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Israel to 'Advance Targeted Ground Operations' in Lebanon: Army Chief
This is Beirut 22/03 22:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel's military will expand its ground operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah, its army chief said Sunday, warning that the offensive against the group was still in its early stages. Lebanon was pulled into the Middle East war when Hezbollah began firing rockets into Israel on March 2 to avenge the killing of Iran's supreme leader ...
Lebanon PM Says Iran Guards Commanding Hezbollah Operations in Lebanon
This is Beirut 22/03 22:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Sunday that members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards are commanding Hezbollah's operations in the group's ongoing war against Israel. In an interview with the Al Hadath network, Salam once again lashed out at Hezbollah for dragging Lebanon into the Middle East war by firing rockets on ...
Israel Launches Wave of Strikes on South Lebanon, Hits Bridge
This is Beirut 22/03 16:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Israel said it struck Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon on Sunday shortly after the military was ordered to destroy bridges used by the Iran-backed militant group across the Litani River. Lebanese official media reported Israeli raids in several areas of the south, while an AFP correspondent saw smoke billowing from a key bridge that was hit ...
Iranian Missiles Sow Panic, Destruction in Israeli Towns
This is Beirut 22/03 07:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Sheltering from an Iranian missile attack on his town in southern Israel on Saturday, 17-year-old Ido Franky heard "terrifying" blasts like nothing he had experienced before. An Iranian missile hit Franky's town of Arad, hours after another struck Dimona -- home to a nuclear facility -- wounding dozens and leaving entire apartment ...
UK Warns Iran as U.S. Expands War Effort and Tehran Rejects Ceasefire Terms
This is Beirut 21/03 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The war between Iran and the United States and Israel escalated further, as the British Ministry of Defense warned on Saturday that Iran’s “reckless attacks” and its control of the Strait of Hormuz pose a threat to British interests and those of its allies. Previously on Friday, the UK warned Tehran against targeting its bases and ...
Trump Gives Iran 48 Hours to Open Hormuz as Tehran Strikes Israel
This is Beirut 22/03 07:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday gave Iran 48 hours to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to shipping or face the destruction of its energy infrastructure, as Tehran launched its most destructive attack yet on Israel. The ultimatum, made just a day after the U.S. leader said he was considering "winding down" military operations after ...
U.S. Strikes Iran Bases Threatening Blocked Hormuz Oil Route
This is Beirut 21/03 17:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The U.S. military declared on Saturday it had damaged an Iranian bunker housing weapons threatening oil and gas shipments in the Strait of Hormuz, as thousands of Iranians marked Eid al-Fitr with prayer. The U.S. statement appeared designed to calm the concerns of energy markets and of Washington's sceptical international allies, more than 20 of ...
Israel, U.S. Attack Iran's Natanz Nuclear Facility, Prompting Russian Criticism
This is Beirut 21/03 17:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The United States and Israel struck Iran's Natanz nuclear facility on Saturday, the Islamic republic's atomic energy organisation said. "Following the criminal attacks by the United States and the usurping Zionist regime against our country, the... Natanz enrichment complex was targeted this morning," the organisation said in a statement carried ...
UAE-Iran Ties Deteriorate as Tehran-Linked Hospital Ordered Shut in Dubai
This is Beirut 21/03 17:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The United Arab Emirates has ordered the closure of an Iranian state-linked hospital in Dubai, three employees at the facility told AFP, as ties between the two neighbors deteriorate and Tehran continues its aerial campaign against Gulf states. Since the United States and Israel began striking Iran on February 28, Tehran has launched waves of ...
U.S. Temporarily Lifts Sanctions on Iranian Oil, Two Tankers Load at Kharg Island, Sources Say
This is Beirut 21/03 16:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The U.S. has lifted sanctions on some Iranian oil for 30 days to ease surging oil prices driven by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. The U.S. treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, said the waiver would bring about 140 million barrels of oil to global markets and help relieve pressure on energy supply. In a statement on X, Bessent said “In ...
More Than 20 Countries 'Express Their Readiness' to Resolve Hormuz Crisis
This is Beirut 21/03 15:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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More than 20 countries on Saturday said they would contribute to efforts ensuring safe passage in the Strait of Hormuz, condemning Iran's closure of the vital waterway. "We condemn in the strongest terms recent attacks by Iran on unarmed commercial vessels in the Gulf, attacks on civilian infrastructure including oil and gas ...
More Than 20 Countries 'Express Their Readiness' to Resolve Hormuz Crisis
This is Beirut 21/03 15:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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More than 20 countries on Saturday said they would contribute to efforts ensuring safe passage in the Strait of Hormuz, condemning Iran's closure of the vital waterway. "We condemn in the strongest terms recent attacks by Iran on unarmed commercial vessels in the Gulf, attacks on civilian infrastructure including oil and gas installations, and ...
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 ...
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 ...
Washington and Tehran Disagree on the Status of Negotiations
This is Beirut 23/03 17:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Washington and “representatives” from Tehran had held “very good and productive conversations” over the past two days, and he had subsequently instructed the Department of Defense to postpone military strikes on Iranian power plants for five days—emphasizing that current ...
U.S. Energy Secretary Says Iran Conflict Could End Within Weeks
This is Beirut 15/03 16:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the war with Iran could end within the coming weeks, offering a cautious timeline for a conflict that has shaken global energy markets and pushed fuel prices sharply higher in the United States. Speaking in an interview with ABC News, Wright said he believed the conflict would likely conclude in the near ...
Iraq Hopes to Ship Oil to Turkey by Pipeline as War Cuts Off Exports
This is Beirut 16/03 16:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iraq is hoping to ship up to 250,000 barrels of oil per day to a port in Turkey via a rehabilitated pipeline, its oil minister said, after the US-Israeli war on Iran cut off its main export route. The amount would be just a fraction of the roughly 3.5 million barrels per day (bpd) that Iraq exported before the conflict, mostly through its ...
Hormuz Alternative Oil Routes Inadequate to Cope with Demand
This is Beirut 16/03 16:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Iran's threats against oil tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz -- a chokepoint through which some 20 percent of global exports pass in peacetime -- has forced countries in the region to seek alternative routes. But analysts warn those routes are not yet sufficient to deal fully with global oil demand. "Saudi Arabia and the UAE can reroute ...
Lebanon Launches Legal Action Against 4 Hezbollah Members Over Arms
This is Beirut 16/03 15:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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A Lebanese judge has begun legal proceedings against four Hezbollah members for weapons offences, a judicial official told AFP on Monday, after authorities recently banned the Iran-backed group's military and security activities. Lebanese authorities have been seeking to pressure Hezbollah after Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on ...
Trump Pressures NATO, China over Iran's Closure of Hormuz
This is Beirut 16/03 12:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump urged NATO partners and China to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the critical conduit for crude that Iran has effectively closed, as major economic players began releasing oil reserves on Monday to ward off supply disruptions. Global oil prices have surged by 40 to 50 percent after Iran choked off the waterway and ...
Dubai Airport Flights Disrupted After Nearby Drone Fire, One Killed in Abu Dhabi
This is Beirut 16/03 11:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Missiles and drone attacks hit across the UAE on Monday, with a drone-related incident sparking a fuel tank fire near Dubai airport that disrupted travel, while a missile killed a civilian in Abu Dhabi. In the eastern emirate of Fujairah, a drone attack on oil infrastructure sparked a fire, just one day after an AFP journalist saw smoke rising ...
Israeli Army Begins "Limited Ground Operations" against Hezbollah
This is Beirut 16/03 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Israeli army said on Monday it had begun “limited ground operations” against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. The move comes after a night of direct clashes in Khiam in south Lebanon’s Marjayoun district and days of heavy missile fire. Israel’s military spokesman said in a statement, “troops from the 91st ...
Trump Threatens More Strikes on Iran’s Main Oil Export Hub
This is Beirut 15/03 14:25 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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U.S. President Donald Trump threatened additional strikes on Iran’s key oil export hub at Kharg Island as the war between Iran and the U.S.–Israeli alliance entered its third week, underscoring the growing risk of a prolonged conflict that is already disrupting global energy markets and destabilizing the Gulf region. Speaking to NBC News, ...
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 ...
Israel Approves Emergency Military Funding as Iran War Rages
This is Beirut 15/03 12:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel has approved an $827 million emergency budget allocation for military purchases, Israeli media reported Sunday, as the war with Iran entered its third week. The 2.6 billion-shekel package was approved over the weekend by cabinet ministers during a telephone meeting, Haaretz reported. It will be used for "security purchases" and to address ...
Iran Urges Countries to Avoid Action That Could Widen War
This is Beirut 15/03 12:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi urged non-combatant countries on Sunday to refrain from any action that could widen the scope of the war with Israel and the United States. In a phone call with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, Araghchi called on other countries to "refrain from any action that could lead to escalation and expansion ...
Israeli Strikes Intensify on Hezbollah Infrastructure
This is Beirut 15/03 12:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Israel intensified its military campaign against Hezbollah overnight with a series of airstrikes targeting rocket infrastructure and command centers, according to the IDF. The attacks across Lebanon marked a continued expansion of the Israeli army’s operational focus on dismantling Hezbollah’s military infrastructure. The Israeli military ...
Beirut Pushes for Direct Negotiations amid Internal Dysfunction
This is Beirut 15/03 10:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Lebanon has sought direct talks with Israel aimed at halting recent military escalation, with a French-supported delegation pressing to start negotiations within days, according to Lebanese media. Major political and military obstacles remain. Lebanese officials say preparations are underway to form a cross-sectarian negotiating delegation, but ...
Trump Urges Other Nations' Warships to Protect Gulf Oil Route
This is Beirut 15/03 09:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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U.S. President Donald Trump called for other nations' warships to help safeguard world oil supplies passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a route which is virtually blocked as of Sunday by the threat of Iranian attacks. Despite sustaining heavy bombardments since U.S.-Israeli forces launched a war against Iran on February 28, Tehran has defied ...
Iran Guards Targeted U.S. Forces at Saudi Base with Missiles
This is Beirut 15/03 06:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards said late on Saturday they had launched a missile salvo at US forces stationed at a major base in Saudi Arabia's Al-Kharj. The Guards said the Prince Sultan Air Base was being used to equip "F-35 and F-16 fighter jets and is the storage place for fuel tankers". While there has been no immediate ...