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Palestinian President Abbas Calls First-Ever PLO Parliament Elections
This is Beirut 02/02 21:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas said elections will be held on November 1 for the Palestinian National Council, the parliament of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), the official news agency Wafa reported Monday. This is the first time members of the council will be elected by direct popular vote, while in the past they were appointed ...
Israel Targets Sites in South Lebanon as Forces Enter Kfar Kila
This is Beirut 12/02 16:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Earlier on Thursday, Israel struck the town of Yaroun with artillery shelling, along the Lebanese-Israeli border in the Bint Jbeil district. Israeli forces also crossed the border and entered the town of Kfar Kila. Two houses in Yaroun's old neighborhood were damaged, according to the Lebanese National News Agency. In addition, two houses ...
U.S. Designates Muslim Brotherhood Branches in Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon as 'Terror' Groups
This is Beirut 13/01 21:20 - Reading : 2 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 ...
Israel Calls Countries Condemning New West Bank Settlements 'Morally Wrong'
This is Beirut 2025-12-25 12:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel reacted furiously on Thursday to a condemnation by 14 countries, including France and Britain, of its approval of new settlements in the occupied West Bank, calling the criticism discriminatory against Jews. "Foreign governments will not restrict the right of Jews to live in the Land of Israel, and any such call is morally wrong and ...
Turkey to Offer Help Resolving U.S.-Iran Tension When Araghchi Visits Friday: Source
This is Beirut 29/01 11:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkey will offer to mediate between Washington and Tehran during a visit by Iran's foreign minister on Friday, officials said, as Ankara considers reinforcing security along its border should the dispute escalate. Friday's visit by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi comes after US President Donald Trump threatened a military strike ...
Khamenei Has a Plan to Flee Iran if Unrest Escalates
This is Beirut 05/01 09:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has prepared a contingency plan to leave the country if security forces fail to contain protests or begin to defect, according to an intelligence report shared with The Times. The report says Khamenei, 86, would leave Tehran with a close circle of up to 20 aides and family members if he ...
Ukraine Designates IRGC as Terrorist Organization
This is Beirut 03/02 09:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed on Monday that Ukraine has formally designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, describing the decision as final. He said the European Union has effectively agreed to take the same step, with procedural processes currently underway. “All ...
Trump Says Killings in Iran Subsiding
This is Beirut 15/01 09:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he had received assurances that the deadly crackdown on protests in Iran had come to an end. The U.S. president nevertheless maintained ambiguity over a possible American military intervention, as the international community remains on high alert in the face of a major crisis in the Middle ...
Yoav Gallant: Lebanon at a Crossroads
This is Beirut 23/01 15:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Former Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant wrote an article titled “Written in Ink, Signed in Fire,” in which he offers a description of the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict, arguing that agreements alone do not produce lasting peace unless they are backed by military superiority that imposes facts on the ground. In the article, ...
Syria Says Talks on Military Integration of Kurds Inconclusive
This is Beirut 05/01 09:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syrian Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi held talks with officials in Damascus on Sunday on integrating his forces into the central government, but state media said no tangible results were achieved. Abdi signed a deal in March with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa to merge the civil and military institutions of the Kurds' semi-autonomous ...
Syria Kurds Chief Says 'All Efforts' Being Made to Salvage Deal with Damascus
This is Beirut 2025-12-26 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syrian Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi said Thursday that "all efforts" were being made to prevent the collapse of talks on an agreement with Damascus to integrate his forces into the central government. The remarks came days after Aleppo saw deadly clashes between the two sides before their respective leaders ordered a ceasefire. In March, Abdi ...
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 ...
Hamas Says Search Resumes for Last Israeli Hostage Body in Gaza
This is Beirut 07/01 15:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hamas officials told AFP that search operations for the remains of the last Israeli hostage held in Gaza resumed on Wednesday after a two-week pause due to bad weather. Israel has previously said it is awaiting the return of Ran Gvili's body before beginning talks on the second phase of the fragile ceasefire agreement with Hamas which came ...
Iran Warns of Retaliation as President Orders Restraint on Protesters
This is Beirut 07/01 11:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran's military chief warned on Wednesday that Iran will not stand by and allow itself to be threatened by outside powers, after the United States and Israel backed anti-government protests in which at least 35 protesters have reportedly been killed. "The Islamic Republic of Iran considers the escalation of hostile rhetoric against the ...
Syria Arrests 21 Linked to Assad Rule as Curfew Covers Port City
This is Beirut 2025-12-31 10:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Authorities in Syria's Latakia province arrested 21 people allegedly linked to ousted leader Bashar al-Assad's rule on Tuesday, state media reported, as a curfew blanketed the provincial capital after sectarian violence the previous night. Monday's attacks in predominantly Alawite neighbourhoods of Latakia city came after three people ...
'One Battle After Another' Breaks SAG Record with 7 Nominations
This is Beirut 08/01 17:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Paul Thomas Anderson's politically charged One Battle After Another on Wednesday set a record for nominations for the Screen Actors Guild's influential Actor Awards with seven, staking its claim to Oscars frontrunner status. Ryan Coogler's runaway hit period horror film Sinners came in second with five nominations, setting the stage for a ...
Turkish Ministers to Meet Syria's Sharaa in Damascus
This is Beirut 2025-12-22 17:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Turkish and Syrian foreign ministers held a joint press conference after talks in Damascus, focusing on relations between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Turkey’s foreign minister said discussions covered ongoing talks with the SDF and reaffirmed Ankara’s support for integrating the group into Syrian forces in a ...
U.S. Sanctions Senior IRGC Officials Over Crackdown on Iranian Protesters
This is Beirut 30/01 19:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The U.S. Department of Treasury sanctioned six officials from the IRGC over their role in the Iranian regime’s brutal crackdown on demonstrators on Friday. Among those listed are Minister of the Interior Eskandar Momeni Kalagari, leader of the IRGC intelligence organization Majid Khademi, and four provincial IRGC commanders. This ...
Trump Says US Will 'Come To Their Rescue' If Iran Kills Protesters
This is Beirut 02/01 11:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States is "locked and loaded" to respond if Iran kills protesters, after cost-of-living demonstrations in the country turned deadly. Trump said on his Truth Social platform that "if Iran shots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come ...
Israeli Strikes Target Alleged Hezbollah Positions in Jezzine and Hasbaya Districts
This is Beirut 05/02 18:10 - Reading : less than a minute
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Israeli aircraft struck sites in al-Mahmoudiya and Wadi Barghaz in southern Lebanon’s Jezzine and Hasbaya districts on Thursday targeting alleged Hezbollah positions. The IDF stated that the attack was carried out due to “Hezbollah’s repeated violations of the ceasefire understandings."
Hamas Says Technocratic Committee Key to Consolidating Gaza Truce
This is Beirut 15/01 15:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A senior Hamas official on Thursday welcomed the formation of a technocratic committee to govern post-war Gaza, saying it would help consolidate the ceasefire and prevent a return to fighting. Egypt, a mediator in indirect ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas, announced the formation of a 15-member Palestinian technocratic committee that ...
Netanyahu Says Will Respond with 'Force Iran Has Never Seen' if It Attacks Israel
This is Beirut 27/01 21:15 - Reading : less than a minute
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Tuesday that Israel would strike back if attacked by Iran, warning the Islamic Republic would face a level of force it had never encountered. "If Iran makes the grave mistake of attacking Israel, we will respond with a force that Iran has never seen," Netanyahu said at a televised press ...
New Israeli Strikes: One Killed and One Wounded in South Lebanon
This is Beirut 25/01 14:55 - Reading : less than a minute
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The Israeli army carried out several airstrikes on Sunday in southern and eastern Lebanon, killing at least one person and wounding another, according to an initial toll. In southern Lebanon, the strikes hit the towns of Kherbet Selm and Kfardounine in the Bint Jbeil district. A hangar that had already been targeted in previous operations was ...
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 ...
Iran Summons EU Ambassadors After IRGC Terrorist Designation
This is Beirut 02/02 12:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Iran announced on Monday that it had summoned European ambassadors based in Tehran in response to the European Union’s decision to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said that on Sunday and Monday, representatives of all EU member states with embassies in ...
Israeli Drone Strike Kills Three in Southern Lebanon
This is Beirut 09/02 09:15 - Reading : less than a minute
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Israel struck a vehicle in the southern town of Yanouh, in the district of Tyre on Monday. Shortly after the strike, the Israeli army’s Arabic spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, said the operation targeted a Hezbollah member in southern Lebanon. Lebanon’s state-run news agency (National News Agency) said the raid resulted in the death of ...
Yemen Warring Parties to Exchange Bodies as Part of Major Prisoner Swap
This is Beirut 2025-12-25 10:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Yemen's Houthi rebels and its internationally recognised government said they agreed on Wednesday to recover and exchange bodies as part of a major prisoner swap, sparking hope for families of those missing in the war. A day earlier, the warring sides had agreed to a prisoner swap of nearly 3,000 people -- the largest such exchange in 11 years of ...
Syrian Security Thwarts Weapons Smuggling Attempt Bound for Lebanon
This is Beirut 26/01 13:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Syrian internal security forces announced on Monday that they had thwarted an attempt to smuggle a large shipment of weapons into Lebanese territory, following coordinated operations in central and southern Syria. According to the Internal Security Directorate in the Al-Qusayr area of Homs, acting in cooperation with the Internal Security ...
Trump Announces 'Board of Peace' Formed for Gaza
This is Beirut 16/01 11:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the formation of a Gaza "board of peace," a key phase two element of a US-backed plan to end the war in the Palestinian territory. "It is my Great Honor to announce that THE BOARD OF PEACE has been formed," Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, adding that the members of the body will be ...
U.S. Urges Syria to Support Jihadist Transfer to Iraq
This is Beirut 22/01 15:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The commander of US forces in the Middle East has called on Syria's president to support the transfer of thousands of jihadist prisoners from Syria to Iraq, the US military said. In a phone call on Wednesday, Admiral Brad Cooper urged Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa to "avoid any actions that could interfere" with the process. The United States ...