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
My Hope for Lebanon
A company of Lebanese soldiers assigned to maintain order in this anxious wartime capital is gathered at its headquarters 100 yards from the Mediterranean. I make the blunder of asking their commander how many of his men are Shiites, Sunnis, Christians and Druze.
Monday, November 4, 2024
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
Sports
FC Barcelona Fears First Team Star Will Be Banned From Playing, Reports SPORT
FC Barcelona is concerned that one of its main first-team stars will be banned from playing at the turn of 2025 because of issues related to his registration and Financial Fair Play (FFP) limits according to SPORT, which cited anonymous sources.
Friday, November 1, 2024
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
Thursday 25 April 2019 16:23:44
Government to Start Discussing Draft Budget Next Week
The government is set to start discussing the 2019 draft budget next week, Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil announced on Thursday.
“Starting Tuesday, the government will hold continuous sessions until the budget is approved,” Khalil told reporters following the Cabinet session at the Baabda Palace.
Khalil pointed out that the amended budget plan will be distributed to the ministers today so that they would be able to examine it ahead of next week's discussions.
The Finance minister refuted "rumors" about salaries cut as unfounded.
Cabinet will hold a session next week dedicated to discussing the 2019 state budget, Finance Minister Ali Hasan Khalil said following a Cabinet session Thursday.
A copy of the latest draft budget will be distributed to ministers ahead of the session, set for Tuesday, in accordance with a request from Prime Minister Saad Hariri.
"We will hold continuous sessions until we have finished with the budget," Khalil added.
During Thursday's session, the government approved salary hikes for employees at the Port of Tripoli and the Railways and Public Transport Authority in accordance with the salary scale law.
Finance minister highlighted that the government has decided to stop covering trips except for those carried out by President Aoun and PM Hariri for emergency political motives.
