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Lebanon’s Paralysis, Hezbollah’s Impunity, and a War Without Exit
Amal Chmouny 27/03 10:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Hopes for a swift end to Israel’s military campaign in Lebanon have all but faded, as Jerusalem signals it is preparing to establish a buffer zone up to the Litani River until Hezbollah is no longer a threat. At the same time, U.S. policymakers privately acknowledge that de-escalation is not possible without a fundamental shift within Lebanon ...
Lebanon Expels Iran’s Envoy, but the IRGC Still Looms Large
Marwan El Amine 27/03 11:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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While Lebanese authorities’ decision to expel Iran’s envoy to the country marks a significant attempt to restore state sovereignty and redefine the bounds of ties between Tehran and Beirut, its practical impact on the ground remains limited. Beirut’s move comes amid an escalating war between Israel and Hezbollah that has underscored the ...
IDF Uncovers Hezbollah Tunnel Near Church, Weapons Stockpile in School
This is Beirut 27/03 14:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Israeli military said troops from the Givati Brigade operating under the 91st Division uncovered an active underground tunnel network allegedly used by Hezbollah near a church in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam. The army said soldiers discovered a tunnel shaft and an underground route built near the religious site while conducting ...
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 ...
Rubio Signals War Endgame as U.S. Pressure Mounts on Weakened Iran
This is Beirut 01/04 10:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The United States is increasingly signaling that the war with Iran is entering its final phase, even as military operations and diplomatic maneuvering continue in parallel. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington now sees “the finish line” in a conflict that has entered its fifth week, describing an Iranian state that is, ...
Stocks Rally, Oil Dives as Trump Says War to End 'Very Soon'
This is Beirut 01/04 11:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Equities rallied and oil tumbled Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said the Middle East war would be over in up to three weeks and his Iranian counterpart said Tehran had "the necessary will" to bring it to an end. The remarks came as the economic impact of the conflict worsens, with average US gasoline prices topping $4 a gallon for the ...
Hezbollah Condemns Expulsion of Iranian Ambassador, Claims ‘National and Strategic Sin’
This is Beirut 24/03 18:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah issued a statement on Tuesday condemning Lebanon’s expulsion of the Iranian ambassador Mohammad Reza Sheibani. Declaring Sheibani persona non-grata “constitutes a reckless and reprehensible step that serves neither Lebanon’s national interests, sovereignty, or national unity,” the statement ...
Trump Announces Two-Week Pause on Iran Strikes
This is Beirut 08/04 01:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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U.S. President Donald Trump announced a two-week suspension of planned military strikes on Iran on Wednesday, citing direct appeals from the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces Asim Munir. “Based on conversations with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal ...
State Media Says Iran Rejects Ceasefire Proposal
This is Beirut 06/04 18:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iran has rejected a proposed truce in its war with the United States and Israel, state media reported Monday, despite a stark threat by US President Donald Trump to destroy its vital infrastructure. "Iran has conveyed to Pakistan its response to the American proposal to end the war," the news agency IRNA said, without revealing its source or what ...
Decapitation of Iranian Military and Intelligence Leadership: Timeline and Structure
Ralph Atrach 06/04 23:40 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
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Since the outbreak of the U.S.-Israel war on Iran on February 28, a series of coordinated strikes by both countries has dramatically reshaped Iran’s military and political command structure. The U.S.-led Operation Epic Fury and Israel’s Operation Roaring Lion have systematically targeted senior Iranian officials, top advisors, ...
Gaza Hospital Says Clashes, Israeli Strikes Kill 10
This is Beirut 06/04 23:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A Gaza hospital said clashes and Israeli airstrikes killed at least 10 people on Monday near a school sheltering displaced people in the centre of the Palestinian territory. The incident is the latest to shake a fragile US-backed ceasefire that has been in place since October 10 and has largely halted the war between Israel and Hamas. "At ...
Trump Speaks to Press on Iran as Ceasefire Proposals Waver
This is Beirut 07/04 00:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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U.S. President Donald Trump held a series of public speeches on Iran at the White House on Monday as the U.S. and Iran approach Trump’s Tuesday evening deadline for a deal. Trump has claimed success in U.S. operations in Iran so far, asserting that “we can leave Iran now and it will take decades for it to get back to what it was, but ...
Disarming Hezbollah's Ideology to Protect Lebanon's Future
Fred Khair 07/04 08:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The Iranian regime’s threats against U.S. educational institutions in the Middle East have raised alarm across the region, including in Lebanon, where a pro-Hezbollah journalist even spoke of the “benefits” of a potential attack on students in Beirut. Tehran’s bellicose language has been taken seriously by Washington. “Iran and its ...
Hezbollah Emerged from Iran’s Revolution, Not “Resistance” to Israel
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 07/04 11:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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A false claim, now common in Western media and academia, portrays Hezbollah as having emerged in response to Israel’s 1982 invasion and subsequent occupation of Lebanon. In reality, Hezbollah arose in the wake of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution as part of an effort to establish an Islamic state in a Lebanon fractured by warring militias. Since ...
Oil Prices Rally, Stocks Edge Up After Trump's Latest Iran Threat
This is Beirut 07/04 11:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Oil prices rose Tuesday while equities edged up tentatively as investors assessed Donald Trump's latest deadline for Iran to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz or be "decimated." As the Middle East war entered its sixth week, the U.S. president warned Tehran that its civilian infrastructure would be destroyed if it did not let ...
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 ...
Israel Military Says Completed Forward Deployment in South Lebanon
This is Beirut 07/04 12:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Israeli military said on Tuesday it had completed the deployment of ground troops along a "defense line" in southern Lebanon, where it is fighting Iran-backed Hezbollah. The military has not given any geographical details on the furthest point to which its soldiers have advanced into Lebanese territory. Israeli media reported that the ...
New Strikes in Tehran as Deadline Looms for Trump Threat to Infrastructure
This is Beirut 07/04 13:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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New strikes rocked Tehran on Tuesday, with Iran showing no sign of backing down as a U.S. deadline loomed for it to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or have its civilian infrastructure "decimated," according to President Donald Trump. The U.S. leader has warned that unless Tehran allows free passage through the strategic oil chokepoint by midnight ...
Israel Halts Strike on Lebanon-Syria Crossing After U.S. Intervention
This is Beirut 07/04 14:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israel paused plans to strike a key Lebanon-Syria border crossing after both countries urged the U.S. to keep the route open, a Lebanese source told Reuters Tuesday. The Israeli military had warned on April 4 that it would target the Masnaa crossing, the main land border crossing between Lebanon and Syria, “in the near future,” alleging that ...
U.S.-Israeli Strikes Hit Iran's Kharg Island
This is Beirut 07/04 16:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran expand to new targets on Tuesday, hitting economic and transportation infrastructure across the country. The U.S. and Israel hit the key Iranian oil export terminal of Kharg island, media reported Tuesday. "The American-Zionist enemy has carried out several attacks on Kharg island, and several explosions have ...
Netanyahu Says Israel Struck Railways, Bridges in Iran
This is Beirut 07/04 17:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel struck on Tuesday railways and bridges in Iran "used by the Revolutionary Guards", after Iranian officials reported damage to at least two bridges and railway infrastructure. "We are crushing the terror regime in Iran... with even greater vigour and with increasing force," ...
Trump Agrees to Ceasefire Following Day of Threats and Diplomatic Oscillation
This is Beirut 08/04 04:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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U.S. President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran on Tuesday evening following a day marked by sharp escalation, stalled diplomacy, and last-minute re-engagement. Earlier in the day, Trump dramatically escalated his rhetoric, warning on Truth Social that “a whole civilization will die ...
Israel Expands Arrow Interceptor Production Amid Growing Missile Defense Strain
This is Beirut 06/04 13:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
An Israeli ministerial committee overseeing weapons procurement approved on Monday a rapid expansion in the production of Arrow missile interceptors, marking the second such decision within roughly a year, according to The Jerusalem Post. The ground-based missile defense system, codeveloped by the U.S. and Israel, constitutes the “upper ...
Pro-Iran Armed Factions in Iraq Announce Two-Week Halt in Attacks
This is Beirut 08/04 11:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Pro-Iran armed factions in Iraq announced on Wednesday a two-week halt to their attacks on "enemy bases" in the region after the start of a ceasefire between the United States and Iran. "The Islamic Resistance in Iraq announces the suspension of its operations in Iraq and the region for two weeks," the alliance said in a short ...
Foreign Fighters Alongside Hezbollah: What Do We Know?
Samar El-Kadi 08/04 11:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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An Israeli drone strike near Naqoura in southern Lebanon last week raised fresh questions about whether foreign combatants, apart from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), are fighting alongside Hezbollah. While Hezbollah announced that the fighters killed in the airstrike were from southern Lebanon, the Israeli military identified ...
Iran Launches Fresh Attacks on Gulf and Israel Minutes After Ceasefire Announcement
This is Beirut 08/04 12:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran continued launching missile and drone attacks on Gulf states and Israel in the immediate aftermath of a ceasefire announcement with the United States on Wednesday, which was announced to take effect immediately. The continued strikes have immediately cast doubt on the viability of the agreement, with active hostilities persisting across a ...
Amid Hezbollah’s War, Lebanon Faces a Test of Sovereignty
Amal Chmouny 08/04 13:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Hezbollah plunging Lebanon into yet another war with Israel came as no surprise. For years, Lebanese officials and international partners have warned that Hezbollah’s unchecked militarization in the south was an invitation to catastrophe. Those warnings have become reality as Israel deepens its ground invasion to neutralize what it sees as an ...
Israel Maintains Strikes on Lebanon Despite U.S.-Iran Ceasefire
This is Beirut 08/04 13:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel continued airstrikes across southern Lebanon on Wednesday, even as it confirmed a halt to military operations against Iran under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire. The move comes amid reports that Hezbollah has suspended its attacks for now, creating an asymmetrical reality on the Lebanese front where Israeli operations persist. Despite this ...
Israel Launches Unprecedented Assault on Beirut and Across Lebanon
This is Beirut 08/04 15:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israel launched its most intense and coordinated wave of airstrikes on Lebanon since the start of the war on Wednesday, hitting more than 100 targets across the country, including densely populated areas of Beirut, just hours after a U.S.-Iran ceasefire was announced. The strikes, carried out over 10 minutes, mark a major escalation and highlight ...
Lebanon Calls for International Intervention Against Israeli Strikes
This is Beirut 08/04 16:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Nawaf Salam on Wednesday issued an urgent appeal to the international community, calling on Lebanon’s allies to intervene as Israeli airstrikes continue to expand across the country, including densely populated areas of the capital. The appeal comes as Lebanon finds itself increasingly isolated from a broader de-escalation framework ...