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Due to the lateness of the announcement, smart devices with "automatic time" enabled changed the time on the originally scheduled date of 25 March, and some major media outlets, including MTV, LBCI and OTV, announced that they will not abide by the decision. [7] Different religious communities in Lebanon observed the shift independently. [8]
Beirut (/ beɪˈruːt / bay-ROOT; [ 3 ] Arabic: بيروت, romanized:Bayrūt ⓘ / beɪˈruːt /) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. As of 2014 [update], Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, [ 4 ] which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region and the thirteenth-largest in the Arab world.
Israel said Friday that it carried out a strike against Hezbollah's headquarters in Beirut. The strike reportedly targeted the military group's leader, Hassan Nasrallah. His fate is currently unknown.
Around 17:45 local time (14:45 UTC) on 4 August 2020, a fire broke out in Warehouse 12 at the Port of Beirut. [40] [41] Warehouse 12, which was waterside and adjacent to the grain elevator, stored the ammonium nitrate that had been confiscated from Rhosus alongside a stash of fireworks.
Under the current Lebanese nationality law, diaspora Lebanese do not have an automatic right of return to Lebanon. Due to varying degrees of assimilation and high degree of interethnic marriages, most diaspora Lebanese have not passed on the Arabic language to their children, while still maintaining a Lebanese ethnic identity.
The airport reopened to commercial flights on 17 August 2006, with the arrival of a Middle East Airlines (MEA) flight around 1:10 p.m. local time from Amman, followed by a Royal Jordanian flight also from Amman. [10] This marked the first commercial flight arrival at Beirut International Airport since the airport's closure almost five weeks before.
Israel carried out part of its device attack targeting Hezbollah by concealing explosives inside the batteries of pagers brought into Lebanon, according to two high-ranking Lebanese security ...
At around 12 midnight UTC+3 (local time), the IDF struck three buildings storing Hezbollah anti-ship missiles in Dahieh. [114] At around 3 a.m., Israel issued evacuation warnings via social media, which included two locations in Burj al-Barajneh and one in Hadath area. At around 4 a.m., the Israeli military began bombing Burj al-Barajneh. [112]