Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, July 4, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• 8:30 a.m.: Chairman of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Committee Fadi Alama will go from Parliament to the UNIFIL base in Naqoura where he will meet with UNIFIL head General Aroldo Lazaro to coincide with the request to extend UNIFIL's mandate.• 2 p.m.: A commemoration ceremony in Beirut, followed by a funeral in Haddatha (Bint Jbeil) will take place for Hezbollah commander Mohammad Naame Nasser, killed in an Israeli strike in Sour yesterday.5 p.m.: The monthly vigil held by the families of the victims of the Aug. 4, 2020 Beirut Port explosion.• The U.K. votes in its general election, with the Conservative party, led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, is widely expected to face...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, July 4, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• 8:30 a.m.: Chairman of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Committee Fadi Alama will go from Parliament to the UNIFIL base in Naqoura where he will meet with UNIFIL head General Aroldo Lazaro to coincide with the request to extend UNIFIL's mandate.• 2 p.m.: A commemoration ceremony in Beirut, followed by a funeral in Haddatha (Bint Jbeil) will take place for Hezbollah commander Mohammad Naame Nasser, killed in an Israeli strike in Sour yesterday.5 p.m.: The monthly vigil held by the families of the victims of the Aug. 4, 2020 Beirut Port explosion.• The U.K. votes in its general election, with the Conservative party, led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, is widely expected to...