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Iran Says 'No Decision' on Whether to Attend Next Round of U.S. Talks
This is Beirut 20/04 09:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Iran's foreign ministry said Monday it has yet to reach a decision on whether to attend the next round of talks with the United States. "As of now, while I am at your service, we have no plans for the next round of negotiation, and no decision has been made in this regard," said ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei in a weekly press ...
Lebanon Has Another Opportunity of a Lifetime
David Hale 20/04 10:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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As Lebanese, Israeli, and American teams prepare for their first-ever trilateral leaders summit, it is time to reflect on this opportunity and lessons from the past. Most Lebanese have yearned for decades for a restoration of state sovereignty and peace. There are a host of reasons why they have been deprived of what most people around the ...
Israel Says Exposed Iranian “Covert Terror Network” Targeting Officials and Strategic Sites
This is Beirut 20/04 12:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The Israeli government released a statement Monday announcing that its intelligence services have uncovered a secret Iranian-operated network responsible for planning attacks against Israeli officials and strategic infrastructure worldwide. According to a post on X by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel has for the first ...
President Aoun Assigns Simon Karam to Head Talks With Israel
This is Beirut 20/04 13:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Lebanese presidency announced that upcoming direct negotiations with Israel will be conducted through an official delegation headed by Ambassador Simon Karam, according to a statement attributed to President Joseph Aoun on X. In remarks addressed to a delegation from the “Sovereignty Front,” President Aoun stressed that Lebanon ...
A State Decides: Lebanon's Bet on Direct Talks with Israel
Amal Chmouny 20/04 13:55 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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For the first time in decades, the U.S. has brokered direct talks between Lebanon and Israel, beginning with a 10-day cessation of hostilities and a commitment to negotiate in good faith. Washington says lasting calm will require the Lebanese state to reassert sovereignty over non-state arms. President Donald Trump said the initiative had created ...
Syrian President Considers Negotiations With Israel Over Golan Heights
This is Beirut 17/04 14:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said Friday he is considering “long-term negotiations” with Israel over the Golan Heights, provided the two countries reach a security agreement guaranteeing Israel’s withdrawal from recently occupied Syrian territories. “Israel is violating the 1974 disengagement agreement, and today we are working to ...
U.S. Embassy in Baghdad Issues Security Warning Over Iran-Linked Threats
This is Beirut 20/04 15:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The U.S. Embassy Baghdad issued a security alert on Monday warning of continued threats against American citizens and interests in Iraq, citing ongoing plans by Iran-aligned armed groups to carry out attacks. The U.S. embassy said that “terrorist militias allied with Iran” are continuing to plan attacks targeting U.S. nationals and ...
Will Lebanon Finally Break Its Cycle of Inaction?
Marwan El Amine 21/04 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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As Lebanon and Israel prepare to deepen diplomatic contact amid a 10-day truce, attention is shifting to what comes next, including the fate of Hezbollah’s weapons and whether the ceasefire marks a temporary pause or a strategic shift. During the war, both President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam navigated a perilous political ...
Lebanese President Says Aiming to End Hostilities With Israel Talks
This is Beirut 21/04 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Monday that planned talks with Israel aim to end hostilities and the occupation in southern Lebanon, even as Hezbollah and its supporters rejected the negotiations. Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah has sharply criticised the Lebanese government's negotiations with Israel, which are set to enter a second ...
Israel Says Applying Diplomatic, Military Pressure to Disarm Hezbollah
This is Beirut 21/04 11:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Tuesday that his country's campaign in Lebanon relied on both military and diplomatic pressure to disarm Iran-allied Hezbollah. "The overarching goal of the campaign in Lebanon is to disarm Hezbollah and remove the threat to the northern communities (of Israel), through a combination of military and ...
IDF Delivers Aid to Christian Border Towns in South Lebanon
Ralph Atrach 21/04 13:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Humitarian supplies were deposited by the Israeli Army near several Christian southern Lebanese border towns on Saturday, including Rmeish, Ain Ebel, and Debel, in a cross-border arrangement organized to avoid direct contact with Lebanese citizens, local officials told This Is Beirut. Ayoub Khreish, mayor of Ain Ebel, a border town currently on ...
UN Maritime Agency Urges Help for Seafarers Stranded in Hormuz
This is Beirut 21/04 13:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The head of the UN maritime agency appealed on Tuesday for help for thousands of seafarers stranded in the Strait of Hormuz as the Middle East war paralyzes the vital shipping route. Around 20,000 seafarers and 2,000 ships have been stranded in the waterway since U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28 that triggered the war, according to the ...
When Aoun Meets Netanyahu
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 21/04 14:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun is expected to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in the coming weeks, according to President Trump, who said he would invite both leaders. However, Aoun appears poised to follow a political path that will be rejected by Israel. Lebanon has vilified Israel for so long that a Lebanese ...
Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire While Maintaining Blockade
This is Beirut 21/04 23:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would hold off on new strikes against Iran at the request of Pakistani officials, effectively extending the ceasefire as diplomatic efforts continue. In a statement posted on Truth Social, Trump said the United States agreed to delay further attacks on Iran following a request from Pakistan’s ...
Israeli Strike on Lebanon's Bekaa Kills One
This is Beirut 22/04 09:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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An Israeli strike on Lebanon's Bekaa region killed one person and wounded two others on Wednesday, Lebanese state media reported, despite an ongoing truce between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah. "One person was killed and two others were wounded as a result of an attack carried out by an enemy drone at dawn on the outskirts of Al-Jabur in West ...
Syrian Hezbollah Fighter Surrenders to Israeli Army
Ian Stettner 22/04 12:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A Syrian Hezbollah fighter surrendered himself to the Israeli Defense Forces on Wednesday following an attempt to seek refuge in the Christian village of Rmaych, a Lebanese border town currently inside Israel’s 5-10-kilometer forward defense zone, a local official told This Is Beirut. The fighter, Syrian-national Abdullah Ahmad ...
U.S. Reportedly Blocked $500m Cash Shipment to Iraq Over Pro-Iran Attacks
This is Beirut 22/04 12:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United States blocked a plane carrying nearly $500 million in banknotes from delivering the cash to Iraq, US media reported on Tuesday, piling pressure on Baghdad to fight Iran-backed militant groups. The Wall Street Journal reported that Washington has suspended cash shipments to Iraq and frozen funding for security programs following ...
Israel FM Calls on Lebanon to 'Work Together' with Israel Against Hezbollah
This is Beirut 22/04 12:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel's foreign minister on Wednesday urged Beirut to make joint efforts with Israel to counter Hezbollah on the eve of talks between the two countries set to resume in Washington. It will be the second preparatory meeting paving the way for direct negotiations. "Tomorrow the direct talks between Israel and Lebanon will resume in Washington, DC. ...
Iran Hangs Former Nuclear Employee on Spying Charges: NGOs
This is Beirut 22/04 15:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran hanged a man on Wednesday convicted of links to Israel's Mossad spy agency, the judiciary said, with two NGOs based outside the country saying he worked for the Iranian atomic energy organization. The execution of Mehdi Farid was the latest in a number of hangings of high-profile convicts in an accelerating trend that has alarmed rights ...
Al-Akhbar Journalist Killed in Airstrike in Southern Lebanon
This is Beirut 23/04 01:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A Lebanese journalist working for the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Akhbar News was killed in an Israeli airstrike and another was wounded on Wednesday while they were working near the border with Israel, according to their employer and rescuers. The civil defence agency's press office said rescuers were "able to recover the body of martyred journalist ...
Leaders Signal Next Phase for Lebanon
This is Beirut 17/04 21:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A tentative shift began to take shape today as Presidents Donald Trump, Joseph Aoun, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed their visions for what comes next in Lebanon following the announcement of a ceasefire and the launch of direct talks. While the pause in fighting has created space for diplomacy, each leader made clear that the ...
Amal Leader Condemns Gunfire in Beirut
This is Beirut 17/04 13:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, leader of Lebanon’s Amal party, voiced support on Friday for national unity, condemning incidents of celebratory gunfire in Beirut last night as the Shia political community navigates its first day of the ceasefire since March 2. Berri said that indiscriminate gunfire in the capital was ...
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 ...
Trump Says Iran Talks Could Resume Within 'Days'
This is Beirut 15/04 13:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Donald Trump said on Wednesday that U.S.-Iran peace talks could resume this week, adding in a Fox Business interview that the war in Iran is “very close to being over.” He added that there would be “no deal” if Iran continues to pursue a nuclear weapons. He explained that the U.S. has the ability to strike ...
Lebanon Charts a Separate Path from Tehran in Israel Talks
Samar El-Kadi 14/04 09:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Lebanon is set to begin talks with Israel in Washington on Tuesday, the first direct negotiations since 1983, as Beirut seeks to reassert its role in regional affairs and prevent the country from becoming a bargaining chip in broader international negotiations. Political activist and former MP Fares Souaid described the move as a historic break. ...
Lebanon, Israel to Meet for Tough Talks in Washington
This is Beirut 14/04 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Lebanese and Israeli representatives are scheduled to meet in Washington Tuesday for US-mediated talks on ending the war in Lebanon. Lebanon was pulled into the region-wide Iran war on March 2 after Hezbollah attacked Israel.Since then Israeli strikes -- including an extremely heavy attack on Beirut on April 8 -- have killed more than 2,000 ...
U.S. Says Ball in Iran's Court as Push Grows to End War
This is Beirut 14/04 12:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The United States said "the ball is in the Iranian court" on ending the Mideast war, as diplomats accelerated efforts on Tuesday towards a new round of peace talks after weekend negotiations failed to produce a deal. US Vice President JD Vance had left talks hosted by Pakistan on Sunday, saying he had handed Tehran the "final and best offer".Iran ...
Iraq Says Has 'Understandings' to Bypass Hormuz Blockade
This is Beirut 14/04 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Baghdad's oil ministry said Tuesday it has "understandings" with the United States and Iran to reduce the impact of the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz on Iraqi oil exports. The ministry did not elaborate or say when these reported understandings were reached. But Iran announced earlier this month before the fragile ceasefire was reached last ...
Israel-Lebanon Negotiations: Who Are the Key Participants?
This is Beirut 14/04 14:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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As Israel and Lebanon enter their first direct diplomatic talks in decades, a group of senior diplomats and officials have taken center stage in Washington. Hosted by the United States, the meeting brings together representatives from all three sides amid ongoing war and deep political tensions. Below is a profile of each key participant, their ...
Rubio Calls Israel-Lebanon Talks a 'Historic Opportunity' for Lasting Peace
This is Beirut 14/04 18:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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At the opening of direct talks between Israeli and Lebanese Ambassadors at the U.S. State Department, Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the negotiations as a pivotal moment that could ensure stability and peace for residents of Lebanon and Israel. “We are very honored to be joined by partners with whom the United States seeks strong ...