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318 Pakistani citizens evacuated From Syria via Beirut on PM Shehbaz’s instructions

318 Pakistani citizens evacuated From Syria via Beirut on PM Shehbaz's instructions

318 Pakistani citizens stranded in Syria were evacuated on Thursday via a special chartered flight under the directive of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The evacuation, coordinated through Beirut, followed a series of review meetings led by the prime minister. PM Shehbaz also engaged in discussions with the Lebanese prime minister to ensure the safe return … Read more

Hezbollah spokesperson Afif martyred in Israeli attack

Hezbollah

LEBANON: The spokesperson of Hezbollah Muhammad Afif was martyred as a result of the Israeli attack in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.

According to foreign media, the Israeli army carried out airstrikes on a residential area of ​​Beirut on Sunday, as a result of which the spokesman of Hezbollah, Muhammad Afif, was martyred.

Hezbollah spokesman Muhammad Afif, who was martyred in the Israeli attack, was also an adviser to former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, while he was serving as Hezbollah’s spokesman since 2014.

According to reports, Muhammad Afif was at the headquarters of the Hezbollah-backed Ba’ath Party at the time of the Israeli attack.

No warning was issued by Israel before the attack.

According to the Ministry of Health of Lebanon, the Israeli Air Force carried out an air strike in the area of ​​Ras al-Banna, in which a total of 4 people were martyred.

The Israeli Air Force says it acted on intelligence reports in the area that resulted in the death of a Hezbollah spokesman.

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Heavy strikes shake Beirut as Israel expands Lebanon campaign

Lebanon reports 11 killed, 63 hurt in Israeli attack on Beirut

Heavy strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs from late Saturday into Sunday, with explosions heard across the city and flashes of light seen for nearly 30 minutes. These strikes followed days of Israeli bombings targeting areas considered Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut. Israel claimed responsibility for killing Hezbollah’s leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, on September 27, in a … Read more

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah martyred in Beirut strike  

Hezbollah

LEBNAN: The Lebanon’s Hezbollah confirmed that Sayeed Hassan Nasrallah was martyred in Israeli airstrike in Lebanese capital, Beirut.

Earlier, Israel bombed the southern area of ​​Beirut, the Lebanese capital, and in this attack, two people were martyred and many were injured.

In the last 5 days, this was the most powerful bombardment of the Israeli army on Beirut, 4 buildings were damaged in the Israeli bombardment of the southern town.

The Israeli army claimed the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut attack some time ago.

However, now Hezbollah has also confirmed the martyrdom of its leader Hassan Nasrallah. In a statement released by Hezbollah, it has been said that Hassan Nasrullah was martyred. Hezbollah said that the war against Israel will continue.

Israel has also claimed the martyrdom of Zeinab Nasrallah, the daughter of the Hezbollah chief, in the Beirut attack.

Hassan Nasrallah was elected Secretary General of Hezbollah in 1992 at the age of 32, after his predecessor Abbas al-Mousawi was assassinated by an Israeli gunship helicopter.

He studied politics and the Quran for three years in Najaf, Iraq, where he met Sayyid Abbas Mousawi, the leader of the Lebanese Amal militia. In 1978, Hassan Nasrallah was expelled from Iraq.

Hassan Nasrallah joined the Amal movement after Lebanon was engulfed in civil war, he was appointed as the political representative of the Amal militia in the Beqaa Valley.

After the Israeli army invaded Beirut in 1982, Hassan Nasrallah parted way from Amal and joined Hezbollah.

Hezbollah emerged as the main opposition organization to Israel under the leadership of Hassan Nasrallah, who insists that Israel remains a real threat.

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Ayesha Omar enjoying in Beirut, Lebanon with friends and family: See photos

Ayesha Omar

Ayesha Omar is a Pakistani television and cinema actress. She is well-known for her roles in the hit dramas Zindagi Gulzar Hai, Habs, and Bulbulay. Recently, Ayesha has been relaxing in Beirut, Lebanon with her friends and family.   Ayesha Omar is a stunning Pakistani television and cinema actress. The stunning performer is well-known for … Read more

Beirut bank ‘hero’ released without any charges

Beirut bank

Bassam al-Sheikh Hussein held employees at a Beirut bank hostage last week. Claimed he needed to withdraw $35,000 (£29,000) in order to pay for his father’s hospital bills. Lebanese bank Federal Bank abandoned charges against him and released him. A man who held employees at a Beirut bank hostage last week in an effort to … Read more

Public support man who held Beirut bank hostage for a ‘reason’

Beirut bank

Lebanon’s banks have imposed stringent restrictions on the amount of cash that can be withdrawn. Armed man held a bank hostage for more than six hours in Beirut. His actions garnered public support, as cheering crowds gathered outside and chanted You’re a hero!”. The public has hailed as a hero an armed man who held … Read more

Rafic Hariri killers sentenced to life imprisonment

Rafic Hariri

Habib Merhi and Hussein Oneissi were found guilty on appeal in March. Court sentenced them to life imprisonment for 2005 Beirut bombing. Hezbollah has refused to hand them over. A UN-backed court sentenced two Hezbollah members in their absence to life imprisonment on Thursday for a huge Beirut bombing in 2005 that killed Lebanon’s ex-premier Rafic Hariri. … Read more

Lebanon asks for US mediation after Israel gas ship move

Lebanon

Lebanon asks US for mediation after Israel pushes gas production into disputed field. Lebanon and Israel last fought a war in 2006, have no diplomatic relations. Israeli energy ministry says flow of gas from Karish should start in September. After Israel pushed a gas production vessel into an offshore field that Beirut claims, Lebanon requested … Read more

Lebanon’s doctors ,hospitals are on strike

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BEIRUT: Dozens of physicians, nurses, and medical professionals demonstrated outside the Central Bank of Beirut on Thursday after calling a two-day nationwide strike to protest the country’s rapidly deteriorating economic situation. The walkout was called by two medical professional organisations, the Syndicates of Doctors in Beirut and the North and the Syndicate of Private Hospital … Read more

Lebanon holds National Elections first since the financial crisis

Lebanon holds National Elections first since the financial crisis Electors in Lebanon have gone to the surveys in the primary public political race since a grievous financial breakdown and a blast that destroyed the Beirut waterfront in 2020, in the midst of low assumptions that the pioneers they consider dependable will confront a genuine test … Read more

Beirut port explosion suspect apprehended in Chile

Beirut

Authorities in Chile apprehended a Portuguese man wanted in connection with the Beirut port explosion. The individual was wanted by Interpol and was apprehended after landing in Santiago on a flight from Spain. He is suspected of importing “explosive components” into Lebanon in connection with the August 2020 explosion in Beirut’s harbour. A fire in … Read more

Protests against a draft capital control law in Beirut

Beirut

Protests against a draft capital control bill were conducted in Beirut on Tuesday, as parliamentary committees debated the proposed legislation. Formal capital controls are a policy suggestion of the International Monetary Fund, and Lebanon intends to gain IMF assistance following the collapse of the country’s financial system in 2019, crippling the banking sector and locking … Read more

Lebanon orders Beirut silos to be demolished

Lebanon Beirut

Lebanon authorized the demolition of Beirut’s grain silos on Thursday, rejecting requests to preserve them as a memorial site following a disastrous 2020 port explosion. “We assigned the Council for Development and Reconstruction the responsibility of monitoring the demolition process,” Information Minister Ziad Makari said during a cabinet meeting, without providing a timeline. Makari stated … Read more

Lebanon to demolish blast-hit Beirut silos

Lebanon

Lebanon demanded the demolishment on Beirut’s grain silos, at risk of breakdown following a devastating 2020 port explosion, on Thursday, in spite of calls to save them as a memorial site. “We tasked the Council for Development and Reconstruction with supervising the demolition process,” said Information Minister Ziad Makari. After a cabinet official meeting, without … Read more

Lebanon’s ‘zombie banks’ downsize to weather crisis

lebanon

BEIRUT: Once the economy’s crown jewel, Lebanon’s banks are shutting branches and laying off employees in droves, resizing to the bleak reality of a crisis they are widely blamed for. Before the onset in 2019 of a financial collapse deemed one of the world’s worst since the 1850s by the World Bank, the small Mediterranean … Read more

Escaping slow death in Beirut, Lebanese embrace farm life

Lebanon

SINAY, Lebanon: At 28, Thurayya left behind the Beirut neighbourhood where she was born and moved to the family farm, not because of environmental concerns but forced there by Lebanon’s bruising crises. “Living in the city has become very miserable,” she told AFP from the lush south Lebanon farmland planted with avocado trees that is now … Read more

Israeli strikes hit Syria military targets: monitor

Israeli

BEIRUT: Israeli airstrikes hit positions held by the Syrian government and its pro-Iranian allies near Damascus overnight, a war monitor said on Wednesday. Syrian state news agency SANA confirmed the raids and said they caused only material damage. “The Israeli enemy launched an aerial aggression with a number of missiles,” the news agency quoted a … Read more

Lebanon protest chaos revives civil war ghost

Lebanon protest chaos revives civil war ghost

BEIRUT: Bullets riddling residential facades, snipers on roofs, residents crouching inside their homes — the scenes that filled the streets of Beirut Thursday were all too familiar to many Lebanese. The same militia groups, the same neighbourhoods: the news flashes and blame game that flooded social media as a protest descended into deadly chaos in … Read more

Four Israelis hurt as rockets fired from southern Lebanon 

Israeli army

BEIRUT: Four Israelis were injured on Wednesday by three rockets fired from southern Lebanon to northern Israel, NBN TV channel reported. The rocket attack has prompted retaliation by the Israeli artillery toward the Sahl al-Khiyam area in southern Lebanon, NBN reported. The head of the Upper Galilee Regional Council ordered Israeli settlers to stay in … Read more

Taekwondo team has made Pakistan proud: Foreign Office

taekwondo team

Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri stated that the Pakistan Taekwondo team had made the country proud of winning the silver medal in the Asian Taekwondo Championship in Beirut and the team has made Pakistan proud. “Delighted to see team Pakistan win a silver medal in the team Poomsae event at the Asian Taekwondo Championship … Read more

Large fire erupts in Beirut’s port area, month after massive explosion

Seoul fire

A store of tires and oil at the Beirut port caught fire on Thursday, almost after a month when a massive explosion devastated the port and the surrounding residential area of the capital city of Beirut, according to a military source. The military source added that the fire erupted in the duty-free zone of the … Read more

Lebanon’s Prime Minister, cabinet resign over Beirut blast

Lebanon's Prime Minister, cabinet resign over Beirut blast

Following the bombings in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced his resignation, along with cabinet members. According to details, Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab and his cabinet resigned after a devastating bomb blast in Beirut last week and widespread public protests against the ruling class. [embedpost id=”50366″ slug=”lebanese-information-minister-resigns-over-beirut-tragedy”] Prime Minister Hassan … Read more

Lebanese Information Minister resigns over Beirut tragedy

Lebanese Information Minister resigns over Beirut tragedy

Lebanon’s Information Minister Manal Abdel Samad has resigned over the Beirut tragedy. According to details, the country’s Information Minister Manal Abdel Samad resigned from her post, acknowledging her failures after the horrific bombing in Lebanon. [embedpost id=”50366″ slug=”turkey-offers-lebanon-to-restore-beiruts-port-and-destroyed-buildings”] “I announce my resignation from the government in aftermath of the Beirut tragedy and I apologize to … Read more

Beirut explosion: World leaders to hold talks for aid

Beirut blast: Lebanon assembly approves state of emergency

International leaders are likely to hold negotiations through a virtual conference on Sunday to raise funds for Beirut. The conference has been set up by France and the United Nations. US President Donald Trump has plans to join the conference. French President Emmanuel Macron has visited Beirut on Thursday. He announced that he wanted to … Read more

PM in grief over massive explosions in Beirut

Federal Cabinet meeting today

Pakistan Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has expressed grief to the loss of precious lives due to the devastating blasts in Lebanon. Taking to Twitter PM Imran Khan said that he was deeply pained to hear of the massive explosions in Beirut with precious lives lost and thousands injured. He wrote: Deeply pained to hear … Read more

Massive explosion rocks Lebanese capital, Beirut

Massive explosion rocks Lebanese capital, Beirut

Two bomb blasts have rocked the Lebanese capital, Beirut. According to the details, two blasts have taken place in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, while the blast took place in the port area of ​​the city. The sources said, dozens of people have been reported injured in the two blasts. The reporters of some local … Read more