Source: Kataeb.org
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 25 July 2022 17:17:22
Ongoing Procrastination in Responding to the Public Sector’s Crisis
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Monday chaired a meeting of the ministerial committee at the Grand Serail with talks featuring high on the repercussions of the financial crisis on the activity of public facilities.
Many proposals and recommendations were provided during the meeting, yet the Minister of Finance demanded to keep it on hold to further study the cost and financial impact thereof. For this reason, it has been agreed that another meeting will take place next Wednesday at noon at the Grand Serail to take a final stand.
Public sector workers will receive a salary and social assistance whose value equals that of the salary, a transportation fee valued at 95,000 LBP, and a daily wage ranging between 150,000 LBP and 300,000 LBP in return for a minimum of 3 days of attendance a week, according to MTV.
“We seek a source of funding for increasing civil servants’ salaries. The meeting is scheduled to resume next Wednesday in a bid to find the funding source, else we would be promising the public sector with non-existent numbers and funds,” Minister of Social Affairs Hector Hajjar said to Al-Jadeed.
The meeting was held in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Saadeh Al Shami, Minister of Finance Youssef Khalil, Presidency Director-General Antoine Choucair, Cabinet Secretary General Judge Mahmoud Makkieh, and Acting Director General of Finance George Maarrawi.
