Source: Kataeb.org
Security & Justice
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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.
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Opinion
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“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
Saturday 6 July 2019 12:21:53
Lebanon Ranked 5th in 2019 Pollution Index
Lebanon was ranked 5th in the 2019 Pollution Index for Country, issued by Numbeo website which examined the pollution in countries worldwide.
The country scored 87.39% on the report coming ahead of bigger countries with a large number of populations such as Nigeria, Egypt, China, and others.
Asia appeared to be the most polluted continent with countries of Mongolia, Myanmar, Afghanistan and Bangladesh topping the ranking.
In the report, Arab countries were listed among the highest ranks with Egypt ranking 8, closely followed by Jordan (15), Iraq (18), Kuwait (28), and Saudi Arabia (37).
On the other hand, Finland (106), Iceland (105), Sweden (104), and Estonia (103) ranked lowest.
The report pointed out that pollution has surged worldwide in varying proportions, especially in industrialized as well as developing countries which lack proper environmental protection policies.
Data was collected from visitors of the website which also included some relevant data from World Health Organization and other institutions.
The assessment is based on the following main pollution factors, air pollution and water pollution/accessibility while also studying other types of pollution.
