Oct. 7 anniversary. Israel and Hamas. Bertolotti (Start InSight): “October 7 marked a pause in the normalisation process between Israel and the Arab countries”

On 7 October 2023, Hamas launched an unprecedented terrorist attack on Israel by land, sea and air, killing 1,200 Jews.…

Lebanon: EU Commission, 30 million euros in urgent humanitarian aids. European Civil Protection Mechanism activated

Msgr. Essayan (Apostolic Vicar for the Latins) calls for an “immediate ceasefire.” “We are running out of time”

Interviewed by SIR, Monsignor César Essayan, Apostolic Vicar of Beirut for the Latins, comments on the situation in the country.…

War in Lebanon: some 100,000 displaced people – Syrian and Lebanese – flee to Syria

During the war in Syria that broke out in 2011, more than 1.5 million Syrians fled to the Land of…

Lebanon. Cardinal Raï (Maronite Patriarch): “Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination is a wound in the heart of the Lebanese people”

The Maronite Patriarch Card. Boutros Raï commented on the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during Sunday Mass in the…

Israel-Lebanon: statement by EU and 11 States for immediate ceasefire and diplomatic action. Italy is also a signatory

Father Abboud (Caritas Lebanon): “We fear there could be victims and destruction also within the Christian communities”

The toll from Tuesday’s Israeli air strikes in Lebanon rose to at least 558 dead and 1,835 wounded. Fifty minors,…

Lebanon. Father Marwan, Maronite parish priest in Bouchrieh (Beirut): “The people are afraid. They fear an all-out destruction. Stop!”

“Widespread anxiety prevails. Everyday life is marked by fear, expecting the situation to change from one minute to the next,…

Israel and Hezbollah. Msgr. Nahra (Patriarchal Vicar): “When the war in Gaza will end, so will the hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah”

The Israel-Hezbollah conflict is escalating with increasing intensity. More than 80 Israeli air strikes hit southern and eastern Lebanon early…

Lebanon on the brink of collapse: political vacuum, economic chaos and the nightmare of war

Lebanon, the Land of the Cedars, is facing one of the most dramatic moments in its history. The war with…

Death of Ismail Haniyeh. Bertolotti (Start Insight): “A win for Israel, a temporary setback for Hamas”

The political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in an Israeli air strike in Tehran on Tuesday night. He…