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U.S. Hits Iran With New Sanctions, Warns Against Hormuz ‘Fees’
This is Beirut 01/05 21:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United States on Friday imposed new sanctions on Iran, targeting three Iranian exchange companies, while warning that any attempt to charge transit fees in the Strait of Hormuz could trigger further punitive measures. According to a statement by the U.S. Treasury Department, the sanctions are part of Washington’s broader effort to cut ...
Lebanon Says 13 Killed in Israeli Strikes in South
This is Beirut 02/05 04:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Lebanon's health ministry said 13 people were killed on Friday in Israeli strikes in the south, including in a town where Israel's army had issued an evacuation order despite a ceasefire. The strikes in Habboush killed eight people, including a child and two women, and wounded 21 others, the ministry said, raising an earlier toll. Other strikes ...
Iran Military Official Says Renewed War with U.S. 'Likely'
This is Beirut 02/05 11:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A senior Iranian military officer said on Saturday that renewed fighting between the US and Iran was "likely", hours after President Donald Trump said he was "not satisfied" with a new Iranian negotiating proposal. Iran delivered the draft to mediator Pakistan on Thursday evening, state media reported without detailing its ...
Iran Executes Two Men Convicted of Spying for Israel: Judiciary
This is Beirut 02/05 11:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran hanged two men on Saturday convicted of spying for Israel, the judiciary said, the latest in a string of executions in recent weeks. "Yaghoub Karimpour and Nasser Bekrzadeh were hanged for the crime of intelligence cooperation and espionage in favour of the Zionist regime," the judiciary's Mizan Online website said. It was not ...
Lebanon Ceasefire Opens a Diplomatic Window, Now Comes the Hard Part
Amal Chmouny 02/05 18:40 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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When the ambassadors of Lebanon and Israel met at the White House on April 23, it was the kind of image that would have seemed unthinkable just months earlier. Their joint appearance alongside President Donald Trump — to announce a three-week extension of the cessation of hostilities — was a shift from decades of indirect, back-channel ...
MP Makhzoumi Backs State Sovereignty and Direct Talks with Israel
This is Beirut 02/05 19:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Parliamentarian and founder of the National Dialogue Party Fouad Makhzoumi on Saturday stressed the primacy of state sovereignty and endorsed direct negotiations with Israel as key to ending the country’s current crisis, saying “the exclusive right of the state to decide on war and peace” must be upheld. Speaking at a ...
Syria Dismantles Lebanon-Linked Captagon Smuggling Network
This is Beirut 02/05 22:35 - Reading : less than a minute
A major shipment of nearly one million Captagon pills originating from Lebanon was intercepted in Syria’s border region of Rankous, where authorities say they dismantled a cross-border smuggling network moving narcotics through Syria toward neighboring countries. According to a statement from the Syrian Ministry of Interior, the ...
'Angry Birds'-Style Video Caricaturing Hezbollah Draws Rebuke
This is Beirut 03/05 05:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A video published by a Lebanese TV outlet caricaturing Hezbollah's leaders and fighters as characters from the "Angry Birds" mobile phone games drew a rebuke from the group, which called the clip "offensive" on Saturday. On social media, Hezbollah's supporters condemned what they considered the ridiculing of leader ...
Trump Says U.S. Not Likely to Accept New Iran Peace Proposal
This is Beirut 03/05 09:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday he would review a new Iranian peace proposal but cast doubt over its prospects as he left open the possibility of future attacks on Iran. Negotiations between the two countries have been deadlocked since a ceasefire came into effect on April 8, with one round of peace talks to end the more than two-month ...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Warns U.S., Sets Deadline to Lift Naval Blockade
This is Beirut 03/05 14:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) intelligence arm issued a series of new warnings on Sunday, saying Tehran has given Washington a deadline to lift its naval blockade on Iranian ports, as tensions escalate alongside fragile diplomatic efforts. The IRGC said on Sunday that Iran had granted the Pentagon a “final ...
Netanyahu Warns Israel Can Strike Anywhere in Iranian Airspace
This is Beirut 03/05 15:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday in a recorded speech that Israel is capable of striking “anywhere in Iranian airspace" in a renewed warning to Tehran as indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States continue through Pakistani mediation. Netanyahu emphasized that Israeli pilots are “ready” to ...
IDF Unveils New Counter-Drone Measures in Classified Knesset Session
This is Beirut 29/04 09:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In a classified follow-up session held this week at the Knesset, representatives of the Israeli military presented a series of operational measures aimed at addressing the growing threat posed by unmanned aerial vehicles, particularly advanced drone systems that have challenged existing defenses. The details, first reported by Galei Tzahal, the ...
UAE to Exit OPEC Amid Surging Oil Prices
This is Beirut 28/04 15:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The United Arab Emirates will withdraw from OPEC and the OPEC+ on May 1, state media reported Tuesday, describing the move as a strategic decision by the major oil producer. "This decision reflects the UAE's long-term strategic and economic vision and evolving energy profile," the official Emirates News Agency said. The United Arab Emirates ...
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: “We Are Strangling the Regime”
This is Beirut 03/05 19:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated on Sunday that Washington has intensified its crackdown on all entities attempting to financially support Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). He stressed that the United States is “strangling the Iranian regime” economically, claiming that Tehran is now struggling to pay its ...
Beirut State Security Raid Met With Protests, Investigation Ordered
This is Beirut 25/04 20:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A violent clash in Beirut’s Saqiet al-Janzir, a sunni majority area, on Saturday triggered public outrage and a wave of protests across the capital, following a controversial security operation targeting a private generator owner identified as Hassan Itani. According to a security source, the case dates back four days, when a complaint was ...
White House Hosts Second Round of Direct Lebanon-Israel Talks
This is Beirut 24/04 02:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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On Thursday afternoon, Secretary of State Marco Rubio convened with Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh Moawad and Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter in the second round of talks in the first series of direct Lebanon-Israel dialogue since 1993. The talks were planned to take place at the State Department, but prior to the ...
U.S. Offers $10 Million Reward for Leader of Iraqi Armed Group
This is Beirut 24/04 09:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The US State Department is offering up to $10 million for information on the leader of the Tehran-backed Iraqi armed group Kataeb Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS), which Washington designates as a terrorist organization. US officials said in a social media post Thursday they were seeking information on KSS leader Hashim Finyan Rahim al-Saraji, also known ...
U.S. Weighs New Military Plan in Strait of Hormuz
This is Beirut 24/04 10:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Senior U.S. military officials are developing new operational plans targeting Iran’s strategic capabilities in and around the Strait of Hormuz, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter who spoke to CNN. The proposed options focus on a more aggressive and geographically concentrated military approach, particularly emphasizing ...
Oil Extends Gains, Stocks Sink as Peace talk Hopes Fade
This is Beirut 24/04 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Oil prices extended gains Friday, and stocks struggled as investors worried about a lack of progress in ending the Middle East crisis, with Tehran keeping the Strait of Hormuz closed and the US maintaining a blockade of Iranian ports. A week that started with hopes the two sides would eventually hold peace talks was set to end on a negative note, ...
Hezbollah’s Global Financial Network Exposed in European Study
This is Beirut 24/04 11:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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An investigation by the Documentation Center Political Islam (DPI) shed light on the extensive global financial networks of the Iran-backed Hezbollah, including its operations across Europe. The report draws on publicly available sources such as court records, corporate registries, and government documents. It highlights how Hezbollah combines ...
UN Peacekeeper Dies Weeks After Injury in Southern Lebanon
This is Beirut 24/04 13:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Friday announced the death of an Indonesian peacekeeper who was critically injured last month following a projectile explosion at a UN position in southern Lebanon, bringing the number of peacekeepers killed in the war to six. Corporal Rico Pramudia, 31, succumbed to his injuries on 24 April ...
Hezbollah-Linked Suspect Extradited to Panama in Long-Running Terror Investigation
This is Beirut 24/04 14:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The U.S. Embassy in Panama announced a major breakthrough in the decades-long investigation into the 1994 bombing of Alas Chiricanas Flight 901, stating that suspected Hezbollah-linked operative Ali Zaki Hage Jalil has been extradited to Panama to face trial. The announcement described the move as the result of coordinated efforts between the ...
IDF Exposes Hezbollah’s Use of Ambulances and Civilian Sites for Military Operations
This is Beirut 24/04 14:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Avichay Adraee said Friday that the Israeli military identified what it described as new evidence of Hezbollah using ambulances and civilian infrastructure for military purposes in southern Lebanon. In a series of posts published on X, Adraee alleged that Hezbollah has “repeatedly and systematically” used ...
Six Decades Without the State: Southern Lebanon’s Long Shadow of Militias
Marwan El-Amine 24/04 16:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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For nearly 60 years, the Shia of southern Lebanon have known only the rule of militias. This reality dates to 1969, when the Lebanese state ceded part of its sovereignty to Palestinian armed groups, allowing them to launch attacks against Israel. Since then, the region has fallen under a succession of armed actors, culminating in the firm ...
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 ...
Will Lebanon Repeal Its Law Criminalizing Contact With Israel?
Kaline Antoun 24/04 20:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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As Lebanese and Israeli officials conclude their second round of U.S.-brokered talks in Washington, a contradiction is becoming harder for Beirut to ignore. The state is now negotiating with Israel, while its citizens can still face prosecution for far less. Following Thursday’s meeting between Lebanese and Israeli envoys at the White House, ...
Iran Executes Man Over 'Mission' for Israel's Spy Agency
This is Beirut 25/04 11:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iran on Saturday executed a man for carrying out a "mission" on behalf of Israel's spy agency during mass protests in January, the judiciary reported. It is the latest in a string of executions since war broke out with Israel and the United States. Erfan Kiani was hanged after his sentence was upheld by the country's Supreme ...
Parking Dispute Involving Shia Residents Escalates into North Beirut Church Incident
This is Beirut 25/04 21:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
According to Lebanese media reports, a confrontation broke out Saturday in Fanar’s Ras el-Rouissat area in north Beirut between a municipal police officer and two individuals from the Shia neighborhood of el-Rouissat over a parking dispute. A local witness, identified as M. Hanna, told This is Beirut that the two men assaulted the officer ...
Five Sentenced to Life in Bahrain for Plotting 'Terrorist' Acts With Iran
This is Beirut 28/04 15:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Five people were sentenced to life in Bahrain on Tuesday for plotting "terrorist and hostile acts" with Iran, which bombarded the tiny Gulf state during the Middle East war. Two Afghans and three Bahrainis were convicted, and a fourth Bahraini was acquitted by the High Criminal Court, the public prosecution said. They were accused of monitoring ...
New Strikes Reported in Lebanon After 6 Killed in South of Country
This is Beirut 26/04 07:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanese state media reported a series of new Israeli strikes in the country's south on Saturday night, after attacks earlier in the day killed six people despite a recently extended ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hezbollah The new attacks followed orders from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the military to "forcefully ...