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Trump Demands “Unconditional Surrender” From Iran
This is Beirut 06/03 16:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday ruled out any negotiated settlement with Iran, insisting that the only acceptable outcome to the escalating conflict would be “unconditional surrender,” even as Iranian officials said several countries had begun efforts to mediate an end to the war. The sharp exchange of statements highlights the widening ...
UAE's Fujairah Struck Again, Suspends Oil Loadings
This is Beirut 17/03 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A new drone strike hit the Fujairah oil complex on the UAE's east coast on Tuesday causing a fire but no injuries, and leading to the temporary suspension of all oil loading operations, according to Bloomerg. "Civil defence teams from the emirate intervened immediately on site and are continuing their efforts to bring the situation under ...
Time for Lebanon’s De-Hezbollahfication
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 03/03 10:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Lebanon has tasted the nightmare Israel faced on October 7, 2023. Iran’s Islamist regime and its proxies, Hezbollah and Hamas, are irrational actors who cannot be trusted with a single bullet, let alone entire arsenals, regardless of the paper promises they sign. Israel recognized this existential threat and has since been taking preemptive ...
Ali Larijani, Iran’s strategic mastermind and de Facto Ruler
This is Beirut 17/03 12:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed on Tuesday that the Israeli army had killed Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, in an airstrike in Tehran as part of its operation against Iran. Larijani’s death comes amid an open war following the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in late February—an event that ...
U.S.-Israeli Strikes Hit Steel Complexes in Central, Southwest Iran
This is Beirut 01/04 13:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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U.S.-Israeli strikes have hit steel complexes in central and southwest Iran, causing damage to production units, Iranian media reported on Wednesday. "Initial assessments indicate massive attacks, with significant damage and destruction to production units" at the complex of the Mobarakeh Steel Company, one of Iran's biggest, in the central ...
Hezbollah Detainees Describe Low Morale and Reluctance to Fight
This is Beirut 03/04 13:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a video on Friday of detained members of Hezbollah’s Radwan Unit who were planning to launch an anti-tank missile toward Israeli forces. They were transferred to Unit 504 for interrogation. In the footage, detainees said they were being sent “to die” and that Hezbollah joined the war to ...
Qatar Downs Iran Warplanes, Halts LNG Production as Gulf Crisis Deepens
This is Beirut 02/03 19:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Qatar shot down two Iranian fighter jets and halted LNG production over Iran's latest strikes, sending prices soaring, as the Gulf crisis escalated sharply on Monday. Qatar's air force downed two Sukhoi SU24 bombers, the defence ministry said -- the first such action by a Gulf country after three days of Iranian bombardment. The wealthy region ...
Iranians Including Diplomats Evacuated from Beirut on Russian Plane: Lebanese Official
This is Beirut 08/03 14:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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More than 100 Iranians, including some diplomats, were evacuated from Beirut overnight on a Russian plane, a Lebanese official told AFP on Sunday. The evacuation came after Lebanon on Thursday banned any activity by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps -- a main backer of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah -- and imposed a visa ...
Gulf States Withstand Fifth Consecutive Day of Iranian Attacks
This is Beirut 04/03 12:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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On the fifth consecutive day of Iranian attacks targeting Gulf states, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar all reported intercepting missiles and drones as the regional escalation showed no sign of slowing. Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry said Wednesday that two cruise missiles were intercepted and ...
Iraqi Pro-Iran Group Extends Pause in U.S. Embassy Attacks
This is Beirut 23/03 06:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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An Iran-backed armed group announced on Monday that it would continue its five-day pause on attacking the U.S. embassy in Baghdad. Since the start of the war in the Middle East, pro-Iran armed groups have claimed responsibility for near-daily attacks on U.S. interests in Iraq and across the region, while strikes have also targeted these ...
Iran Claims Missile Attacks on U.S. Bases in the Gulf, Iraqi Militias Struck
This is Beirut 28/02 11:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The U.S.-Israel-Iran confrontation escalated sharply Saturday as Iran launched ballistic missile attacks on multiple U.S. bases across the Gulf and Iraqi militia positions were struck in a joint U.S.-Israel operation. U.S. bases hit in the Gulf Iran’s Fars News Agency, which is affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), ...
IDF Soldier Killed in Lebanon Gunfight as Hostilities Increase
This is Beirut 26/03 10:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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An Israeli soldier, Staff Sergeant Ori Greenberg of the Golani Brigade’s reconnaissance unit, was killed during a gunfight in southern Lebanon, while four additional IDF troops were injured by Hezbollah mortar fire and another soldier was wounded in a separate incident, according to The Times of Israel. Meanwhile, tensions escalated further as ...
Shrapnel Falls in Predominantly-Christian Areas North of Beirut
This is Beirut 24/03 17:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Explosions rocked several areas north of Beirut that have so far been spared in the ongoing Israel-Hezbollah war, according to residents and local media, with a military official saying the blasts likely came from an intercepted Iranian missile. Footage broadcast by the local LBCI channel in the coastal town of Sahel Alma showed a building with ...
F-15 Downed as Iran, U.S. Scramble to Find Pilots
This is Beirut 03/04 16:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A U.S. fighter jet crashed in southwest Iran on Friday, and a search-and-rescue operation is underway to locate a remaining crew member, after U.S. officials confirmed they had rescued one pilot, according to Reuters. U.S. officials have reportedly confirmed that Iran shot down the aircraft. This marks the first time that a U.S. aircraft has been ...
Iran Fires Ballistic Missile Barrage at Israel as Air Defenses Activated Nationwide
This is Beirut 28/02 10:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Iran launched a barrage of ballistic missiles toward Israel on Saturday, triggering nationwide air raid sirens and marking a dramatic escalation in what has now become an open confrontation involving Israel, Iran, and the United States. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed it had identified missiles launched from Iranian territory toward ...
Missile and Drone Attacks Across Gulf as Iran Walks Back Apology
This Is Beirut 08/03 20:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Even as President Masoud Pezeskian signaled his desire to deescalate with Iran’s Arab neighbors, attacks continued on the Gulf on Sunday. Kuwait intercepted three ballistic missiles on Suday but suffered damage in a drone attack to a government building housing the Public Institution for Social Security. In a separate incident, fuel tanks at ...
Gulf on Edge as Maritime Incidents, Airspace Closures, and Explosions Signal Dangerous Expansion of Conflict
This is Beirut 01/03 14:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The regional confrontation widened dramatically on Sunday as maritime incidents in the Gulf, renewed missile activity, airspace closures, and fresh security alerts pushed tensions to one of their most volatile points since the start of the U.S.–Israeli strikes on Iran. Maritime Flashpoint in the Strait of Hormuz The Secretary-General of the ...
Turkey Warns Over 'Dangerous' Bid to Stir Civil War in Iran
This is Beirut 07/03 21:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Turkey's foreign minister warned against efforts to stir up a civil war inside Iran, while cautioning Tehran after NATO intercepted a Turkey-bound ballistic missile launched from Iran earlier in the week. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said any effort to stir up a civil war inside Iran in a bid to bring about regime change would be a ...
Naim Qassem Prepares for "Long Battle Ahead"
This is Beirut 13/03 18:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem delivered a televised address tonight, his second since the militant group initiated the round of fighting on March 2. He spoke as raids continued throughout Beirut’s southern suburbs, on the occasion of International Quds Day, an annual anti-Israel event founded by Ayatollah Khomeini. Qassem ...
Leavitt Says U.S. Talks with 'More Rational' Iranians are Ongoing
This is Beirut 30/03 21:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt spoke on the status of U.S. operations in Iran in a press conference on Monday She said that talks with Iranians are ongoing and making good progress. Remnants of the regime are inclined to negotiate. The U.S. is currently speaking with “more rational” Iranians to reach an ...
U.S. Military 'Not Ready' to Escort Tankers Through Hormuz Strait: Energy Secretary
This is Beirut 12/03 15:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The U.S. military is currently "not ready" to escort tankers through the critical Strait of Hormuz because all its assets are focused on striking Iran, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Thursday. Wright's comments came as an attack on two oil tankers off Iraq killed at least one person, and oil prices briefly soared past $100. Since launching ...
UN Force Says 3 Peacekeepers Wounded in Blast Inside South Lebanon Position
This is Beirut 03/04 16:25 - Reading : less than a minute
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The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon said a blast hit one of its positions and wounded three peacekeepers on Friday, the third such incident in a week. "This afternoon, an explosion inside a UN position... injured three peacekeepers, two seriously. They are all currently being evacuated to hospital. We do not yet know the origin of ...
Gulf States Brace as Iran Strikes Continue; UAE and Qatar Report Interceptions
This is Beirut 01/03 11:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The ongoing conflict triggered by coordinated U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran is expanding more and more across the Gulf, with multiple regional capitals reporting renewed Iranian missile and drone activity. Gulf states have responded with defensive operations and political warnings, raising fears of a wider confrontation. Iran had announced ...
Iraq PM Tells U.S. Rubio Iraqi Airspace Must Not Be Used Against Neighbors
This is Beirut 10/03 10:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio Tuesday that Iraq should not be used as a launchpad for attacks in the Middle East war. Iraq neighbors Iran, against which the United States and Israel launched massive strikes on February 28, as well as the Gulf, which the Islamic republic has hit with missile ...
Trump Pushes Kurds to Attack Western Iran
This is Beirut 06/03 09:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Talks between Kurdish opposition leaders and U.S. President Donald Trump have raised the prospects of a Kurdish ground invasion in northwestern Iran, informed sources told Reuters. Three sources with knowledge of the talks said that Iranian Kurdish militias have consulted with the United States about how to attack Iranian security forces in the ...
Oil Giant Saudi Aramco Says Annual Profits Down 12pct
This is Beirut 10/03 12:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Saudi Aramco on Tuesday reported a 12.1 percent decline in net income in 2025 as higher supply, U.S. tariffs, and other economic headwinds weighed on revenues. The Middle East war could be disastrous for oil markets, and it is vital to reopen the Strait of Hormuz shipping route, Saudi Aramco's CEO and president Amin H. Nasser said on ...
Beirut Port Explosion Investigation Concludes
This is Beirut 30/03 13:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Judge Tarek Bitar, the judicial investigator in the Beirut port explosion case, has concluded his investigations and referred the entire file to Deputy Public Prosecutor General Judge Jamal Al-Hajjar for review, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported on Monday. The refered defendants, all of whom have been questioned since early 2025, ...
Iran Says Missile Attacks to Continue, U.S. Talks 'Not on Agenda'
This is Beirut 10/03 10:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran's foreign minister said Tuesday that talks with the United States were not on the agenda as their war entered its 11th day. "I don't think talking with the Americans would be on our agenda anymore," Abbas Araghchi told PBS News, saying Tehran had a "very bitter experience" during previous negotiations with the U.S. On February 28, the U.S. ...
Israeli Airstrikes Pound Beirut’s Southern Suburbs
This is Beirut 06/03 08:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israeli airstrikes on Beirut intensified on Wednesday, with seven separate strikes until now reported across the capital’s southern suburbs, the latest targeting Bir al-Abed in the Dahieh district. The Israeli military said it has struck more than 500 targets in Lebanon since the start of the current campaign, which it says is aimed at ...
After Assad, Hezbollah Shrinks from Army to Shadow Cells
This is Beirut 26/02 15:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Hezbollah’s footprint in Syria has undergone a significant transformation in the post-Assad landscape, shrinking from what once resembled a parallel army into what officials describe as smaller, covert cells operating with limited and deniable capabilities, according to a report published by the Jerusalem Post. For years, Hezbollah operated ...