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Hezbollah Rallies Form in Lebanon in Condolence for Khamenei
This is Beirut 01/03 19:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Hundreds of supporters of Lebanon’s Iran-aligned Hezbollah movement gathered on Sunday in Beirut’s southern suburbs and other regions to mourn the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and express solidarity with the Islamic Republic amid a rapidly intensifying regional conflict. The rallies, held in the Ashoura ...
Syria Confirms Mass Escape from Al-Hol Camp for Relatives of Jihadists
This is Beirut 25/02 14:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria's interior ministry confirmed on Wednesday the mass escape of relatives of suspected Islamic State group jihadists from the Al-Hol camp last month following the withdrawal of Kurdish forces who had overseen the facility. "When our forces arrived, they found cases of collective escapes due to the camp having been opened up in a ...
Day 4 of Iran’s Gulf Campaign: Missile and Drone Strikes Rock Gulf States
This is Beirut 03/03 13:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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On the fourth consecutive day of Iranian attacks across the Gulf, multiple countries have been targeted with missiles and drones, prompting evacuations, air defence responses, and widespread concern for civilian safety. "The enemy must await continuous punitive attacks; the gates of hell will open more and more, moment by moment, upon the United ...
Qatar arrests 313 People for Sharing Attacks Footage, 'Rumors'
This is Beirut 09/03 11:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Qatari authorities have arrested more than 300 people for sharing images and what they described as "misleading information" during days of attacks by Iran, the interior ministry said on Monday. The arrests echo measures across the Gulf as Iran targets airports, military bases, energy installations and residential areas with daily drones and ...
Israel Continues Offensive in Lebanon as IDF Announces ‘Buffer’ Zone
This is Beirut 03/03 19:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israel’s offensive against targets of Hezbollah and its allies continued into Tuesday afternoon and evening, while Israeli ground forces entered new sites in southern Lebanon to create a “buffer” zone. On Tuesday afternoon, Arabic spokesperson to the Israeli army Avichay Adraee issued an evacuation call to 112 towns in southern ...
UAE Condemns Targeting of South Pars Gas Field, after Iran Blames U.S., Israel
This is Beirut 18/03 18:15 - Reading : less than a minute
The UAE condemned the targeting on Wednesday of Iranian facilities in a gas field shared with Qatar, calling the attack attributed by Iran to the US and Israel a "dangerous escalation" in a rare rebuke. "The United Arab Emirates affirmed that targeting energy facilities linked to the South Pars gas field in the Islamic Republic of ...
Trump Announces “Wide-Scale Combat Operations” in Iran
This is Beirut 28/02 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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U.S. President Donald Trump announced early Saturday that the United States has begun what he described as “wide-scale combat operations” in Iran, marking a dramatic escalation in tensions and signaling the start of direct military engagement. “Moments ago, we began large-scale combat operations in Iran,” Trump said in a televised ...
Cyprus President Says Iranian Drone Crashed Into UK Base on Island
This is Beirut 02/03 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Cyprus's President Nikos Christodoulides said an Iranian drone had crashed into a British base on the Mediterranean island on Monday, as the Israeli-American war with Iran spread across the region. Minutes after midnight (2200 GMT), "a Shahed unmanned aerial vehicle crashed into the military facilities of the British Bases in Akrotiri, causing ...
Syria Accuses Hezbollah of Firing Shells into its Territory
This is Beirut 10/03 05:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Syria said Iran-backed Hezbollah had fired artillery shells into its territory from Lebanon overnight, state media reported on Tuesday, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Lebanese Shia movement. Syrian army officials said artillery shells fired from Lebanon landed near the town of Serghaya, west of Damascus, the state news agency ...
Salam: Lebanon Did Not Choose the Current War
This is Beirut 06/03 12:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, speaking to a meeting of foreign ambassdors Friday, emphasized that Lebanon did not choose to enter this current war but has been pulled into the sharp escalation of violence which began with Hezbollah rocket launches Sunday, following U.S.-Israeli attacks in Iran. Echoing previous comments on the urgency of Hezbollah ...
Israeli Strikes Resume Across Lebanon as Hezbollah Fires Rockets Toward Israel
This is Beirut 04/03 10:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon resumed Wednesday morning, hitting Beirut’s southern suburbs, including Haret Hreik, Hadath, and Laylaki. The army’s Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, described the targets as Hezbollah infrastructure and weapons depots. The blasts were reportedly felt across the capital. Later on Wednesday, ...
Fire at Hotel near U.S. Embassy in Baghdad After Drone Attack
This is Beirut 16/03 22:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A fire broke out late Monday on the roof of a hotel in Baghdad's Green Zone, witnesses told AFP, with the interior ministry saying there were no casualties or damage after a "projectile" landed on the building. Two Iraqi security sources said a drone attack had targeted the U.S. embassy, located in the same area as the al-Rasheed ...
Iraq's Kataeb Hezbollah Says Commander Killed in Strike
This is Beirut 05/03 11:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Tehran-backed Iraqi group Kataeb Hezbollah said on Thursday that one of its commanders was killed in a strike in southern Iraq the previous day. Ahmad al-Hamidawi, the secretary-general of the armed faction, mourned in a statement the loss of a "great commander," Ali Hussein al-Freiji, who had joined the group more than two decades ago. Two ...
Turkey Says Missile Launched from Iran Destroyed by NATO
This is Beirut 04/03 14:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A ballistic missile launched from Iran and heading toward Turkish airspace via Iraq and Syria was destroyed by NATO air defence systems, Turkish officials said Wednesday. The defence ministry said it had been "engaged and neutralised by NATO air-and-missile defence assets deployed in the eastern Mediterranean". It did not specify the ...
Iran Army Says Targeted U.S. Bases in Iraq, Gulf
This is Beirut 01/03 10:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Fresh blasts were heard across Dubai, Doha and Manama on Sunday morning as Iran carried out strikes in retaliation for US and Israeli attacks that killed the supreme leader and other top officials. AFP reporters heard blasts in Dubai, Bahrain's capital Manama and Qatar -- where AFP correspondents saw thick black smoke rising on the clear ...
IDF Announces Forward Defensive Operation and New "Buffer Zone" in Southern Lebanon
This is Beirut 03/03 09:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Israeli military says it has launched what it describes as a “forward defensive operation” to protect communities in northern Israel, confirming that forces are currently operating inside southern Lebanon. In a statement issued following what it called a situational assessment, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the operation is ...
Direct U.S.-Iran Talks Mark Key Moment in Geneva Nuclear Negotiations
This is Beirut 26/02 15:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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President Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have held more than three hours of negotiagtions with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Geneva on Thursday to try and reach a breakthrough towards a nuclear deal. Al-Busaidi and the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Raphael Grossi, both participated in the ...
Netanyahu Vows Intensified Strikes on Tehran as Israel Mobilizes “Full Strength”
This is Beirut 01/03 18:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday to intensify air strikes on Tehran in the coming days, declaring that Israel’s military is deploying its “full strength as never before” in the escalating campaign against Iran. In a video statement released after renewed Israeli strikes on the Iranian capital, Netanyahu said he had ...
Lebanese Cabinet to Index IRGC Members Ahead of Deportation
This is Beirut 05/03 14:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Following a session held Thursday, the Council of Ministers committed to verifying the presence of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members in Lebanon, with a view to their ultimate expulsion, according to the Information Minister Dr. Paul Morcos. The step, the Cabinet said, aims to safeguard national security, assert state ...
Trump Says Iran Wants to Talk: The Atlantic
This is Beirut 01/03 18:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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One day after U.S.-Israeli strikes killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and escalated tensions across the Middle East, former President Donald Trump said Sunday that Iran’s new leadership wants to negotiate and that he plans to engage with them. “They want to talk, and I have agreed to talk, so I will be talking to ...
Israel Hits Southern Lebanon as Tensions Mount
This is Beirut 28/03 19:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Lebanon saw a sharp escalation in the south on Saturday, with multiple deadly incidents reported throughout the day. An Israeli airstrike targeted a vehicle carrying a media team on the Jezzine road, killing Al-Manar journalist Ali Choueib, Al-Mayadeen reporter Fatima Ftouni, and two others. In response, Israeli army Arabic spokesperson ...
Iran Says Launched 'Massive' Drone Strikes at Israel, U.S. Bases
This is Beirut 07/03 12:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iran's army said Saturday its navy had launched a wave of drone attacks targeting Israel as well as US bases in the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, as the regional war raged into its second week. "The Iranian Navy targeted American bases and occupied territories with a massive wave of drone attacks," the army said in a statement ...
Saudi Minister Warns Iran Against 'Miscalculation' After Attacks
This is Beirut 07/03 12:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman urged Iran to "avoid miscalculation" on Saturday, following missile and drone launches against the kingdom. In a series of statements, the Saudi defence ministry said it had thwarted repeated missile launches at an air base which houses US military personnel and drone attacks ...
Exclusive: Senior U.S. Official Says Lebanon “Must Take Stronger Action”
This is Beirut 13/03 22:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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A top U.S. official told This Is Beirut that Lebanon’s government had not done enough to combat Hezbollah and stabilize the ongoing crisis. “Despite years of American assistance and support to the Lebanese government and the Lebanese Armed Forces,” the official said, “we believe Lebanon’s authorities must take stronger action to assert ...
Hezbollah Says Launched Missiles at Israeli Military Intelligence Base in Tel Aviv Suburbs
This is Beirut 12/03 06:50 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanon's Hezbollah said it launched missiles at an Israeli military intelligence base in the suburbs of Tel Aviv early on Thursday, the Iran-backed group's latest claim in a major operation against Israel it announced hours earlier. Hezbollah fighters "targeted the Glilot base (the headquarters of the 8200 Military Intelligence ...
Iranian Supreme Leader Reportedly Targeted in U.S.-Israeli Strikes
This is Beirut 28/02 12:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian were reportedly targeted in coordinated U.S.–Israeli strikes, according to Israeli and international media reports, marking a dramatic escalation in the unfolding regional confrontation. Reuters, citing an Israeli official, reported that both leaders were ...
Israeli Raids Pound Beirut’s Southern Suburbs and South Lebanon
This is Beirut 02/03 11:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Renewed Israeli airstrikes targeted Beirut’s southern suburbs on Monday, following a wave of overnight raids from Sunday into Monday that struck the Dahye area and multiple locations across southern Lebanon. Shortly after the latest strike, Israeli army Arabic-language spokesperson Avichay Adraee said the military had targeted “a ...
Iranian Missile Strike Hits Israel, Killing at Least Nine
This is Beirut 01/03 16:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
At least nine people were killed and more than 20 injured after an Iranian missile struck the city of Beit Shemesh near Jerusalem on Sunday, in what Israeli authorities described as one of the deadliest single impacts since the war began. Emergency services confirmed that 23 people were wounded, several of them in critical condition, while ...
Israel Defense Minister Warns Lebanon to Disarm Hezbollah or Pay 'Heavy Price'
This is Beirut 07/03 14:05 - Reading : less than a minute
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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Saturday warned Lebanese President Joseph Aoun that his country would pay a "very heavy price" if it fails to disarm Hezbollah. Addressing the president, Katz said in a statement broadcast on Israeli television that if "the choice becomes protecting our civilians and the safety of our soldiers or Lebanon, ...
Debris from Iran-Israel Exchanges of Fire Wounds Four in Syria: State Media
This is Beirut 02/03 00:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A man and his three daughters were wounded by falling missile debris in Syria on Sunday from the exchange of fire between Iran and Israel over the country's airspace, Syrian state media reported. "Four people, a father and three daughters, were wounded as a result of the fall of the missile debris resulting from the exchange of strikes ...