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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
Friday 28 October 2022 12:33:24
UN Secretary-General Welcomes Lebanon’s Demarcation Agreement with Israel
UN Secretary General, António Guterres, welcomed in the following statement the signing of the agreement to delineate the maritime boundary between Lebanon and Israel:
“The Secretary-General welcomes the signing of the agreement today to delineate the maritime boundary between Lebanon and Israel. As noted in our statement of 13 October, the Secretary-General strongly believes this development can promote increased stability in the region and enhanced prosperity for the Lebanese and Israeli peoples.
At 3.45pm local time today (27 October), delegations from Israel and Lebanon presented to the United States lead mediator their signed agreement to the delineation of their maritime boundary, in a ceremony held at UNIFIL premises in Naqoura, southern Lebanon.
The agreement took the form of two separate letters, one from Lebanon to the United States, and one from Israel to the United States. President Aoun signed the letter for Lebanon ahead of the ceremony, as did Prime Minister Lapid for Israel, with the signed letters then presented by the respective delegations to US lead mediator Amos Hochstein at the ceremony.
Special Coordinator for Lebanon Joanna Wronecka represented the UN at the ceremony, where she received the coordinates from Lebanon and Israel to be deposited with the United Nations.
In a statement following the ceremony (issued separately), the Special Coordinator welcomed this “historic achievement”, which can “serve as a confidence-building measure that promotes security and stability in the region” and provide “economic benefits for both countries.”