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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
Friday 4 March 2022 11:55:31
Health Ministry Announces Closure of UAE-Donated Health Center for Treatment of COVID-19
The Health Ministry on Thursday announced the closure of the Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Hospital Center, which was donated by the United Arab Emirates and opened earlier this year to assist in the treatment of patients with COVID-19.
Here’s what we know:
• In a statement, the ministry said the hospital had completed its mission as an emergency center, adding that since its opening on Jan. 12, it had received 460 patients with 54 requiring treatment in its intensive care unit.
• In light of the decline in COVID-19 cases, the center will close Friday, the statement read.
• However, the ministry pointed out that COVID-19 units at the Rafic Hariri University Hospital and other governmental hospitals “will continue receiving and treating infected cases.”
• The ministry is seeking to transform the UAE-donated COVID-19 center into one that “provides medical services to meet the needs of patients and support the health system in Lebanon,” the statement added, noting that a plan will be announced soon.
• A brief flurry of controversy surrounded the center’s opening in January when a Kuwaiti flag was mistakenly displayed instead of the Emirati flag at the hospital’s inauguration.