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
Friday 16 August 2019 13:47:51
Pompeo Tells Hariri Hezbollah Poses Threat to Lebanon
Prime Minister Saad Hariri said on Thursday as he was ending his a five-day visit to Washington that the final decision over the Lebanese-Israeli disputed land and sea borders on a gas pipeline might possibly take place in September.
“We consider the process to be viable and will continue to support constitutional next steps leading up to a final decision in the coming months, hopefully September,” Hariri said in a statement to the press after meetings with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
The Premier reiterated to Pompeo during their 40-minute meeting, joint commitment to fight terrorism and his support to the ongoing negotiations.
In his turn, the US official indicated that Iran and its proxy, Hezbollah, pose a threat to Lebanon.
Pompeo pledged his country’s unrelenting support for Lebanon's “credible state institutions” as they are fundamental to safeguard the country’s security, stability and sovereignty.
“This is a region that is threatened by Iran, and a nation that is threatened by its proxy Hezbollah,” he pointed out.
He thanked Lebanon for hosting more than one million Syrian refugees and hoped the country would make necessary reforms to unbolt international financial aids.
Hariri also met Undersecretary for Political Affairs David Hale, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker, and US assistant secretary of Treasury, Marshall Billingslea.
