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Nahar Net
3 days ago
- Politics
- Nahar Net
1 dead and 1 hurt in Israeli drone strikes in Beit Leef and Arnoun
by Naharnet Newsdesk 6 hours One person was killed Sunday in an Israeli drone strike on a motorcycle in the southern town of Arnoun, Al-Jadeed TV said. Earlier in the day an Israeli drone bombed a car in the Bint Jbeil district town of Beit Leef, wounding one person, the Health Ministry said. The attacks come a day after a similar strike in Deir al-Zahrani killed a man described by the Israeli army as a Hezbollah rocket array commander. Israel has continued to bomb Lebanon despite the November 27 truce that sought to halt more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah, including two months of open war. Under the terms of the ceasefire, Hezbollah fighters were to pull back north of the Litani River, some 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the border, and dismantle military infrastructure to its south. Israel was to withdraw all forces from Lebanon but it has kept troops in five areas it deems "strategic". The Lebanese Army has deployed in the South and has been dismantling Hezbollah infrastructure.
Nahar Net
3 days ago
- Politics
- Nahar Net
1 dead and 1 hurt in Israeli drone strikes in Beit Leef and Arnoun
by Naharnet Newsdesk 01 June 2025, 11:51 One person was killed Sunday in an Israeli drone strike on a motorcycle in the southern town of Arnoun, Al-Jadeed TV said. Earlier in the day an Israeli drone bombed a car in the Bint Jbeil district town of Beit Leef, wounding one person, the Health Ministry said. The attacks come a day after a similar strike in Deir al-Zahrani killed a man described by the Israeli army as a Hezbollah rocket array commander. Israel has continued to bomb Lebanon despite the November 27 truce that sought to halt more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah, including two months of open war. Under the terms of the ceasefire, Hezbollah fighters were to pull back north of the Litani River, some 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the border, and dismantle military infrastructure to its south. Israel was to withdraw all forces from Lebanon but it has kept troops in five areas it deems "strategic". The Lebanese Army has deployed in the South and has been dismantling Hezbollah infrastructure.
Memri
25-05-2025
- Politics
- Memri
Lebanese Shiite Islamic scholar Maytham Issa: Iranian Jurisprudence Is Not Shiite Jurisprudence – Offensive Jihad Is Prohibited in Shiite Doctrine; Al-Aqsa Mosque Is in the Fourth Heaven, Not Palestin
Lebanese Shiite Islamic scholar Maytham Issa highlighted the distinction between Iranian and broader Shiite jurisprudence, in a November 11, 2024 appearance on Al-Jadeed TV (Lebanon). He stated that all Shiite sources of authority, past and present, agree that offensive Jihad is prohibited. According to these sources, it is forbidden to initiate fighting against the enemy in order to call them to Islam or to collect the jizya poll tax. Issa explained that it is only permitted to raise the banner of Jihad in the presence of an infallible prophet or Imam and said that Iran has turned religious and historical facts upside down. He also claimed that according to Imam Ja'afar Al-Sadiq, the Al-Aqsa Mosque mentioned in the context of Prophet Muhammad's Night Journey was not located in Palestine, but in the Fourth Heaven.
L'Orient-Le Jour
09-05-2025
- Politics
- L'Orient-Le Jour
'Star' journalists quit Al-Jadeed over Nasrallah report
Mariam al-Bassam, head of news and political programs at Al-Jadeed TV, and several other journalists have resigned in protest after the channel aired last week a controversial report on the mausoleum of Hezbollah's former slain leader, Hassan Nasrallah. According to a channel employee who spoke to L'Orient Today this Friday under the condition of anonymity. The nine-minute segment, aired last Friday during a talk show hosted by Josephine Dib, was reportedly not produced by Al-Jadeed and "did not reflect the channel's editorial stance", according to a clarification cited by the independent news site al-Modon. The report alleged that "tens of millions of dollars" were spent on acquiring land and constructing the mausoleum, while many Hezbollah supporters whose homes were destroyed during the latest war with Israel have not received compensation. The segment also reportedly identified former and current owners of the land and claimed that the purchases were financed using 'non-transparent Iranian money' and 'bags filled with smuggled dollars,' bypassing official banking channels. As of now, the segment appears to have been removed from Al-Jadeed's official website and YouTube channel. Other journalists dismissed The source explains that "star journalists and reporters have also submitted their resignation following Bassam", but declined to give the names of the journalists in question. According to the same source, Al-Jadeed also dismissed journalists Rawand Bou Dargham and Kassem al-Bassam, Mariam al-Bassam's brother, after they signed a letter addressed to management and urged other colleagues to do the same. The letter, which has circulated on social media and was confirmed by an Al-Jadeed employee, called on the channel to take "decisive action" in response to editorial decisions that could "incite division in the country." Employees expressed concern that the channel's current editorial policies could lead to attacks on staff and their families, particularly amid coverage of ongoing municipal and electoral elections across Lebanon. The letter, signed by a large number of reporters, photographers, and editors, urged the channel to implement measures to ensure the safety of its employees. According to the source, no staff member has been personally threatened or attacked since the report aired." It emphasized that employees are not seeking "solidarity from the channel after an attack takes place," but rather aim to "prevent such incidents altogether". In response to the broadcast, some Al-Jadeed employees posted pictures of the mausoleum with heart emojis on social media, as a symbolic protest against the aired segment. Hezbollah's media outlet Al-Manar responded on Monday, describing the report as 'nine minutes of polite incitement' disguised as investigative journalism. It criticized the piece for lacking basic journalistic standards and accused Al-Jadeed of attempting to stir domestic unrest, claiming that official records contradicted the report's assertions. On Saturday, Hezbollah MP Ibrahim Moussawi described the investigation as a 'qualified crime' and called on the judiciary to take immediate action. Who is Mariam al-Bassam? Mariam al-Bassam is widely known for writing the editorial introductions to Al-Jadeed's 7:30 p.m. news bulletin. She joined the channel in the early 2000s and became a prominent figure in its newsroom. Before her tenure at Al-Jadeed, al-Bassam worked at Sawt al-Shaab radio and later with Reuters and the BBC. Al-Jadeed is owned by Lebanese businessman Tahseen al-Khayyat, who is also the founder and chairman of the Tahseen Khayat Group, a conglomerate with operations in publishing, printing, media, energy, and pharmaceuticals. His daughter, Karma al-Khayyat, currently serves as Deputy General Manager of the channel. Al-Jadeed's headquarters in Cola neighborhood in Beirut have been attacked several times in the past years by unknown assaillants, as the TV station regularly criticizes political parties from different sides in Lebanon.
Nahar Net
07-05-2025
- Business
- Nahar Net
KSA inclined to lift Lebanon travel ban on 1st day of Eid al-Adha
Saudi Arabia is inclined to lift the ban on the travel of its citizens to Lebanon on the first day of Eid al-Adha, which is expected to be marked on June 6, Al-Jadeed TV reported on Wednesday. LBCI television had reported Tuesday that 'a specialized technical Saudi committee will visit Lebanon in the coming weeks to study the obstacles standing in the way of the travel of Saudi tourists and to find the appropriate mechanisms for addressing them.' Two Emirati passenger planes landed Wednesday at the Rafik Hariri International Airport after the UAE lifted its travel ban on Lebanon. Lebanon's Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported Tuesday that after the UAE allowed its citizens to travel to Lebanon, the fellow countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council are inclined to follow suit in the near future. 'Intensive meetings are being held with political and security officials, most notably the meeting that PM Nawaf Salam will hold today (Tuesday) with the GCC ambassadors to explain the measures that the Lebanese state has taken at the airport, its vicinity and along the road leading to it with the aim of reassuring these countries before they take the ban lifting decisions,' the daily quoted a 'highly informed source' as saying. In 2021, the United Arab Emirates imposed the travel ban and withdrew diplomats from Beirut in solidarity with Saudi Arabia, after a Lebanese minister criticized the Riyadh-led military intervention in Yemen. Ties between Beirut and the Gulf countries had soured in the past decade over Hezbollah's influence on Lebanon. But with the group weakened by its recent war with Israel, several Gulf countries have renewed their interest in Lebanon. In March, Saudi Arabia said it would review "obstacles" to resuming Lebanese imports and ending a ban on its citizens visiting Lebanon, following a visit by President Joseph Aoun to the kingdom.
