Rabweh Forest Fires Have Been Raging For 4 Days Now!

It's October and once again forest fires are raging and the Civil Defence are not properly equipped to contain them. The Rabweh fire has been ongoing for four days now and the rough terrain is making very difficult to contain the fire, let alone extinguish it. While it's understandable to have difficulties containing a fire in such a rough geographical location, it's unacceptable not to have a proper budget allocated to preventing such fires and…

Someone Exploited War Circumstances To Destroy Baalbek Historic House

While Israel was bombing Baalbek, a local exploited the situation to destroy a house that was deemed historic by the authorities. Governor of Baalbek & Hermel Bachir Khodr reported the matter and mentioned that the individual was arrested. The house in the picture above already looked in bad shape, I wonder if the local authorities were planning to renovate it or they were forcing the owner to do so. While I am all for preserving…
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More than 250,000 Syrian Refugees Have Crossed into Syria Since September 23

2 weeks ago
UNHCR has reported that over 250,000 Syrian refugees have crossed into Syria ever since the war between Israel and Lebanon had escalated. In addition to that, over 60,000 Lebanese have crossed the border seeking refuge ...
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Minister of Culture Mortada Removed Baalbek Temple’s “Blue Shield” Last Year

2 weeks ago
An Israeli strike on Baalbeck today was few hundred meters away from the Baalbek Temple, a designated UNESCO World Heritage sites. There are 22 similar sites in Lebanon including Baalbek and they all carry a ...
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Now is The Time to Open a Second Airport

3 weeks ago
Ever since Israel started bombing Beirut’s suburbs, all airlines have cancelled their flights to Lebanon except for Middle East Airlines. However, one has to wonder if it’s really safe to fly over Beirut skies while ...
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Coldplay is Obviously NOT coming to Lebanon This Summer

4 months ago
I have no idea who started this silly rumor, but Coldplay is not coming to Lebanon this summer and no matter how hard the ministry of tourism is presumably working to make it happen, you ...
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Beirut Governor Marwan Abboud: Pizza Secrets Did Not Have a License to Operate

5 months ago
A gas leak at a pizza place on Bechara El Khoury Street led to the death of at least night people yesterday. The victims did not die from the explosion but suffocated from the fumes ...
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Monnot Theater Cancels Wajdi Mouawad Play Following Official Complaint & Threats

6 months ago
Lebanese-Canadian writer and actor Wajdi Mouawad was hosting the world premiere of his latest play “Wedding Day at the Cromagnons” at the Monnot Theater in Beirut, however the play was cancelled after activists lodged a ...
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Pascal Sleiman Murder: The Facilitators are The Real Problem

6 months ago
Pascal Sleiman, a Lebanese Forces party member and the coordinator for the Jbeil area, was found killed in Syria yesterday evening after being kidnapped at gunpoint on Sunday. Early investigations by the security forces and ...
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8 Billion Dollars in Irregular Trades between Optimum Invest & The Central Bank

6 months ago
A recent report by Lebanese newspaper Nidaa al Watan has revealed 45 highly irregular transactions between a brokerage company called Optimum and the Central Bank. The transactions took place between 2015 and 2018 and amounted ...
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