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U.S. Designates Muslim Brotherhood Branches in Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon as 'Terror' Groups
This is Beirut 13/01 21:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The United States designated three Middle Eastern branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations on Tuesday, including on the group’s Egyptian, Jordanian, and Lebanese branches, alleging they pose a threat to U.S. interests. The State Department designated the Lebanese branch as a "foreign terrorist organization" (FTO), the most ...
Hadi El Khatib Reveals New Developments at Champville
Hala Abdallah 13/01 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute
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Hadi El Khatib shares the latest on Maristes Champville. Did the club’s top players terminate their contracts? Which teams are contacting Champville players? And what did the federation actually say? Find out in the full episode of This Is Sports on This Is Beirut.
U.S. Strike in Venezuela a Blow to Hezbollah’s Revival Efforts
Ian Talley 13/01 15:30 - Reading : 218 minute(s)
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The United States dealt Iran and its proxy Hezbollah a strategic blow over the weekend by seizing key ally, Venezuela’s strongman Nicolás Maduro. While the dominant narrative of the complex military strike has focused on its framing as a counternarcotics operation and aggressive energy politics, coverage has largely missed a critical strategic ...
German Chancellor Says Iranian Regime Likely Living its ‘Last Days’
This is Beirut 13/01 11:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday said he believes Iran’s regime is living out its last days, as pressure grows on the Islamic Republic over protests that have reportedly killed hundreds of people. “When a regime can only hold on to power through violence, then it is effectively finished,” Merz tells reporters in Bengaluru, during ...
Iran Allows Overseas Calls as Death Toll From Protests Mounts
This is Beirut 13/01 11:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iranians could call abroad on mobile phones Tuesday for the first time since communications were halted during a crackdown on nationwide protests in which activists said at least 646 people have been killed. However, the regime did not ease restrictions on the internet or allow texting services to be restored. Although Iranians were able to ...
Trump Cancels Meetings With Iranian Officials, Tells Protesters 'Help is on Its Way'
This is Beirut 13/01 09:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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President Trump said Tuesday he's canceled talks with Iranian officials amid a protest crackdown, telling Iranian citizens "help is on its way." Trump did not offer any details about what the help would entail, but it comes after the Republican president earlier this week said Iran wants to negotiate with Washington. "Iranian Patriots, KEEP ...
Trump Announces 25% Tariff on Countries Doing Business With Iran
This is Beirut 13/01 09:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced fresh tariffs on Iran's trading partners in an apparent response to the rising number of people killed during recent protests. In a post on Truth Social, President Trump wrote that any country "doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran" will pay a 25% tariff "effective ...
Aleppo Unrest was Kurdish Fighters' Bid to Wreck Turkey Peace Process: Erdogan's Party
This is Beirut 13/01 09:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Recent deadly clashes in Syria's Aleppo were an attempt by Kurdish fighters to sabotage Turkey's efforts to end a decades-long conflict with the Kurdish militant PKK group, Ankara's ruling party said Monday. "The YPG/SDF terrorist organisation's attacks and the operation in Aleppo... is an attempt to sabotage the goal of a ...
Hamas to Hold Leadership Elections in Coming Months: Sources
This is Beirut 13/01 09:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Hamas is preparing to hold internal elections to rebuild its leadership following Israel's killing of several of the group's top figures during the war in Gaza, sources in the movement said on Monday. "Internal preparations are still ongoing in order to hold the elections at the appropriate time in areas where conditions on the ...
UN Force Says Israeli Tank Fired Near Peacekeepers in Lebanon
This is Beirut 13/01 09:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon said an Israeli tank fired near its peacekeepers on Monday, and warned that such attacks were becoming "disturbingly common". UNIFIL has repeatedly reported Israeli fire near or towards its personnel in recent months, and less than two weeks ago said gunfire from an Israeli position hit close ...
Aoun Urges Hezbollah to “Act Rationally”, Reaffirming State Monopoly on Weapons
This is Beirut 13/01 08:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun delivered one of his clearest and most direct statements to date on Hezbollah’s arms on Sunday, urging the militia to “act rationally” and fully integrate into the Lebanese state. In a televised interview marking the second anniversary of his election, Aoun laid out his vision for restoring state ...
Iran Protest Toll Mounts as Government Stages Mass Rallies
This is Beirut 12/01 21:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A violent crackdown on a wave of protests in Iran has killed at least 648 people, a rights group said on Monday, as Iranian authorities sought to regain control of the streets with mass nationwide rallies. The government's call for rallies in support of the Islamic republic drew thousands on Monday, a turnout supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ...
Golden Globes 2026: 'One Battle After Another' Dominates, 'Hamnet Shocks' as Best Drama
This is Beirut 12/01 18:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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One Battle After Another reigned supreme at the Golden Globes on Sunday, winning best comedy, while Hamnet sprung a surprise by taking best drama film at the splashy Hollywood ceremony. Paul Thomas Anderson's screwball thriller One Battle, which centers on an aging revolutionary played by Leonardo DiCaprio, led the night by winning four of its ...
After Khamanei: What the Fall of Iran’s Regime Would Mean for the Region
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 12/01 16:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The fall of Iran's Islamist regime would mark one of the most seismic shifts in Middle Eastern geopolitics since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that brought it to power. As massive protests grip the country, sparked by economic collapse and hyperinflation, the prospect of regime change grows more tangible. Unlike the 1979 revolution, which ushered ...
FM Raggi Denounces Hamas, Hezbollah Presence in Lebanon
This is Beirut 12/01 15:20 - Reading : less than a minute
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Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi delivered a firm message to his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, denouncing the involvement of Hamas and Hezbollah in Lebanon, in an interview with Sky News Arabia on Monday. According to Raggi, Hamas’s support for the war brought Lebanon “destruction, death, and suffering,” noting that the ...
EU Says Bloc Eyeing Sanctions on Iran
This is Beirut 12/01 15:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The European Union is “looking into” imposing additional sanctions on Iran over the repression of protests throughout the country, the bloc said. “We are ready to propose new and tougher sanctions following the violent repression of demonstrators,” said the Union's foreign affairs spokesman, Anouar El ...
The ‘Five-Nation Committee’ Confirms Support for Lebanese State
This is Beirut 12/01 11:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The five-nation committee of ambassadors from Saudi Arabia, France, Qatar, Egypt, and the United States met with Lebanese Prime Minister Salam to discuss the ongoing weapons inventory, among other issues, reaffirming their support for the Lebanese state and urging timely progress on the disarmament file. Egyptian diplomat Alaa Moussa said, “We ...
Israel Strikes Hezbollah Site in Southern Lebanon
This is Beirut 12/01 10:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israel on Sunday evening struck a residential building in Kfar Hata in Saida, which lies north of the Litani River, claiming to strike an underground site used to store Hezbollah terrorist weapons. The building was inspected by the Lebanese Army and UN peacekeepers who disproved Israel’s claims that it was being used by Hezbollah. The ...
Syrian Forces Push Out Kurdish Fighters as U.S. Hits ISIS
This is Beirut 12/01 09:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syrian government forces have detained 300 Kurds and evacuated more than 400 Kurdish fighters after clashes in Aleppo, the interior ministry has said, as U.S. and allied forces carried out separate “large-scale” strikes against Islamic State targets. An interior ministry official told Agence France-Presse that about 360 Kurdish ...
Trump Says Iran Wants to "Negotiate"
This is Beirut 12/01 09:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that Iran’s leadership had called him seeking “to negotiate” after he repeatedly threatened to intervene militarily if Tehran killed protesters. He added, however, that the U.S. "may have to act before a meeting.” Trump has not elaborated on what the U.S. is considering, but said on Sunday that ...
U.S. Says Iran Deployed Foreign Militias to Quell Protests
This is Beirut 10/01 14:25 - Reading : less than a minute
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The United States said on Saturday it was concerned by reports that the Iranian regime had resorted to foreign fighters to suppress peaceful protests inside the country. In a message published in Persian on X, the U.S. State Department said that members of Hezbollah and Iraqi militias had allegedly been deployed against demonstrators. Washington ...
New Rallies in Iran as Son Of Shah Calls for City Centers to be Seized
This is Beirut 10/01 12:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Major Iranian cities were gripped overnight by new mass rallies denouncing the Islamic republic, as the son of the ousted Shah urged protesters on Saturday to plan to seize city centers. The two weeks of protests have posed one of the biggest challenges to the theocratic authorities who have ruled Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution, although ...
Syrian Army Says Controls Aleppo District, Kurdish Forces Deny Claim
This is Beirut 10/01 12:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Syria's army said it had completed a "security sweep" on Saturday of a neighborhood in Aleppo where it clashed with Kurdish forces, who denied losing control of the area after defying calls to surrender. Government forces began striking the Sheikh Maqsud district overnight after a deadline elapsed for Kurdish fighters to withdraw during a ...
Golden Globe 2026: Full List of Nominees Revealed!
This is Beirut 09/01 20:40 - Reading : 9 minute(s)
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Here are the nominees in key categories for the 83rd Golden Globe Awards, which will be handed out on Sunday. One Battle After Another leads all contenders with nine nods, followed by Sentimental Value with eight and Sinners with seven. FILM Best film, drama Frankenstein Hamnet It Was Just An Accident The Secret Agent Sentimental ...
Iran FM Meets Delegation in Lebanon
This is Beirut 09/01 20:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who arrived Thursday in Beirut, met Friday with President Joseph Aoun and Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji. During the meetings, FM Rajji asked his counterpart if Iran would accept an illegal armed organization on its territories. FM Araghchi said that Iran supports Hezbollah as a ...
Syria Army Warns Will Strike Kurdish District of Aleppo: State Media
This is Beirut 09/01 20:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Syria's army warned on Friday it would renew attacks against a Kurdish-majority district of Aleppo and urged residents to evacuate, state media reported, hours after a ceasefire was announced. The army said it would target military sites used by Kurdish fighters in the Sheikh Maqsud district, in statements published by state news agency SANA ...
Israel Strikes Southern Lebanon Targeting Hezbollah
This is Beirut 09/01 19:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israel struck several areas in southern Lebanon on Friday, reportedly hitting Hezbollah targets and infrastructure. The agency said that the strikes targeted areas between the towns of Kfar Fila and Ain Qana in the Iqlim al-Tuffah region, as well as nearby areas in southern Lebanon. Additional airstrikes also hit locations between the towns ...
Qassem: Hezbollah to Continue "Cooperation" With LAF to Expel "Occupation"
This is Beirut 09/01 19:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday in Lebanon, where the two discussed cooperation with the Lebanese Armed Forces “to expel the occupation” and reconstruction efforts. According to a statement by Hezbollah, Qassem talked about “the continuation of the ...
Iran FM Says US, Israel 'Directly Intervening' in Protests
This is Beirut 09/01 17:15 - Reading : less than a minute
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Iran's foreign minister accused the United States and Israel on Friday of fueling a growing protest movement in the country, while dismissing the possibility of direct foreign military intervention after US warnings over crackdowns on demonstrators. "This is what the Americans and Israelis have stated, that they are directly intervening ...
Egypt-Lebanon Gas Deal: Israeli Gas at the Heart of the Agreement
Claudia Groeling 09/01 12:50 - Reading : 83 minute(s)
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Two eastern Mediterranean natural gas deals announced twelve days apart highlight shifting energy dynamics amid dramatic geopolitical transformations in the region, with Lebanon aiming to benefit. On December 17, 2025, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a $35 billion gas deal with Egypt, describing the agreement as ...