Tag: Hezbollah

Beirut, Weekly Report # 13, April 17th, 2020

Cronache dal Libano by Yves Beirut, 17 April. While the country is focused on issues about the pandemic, political tensions have appeared in the country as well as tensions with the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on the borders. On Friday…

Beirut, Weekly Report # 7, March 06th, 2020

by Yves Headlines have been mainly about the Syrian crisis and internally about a decision to freeze financial assets of 21 Lebanese bank directors and its unexpected suspension.  The initial decision of the financial state attorney Ali Ibrahim to freeze…

Beirut, Weekly Report # 6, February 28th, 2020

by Yves Two main headlines for this week. The spread of the coronavirus and the visit of the IMF team and its consequences. Last week, on Friday 21, a case of the coronavirus was detected on a 45-year-old Lebanese woman…

Beirut, Weekly Report # 5, February 21th, 2020

by Yves This week three main headlines: the internal political tensions, the visit of a technical assessment team from the IMF and military developments in the Idlib area in Syria. At the end of last week, on 14 February, Saad…