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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. 2024 Lebanon electronic device attacks Part of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present) Remnants of a Hezbollah pager that exploded on 17 September 2024 Location Lebanon and Syria Date 17–18 September 2024 Target Hezbollah members Weapons Booby-trapped pagers (Day 1) Booby-trapped walkie ...
Shiite Muslims Wednesday in Lebanon and Iraq commemorated Ashoura, marking the 7th-century death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein, that gave birth to their faith, while paying tribute to ...
A funeral ceremony held for four people who were killed in Lebanon when pagers were detonated, in Dahiyeh neighborhood, south of the capital Beirut, Lebanon on Sept. 18, 2024. Credit - Houssam ...
A second wave of device explosions hit Lebanon on Wednesday, killing 14, injuring 450 others and igniting blazes across the country a day after hundreds of pagers belonging to Hezbollah members ...
Islam in Lebanon has a long and continuous history. According to a 2020 estimate by the CIA, it is followed by 69.3% of the country's total population. [3] While a 2022 study by Pew Research puts the number of Muslims in Lebanon at 57.6%. [4] According to the CIA study, Sunnis make up 31.9% while Twelver Shia make up 31.2%.
Lebanon is an eastern Mediterranean country that has the most religiously diverse society within the Middle East, recognizing 18 religious sects. [2] [3] The recognized religions are Islam (Sunni, Shia, Alawites, and Isma'ili), Druze, Christianity (the Maronite Church, the Greek Orthodox Church, the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, evangelical Protestantism, the Armenian Apostolic Church, the ...
The Muslim Observer is the oldest of the branches of Muslim Media Network, Inc., (MMN) which came into existence and subsumed it in 2005. MMN also contains the Muslim Media News Service, a subscription news service with national and international reporters. So far, TMO and Muslim Media News Service are the only branches of MMN.
Explosions in booby-trapped radios and pagers in Lebanon this week seriously disrupted its fragile health sector, the World Health Organization chief said on Thursday. The U.N. health agency cited ...