Source: Asharq Al-Awsat
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
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
Saturday 6 November 2021 13:01:28
Washington Regrets ‘Dire’ Humanitarian Conditions in Lebanon
US State Department spokesperson Ned Price described the humanitarian conditions in Lebanon as “dire” due to mismanagement and corruption.
He affirmed that the US is working with the international community, on an urgent basis, to alleviate the suffering of the Lebanese people.
Speaking to reporters, Price said that “the people of Lebanon have suffered for far too long from mismanagement, from corruption, from inflation, from other economic pressures that the international community, on an urgent basis, has sought to alleviate.”
“As you know, the Secretary had an opportunity to meet with the prime minister. We had an opportunity to meet with his Emirati counterpart, with his Saudi counterpart. Lebanon was a topic of discussion.
He also highlighted US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's talks with Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati, UAE's FM Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed and Saudi FM Prince Faisal bin Farhan to underscore the needs of the Lebanese people, the need for channels of communication to remain open, "as we look for ways to alleviate the suffering of the people of Lebanon."
Price stressed that the US is not intervening in the Government of Lebanon.
“What we are doing is using appropriate resources to help the people of Lebanon, to see to it that we can work with the international community to provide the people of Lebanon with much-needed humanitarian relief."
“The Lebanese Armed Forces is an important actor in Lebanese society”, he added, noting: “I think there would be a desire to see all actors set aside their parochial agendas and to focus on the urgent needs of the people of Lebanon.”
Price reiterated calls for keeping the channels “open” between Lebanon and the Gulf for the sake of enhancing the humanitarian situation.
“Our point has been that we urge diplomatic channels to remain open between the parties to ensure meaningful dialogue on the pressing issues facing Lebanon,” he stated.
When asked about the calls for the resignation of Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi, Price refrained from taking a stance on the matter.
