointment, authorities announced on Wednesday, as the overall two-dose vaccination rate in the population remains below 45 percent, almost two and a half years after the appearance of the pandemic in the country.
"Based on scientific recommendations, it is now possible for anyone who received a third dose of vaccine more than six months ago, to benefit from a fourth, without an appointment, according to the walk-in procedure," the Health Ministry announced in a press release. However, the ministry did not specify which centers or hospitals offer this possibility.
Less than 50 percent of the population in Lebanon has received a first dose of vaccine against COVID-19. In Lebanon, the coronavirus has caused more than a million contaminations and more than 10,000 deaths since February 2020.
