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'Northern Shield:' Deep Beneath the Border, a Hunt for the Tunnels of Death
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-10-12 12:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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A siren pierces the cold southern Lebanese night. Peacekeepers cross the Blue Line, weapons and detectors in hand. Beneath their feet, invisible and silent, tunnels snake for hundreds of meters, potential routes for stealth incursions or kidnappings. It’s December 2018. Israel is about to launch Operation “Northern Shield,” a systematic hunt ...
Scotland Take Lead in World Cup Qualifying Group, Dutch Move Closer
This is Beirut 2025-10-12 21:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Scotland moved top of their 2026 World Cup qualifying group with a tense 2-1 win at home to Belarus on Sunday, while the Netherlands closed in on securing their berth at the tournament with a comfortable win over Finland. Steve Clarke's Scotland provisionally lead Group C by three points ahead of Denmark, although the Danes can hit back to take ...
Donald Trump Arrives in Israel as First Group of Hostages Released in Historic Gaza Ceasefire
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 08:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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U.S. President Donald Trump landed in Israel early Monday morning to bolster support for a landmark peace deal, as the first group of Israeli hostages was released from Gaza under a ceasefire agreement brokered with his direct involvement. The Israeli Army spokesperson has confirmed that seven Israeli hostages — named Matan Angrest, ...
The Diplomatic Feat and Its Imponderables
Charles Chartouni 2025-10-13 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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President Trump has proven to be a tough dealmaker and a skillful negotiator who knows how to leverage whatever resources are at hand to promote and sustain peace processes against all odds. His diplomatic approach is based on the common sense of a businessman turned politician at the helm of an “imperial republic.” His hard-nosed realism ...
Trump on His Way to Israel: “The War in Gaza Has Ended”
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 11:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump arrived Monday morning at Ben Gurion Airport for a short visit to Israel, the first stop on a Middle East tour described as a mission for peace. Welcomed by President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump is set to continue to Egypt, where an international summit in Sharm el-Sheikh will focus on ...
Hamas Hands Over Surviving Israeli Hostages
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 11:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Hamas handed over the 20 surviving Israeli hostages on Monday under a ceasefire agreement, as US President Donald Trump and other world leaders geared up for a summit on Gaza. In Tel Aviv, a huge crowd which gathered to support hostage families erupted in joy, tears and song as news broke of the first releases, though the pain for the loss of ...
Trump in Israel: 'The Historic Dawn of a New Middle East'
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 17:20 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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“The historic dawn of a new Middle East and the end of the era of terrorism.” These words could summarize the speech delivered on Monday afternoon by US President Donald Trump at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament. Described by observers as “historic,” this address provided an opportunity for the US president to call on Israel and the ...
Trump at the Knesset Ahead of the Peace Summit
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 17:55 - Reading : less than a minute
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US President Donald Trump delivers a speech at the Knesset in Jerusalem on October 13, 2025, as part of the recently concluded peace plan between Israel and Hamas. This visit marks a major step in the regional stabilization process, which Washington presents as the foundation for a “new Middle East.”
UAE Announces Travel Ban on Nationals to Iran, Lebanon, and Iraq
This is Beirut 01/05 00:30 - Reading : less than a minute
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The United Arab Emirates foreign ministry on Thursday announced a travel ban on Emirati nationals going to Iran, Lebanon and Iraq, citing regional developments including the Middle East war. Iran has targeted the Gulf nation throughout the Middle East conflict sparked by a U.S.-Israeli attack before a fragile ceasefire was announced, including ...
Trump Weighs Military Options on Iran as U.S. Drafts Strike Plans and Hormuz Strategy
This is Beirut 30/04 21:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Senior U.S. military commanders will brief President Donald Trump on Thursday on potential military action against Iran, including strike scenarios and options related to the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. official told Reuters. The briefing, expected at the White House, will include Central Command chief Brad Cooper, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, ...
Zelensky in Oslo For Talks With Norwegian PM
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 12:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Oslo on Wednesday for talks with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, Norway's government said. The two leaders met in the military part of Oslo's international airport, television images showed. Zelensky is scheduled to visit Sweden later Wednesday, where Kyiv and Stockholm are to make a ...
Trump Says Israel and Lebanon 'Leaders' Will Hold Direct Talks Today
This is Beirut 16/04 11:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that Israeli and Lebanese ‘leaders’ will hold direct talks later today. “Trying to get a little breathing room between Israel and Lebanon… It has been a long time since the two leaders have spoken, like 34 years. It will happen later today,” Trump said, without ...
Israeli Ambassador to U.S.: Israel and Lebanon Moving Toward 'Complete Peace Treaty'
This is Beirut 14/04 18:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Lebanon and Israel engaged in the first round of United States-brokered talks in Washington DC today to discuss cooperation on Hezbollah disarmament. The talks were a major historic milestone, the first in-person meetings between Lebanese and Israeli representatives since 1993. Following two hours of talks, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel ...
Aoun Sees Israel Talks as Path to Ending Lebanon’s Suffering
This is Beirut 14/04 19:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Moments before direct Israel-Lebanon talks began in Washington, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Tuesday he hoped negotiations would mark “the beginning of the end of the suffering of the Lebanese in general, and of the people of the south in particular,” following weeks of war between Israel and Hezbollah. “Stability will not be ...
Antoun Sehnaoui and Morgan Ortagus Commemorate the 'Days of Remembrance' at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
This is Beirut 14/04 21:20 - Reading : less than a minute
Businessman Antoun Sehnaoui posted photos on his social media accounts showing him alongside Morgan Ortagus. He accompanied them with the following statement: “Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. Morgan and I had the honor of attending the Days of Remembrance ceremonies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, where both of ...
U.S. State Department: Lebanon and Israel Agree to Continue Direct Negotiations
This is Beirut 14/04 21:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The U.S. Department of State released a statement on Tuesday following a trilateral meeting on April 14, 2026, stressing that all sides agreed to continue direct negotiations at a mutually agreed time and venue. The meeting marked the first major high-level engagement between the governments of Israel and Lebanon since 1993, with the ...
U.S. Continues Naval Blockade Amid Precarious Ceasefire
This is Beirut 15/04 09:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The U.S. blockade of Iranian ports remains in effect overnight on Tuesday into Wednesday morning as the rocky U.S.-Iran ceasefire holds. The naval blockade was initiated on Monday as U.S. President Donald Trump warned that “if any of these ships come anywhere close to our blockade, they will be immediately eliminated, using the same system of ...
Rare Precedents for Lebanon-Israel Peace Talks
This is Beirut 15/04 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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1949, Fragile Armistice The first Arab-Israeli war began on May 15, 1948, the day after the declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel. Five countries -- Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq -- had rejected a UN plan adopted in November 1947 to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab states and went to war against the new ...
Israel Strikes South of Beirut as Hezbollah Launches Rockets at Israel
This is Beirut 15/04 13:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Two Israeli strikes on Wednesday hit vehicles south of Beirut, state media reported, while Hezbollah launched rockets at Israel, soon after Lebanon and Israel agreed to continue holding direct talks. The Israeli military also renewed its call for residents of a swathe of southern Lebanon to leave as it continues to bomb the area. Despite its ...
Trump Says Iran Talks Could Resume Within 'Days'
This is Beirut 15/04 13:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Donald Trump said on Wednesday that U.S.-Iran peace talks could resume this week, adding in a Fox Business interview that the war in Iran is “very close to being over.” He added that there would be “no deal” if Iran continues to pursue a nuclear weapons. He explained that the U.S. has the ability to strike ...
Iran Military Warns will Block Red Sea if U.S. Naval Blockade Continues
This is Beirut 15/04 14:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iran's military warned on Wednesday it would block trade through the Red Sea, along with the Gulf and Sea of Oman, if the U.S. naval blockade continues. In a statement carried by Iranian state television, the head of Iran's military central command center said if the U.S. continues with its blockade and "creates insecurity for ...
Breaking The Silence: Challenging Hezbollah's Narrative Control
Ralph Atrach 15/04 14:50 - Reading : less than a minute
Displaced Lebanese civilians told This Is Beirut Hezbollah uses intimidation, disinformation, and digital manipulation, including AI-generated and fabricated media, to shape an inaccurate narrative and suppress dissent. By Ralph Atrach
Iran Says Exchanges with U.S. Via Pakistan Continue After Failed Talks
This is Beirut 15/04 16:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran said Wednesday that exchanges with the United States via Pakistan had continued following failed negotiations over the weekend. "Since Sunday, when the Iranian delegation returned to Tehran, several messages have been exchanged through Pakistan," said foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei in a weekly press briefing. "Today, we are very ...
Iran Supreme Leader's Adviser Threatens to Sink U.S. Ships in Hormuz Strait
This is Beirut 16/04 03:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The military adviser to Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Wednesday warned that Iran would sink American ships in the Strait of Hormuz if the United States decided to "police" the key shipping bottleneck. The U.S. is imposing a military blockade of the Strait of Hormuz after Iran blocked shipping during over six weeks of war in a conflict ...
Iran Arrests 4 Alleged Israeli Spies
This is Beirut 16/04 06:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Iran arrested four suspected Israeli spies, state media reported on Thursday. It came as U.S. officials discuss possible peace talks with Iran after U.S.-Israeli strikes on Tehran on February 28 engulfed the Middle East in war. "The four agents linked to the Mossad were apprehended in Gilan governorate" in northern Iran, IRNA reported, ...
White House: U.S. Ready to Sustain Indefinite Naval Blockade on Iran
This is Beirut 16/04 12:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The White House said Thursday that the United States is prepared to maintain its naval blockade on Iran indefinitely, signaling a sharp escalation in economic pressure despite ongoing diplomatic efforts to reach a broader agreement. White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller confirmed that all options remain on the table in dealing with ...
Israel-Lebanon Negotiations: Who Are the Key Participants?
This is Beirut 14/04 14:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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As Israel and Lebanon enter their first direct diplomatic talks in decades, a group of senior diplomats and officials have taken center stage in Washington. Hosted by the United States, the meeting brings together representatives from all three sides amid ongoing war and deep political tensions. Below is a profile of each key participant, their ...
Unified Message from Beirut MPs: Exclusive State Control and "weapons-Free" City
This is Beirut 16/04 13:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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In a show of cross-sectarian unity, Beirut MPs on Wednesday called for the capital to be placed fully under state control and declared a “weapons-free city” under the exclusive authority of the Lebanese Armed Forces and security agencies. “Beirut must be free of weapons, and we want to see the Lebanese army deployed in all the streets ...
Beirut: A Safe and Weapon-Free City
Claudia Groeling 16/04 17:10 - Reading : less than a minute
In Beirut, MPs from across political lines met to discuss declaring the capital a weapons-free city and restricting arms exclusively to state control. MP Fouad Makhzoumi: Called for army deployment in Beirut and the southern suburbs and activating coordination mechanisms to keep the capital free of weapons. MP Ghassan Hasbani: Said effective ...
Aoun Thanks U.S. for Ceasefire Efforts After Calls with Trump and Rubio
This is Beirut 16/04 18:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Thursday thanked the United States for its efforts to reach a ceasefire in Lebanon, following separate phone calls with President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, according to an official statement. Aoun received a call from Rubio earlier in the day, during which he expressed appreciation for ...