Source: Asharq Al-Awsat
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 26 February 2024 10:17:58
Palestinian Government to Submit Resignation after Meeting on Monday
The Palestinian government is expected to submit its resignation on Monday after holding its weekly meeting.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to nominate Mohammed Mustafa, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Palestine Investment Fund, to form a new cabinet, but will leave it to the factions to agree on a candidate, revealed a source.
Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh had said two weeks ago that the resignation will be submitted “if there were plans to form a new government.”
Palestinian factions and officials were holding intense talks ahead of a meeting they are set to attend in Moscow on Monday.
Abbas is also holding consultations with Arab leaders. He last met with Jordanian King Abdullah II ahead of touring other Arab countries.
Informed sources had said that Abbas was planning to form a new government as soon as the war on Gaza is over.
Its main goal will be to secure Gaza and oversee its reconstruction.
The new government will be formed of experts (technocrats), not politicians.
Mustafa was born in Palestine in 1954. He served in several senior political and economic positions in various Arab and international economic institutions. He also oversaw the launch and management of several local and regional investment funds and companies.
