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Iraqi President Nominates Ali al-Zaidi as PM-Designate
This is Beirut 27/04 23:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iraq's newly elected president nominated businessman Ali al-Zaidi as the country's prime minister-designate on Monday, after he was endorsed by the country's main Shia alliance. "President Nizar Amede has tasked Ali al-Zaidi, the candidate of the largest parliamentary bloc, with forming the new government," the presidency ...
Israeli FM: Israel Seeks Normalization with Lebanon
This is Beirut 05/05 20:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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At a joint press conference on Tuesday, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said Israel intends to pursue a diplomatic track with Beirut, stating, “We will work with the Lebanese government toward a path of peace and normalization.” He also underscored Israel’s security priorities in the north, stating, “We are ...
New Wave of American Troops Heads to the Middle East
This is Beirut 25/03 11:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Tensions in the Middle East are spiking as the United States ramps up its military presence while diplomatic efforts with Iran falter. Thousands of troops are on the move, and the region braces for potential escalation. Thousands of U.S. Marines are slated to arrive imminently, signaling heightened strategic pressure. According to U.S. officials, ...
Kuwait Says Drones Coming From Iraq Target Border Posts
This is Beirut 24/04 13:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Kuwaiti military said on Friday that two drones coming from the direction of neighboring Iraq struck border posts on its northern frontier with the country, causing damage but no casualties. "This morning, two of Kuwait's northern land border posts were targeted in a criminal act of aggression involving two explosive-laden drones ...
Netanyahu Lauds Opportunity for 'Historic Peace' Between Israel, Lebanon
This is Beirut 24/04 18:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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A day after the second meeting of direct negotiations between Lebanese and Israeli Ambassadors in Washington, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had “begun a process to achieve a historic peace” between the two countries. The Prime Minister’s pre-recorded video on ‘X’ comes after talks in ...
Hezbollah Boycotts Cabinet Session Over Iran Ambassador Expulsion
This is Beirut 26/03 17:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Ministers from Hezbollah and its ally Amal boycotted Lebanon's cabinet session on Thursday in protest after the government declared the Iranian ambassador persona non grata, a Lebanese official told AFP. The two Shia parties have a combined four ministers, while one independent Shia minister was instead present at the meeting, the official said, ...
Iran Retains Significant Missile Capabilities Despite Strikes: Report
This is Beirut 03/04 10:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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According to a CNN report, despite more than five weeks of daily US and Israeli strikes, roughly half of Iran’s missile launchers remain intact and thousands of one-way attack drones are still operational, highlighting Tehran’s continuing ability to threaten the region. Recent intelligence assessments indicate that about half of Iran’s ...
Iraq Says Won't Remain Silent Following Attack on PMF Base
This is Beirut 25/03 17:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iraq warned on Wednesday that its armed forces “will not remain silent” following a deadly airstrike that killed seven soldiers at a site linked to the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a coalition of Iran-backed militias integrated into Iraq’s regular armed forces, according to an article in the Times of Israel. In a statement posted on ...
Iraq Begins Oil Exports on Tankers Through Syria
This is Beirut 02/04 17:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iraq has begun exporting crude using tanker trucks through Syria, its oil ministry said, as an official said oil revenue last month dropped more than 70 percent compared to February. More than a month into the Middle East war that has wrought havoc on energy markets, Iraq has been particularly impacted as oil exports account for some 90 percent ...
Israeli Ground Invasion Consolidates as Strikes Continue
This is Beirut 02/04 18:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israeli rhetoric has intensified on the creation of a buffer zone, including the demolition of border villages, with Defense Minister Israel Katz saying Lebanese civilians won’t be able to return until northern Israel is secure. In recent days, Israeli forces have consolidated a number of axes in the fight, concentrated around the coast south of ...
Antoun Sehnaoui and Morgan Ortagus Commemorate the 'Days of Remembrance' at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
This is Beirut 14/04 21:20 - Reading : less than a minute
Businessman Antoun Sehnaoui posted photos on his social media accounts showing him alongside Morgan Ortagus. He accompanied them with the following statement: “Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. Morgan and I had the honor of attending the Days of Remembrance ceremonies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, where both of ...
Trump Signals Imminent Iran Deal Amid Lebanon-Israel Ceasefire
This is Beirut 17/04 11:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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United States President Donald Trump said he was confident that an agreement to end the conflict involving Iran could be reached soon, as a 10-day truce between Lebanon and Israel came into effect. Speaking to reporters outside the White House, Trump urged Iran-backed Hezbollah to maintain the ceasefire, expressing optimism about ongoing ...
Iran Hangs Man Convicted of Links with U.S., Israel in Pre-War Protests
This is Beirut 06/04 09:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iran on Monday executed a man convicted of acting on behalf of Israel and the United States during a wave of anti-government protests earlier this year, the judiciary said. "Ali Fahim, one of the enemy elements in the terrorist riots of Dey (January)... was hanged after the Supreme Court reviewed the case and confirmed the verdict," the ...
Iran Executes Two Men Over Links to Israeli Intelligence
This is Beirut 20/04 09:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran executed two men on Monday who had been convicted of links to Israeli intelligence services, the judiciary announced, marking the latest in a series of executions since the start of the war with Israel and the United States. “The death sentences of Mohammad Masoom-shahi and Hamed Validi were carried out at dawn,” the judiciary’s news ...
Qassem Urges Lebanese Government to Cancel Negotiations with Israel
This is Beirut 13/04 20:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem delivered a televised address tonight, his sixth since the militant group initiated this round of fighting on March 2. He spoke one day before Lebanese and Israeli envoys are set to begin negotiations at the U.S. State Department on April 14, a watershed moment in the history of ties between the two ...
UNIFIL Says Peacekeepers Wounded in Multiple Incidents in South Lebanon
This is Beirut 30/03 14:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon were wounded in an incident near the Lebanese-Israeli border, a spokesperson for the force said Monday, without specifying the nature of the incident. "There has been an incident involving peacekeepers near Bani Hayyan, and we have injuries," Kandice Ardiel told AFP. Bani Hayyan is a Lebanese town near the border ...
Trump Says Israel and Lebanon 'Leaders' Will Hold Direct Talks Today
This is Beirut 16/04 11:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that Israeli and Lebanese ‘leaders’ will hold direct talks later today. “Trying to get a little breathing room between Israel and Lebanon… It has been a long time since the two leaders have spoken, like 34 years. It will happen later today,” Trump said, without ...
Iran's Supreme Leader Says Does Not Seek War in Written Message
This is Beirut 10/04 09:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in his latest written message the Islamic republic did not want war with the United States and Israel, but would protect its rights as a nation, state television reported Thursday. "We did not seek war and we do not want it," he said in the message read out on state TV, weeks after his ...
Israel Kills IRGC Navy Commander in Precision Airstrike
This is Beirut 26/03 13:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz announced Thursday that an Israeli airstrike killed Alireza Tangsiri, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ navy. “Last night, in a precise and lethal operation, the IDF eliminated the commander of the Revolutionary Guards’ navy, Tangsiri, along with senior officers of the ...
Sarit Zehavi: We Need a Lasting Peace Agreement, Not Just Ceasefire
This is Beirut 21/04 18:45 - Reading : less than a minute
In an exclusive interview with This Is Beirut, Sarit Zehavi, president of the Alma Research and Education Center, said Israel’s actions against Hezbollah are driven by security concerns. She emphasized the need to establish a peace agreement rather than repeated ceasefires, arguing that lasting stability depends on building Lebanese state ...
Operation Roaring Lion: Iran's Missile Program Takes a Hit
This is Beirut 10/04 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
According to the Israel Defense Forces, the Israeli Air Force carried out more than 8,500 sorties over Iran as part of a sustained aerial campaign during Operation Roaring Lion. In total, the Air Force deployed over 18,000 munitions, conducting approximately 10, 800 individual strikes. These attacks targeted a broad network of Iranian military ...
Turkey Relays Messages Between Washington and Tehran
This is Beirut 26/03 11:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A senior official in the party of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday that Turkey is relaying messages between the United States and Iran, as efforts intensify behind the scenes to contain a widening regional war. Harun Armagan, deputy head of foreign affairs in the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), confirmed that Ankara ...
Iran's Envoy Deletes Post on Delegation Arrival in Islamabad for U.S. Talks
This is Beirut 09/04 12:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iran's ambassador to Pakistan deleted a social media post saying an Iranian delegation would arrive in Islamabad on Thursday night, a move an embassy official later told AFP had been sent prematurely. Ambassador Reza Amiri Moghadam said in a post on X on Thursday morning that an Iranian delegation would arrive "tonight in Islamabad for serious ...
Syria Says Israeli Tank Fire Kills Man in Country's South
This is Beirut 03/04 23:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Syrian state media said Israeli fire killed a man in the Qunietra province in the country's south near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. State news agency SANA said that the man was killed in an attack by "an Israeli tank", while state television said a car was targeted. Earlier, SANA reported that Israeli forces in Quneitra ...
Israel Backs U.S.-Iran Temporary Ceasefire, Says 'Does Not Include Lebanon'
This is Beirut 08/04 08:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel said Wednesday that a US-Iran ceasefire deal "does not include Lebanon", which was drawn into the war after Iran-backed group Hezbollah launched attacks on Israel. "The two-weeks ceasefire does not include Lebanon," the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement. The statement contradicted an ...
Iran Military Warns will Block Red Sea if U.S. Naval Blockade Continues
This is Beirut 15/04 14:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iran's military warned on Wednesday it would block trade through the Red Sea, along with the Gulf and Sea of Oman, if the U.S. naval blockade continues. In a statement carried by Iranian state television, the head of Iran's military central command center said if the U.S. continues with its blockade and "creates insecurity for ...
Israel Military Says Completed Forward Deployment in South Lebanon
This is Beirut 07/04 12:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Israeli military said on Tuesday it had completed the deployment of ground troops along a "defense line" in southern Lebanon, where it is fighting Iran-backed Hezbollah. The military has not given any geographical details on the furthest point to which its soldiers have advanced into Lebanese territory. Israeli media reported that the ...
Hezbollah Says Targeted Israeli Warship With Cruise Missile, As Israel Strikes Beirut
This is Beirut 05/04 11:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In a statement on Sunday Iran-backed Hezbollah said it targeted an Israel vessel 68 nautical miles off the Lebanese coast with a cruise missile, claiming the warship was "preparing to launch attacks on Lebanese territory.” It is the first time the group has made a claim of this kind since the start of this round of fighting on March ...
Iran Executes Two More Convicted of Links to Banned Opposition
This is Beirut 31/03 09:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran executed two men on Tuesday convicted of membership in a banned opposition group and plotting to overthrow the Islamic republic, the judiciary said, a day after two others were hanged on similar charges. "Babak Alipour and Pouya Ghobadi... were executed by hanging on Tuesday after legal procedures were completed and their sentences ...
Iran Delegation Arrives in Pakistan Capital Ahead of U.S. Talks
This is Beirut 11/04 01:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A delegation of top Iranian officials has arrived in Islamabad ahead of ceasefire talks with the United States in the Pakistani capital, Iranian state television reported Friday. The delegation was led by Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, along with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and other security and economic officials, ...