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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
Monday 6 March 2023 14:00:37
Mikati Meets with General Labor Confederation Head at Grand Serail
On emerging, Al-Asmar said that the GLC’s delegation visit aimed to demand a swift cabinet approval of an increase of public sector wages as per a number of decrees previously signed by the Minister of Labor and in light of the soaring cost of living nation wide.
“A meeting will be held with the Minister of Finance to re-examine the customs tariffs,” Al-Asmar said.
As for pricing goods in US dollars, he deemed this process “a complete failure”.
“We have noticed an increase in USD priced items whenever there is a decrease in its black market rate,” he added.
In response to a question, he said: "The State is looking for revenues, but we do not accept that 90 percent of said revenues be at the people’s expense (…). Taxes and fees must be reduced amid this difficult stage, but we only witness their increase on the ground. Sayrafa’s USD exchange rate has reached LBP 70 thousand, and this leads to the loss of 56 percent the pubic sector employees’ income.”
“All of these decisions are not well-studied, so they must be reassessed, especially by the Minister of Finance and the Central Bank Governor,” Al-Asmar concluded.