Source: L'Orient Today
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
Thursday 2 December 2021 15:05:39
Officials Discuss Waste Disposal Plans
Prime Minister Najib Mikati met with Environment Minister Nasser Yassin to discuss a more sustainable plan for trash disposal, the NNA reports.
Here is what we know:
• Following the meeting, Minister Yassin said: “We discussed the issue of solid waste and the plan that we are working on for a more sustainable management [of trash].” He continued that “we are working to avoid a strike from workers of waste collection companies.”
• The companies' contracts are currently being managed by the Council for Development and Reconstruction, Yassin said, and will be amended with consideration of the depreciation of the Lebanese lira.
• “I will follow up on the issue with the Minister of Interior in order to avoid a crisis [of uncollected waste] on the street,” he added.
• On Wednesday, Ramco, the company contracted by the state to collect waste, said it asked the Council for Development and Reconstruction to launch a new tender and find another entity to replace it. In a statement, Ramco said authorities had not abided by the contract with CDR and the municipality of Beirut, “causing a huge financial loss” for the company.
