Source: Al Arabiya
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.
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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
Wednesday 7 February 2024 10:55:20
Lebanon’s Judge Nawaf Salam Elected President of the ICJ
Lebanon’s Judge Nawaf Salam was elected as President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday, the court said in a statement.
PRESS RELEASE: Judge Nawaf Salam (#Lebanon) was today elected President of the #ICJ by his peers, for a term of three years https://t.co/n616p9dzv1 pic.twitter.com/FAWhOhFWb7
— CIJ_ICJ (@CIJ_ICJ) February 6, 2024
Salam has been a member of the ICJ since 2018. Prior to that, he was Beirut’s ambassador to the United Nations for ten years.
In a post on X, Salam said his election was a “major responsibility.” He added that the first thing that came to his mind was his concern for “my city, Beirut.” The newly elected president of the ICJ called on Lebanon to return to abiding by the rule of law and for justice to prevail among its people.
One of the biggest non-nuclear explosions in modern history rocked the Lebanese capital of Beirut in 2020. No one has been held accountable, and officials wanted by Lebanon’s courts refuse to show up for questioning.
In recent years, Salam’s name has been floated as a potential candidate to be Lebanon’s prime minister. But Iran-backed Hezbollah blocked his nomination, claiming that he was too close to Washington. Hezbollah has also been opposed to Salam for his previous advocacy of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, which held Hezbollah members responsible for the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri.
Nabil Bou Monsef, deputy editor-in-chief of Lebanon’s Annahar newspaper, called Salam a great friend. “You make us proud… in the time of our miserable collapse,” Bou Monsef said in a post on X, referring to the unprecedented socioeconomic catastrophe in Lebanon.
