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BBC Expected to Apologize Over Trump Row After Chief Resignation
This is Beirut 2025-11-10 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The BBC was on Monday expected to apologize for editing a speech that suggested Donald Trump had directly instigated an attack on the US Capitol, resulting in the dramatic resignations of the broadcaster's top brass. Director general Tim Davie and the BBC News CEO Deborah Turness stepped down on Sunday after accusations that a documentary by ...
US Envoy Kushner and Netanyahu Discuss Phase Two of Gaza Truce
This is Beirut 2025-11-10 20:02 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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US mediator Jared Kushner and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks Monday on the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire, as Washington intensified its efforts to ensure the fragile truce endures. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, meanwhile, said Israel would enforce the ceasefire in Gaza as well as one in Lebanon with an "iron ...
How the Iran War Can Help Reorient Shia Identity
Marwan El Amine 07/04 12:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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As the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran nears the limits of its original target bank, the contours of a new phase are beginning to emerge, one defined by the search for a political exit from the war. Discussions are no longer confined to closed-door deliberations but are now unfolding in public. Fundamental questions are emerging about ...
Assassination Sparks Clashes in Ain al-Hilweh Camp
This is Beirut 29/03 23:25 - Reading : less than a minute
Clashes erupted Sunday in the southern Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp following the assassination of a man known as “Imad al-Sarii.” He was a bodyguard for the brother of senior Fatah figure Munir al-Maqdah and was reportedly killed by an Islamist militant, a military source told This is Beirut. The assailant is suspected to be linked to Islamist ...
Yemen's Houthis Claim First Attack on Israel Since Start of Mideast War
This is Beirut 28/03 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Yemen's Houthi rebels announced their entry into the Middle East war on Saturday by launching a ballistic missile towards Israel, as the world struggled to contain the economic damage of a conflict now entering its second month. The intervention of Iran's Yemeni allies into Tehran's conflict with Israel and the United States will ...
U.S. and Iraq to 'Intensify Cooperation' Against Attacks
This is Beirut 28/03 12:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United States and Iraq will "intensify cooperation" to prevent attacks and ensure Iraqi territory is not used to launch assaults against US facilities, Washington's embassy in Baghdad said in a statement. Since the war began on February 28 with US-Israeli strikes on Iran, Iraq has been increasingly drawn into a conflict it had sought to avoid ...
Saudi Arabia Weighs Its Position as Houthis Enter the Fray
Kaline Antoun 28/03 12:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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For nearly a month, Saudi Arabia has absorbed sustained waves of Iranian missile and drone attacks on its cities and critical energy infrastructure, while maintaining a posture of calculated restraint. This comes as Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement launched its first missile toward Israel on Saturday since the start of the war, ...
Israel Military Says Journalist Killed in Lebanon Member of Elite Hezbollah Unit
This is Beirut 28/03 15:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Israeli military said it had killed on Saturday a member of an elite unit of Hezbollah who worked as a journalist for Al Manar television network. The military targeted and eliminated Ali Shoeib, a "terrorist in the intelligence unit of Hezbollah's Radwan Force," it said in a statement. Shoeib, it said, "operated within ...
Israel Hits Southern Lebanon as Tensions Mount
This is Beirut 28/03 19:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Lebanon saw a sharp escalation in the south on Saturday, with multiple deadly incidents reported throughout the day. An Israeli airstrike targeted a vehicle carrying a media team on the Jezzine road, killing Al-Manar journalist Ali Choueib, Al-Mayadeen reporter Fatima Ftouni, and two others. In response, Israeli army Arabic spokesperson ...
Hundreds of Israelis Protest Against War, Clash with Police
This is Beirut 29/03 05:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Hundreds gathered in Tel Aviv and some other Israeli cities on Saturday to protest the war in the Middle East, in unauthorised demonstrations that security forces sought to disperse. Weekly protests against the war launched by Israel and the United States against Iran on February 28 have been taking place in Tel Aviv and elsewhere, initially ...
Lebanon Kids Struggle to Keep Up Studies as War Slams School Doors Shut
This is Beirut 29/03 05:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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In a classroom turned shelter for displaced families, teenager Ahmad Melhem follows a recorded lesson on a tablet as the war between Hezbollah and Israel interrupts education for hundreds of thousands of students in Lebanon. "I don't want to regret not finishing my studies despite the difficult circumstances," said Melhem, whose ...
Iran Claims Aluminium Plant Attacks in Gulf as Houthis Join War
This is Beirut 29/03 09:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Iran claimed on Sunday attacks on two major aluminium plants in the Gulf, further raising the economic stakes of the Middle East war after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis joined the conflict. The war that began on February 28 with US-Israeli attacks on Iran has mushroomed throughout the region, sending world energy markets into a tailspin and ...
Syria "Holds Iraq Responsible" for Drone Attack on U.S. Base
This is Beirut 29/03 10:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Syria's assistant defence minister said Sunday that his country's forces had repelled a drone attack from neighbouring Iraq targeting one of Syria's last US military bases. "Earlier today, the US base in Qasrak, located on our territory, was attacked by four drones launched from Iraqi territory," Sipan Hamo said on X, adding that "the drones were ...
Iran Parliament Speaker Says U.S. Plots Ground Attack Despite Diplomatic Efforts
This is Beirut 29/03 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Sunday that the United States was plotting a ground attack despite publicly engaging in diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the war. Yesterday, CENTCOM announced that the amphibious assault vessel USS Tripoli had joined the military concentration in the region. "The enemy publicly ...
U.S. Weighs Limited Ground Operation in Iran: Report
This is Beirut 29/03 19:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The United States Department of Defense is preparing potential military options involving limited ground operations in Iran, according to a report by The Washington Post. The plans, which fall short of a full-scale invasion, could involve thousands of troops and last from several weeks to a few months. U.S. officials stated that no decision has ...
Iran's Ambassador Won't Leave Lebanon Despite Expulsion: Diplomatic Source
This is Beirut 29/03 19:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iran's ambassador will not leave Lebanon despite being declared persona non grata and ordered to leave the country by Sunday, an Iranian diplomatic source told AFP. "The ambassador will not leave Lebanon, in accordance with the wishes of the speaker of parliament Nabih Berri and of Hezbollah," the source said, speaking on condition ...
Israel Approves 2026 Budget with Increased Defense Spending
This is Beirut 30/03 06:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israel's parliament approved the 2026 budget early Monday, providing for a significant increase in military spending as the country remains engaged in wars on multiple fronts. Lawmakers passed the budget with 62 votes in favour and 55 against. The vote averted an automatic government collapse and snap election that would have followed failure to ...
Iran's Gulf Islands: Are They in Trump's Crosshairs?
This is Beirut 27/03 15:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Iran has warned the United States about attempting to seize any of its strategic islands in the Gulf -- a move that President Donald Trump is reported to be mulling. AFP looks at potential targets. Kharg A strip of scrubland located in the northern Gulf, about 30 kilometres from the coast, Kharg is home to Iran’s largest oil ...
UN Force in Southern Lebanon Says Peacekeeper Killed
This is Beirut 30/03 06:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The UN force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said one of their peacekeepers was killed after a projectile hit one of their positions late Sunday. "A peacekeeper was tragically killed last night when a projectile exploded in a UNIFIL position near Adchit Al Qusayr," said Monday's statement. "Another was critically injured." The UNIFIL ...
Iran Hangs Two Convicted of Links to Banned Opposition
This is Beirut 30/03 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Iranian authorities executed two men on Monday after convicting them of membership in a banned opposition group and attempting to overthrow the Islamic republic, the judiciary said. "After confirmation and final approval of the sentence by the Supreme Court, Akbar Daneshvarkar and Mohammad Taghavi-Sangdehi were hanged this morning," the ...
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 ...
Israel’s New Manual for Fighting Terrorist Militias
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 30/03 10:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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From the ruins of Gaza to the depopulated villages south of Lebanon’s Litani River, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is testing a new doctrine that breaks with decades of conventional wisdom on combating terrorist actors. Rather than applying military pressure to bend governments or populations to its political will, Israel is now waging a war ...
Iran Confirms Death of IRGC Navy Commander Following Israeli Airstrike
This is Beirut 30/03 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran confirmed on Monday that Alireza Tangsiri, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ navy (IRGCN), had been killed, days after Israel announced it had targeted him in an airstrike. A statement published by the Guards’ Sepah News website said Tangsiri “succumbed to severe injuries” from the attack, according to AFP. Israeli ...
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, ...
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 ...
Iran Says Not Seeking Nuclear Weapons but Non-Proliferation Treaty Under Review
This is Beirut 30/03 14:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran said on Monday it was not seeking nuclear weapons but the issue of whether to remain part of the non-proliferation treaty was under review in parliament. "The Islamic Republic of Iran has never sought and does not seek nuclear weapons," said foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei in a weekly press briefing. "Regarding membership in this ...
Southern Front: Israel’s Push Toward the Litani River
Natasha Metni Torbey 30/03 14:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The Israeli military is conducting a methodical ground campaign in southern Lebanon, advancing slowly but steadily along three main axes as Jerusalem seeks to establish a buffer zone. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he had ordered the military to “further expand the existing security strip” in Lebanon, signaling ...
Israel Maintains High Pressure in West Bank Amid Iran War
This is Beirut 30/03 19:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
As war with Iran and its proxies touches most of the region, Israel maintains pressure in the West Bank as violence mounts, while the Knesset approved a bill setting the death penalty on charges of deadly acts of terrorism. On Monday, 2 Palestinians in the West Bank were killed by Israeli soldiers in separate incidents, according to ...
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 ...
Senior U.S. Official to TIB: ‘The United States Supports the Sovereignty and Authority of the Lebanese Government’
This is Beirut 30/03 22:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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In an exclusive statement to This is Beirut, a senior U.S. official conveyed support for the Lebanese government’s authority and expressed concern for Iranian infractions against Lebanese sovereignty. The official said that “the United States supports the sovereignty and authority of the Lebanese government to make decisions ...