The Lebanese Army and the Internal Security Forces (ISF) have been heavily deployed in Beirut and its surroundings to combat the rising crime and law violations, sources in the Lebanese capital reported on Sunday.
With the economic crisis and political chaos, crime has skyrocketed in Beirut © Mena Today
The Lebanese Army and the Internal Security Forces (ISF) have been heavily deployed in Beirut and its surroundings to combat the rising crime and law violations, sources in the Lebanese capital reported on Sunday.
With the economic crisis and political chaos, crime has skyrocketed in Beirut. Attacks on businesses, robberies in upscale restaurants, burglaries, and kidnappings—the list of incidents is long.
Lebanon is without a president, has a powerless Prime Minister, and a government that is only handling current affairs.
As if one misfortune wasn't enough, Lebanon is under the influence of Iran and its militia, Hezbollah, which has caused the exodus of tens of thousands of residents from South Lebanon.
By Antoine Khoury
Iran must "seriously improve" cooperation with the United Nations inspectors to avoid heightening tensions with the West, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi.
Iran has released two French nationals imprisoned there for more than three years, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday, in apparent exchange for an Iranian student who was conditionally freed in October.
Syrians no longer have grounds for asylum in Germany now the civil war in their country is over, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said, as his conservatives seek to fend off a surging far-right ahead of a slew of state elections next year.
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