Beirut Port Explosion: Delving into the shadows
Three years ago, one of the worst non-nuclear explosions in history devastated the port of Beirut and the surrounding city, claiming the lives of over 200 people, injuring 7,000 others, and...
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Nasrallah: Those who politicized Aug. 4 'lost the truth'
In a speech on Thursday evening, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah criticized the parties accusing his party of being behind the Beirut port explosion, on the eve of the third...
3 August 2023
Politicians, civil society groups react to third anniversary of port blast
BEIRUT — On the eve of the third anniversary of the Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut port blast, several politicians took to social media networks to comment on the tragedy. "For 20 months, the investigation...
3 August 2023
Islamic State confirms death of its leader, names his replacement
DUBAI — Islamic State on Thursday confirmed the death of its leader Abu Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi, and named Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Quraishi as his replacement....
3 August 2023
Syrian detained in Germany on suspicion of crimes against humanity
BERLIN — A Syrian national accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes through torture and enslavement between 2012 and 2015 has been arrested in Germany, prosecutors said on Friday....
3 August 2023
Voices from the rubble: All they lost. 'All She Lost'
“Covid saved me,” Dalal Mawad said. “I remember tweeting, 'Covid saved us.'” On Aug. 4, 2020, Mawad, then a senior producer for the Associated Press , was working from home on the outskirts of...
Yasmina ABOU-HAKA, 3 August 2023
Lebanon hands over alleged Italian mafioso
Lebanon on Thursday handed over to Italian authorities an alleged member of Italy's notorious 'Ndrangheta mafia wanted for involvement in the international drug trade, a judicial official said....
3 August 2023
Raif Lteif : Retrieving Paul Gemmayzeh
The Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut blast was really “the apocalypse and the death of the Lebanon that we once knew,” in the words of Lebanese journalist Dalal Mawad. For many, there will always be a before...
Yasmina ABOU-HAKA, 3 August 2023
ISG expresses solidarity with Lebanon on 3rd anniversary of Beirut blast
BEIRUT — On the eve of the third anniversary of the Beirut port blast, a UN-founded international support group for Lebanon expressed its solidarity with the families of the victims and with those...
3 August 2023
Cabinet approves sevenfold increase in internet, fixed call tariffs
Following a Thursday cabinet meeting about the 2023 budget, caretaker Telecommunications Minister Johnny Corm announced a sevenfold increase of Ogero's fixed calls and internet tariffs. Corm...
3 August 2023
Animal shelter announces temporary closure for 'non-life threatening intakes'
BEIRUT — Animal rights NGO and shelter BETA announced Monday that it will be "officially closed" for several months for "non-life threatening intakes." "2023 has been off to a rough start,...
3 August 2023
Lebanese Red Cross confirms harassment investigation into staff member
BEIRUT — Several social media users are circulating a photo of a member of the Lebanese Red Cross (LRC) whom they allege is a harasser and are urging his victims to file a complaint. LRC issued a...
3 August 2023
Aline Salloum: Embracing inner peace, rebuilding hope after Beirut blast
The Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut blast was really “the apocalypse and the death of the Lebanon that we once knew,” in the words of Lebanese journalist Dalal Mawad. For many, there will always be a before...
Yasmina ABOU-HAKA, 3 August 2023
Protesters demonstrate against political interference in blast probe outside Justice Palace
BEIRUT — "Outlaws." On the eve of the third anniversary of the Aug. 4, 2020, tragedy, civil society groups didn't conceal their anger for politicians and high-ranking officials who are implicated...
3 August 2023
Israel launches landscaping activities along the Blue Line
Israeli bulldozers started landscaping activities along the Blue Line near the Lebanese towns of Alma Al-Shaab and Al-Duhaira, Hezbollah TV channel al-Manar correspondent Ali Chaeib reported on...
By Malek Jadah, 3 August 2023
Lebanon: The ghosts of Hangar 12
For want of something better, the highway that spans the port of Beirut serves as a memorial to the families of the dead. Surrounded by crude drawings and angry slogans, photos of the victims of...
Christophe Boltanski, 3 August 2023
Palestinians hope Saudis will hear concerns on Israel deal, minister says
The Palestinian Authority is hoping to engage with Saudi Arabia to discuss their concerns over a potential agreement normalizing relations with Israel, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki...
3 August 2023
Egyptian 'unfairly' jailed in Saudi over labor dispute
An Egyptian psychiatrist jailed in Saudi Arabia was sentenced to prison on terrorism charges following an "unfair trial" triggered by a salary dispute, Human Rights Watch said Thursday....
3 August 2023
New appeal from Lebanese and international human rights organizations for a 'fact-finding mission'
BEIRUT — Lebanese and international organizations, along with survivors and families of the victims of the Aug.4, 2020 port explosion on Thursday sent a letter to the United Nations Human Rights...
3 August 2023
Number of Beirut International Airport passengers keeps increasing compared to last year
The Beirut International Airport saw an increase in its number of passengers in July 2023 compared to last year, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. According to the NNA, the number...
3 August 2023
From the Ambassadors of Australia, the Netherlands and Germany three years after Beirut’s port disaster
This August 4, three years will have passed since a massive explosion at Beirut port killed more than 220 innocent people, injured over 7,000 and destroyed so many houses, buildings, neighborhoods...
Hans Peter Van der Woude, 3 August 2023
Iran's President Raisi officially invites UAE president to visit Tehran
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi officially invited United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to visit Tehran in the near future, the semi-official Tasnim agency reported on...
3 August 2023
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait reaffirm rights to natural resources in Durra gas field
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait reaffirmed that they jointly own rights to natural resources in the Gulf's Durra gas field, Saudi state news agency SPA reported early on Thursday, citing a statement from...
3 August 2023
Deadly factory fire, another abandoned infant, and Ain al-Hilweh fighting continues: Everything you need to know to start your Thursday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. A civil defense member died and four others were injured while attempting to extinguish a factory fire in Beirut southern’s...
3 August 2023
Ceasefire respected in Ain al-Hilweh after violent night
BEIRUT — A precarious calm prevailed on Thursday in Ain al-Hilweh, Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Saida, in southern Lebanon. In the early evening, a member...
