Posted By
Najib
Mar 10, 2024 04:36
Several billboards appeared in Beirut today, mainly in Beirut's southern suburbs, in support of Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of the Russian Presidential elections set to held on March 17th. Some of them promoted the Russian elections while others included quotes praising Putin. It's not clear who's behind this campaign, but Putin is quite "popular", if I may say so, among Pro-Syrian Pro-Iranian political parties in Lebanon, for all the wrong reasons of course. Nevertheless,…
Posted By
Najib
Mar 05, 2024 10:52
Last year around the same time, rumours spread that Fairouz had turned down an offer to take part in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Season and this year we're hearing again about Fairouz turning down a very generous offer to sing in Saudi Arabia. The Riyadh Season is one of the biggest festivals in the world spanning over 5 months and carried out in over 11 venues. As of 2023, it had claimed several Guinness records including…
Critiques
8 months ago
Lebanon’s top prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat has officially left office today following a 5-year tenure from September 2019 to February 2024. Oueidat will leave his post after having reached retirement age, and will be replaced by ...
Critiques
8 months ago
Israel launched at least two air strikes today on the coastal town of Ghaziyeh, situated on the southern outskirts of Saida. Israeli media claimed two weapon depots belonging to Hezbollah were hit, but the claim ...
Critiques
8 months ago
The vital road that connects the town of Jezzine South of Lebanon to Saida and surrounding villages is at high risk of collapse. Last Friday, a wall partially collapsed blocking the entrance for a short ...
Critiques
8 months ago
“Nabatieh is part of Lebanon”, “South Lebanon is part of Lebanon”; I’ve been seeing these slogans all over social media for the past couple of days but I find myself asking who ever said they’re ...
Critiques
9 months ago
I really hope we don’t have of the Ali Tleiss story this year but there’s a Lebanese student who claims to have scored the highest IQ in the World of 285/300, ahead of a Russian ...
Critiques
1 year ago
Riad Salameh is gone and so is his shady exchange platform “Sayrafa”. Instead, the Council of Ministers has agreed to adopt a new Bloomberg-operated platform for dollar trading, which is expected to reflect the actual ...
Critiques
1 year ago
Hundreds of thugs identifying themselves as soldiers of God (“Jnoud El-Rab”) attacked partygoers at a bar, beating them up, threatening the owner and destroying furniture. How did the security forces respond? They stopped them from ...
Critiques
1 year ago
Back in 2014, a judge bravely dismissed a case against a transgender woman on the basis that article 534, which prohibits sexual relations that “contradict the laws of nature”, cannot be used against homosexuals. This ...
