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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
Tuesday 26 April 2022 17:18:34
Military Court Will Investigate the Sinking of a Migrant Boat Off Tripoli on Saturday Night
Following a cabinet session on Tuesday, Information Minister Ziad Makary said that the Military Court will investigate the sinking of a boat carrying more than 60 people attempting to illegally leave Lebanon on Saturday night. Makary added that the army chief has put himself under investigation in relation to the incident, which has left at least six people dead and more than 30 missing.
Here’s what we know:
• “The army is assigned to conduct a transparent investigation into the boat accident, under the supervision of the specialized judiciary,” Makary said.
• Cabinet convened in an extraordinary session this morning at the Presidential Palace in Baabda to discuss the sinking of the vessel. In addition, the government ministers discussed the security situation across Lebanon.
• Army chief Joseph Aoun and the army’s director of intelligence Brig. Gen. Tony Kahwaji, as well as its navy commander Col. Haitham Dnaoui, were summoned to the cabinet session to report on the preliminary investigation into the shipwreck, the NNA reported.
• Makary added that a ministerial committee will be assigned to prepare a draft law aimed at establishing a council for the development of the north.
• At least six people died in the shipwreck on Saturday, while more than 30 of those who were aboard the boat remain missing. A search for the remaining passengers continues by land, air and sea. On Tuesday, Tripoli port manager Ahmad Temer said that “Greek frigates participated today in the search process from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m.”
• On Sunday, the army said the vessel sank after leaving Qalamoun due to “high waves and the overload of the boat.” A survivor disputed this claim, saying that the boat sank after being chased by the army. “The patrol boat hit our boat twice,” he told AFP at the Port of Tripoli, before families of survivors asked him to be quiet.
• Responding to allegations against the army Mikati said during the cabinet session that he refuses “to throw accusations randomly, and we will follow up on the issue of the sinking boat in accordance with the judicial and security principles.”
