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Israeli Strikes Intensify on Hezbollah Infrastructure
This is Beirut 15/03 12:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Israel intensified its military campaign against Hezbollah overnight with a series of airstrikes targeting rocket infrastructure and command centers, according to the IDF. The attacks across Lebanon marked a continued expansion of the Israeli army’s operational focus on dismantling Hezbollah’s military infrastructure. The Israeli military ...
Trump Says Decision to End Iran War Will Be “Mutual” With Netanyahu
This is Beirut 09/03 10:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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U.S. President Donald Trump said the decision on when to end the ongoing war with Iran will ultimately be made in coordination with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while emphasizing that the final call will rest with the United States. In a phone interview with The Times of Israel published Sunday, Trump described the decision-making ...
U.S. Claims Air and Maritime Dominance Over Iran as War Intensifies
This is Beirut 04/03 15:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The United States said it has established full control of Iranian airspace and key maritime corridors, as Washington signals a major expansion of its military campaign against Iran. Speaking during a press briefing on Wednesday, the U.S. Secretary of Defense said American forces now have “complete control over Iranian airspace” and are ...
More Than 20 Countries 'Express Their Readiness' to Resolve Hormuz Crisis
This is Beirut 21/03 15:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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More than 20 countries on Saturday said they would contribute to efforts ensuring safe passage in the Strait of Hormuz, condemning Iran's closure of the vital waterway. "We condemn in the strongest terms recent attacks by Iran on unarmed commercial vessels in the Gulf, attacks on civilian infrastructure including oil and gas installations, and ...
More Than 20 Countries 'Express Their Readiness' to Resolve Hormuz Crisis
This is Beirut 21/03 15:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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More than 20 countries on Saturday said they would contribute to efforts ensuring safe passage in the Strait of Hormuz, condemning Iran's closure of the vital waterway. "We condemn in the strongest terms recent attacks by Iran on unarmed commercial vessels in the Gulf, attacks on civilian infrastructure including oil and gas ...
Lebanon to Expel Iran’s Ambassador, Giving Him Until Sunday To Leave
This is Beirut 24/03 13:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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In an official statement on Tuesday, the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants announced that it summoned Iran’s chargé d’affaires in Lebanon, Toufic Samadi Khoshkou. He was received by Secretary-General Ambassador Abdel Sattar Issa, who conveyed the Lebanese state’s decision to withdraw its approval of the ...
Israel Says Struck Syrian Army Camps After Druze 'Attacked'
This is Beirut 20/03 11:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel's military said on Friday it had struck Syrian army camps in response to what it called attacks against the Druze community in the southern Sweida province. The latest flare-up between the neighbouring countries comes as war roils the Middle East after the United States and Israel attacked Iran on February 28. "Overnight, the IDF struck a ...
Lebanon Steps Up Security Measures Amid Displacement Crisis
Ralph Atrach 24/03 18:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Lebanese authorities have stated their intentions to increase security measures across the country following rising tensions over the ongoing conflict and a mounting displacement crisis. Tensions peaked following the government’s controversial decision to set up a camp for the displaced in the majority-Christian area of Karantina on Beirut’s ...
Iranian Strikes Spread Across Region as War Enters Sixth Day
This is Beirut 05/03 11:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The widening regional conflict is increasingly affecting Gulf monarchies, as Iran’s retaliatory strikes target cities, military facilities, and energy infrastructure across the region following U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iranian territory. Explosions Reported in Qatar Explosions were heard over the Qatari capital, Doha, on Thursday, ...
Limited Passage Resumes at Gaza-Egypt Border Crossing
This is Beirut 19/03 11:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Gaza's border crossing with Egypt reopened on Thursday for a limited number of people, Palestinian and Egyptian officials told AFP, for the first time since Israel and the United States launched strikes on Iran. An Egyptian Red Crescent official, speaking anonymously to AFP, said the Rafah crossing had reopened in both directions to allow a ...
The Israel-Hezbollah Front Enters its Fifth Day
This is Beirut 06/03 19:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Following a steady stream of air raids overnight, Israeli forces continue to strike targets in Lebanon through Friday. Israel’s overnight strikes targeted Hezbollah military infrastructure, command control sites, the Executive Council headquarters, and a drone storage facility, according to the Israeli army. Strikes Continue into the ...
Inside the Historic 2026 U.S. Military Buildup Leading to the Iran Strikes
Jeremy Brecher 28/02 16:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The U.S. and Israel have begun conducting joint strikes on Iran on February 28 following a historic U.S. military buildup in the Middle East. This is Beirut compiled a timeline of the 2026 buildup leading up to the attacks, revealing preparations for using large amounts of force against Iranian targets. The 2026 U.S. Military Buildup The U.S. ...
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 ...
Three Lebanese Soldiers Killed by Israeli Strikes in Southern Lebanon
This is Beirut 17/03 10:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) announced on Tuesday that one of its soldiers was killed, and four were wounded, after an Israeli strike struck a military vehicle in southern Lebanon, marking the first direct hit on the national army since this round of fighting began on March 2. According to an official statement published by the Lebanese Army ...
Qassem: ‘As Long as Occupation Exists, Resistance and its Weapons Retain a Legitimate Right’
This is Beirut 04/03 22:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem delivered televised remarks amid Israeli strikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Qassem’s speech marked his first appearance since Hezbollah opened fire on Israel on Monday morning. He spoke on issues including the ongoing U.S. and Israeli strikes in the region, the internal displacement of ...
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 ...
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 ...
Missile Debris Kills One in Abu Dhabi as Iran Presses Gulf Attacks
This is Beirut 17/03 16:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Falling debris from missile interceptions killed one person on Tuesday in the Emirati capital of Abu Dhabi and injured two medical staff in Kuwait, authorities said, as Iran pressed its attacks against Gulf countries. The oil-rich Gulf has borne the brunt of Iran's reprisals for US-Israeli strikes that sparked the Middle East war, with Tehran ...
Lebanese Authorities Warn Hezbollah Over Escalation Risks as Regional War Rages
This is Beirut 28/02 14:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Lebanon’s presidency renewed its warning to Hezbollah Saturday, holding the group responsible for any potential domestic or international consequences amid rising regional tensions following the strikes on Iran. According to sources cited by Al Hadath, the Lebanese presidency reiterated its caution to Hezbollah and emphasized that the group ...
Karoline Leavitt to TIB: Operation Epic Fury Expected to Last Four to Six Weeks
This is Beirut 06/03 22:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United States is on track to meet its objectives in Operation Epic Fury, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told This Is Beirut and other reporters on Friday, as Washington continues efforts to weaken Iranian military capabilities following recent esclation. Speaking to reporters, Leavitt emphasized that she would not get ahead ...
U.S. Embassy Attacked in Baghdad, Strikes Hit Iran-Backed Fighters
This is Beirut 14/03 20:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The US embassy in Baghdad was hit by an attack on Saturday following strikes that killed three members of a powerful Iran-backed group in the capital, security sources said. Iraq, long a proxy battleground between the United States and Iran, was quickly dragged into the Middle East war triggered by US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February ...
Israeli Strike in Bourj Hammoud Kills One
This is Beirut 13/03 10:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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For the first time since clashes between Israel and Hezbollah erupted following the killing of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Israeli forces carried out strikes in Burj Hammoud in the Metn District. At dawn on Friday, Israeli aircraft launched an airstrike on an apartment in the Nabaa–Burj Hammoud area near the Mirna Shalouhi ...
Iraq Hopes to Ship Oil to Turkey by Pipeline as War Cuts Off Exports
This is Beirut 16/03 16:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iraq is hoping to ship up to 250,000 barrels of oil per day to a port in Turkey via a rehabilitated pipeline, its oil minister said, after the US-Israeli war on Iran cut off its main export route. The amount would be just a fraction of the roughly 3.5 million barrels per day (bpd) that Iraq exported before the conflict, mostly through its ...
Israel Signals Possible Expansion of Military Operations in Lebanon
This is Beirut 12/03 13:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israel’s defense minister said Thursday that the Israeli army has been instructed to prepare for a possible expansion of military operations in Lebanon, as cross-border fighting with Hezbollah intensifies. Defense Minister Israel Katz said he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had directed the military to prepare broader operations aimed ...
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 ...
Strike Blamed on U.S. Kills Four Iran-Backed Fighters in Iraq: Armed Group
This is Beirut 10/03 09:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Four fighters from the Tehran-backed Kataeb Imam Ali group were killed on Tuesday in air strikes blamed on the US in northern Iraq, the armed faction announced. The group said its fighters were killed in "American aggression" against their position in the Debs district of Kirkuk province. The bombing targeted a position that belongs to ...
One Killed in Attack on Oil Tankers off Iraq, Rescue Operation Ongoing
This is Beirut 12/03 06:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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An attack on two oil tankers near Iraq killed at least one crew member, authorities said on Thursday, as Iran carries out a campaign to disrupt global energy markets. Farhan Al-Fartousi, from Iraq's General Company for Ports, told state television that one crew member had been killed and 38 rescued while the "search continues for the ...
Ortagus: ‘Lebanese Government Good at Declaring Things, But Lacked Action’
This is Beirut 11/03 02:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Morgan Ortagus, former deputy United States special envoy to the Middle East, made her first public appearance on March 10 at the Harvard Kennedy School, since leaving the Donald Trump administration. She remarked on the situations in Iran and Lebanon surrounding the current conflict. Lebanon On Lebanon, Ortagus emphasized the importance ...
Hezbollah Condemns Expulsion of Iranian Ambassador, Claims ‘National and Strategic Sin’
This is Beirut 24/03 18:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah issued a statement on Tuesday condemning Lebanon’s expulsion of the Iranian ambassador Mohammad Reza Sheibani. Declaring Sheibani persona non-grata “constitutes a reckless and reprehensible step that serves neither Lebanon’s national interests, sovereignty, or national unity,” the statement ...
Power Outages Hit Tehran After Strikes on Energy Infrastructure
This is Beirut 30/03 10:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Parts of Tehran and the neighboring Alborz Province were plunged into temporary darkness on Sunday night after strikes damaged elements of the local electricity grid, according to Iranian state media and international reports. The disruptions followed a new wave of airstrikes attributed to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), targeting areas in and ...