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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 ...

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 ...

Spread of Drug-Resistant Superbugs Surging, WHO Warns

This is Beirut 2025-10-13 12:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The World Health Organization sounded the alarm Monday over soaring numbers of drug-resistant bacterial infections, compromising the effectiveness of life-saving treatments and rendering minor injuries and common infections potentially deadly. The United Nations' health agency warned that one in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections ...

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 ...

Israel to Lebanon: Disarm Hezbollah, or Never Recover

Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2025-10-14 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Lebanon’s government warns that disarming Hezbollah, the pro-Iran militia that undermines its sovereignty, risks plunging the country into civil war. Yet, it simultaneously demands that the international community restrain Israel from targeting this group. This contradictory stance exacts a devastating toll: Without Hezbollah’s disarmament, ...

Joseph Aoun: Dialogue with Israel Is Possible

Marc Saikali 2025-10-14 11:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Joseph Aoun delivered two sentences that may well mark a turning point for Lebanon. First, he stated that “our country cannot remain on the sidelines of efforts undertaken to resolve the crises unfolding in the region.” Then he added that “a dialogue with Israel is possible.” These two brief remarks echoed those of Donald Trump ...

Trump: The Peace Achieved is the Beginning of a New Era

This is Beirut 2025-10-14 11:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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U.S. president, Donald Trump, addressed a new message from aboard Air Force One as he returned to Washington, following the summit in Egypt aimed at consolidating the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, according to MTV. Trump stated that “peace in the region is not a matter of chance, but the result of the firm will of the United States,” ...

Samy Merheg, the Lebanese-Colombian Prodigy Who Caught Jorge Mendes’ Eye

Pierre Daccache 2025-10-14 11:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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It’s a story that’s starting to make noise well beyond Lebanon. At just 18 years old, Samy Jr. Merheg has been taken under the wing of Jorge Mendes, one of the most powerful agents in world football, known for managing the careers of Cristiano Ronaldo, Lamine Yamal, and Bernardo Silva, as reported by the Spanish outlet AS. This partnership ...

Qatar Reveals Ownership of Courbet Masterpiece, Loans It to Paris’s Musée d’Orsay

This is Beirut 2025-10-14 14:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Qatar has revealed itself as the owner of a famous self-portrait by French realist master Gustave Courbet and will loan the painting to Paris's Musee d'Orsay for five years, museum officials said on Monday. "The Desperate Man" depicts Courbet with a wild-eyed stare looking out of the canvas in a work that is one of his best known alongside "The ...

UN Security Council Votes for International Force for Gaza

This is Beirut 2025-11-18 08:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The UN Security Council voted Monday in favor of a US-drafted resolution bolstering Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan that includes the deployment of an international force and a path to a future Palestinian state. There were 13 votes in favor of the text, which US President Trump said would lead to "further Peace all over the World," with only ...

Two Newly Discovered Bach Organ Works Unveiled in Germany

This is Beirut 2025-11-18 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Two long-lost organ pieces written by a teenage Johann Sebastian Bach were unveiled in Germany on Monday in a discovery described as a "great moment for the world of music." The two solo organ works, written while Bach was working as an organ teacher in the town of Arnstadt in Thuringia early in his career, first caught the attention of ...

Jounieh Highway: When Public Land Becomes Private Property

Liliane Mokbel 2025-09-25 15:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Widening Jounieh Highway will not happen overnight. The project is expected to take 36 to 40 months. As the saying goes, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Funding for the project is secured, Minister of Public Works and Transport Fayez Rasamny told the press, though he provided no further details. Sources close to the ...

Lebanon Bans Hezbollah’s Military Activities, But Stops Short of Terrorism Label

Amal Chmouny 04/03 22:10 - Reading : 7 minute(s)

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In an unprecedented move, Lebanon’s government on March 2 banned all Hezbollah’s military and security activities and instructed the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to immediately move forward with its plan to disarm the militia. The decision came hours after a Hezbollah rocket barrage into Israel, which triggered a widescale military ...

Trump Announces $10 Billion Gaza Pledge as Board of Peace Holds Inaugural Meeting

This is Beirut 19/02 18:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. would pledge $10 billion to the Board of Peace initiative aimed at supporting reconstruction and development in Gaza. Trump commented that “that number is a very small number when you look at that compared to the cost of war”  He also stated that other countries have allocated $7 ...

Lebanon’s Justice Minister Questions 1955 Anti-Israel Law, Signals Shift in Official Discourse

This is Beirut 20/02 11:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Justice Minister Adel Nassar has opened the door to a sensitive national debate by questioning the legacy and application of Lebanon’s 1955 law banning contacts with Israel—legislation long treated as untouchable. Speaking about the controversial statute, Nassar acknowledged that in past decades it had operated in a political climate ...

Hamas Calls for Sanctions Against Israel Over New West Bank Moves

This is Beirut 24/02 11:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Hamas on Tuesday called for sanctions against Israel, welcoming a joint condemnation by nearly 20 countries of new Israeli measures aimed at tightening control over the occupied West Bank. Israel has approved a series of initiatives this month backed by far-right ministers, including launching a process to register land in the West Bank as ...

Iran Could Offer Billion-Dollar Energy Deal Ahead of Nuclear Talks - Report

This is Beirut 26/02 10:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Iran is reportedly preparing a major economic offer aimed at persuading the United States to pursue a diplomatic agreement instead of a military strike. The proposal, according to the Financial Times, could include significant investment opportunities in Iran’s oil, gas, and mineral sectors. The source said the plan appears tailored to ...

Why Lebanon’s Muslims Are Key to Any Credible Peace Initiative

Marwan El Amine 27/02 14:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Lebanon once again stands on the brink of a military confrontation that threatens to replay the all-too-familiar scenes of devastation and loss. As regional tensions escalate and the prospect of a U.S. strike on Iran looms, Hezbollah appears ready to place Lebanon squarely in the eye of the storm in defense of the Iranian regime, with little ...

Top Turkey Diplomat Spoke to Iran FM Over 'Ways to End the Attacks': Ministry Source

This is Beirut 28/02 17:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan spoke by phone to his Iranian counterpart and several other regional diplomats Saturday about ways to "end the attacks" triggered by Israel-US strikes on Iran, a ministry source said. During his talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, "the latest developments in our region were ...

Netanyahu Vows Intensified Strikes on Tehran as Israel Mobilizes “Full Strength”

This is Beirut 01/03 18:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday to intensify air strikes on Tehran in the coming days, declaring that Israel’s military is deploying its “full strength as never before” in the escalating campaign against Iran. In a video statement released after renewed Israeli strikes on the Iranian capital, Netanyahu said he had ...

Trump Says Iran Wants to Talk: The Atlantic

This is Beirut 01/03 18:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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One day after U.S.-Israeli strikes killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and escalated tensions across the Middle East, former President Donald Trump said Sunday that Iran’s new leadership wants to negotiate and that he plans to engage with them. “They want to talk, and I have agreed to talk, so I will be talking to ...

Breaking the Crowdfunding Myth: The Digital Architecture Funding Iran’s Proxy Wars

Ian Talley 02/03 16:05 - Reading : 674 minute(s)

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For years, Iran’s use of cryptocurrency was written off as pocket-change militant fundraising. A slew of enforcement actions now shows something far more consequential: Tehran and its terror allies have woven digital assets into the core financial architecture that bankrolls their war machines. By integrating crypto into their control of ...

Time for Lebanon’s De-Hezbollahfication

Hussain Abdul-Hussain 03/03 10:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Lebanon has tasted the nightmare Israel faced on October 7, 2023. Iran’s Islamist regime and its proxies, Hezbollah and Hamas, are irrational actors who cannot be trusted with a single bullet, let alone entire arsenals, regardless of the paper promises they sign. Israel recognized this existential threat and has since been taking preemptive ...

Trump Has Discussed Timeline for Iran Strikes, but No Decision Yet

This is Beirut 19/02 10:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Senior U.S. national security officials have told President Donald Trump that the military could be ready to launch strikes against Iran as soon as Saturday, according to CBS News, as Washington intensifies pressure on Tehran amid faltering nuclear talks and mounting regional tensions. While Trump has not yet authorized any action, U.S. officials ...

Trump Demands “Unconditional Surrender” From Iran

This is Beirut 06/03 16:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday ruled out any negotiated settlement with Iran, insisting that the only acceptable outcome to the escalating conflict would be “unconditional surrender,” even as Iranian officials said several countries had begun efforts to mediate an end to the war. The sharp exchange of statements highlights the widening ...

Karoline Leavitt to TIB: Operation Epic Fury Expected to Last Four to Six Weeks

This is Beirut 06/03 22:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The United States is on track to meet its objectives in Operation Epic Fury, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told This Is Beirut and other reporters on Friday, as Washington continues efforts to weaken Iranian military capabilities following recent esclation. Speaking to reporters, Leavitt emphasized that she would not get ahead ...

Lebanese Should Not Despair

David Hale 07/03 21:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Once again, Iran and its proxy, Hezbollah, have dragged Lebanon into a war. Once again, Hezbollah has shown that its loyalty is to its paymaster in Tehran, not to the Lebanese people or state, whose well-being and security are matters of indifference to them. Once again, Hezbollah's practice of using human shields to protect its facilities and ...