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Iran Arrests Alleged 'Monarchist' Networks, Suspected Spies as War Rages
This is Beirut 18/03 12:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iranian authorities said on Wednesday they had arrested more than 100 alleged "monarchist cells" plotting against the Islamic Republic, along with suspected spies and individuals accused of cooperating with an outlawed television channel. Forces from the Intelligence Ministry "have identified and arrested 111 monarchist cells across 26 provinces ...
Ankara Says NATO Deploys New Patriot Battery as Strikes Continue
This is Beirut 18/03 12:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Turkey's defence ministry said Wednesday NATO was deploying a new Patriot missile battery at Incirlik air base, just days after a third ballistic missile from Iran was shot down. "Another Patriot system... is being deployed... in addition to the existing Spanish Patriot system stationed there," a ministry official told reporters at the Turkish ...
Facts About Strait of Hormuz War Blockage
This is Beirut 18/03 14:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Key facts and figures about the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial shipping route virtually paralyzed by the Middle East war. Around a fifth of global crude oil and liquefied natural gas pass through the waterway in peacetime. The war erupted on February 28 when the US and Israel began bombing Iran, prompting it to retaliate with ...
Israel Bombards Iranian Gas Field, Iran Vows Retaliation on Gulf
This is Beirut 18/03 14:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Israeli Air Force struck natural gas processing facilities in the South Pars field in Asaluyeh, southwestern Iran, according to multiple senior Israeli officials. This is the first time Israel has struck natural gas facilities in Iran, having previously struck oil depots. In response, Iran issued evacuation warnings for ...
Israel Says Killed Iran Intel Chief, Tells Military to Hunt Down Officials
This is Beirut 18/03 15:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Israel said on Wednesday its forces had killed another top Iranian official, Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, and said its military was authorised to kill any senior figure of the Islamic republic in its sights. The announcement, the day after Iranian security chief Ali Larijani was confirmed killed in an Israeli strike, is part of a ...
Who Are the Iraqi Groups Involved in the Middle East War?
This is Beirut 18/03 16:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Since the start of the Middle East war, Tehran-backed Iraqi groups have repeatedly attacked US interests, whether bases hosting troops, diplomatic missions, or oil facilities. The armed groups, which the U.S. designates as terrorist organisations, have, from the onset, warned that the Middle East conflict will become a prolonged war of ...
UAE Condemns Targeting of South Pars Gas Field, after Iran Blames U.S., Israel
This is Beirut 18/03 18:15 - Reading : less than a minute
The UAE condemned the targeting on Wednesday of Iranian facilities in a gas field shared with Qatar, calling the attack attributed by Iran to the US and Israel a "dangerous escalation" in a rare rebuke. "The United Arab Emirates affirmed that targeting energy facilities linked to the South Pars gas field in the Islamic Republic of ...
Ron Dermer: ‘It Is Possible to Talk about Potential Peace Agreement’ with Lebanon
This is Beirut 17/03 21:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Ron Dermer, recently-appointed head of the Israeli negotiating delegation with Lebanon, expressed that he is “making progress with Lebanon” regarding a political agreement between the two countries. On a deal with Lebanon, he expressed that “it is possible to talk about a potential peace agreement, but for a deal to be ...
Qatar Declares Iranian Attaches Non Grata, Calls Out 'Direct Threats' to its National Security
This is Beirut 18/03 22:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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On Wednesday, the Qatari Foreign Ministry declared the Iranian embassy’s military and security attaches as persona non grata due to Iran’s repeated attacks on the country. Qatar also said that Iranian attacks on its main gas facility situated on its north coast were a "direct threat to its national security". "Qatar ...
Pro-Iran Iraqi Armed Group Says Will Stop U.S. Embassy Attacks, Under Conditions
This is Beirut 19/03 03:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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An influential pro-Iranian armed group in Iraq pledged early Thursday to stop attacking the US embassy for five days, subject to several conditions including that Israel stop strikes on parts of Beirut. AFP reported no drone or rocket attacks so far on the US embassy in Iraq's capital Baghdad between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. The ...
Israel Strikes Bridges Over Litani
This is Beirut 19/03 10:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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As the ground offensive continues, Israeli strikes have begun targeting bridges over the Litani River, with IDF army spokesmen citing Hezbollah smuggling routes and the need to isolate enemy movement. Two retired Lebanese Army Generals believe the move is also a concerted pressure campaign directed at the Lebanese state. On March 13, the IDF ...
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 ...
Roots of Radicalization: The Lebanese Immigrant Behind the Michigan Attack
Claudia Groeling 19/03 12:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A Lebanese immigrant to the U.S. last Thursday drove a truck laden with explosives into a synagogue in Michigan, as Israel fought a war with Hezbollah thousands of miles away, a group to which the assailant’s brother reportedly has ties. The FBI described Ayman Ghazali’s attack as a “targeted act of violence against the Jewish community.” ...
Lebanon’s Last Chance: A Turning Point or the Point of No Return?
Amal Chmouny 19/03 12:55 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
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Caught in the escalating conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, Lebanon faces a critical turning point. The Lebanese state can no longer claim sovereignty while tolerating an armed militia that unilaterally dictates war and peace. President Joseph Aoun’s assertion that Hezbollah seeks the “collapse of the Lebanese state” and the ...
Shiite-Majority Region Rejects Amal, Hezbollah Aid Role
This is Beirut 19/03 13:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Union of Associations of Baalbek-Hermel, along with several NGOs assisting displaced people, has voiced opposition to transferring displacement aid to the Council for the South, citing concerns over corruption. In a statement, the union pointed to what it described as the council’s poor track record over the past two decades, arguing that ...
Iraq Asks Iran for Oil Tanker Passage through Strait of Hormuz
This is Beirut 17/03 22:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iraq was in contact with Iran to try to arrange passage for some of its oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, the country's oil minister told local media. A founding member of the OPEC cartel, crude oil sales make up 90 percent of Iraq's budget revenues. Before the outbreak of war on February 28, Iraq mainly shipped its ...
Security Source Says U.S. Embassy Struck as Explosions Heard in Baghdad
This is Beirut 17/03 19:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Several loud explosions were heard Tuesday evening in Iraq's capital Baghdad, AFP journalists reported, with a security official reporting a drone and rocket attack on the US embassy. In a restaurant in the city, where diners did not react to the initial sounds of the blasts, a witness told AFP he saw detonations caused by the embassy's ...
European Countries Seek Non-Involvement in Hormuz Strait as U.S. Pushes International Participation
This is Beirut 16/03 18:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The U.S. has encouraged its allies in Europe and the Gulf to increase their military participation in the Strait of Hormuz amid Iranian threats to close the waterway, prompting European countries to establish positions of non-involvement. On Monday, U.S. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called on the Gulf and Europe to do more to help ...
UAE's Fujairah Struck Again, Suspends Oil Loadings
This is Beirut 17/03 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A new drone strike hit the Fujairah oil complex on the UAE's east coast on Tuesday causing a fire but no injuries, and leading to the temporary suspension of all oil loading operations, according to Bloomerg. "Civil defence teams from the emirate intervened immediately on site and are continuing their efforts to bring the situation under ...
Iraq's Kataeb Hezbollah Says Security Spokesperson Killed
This is Beirut 16/03 20:40 - Reading : less than a minute
Iraq's powerful Kataeb Hezbollah on Monday said its senior commander and security spokesperson Abu Ali al-Askari had been killed. The group's leader Ahmad al-Hamidawi, also known as Abu Hussein al-Hamidawi, said on Monday in a statement "we announce the martyrdom of Haj Abu Ali al-Askari", without providing any details on how ...
One Man Wounded in Northern Israel Following Hezbollah Rocket Launch
This is Beirut 16/03 20:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon's Hezbollah said it launched an attack on Monday targeting the northern Israeli city of Nahariya, where first responders reported a man was wounded. The Iran-backed militant group said in a statement that its fighters targeted Nahariya "with a barrage of rockets and a swarm of attack drones". Israel's Magen David Adom ...
War in the Middle East: Casualty Figures from Across the Region
This is Beirut 16/03 21:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Since the United States and Israel unleashed strikes on Iran on February 28, war has spread across the Middle East, with casualties reported in countries across the region. AFP has not been able to independently verify all of the following tolls. The figures are based on numbers released by governments, militaries, health authorities and rescue ...
Fire at Hotel near U.S. Embassy in Baghdad After Drone Attack
This is Beirut 16/03 22:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A fire broke out late Monday on the roof of a hotel in Baghdad's Green Zone, witnesses told AFP, with the interior ministry saying there were no casualties or damage after a "projectile" landed on the building. Two Iraqi security sources said a drone attack had targeted the U.S. embassy, located in the same area as the al-Rasheed ...
Kuwait Says Arrested 16 People Affiliated with Hezbollah Over 'Sabotage Plot'
This is Beirut 16/03 23:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Kuwait's interior ministry said on Monday it arrested 16 people, 14 Kuwaitis and two Lebanese nationals, affiliated with Hezbollah who had planned a "sabotage plot" in the Gulf nation. The group "aimed to destabilise the country's security and recruit individuals to join the terrorist organisation", the ministry said ...
Drone, Rocket Attack Targets U.S. Embassy in Baghdad
This is Beirut 17/03 05:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A drone and rocket attack targeted the US embassy in Baghdad early Tuesday, while a strike killed four people at a house reportedly hosting Iranian advisors, security officials said, pulling Iraq deeper into the Middle East war. An AFP journalist reported seeing black smoke rising after an explosion in the embassy complex, as well as air defences ...
Iran's Revolutionary Guards say 10 'Foreign Spies' Arrested
This is Beirut 17/03 09:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday their forces had arrested 10 "foreign spies" as the war with Israel and the United States continued. "Ten mercenary, treacherous elements were identified and arrested," the Guards intelligence organisation in the northeastern Razavi Khorasan province said, according to ISNA news ...
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 ...
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 ...
Time for Lebanon to Partner with Israel Against Hezbollah
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 17/03 12:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Now that Lebanon and Israel’s interests are so clearly aligned in disarming Hezbollah, the time has come for the two states to cooperate toward this shared goal and lay the groundwork for peace. On March 2, Lebanon’s cabinet convened an emergency meeting and declared Hezbollah’s military and security activities illegal, ordered it to ...
Israel Says Killed Iran National Security Chief Larijani
This is Beirut 17/03 12:20 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Israel said Tuesday it had killed Iran's powerful national security chief, Ali Larijani, in what would be a huge blow to the Islamic republic as fresh strikes rocked the Middle East from Tehran to Baghdad. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Larijani was "eliminated last night," although this has not been confirmed by ...