Source: Kataeb.org
Security & Justice
Watch: Israeli Army Blows Up Village Near the Border
The Israeli army is still blowing up entire villages or neighborhoods, especially those near the border.
Monday, November 4, 2024
Hezbollah Says Launched ‘Big Rocket Salvo’ at Israel’s Safed
Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group said it fired rockets at the northern Israeli city of Safed on Monday, the latest attack in more than a month of war.
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 22 February 2023 19:27:47
International Democrat Union and Centrist Democrat International Issue Joint Statement on Lebanon
International Democrat Union and Centrist Democrat International issued the following statement:
"On August 4, 2020, the explosion of a large amount of ammonium nitrate at the Beirut port devastated the city, killing more than 230 people, injuring more than 6,500, and forcing 330,000 to abandon their homes, at least temporarily.
Two and a half years have passed since then, and the local legal investigation into the responsibilities related to this disaster is being obstructed by unsubstantive legal and political arguments and with disregard of basic democratic principles such as transparency and accountability.
The chief investigator, Judge Tarek Bitar, the families of the victims, and all those who show solidarity with them have frequently been the target of political and legal pressure, threats, and even violence.
This is not acceptable under any circumstances.
The International Democrat Union (IDU) and the Centrist Democrat International (IDC-CDI) declare their solidarity with the families of the victims, who have a legitimate right to see this disaster investigated and those responsible held accountable.
We support the statement issued by 40 members of the Lebanese Parliament of January 27, 2023, calling for the investigation to continue unimpeded.
We call on the Lebanese authorities to stop obstructing the investigation into the explosion of the port and to provide the necessary support to the lead investigator, Judge Tarek Bitar.
The attempts to prevent him carrying out his investigation and to intimidate him must be stopped.
The political culture of impunity must end. This applies not only to the port blast, but also to the political assassinations, the economic crimes, and corruption that the Lebanese people must endure time and again. This is the only way can Lebanon emerge from the multiple crises facing the country and preserve social peace."
