Source: The National
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
Wednesday 1 March 2023 08:38:05
Retired Lebanese Security Forces Officer Kills Ex-Wife in Tripoli
A retired member of Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces shot and killed his ex-wife in broad daylight in a Tripoli neighbourhood on Tuesday, the country’s state news agency reported, highlighting weakened security conditions as the nation suffers a steep economic collapse.
The Internal Security Forces serve as Lebanon's police and counter-terrorism service.
The man, identified only as “A.S.” by the National News Agency, fired a hunting rifle at his ex-wife in Tripoli's impoverished Jabal Mohsen neighbourhood.
The army arrested him at the scene, the state news agency reported.
Lebanese officials maintain that the security situation is under control despite a rise in robberies and murders in the years since Lebanon’s economic crisis began.
Earlier this month, a prominent Sunni cleric disappeared in broad daylight on his way to Tripoli. His body was found buried in Akkar a week later.
Women’s rights groups have documented a sharp increase in domestic violence cases since 2019, when symptoms of Lebanon's economic crisis first began to emerge.
