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No More Free Passes: U.S. Ties Security Aid to Lebanese Action
Amal Chmouny 2025-12-11 10:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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The U.S. Congress has sent a clear, stern message to Beirut that Washington’s support for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) is no longer a blank check. The latest version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), up for a vote in the House of Representatives, imposes new conditions and restrictions on U.S. aid to the Lebanese army, ...
Jaber’s Blunt Truth: The Law that Destroys Banks and Wipe Out Savings
This is Beirut 2025-12-13 14:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Finance Minister Yassine Jaber did not mince words: “The banks will be the first losers” if the Financial Gap Law is enacted. And if the banks lose, depositors inevitably lose too. The draft law places the full burden of repaying deposits on the banks alone — a move that would inevitably destroy the Lebanese banking sector and wipe out ...
Hamas Says Weapons Are 'Legitimate Right', Open to Proposals That Preserve It
This is Beirut 2025-12-14 12:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Hamas's Gaza chief Khalil al-Hayya said on Sunday that the militant group had a "legitimate right" to hold weapons and that any proposal for the next phases of the Gaza ceasefire must uphold that right. "Resistance and its weapons are a legitimate right guaranteed by international law and are linked to the establishment of a Palestinian state," ...
Israel Launches Airstrikes on Hezbollah Targets Across Lebanon
This is Beirut 2025-12-18 10:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israeli warplanes struck multiple sites across southern and eastern Lebanon on Thursday, targeting Hezbollah military infrastructure including a compound used for training and weapons storage, the IDF said. According to the Israeli army, the strikes dismantled militant infrastructure and launch sites where Hezbollah operatives underwent shooting ...
Egypt Says Israel Gas Deal 'Commercial', Not 'Political'
This is Beirut 2025-12-18 18:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Egyptian authorities confirmed on Thursday a major deal to import natural gas from Israel, saying the agreement had nothing to do with politics and served a strategic interest for the country. "The deal is a purely commercial transaction concluded exclusively on the basis of economic and investment considerations, and does not involve any ...
Israel's Security Cabinet Approves 19 New Settlements in West Bank
This is Beirut 2025-12-21 13:16 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israel's security cabinet approved the establishment of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, a move the country's far-right finance minister said on Sunday was aimed at preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state. The decision brings the total number of settlements approved over the past three years to 69, according to a ...
Israel Strikes Hezbollah Targets in Southern Lebanon and Bekaa Valley
This is Beirut 2025-12-25 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel carried out an air strike late Wednesday on a vehicle in the town of Jannata, in the southern city of Tyre, saying it targeted a Hezbollah operative. The strike injured one passerby, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency. Then Thursday morning, an Israeli drone carried out a raid targeting a minibus on the Hosh ...
Israel Arrests Citizen Suspected of Spying for Iran
This is Beirut 2025-12-25 12:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israeli authorities announced on Thursday the arrest of an Israeli man on suspicion of committing security offenses under the direction of Iranian intelligence agents, days after Tehran executed an Iranian accused of spying for Israel. The arrest is the latest in a series of cases in which Israel has charged its own citizens with spying for its ...
Israel Calls Countries Condemning New West Bank Settlements 'Morally Wrong'
This is Beirut 2025-12-25 12:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel reacted furiously on Thursday to a condemnation by 14 countries, including France and Britain, of its approval of new settlements in the occupied West Bank, calling the criticism discriminatory against Jews. "Foreign governments will not restrict the right of Jews to live in the Land of Israel, and any such call is morally wrong and ...
UN Force in Lebanon Says Peacekeeper Wounded by Israeli Fire
This is Beirut 2025-12-27 12:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon said an Israeli attack near their position in the country's south wounded a peacekeeper on Friday, reiterating a call for Israel to "cease aggressive behaviour". It is the latest incident reported by the peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, where UNIFIL acts as a buffer between Israel and Lebanon and has ...
Iran Prosecutor Pledges 'Decisive' Response if Protests Destabilize Country
This is Beirut 2025-12-31 13:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Iran's prosecutor general said on Wednesday that economic protests that had gripped the country were legitimate, but any attempt to create insecurity would be met with a "decisive response". "Peaceful livelihood protests are part of social and understandable realities," Mohammad Movahedi-Azad told state media after three days of protests by ...
Fresh Clashes Kill Six in Iran Cost-of-Living Protests
This is Beirut 02/01 09:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Protesters and security forces clashed in several Iranian cities on Thursday, with six reported killed, the first deaths since the cost-of-living demonstrations broke out. The protests began on Sunday in Tehran, where shopkeepers went on strike over high prices and economic stagnation, and have since spread to other parts of the country. On ...
Hezbollah Receives ‘Last-Chance Advice’ from Egypt, Qatar, Turkey to Disarm
This is Beirut 02/01 11:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Lebanese ministerial officials say Hezbollah on Wednesday received “last-chance advice” from Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey to hand over its weapons to Lebanon’s government, according to the Arabic newspaper Asharq al-Awsat. According to the sources, the countries warned the militant group that failing to disarm would isolate ...
Award-Winning Filmmaker Panahi: Iran Protests “To Move History Forward”
This is Beirut 02/01 21:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi said Wednesday that protests, which have gripped his country in recent days, aimed "to move history forward." "Shared pain has now become a cry in the street," said the director who won the Cannes Film Festival's top prize this year and has been nominated for an Oscar for his film It Was Just an ...
Iran Security Chief Meets Oman Ruler After U.S. Talks
This is Beirut 10/02 12:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran's top security official met Oman's ruler in Muscat on Tuesday, days after a new round of talks there between officials from Washington and Tehran. Ali Larijani, who heads the Supreme National Security Council, and Sultan Haitham bin Tariq "discussed the latest developments in the Iranian-American negotiations", the official Oman News Agency ...
KSA-Backed Forces Reclaim Eastern Yemen as Rift with UAE-Allied STC Deepens
This is Beirut 05/01 11:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces have regained control of the eastern governorates of Hadramout and al-Mahra from the United Arab Emirates–supported Southern Transitional Council (STC), marking a major shift in the balance of power as tensions among Gulf allies intensify. Rashad al-Alimi, head of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership ...
Taylor Swift’s Wine Choice Shines a Spotlight on French Sancerre
This is Beirut 06/01 17:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A French winemaker has hailed the impact of his Sancerre appearing in Taylor Swift's latest documentary, which looks set to deepen America's love affair with the famed Loire appellation. A bottle of Sancerre by the Terres Blanches Domaine, which sells for around $40 in the United States, is glimpsed briefly by a mixing desk during episode five of ...
Israeli Media: Trump Gives Netanyahu ‘Green Light’ for War Against Hezbollah
This is Beirut 07/01 21:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel’s public broadcaster reported Wednesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told senior ministers he had received an American “green light” to carry out a military operation in Lebanon, amid a sharp uptick in Israeli strikes and renewed diplomatic pressure on Beirut to accelerate steps aimed at curbing Hezbollah’s ...
Iran Allows Overseas Calls as Death Toll From Protests Mounts
This is Beirut 13/01 11:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iranians could call abroad on mobile phones Tuesday for the first time since communications were halted during a crackdown on nationwide protests in which activists said at least 646 people have been killed. However, the regime did not ease restrictions on the internet or allow texting services to be restored. Although Iranians were able to ...
Hadi El Khatib Reveals New Developments at Champville
Hala Abdallah 13/01 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute
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Hadi El Khatib shares the latest on Maristes Champville. Did the club’s top players terminate their contracts? Which teams are contacting Champville players? And what did the federation actually say? Find out in the full episode of This Is Sports on This Is Beirut.
Israel Says Struck Syria-Lebanon Border Crossings Used by Hezbollah
This is Beirut 21/01 22:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Israeli military said it struck four crossings along the Syria-Lebanon border on Wednesday that were used by Hezbollah to smuggle weapons, after earlier launching fresh strikes on the militant group in Lebanon. "A short while ago, the (Israeli military) struck four border crossings on the Syria-Lebanon border used by Hezbollah to smuggle ...
The Unraveling of Hezbollah’s Strategic Myth
Marwan El Amine 22/01 15:05 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Since its inception, Hezbollah has sought to transform Shia identity in Lebanon from a national one into an ideological one, anchored in Iran’s Wilayat al-Faqih doctrine of absolute loyalty to its supreme leader. Yet its attempts to tighten control over the Shia community through Tehran’s political ideology met significant obstacles, pushing ...
Iran Dismisses Trump’s Claim He Prevented 800 Hangings
This is Beirut 23/01 13:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Iran's Attorney General said on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump's allegations that Tehran stopped the execution of 800 detained protesters because of his intervention are "absolutely incorrect.” According to the judiciary’s Mizan news agency, Mohammad Mohebi said, “This claim is entirely ...
Hezbollah’s Loyalty to Iran Has Become Its Liability
Salam El Zaatari 29/01 09:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Naim Qassem’s latest speech sought to project certainty at a moment of regional flux. Instead, it revealed Hezbollah’s deepest fear: that its patron, Iran, may choose negotiation over confrontation and survival over its proxies. The Hezbollah leader declared that his organization would not remain neutral if Iran were attacked, framing any ...
Qatari Emir, Iran's President Discuss Regional Deescalation Efforts
This is Beirut 29/01 21:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Qatar's emir and the Iranian president discussed regional deescalation efforts in a phone call on Thursday, as Tehran faced off with Washington. "During the call, they also discussed the latest regional and international developments, particularly the current situation and the efforts being made to de-escalate tensions and establish stability," ...
From Armed Deterrence to Durable Peace: Rethinking Shiite Security in Lebanon
Marwan El Amine 30/01 09:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Despite failing to instill ideological allegiance to Iran's Wilayat al-Faqih among Lebanon's Shia, Hezbollah has succeeded in forging a sense of collective belonging to Iran’s political project. The party achieved this more consequential outcome by recasting its weapons as a political doctrine and overarching identity, portrayed as superior to ...
Iraq PM Candidate Maliki Says Majority Bloc Has Final Say on Nomination
This is Beirut 04/02 09:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iraq's main candidate for the premiership, Nouri al-Maliki, said Tuesday that withdrawing his candidacy would jeopardise Iraqi sovereignty after US threats and he would only step aside if his electoral bloc asks him to. Last week, US President Donald Trump, in his latest intervention in another country's politics, issued an ultimatum, ...
Khamenei Adviser Sends Message to Hezbollah
This is Beirut 05/02 11:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In remarks carried by state-affiliated media, Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, sent a message on Thursday to Hezbollah affirming Tehran’s willingness to face external threats. Velayati addressed the message to Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem following the death of Abdul Karim Nasrallah, ...
Iran Guards Seize Two Foreign-Crewed Tankers in Gulf: News Agency
This is Beirut 05/02 13:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran's Revolutionary Guards have seized two oil tankers with their foreign crews in Gulf waters for "smuggling fuel," the Tasnim news agency reported Thursday. It was not immediately clear what flags the tankers were carrying nor the nationalities of the crew. The seizures took place amid heightened tension after Washington dispatched a naval ...
Cutting Off Hezbollah’s Iranian Lifeline
Liliane Mokbel 2025-11-10 16:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The time has come to deprive Hezbollah of its footing and halt its systematic effort to dismantle what remains of the Lebanese state. John Hurley, the Under Secretary of the U.S. Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, stated last week that there is now a favorable opening in Lebanon to disrupt Iranian funding to Hezbollah and exert ...