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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
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
Friday 28 January 2022 15:34:50
No Statement Issued after Fourth Consecutive Cabinet Budget Meeting
The cabinet, presided over by Prime Minister Najib Mikati, continued its review of the draft budget submitted by Finance Minister Youssef Khalil during a meeting at the Grand Serail on Friday, marking the fourth day of consecutive meetings, the state-run National News Agency reported.
Here’s what we know:
No statement was issued from interim Information Minister Abbas Halabi after the two-hour session concluded. Subsequent meetings to revise the 1,200 page budget before its submission to parliament were scheduled for Saturday at 9 a.m. and during the coming week.
Mikati met with French Ambassador Anne Grillo prior to the meeting, the NNA reported.
The adoption of the 2022 budget is considered the fulcrum to launching direly needed reforms amid the country’s various crises, which in turn would allow the country to access financing from the International Monetary Fund.
The content of the draft budget has been the subject of various criticisms, including its differentiation of “old” and “new” bank deposits and the alleged prerogatives granted to Khalil. Khalil, reputedly close to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berry, has rejected the criticisms.
