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 ...

Iraqi PM Says Accelerating Withdrawal of Anti-Jihadist Coalition Forces

This is Beirut 23/03 12:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iraqi leader Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said he would accelerate the dismantling of a US-led international anti-jihadist coalition, in an interview with an Italian newspaper published Monday. The prime minister's comments come as the country finds itself unwillingly drawn into the conflict in the Middle East, which began with Israeli and US strikes ...

Israel Army Confirms Own Artillery Fire Killed Civilian On Northern Border Sunday

This is Beirut 23/03 13:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Israeli military on Monday said its own artillery fire killed an Israeli civilian a day earlier near the northern border with Lebanon, where its forces are fighting Hezbollah. After opening an investigation, the military said "the initial findings suggest that the Israeli civilian was killed by IDF artillery fire conducted to support IDF ...

Iran Names Ex-Guards Commander to Succeed Larijani as Security Chief

This is Beirut 24/03 15:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran named on Tuesday a former Revolutionary Guards commander to succeed Ali Larijani as head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council after the veteran insider of the Islamic system was killed in an Israeli strike. Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, whose appointment was confirmed by state TV, is a former deputy commander-in-chief of Iran's ...

Trump Sends Peace Plan as Iran Opens to 'Non-Hostile' Oil Vessels

This is Beirut 25/03 03:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump sent a peace plan to Iran as he voiced optimism Tuesday at ending nearly a month of warfare, with Tehran announcing that it will let "non-hostile" oil vessels go through the crucial Strait of Hormuz. The tentative signs of a diplomatic solution came despite new violence, with an Iranian missile causing injuries ...

New Wave of American Troops Heads to the Middle East

This is Beirut 25/03 11:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Tensions in the Middle East are spiking as the United States ramps up its military presence while diplomatic efforts with Iran falter. Thousands of troops are on the move, and the region braces for potential escalation. Thousands of U.S. Marines are slated to arrive imminently, signaling heightened strategic pressure. According to U.S. officials, ...

Fresh Strike on Base in Western Iraq Kills Seven

This is Beirut 25/03 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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A new strike in western Iraq killed seven security personnel, the defence ministry said Wednesday, a day after a deadly attack on the same base targeted the former paramilitary Hashed al-Shaabi. Iraq has been unwillingly pulled into the war sparked by US and Israeli strikes against Iran on February 28, and which has since engulfed much of the ...

Iraq Says Won't Remain Silent Following Attack on PMF Base

This is Beirut 25/03 17:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iraq warned on Wednesday that its armed forces “will not remain silent” following a deadly airstrike that killed seven soldiers at a site linked to the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a coalition of Iran-backed militias integrated into Iraq’s regular armed forces, according to an article in the Times of Israel. In a statement posted on ...

Hezbollah Rejects Truce Talks as Israel Presses Lebanon Strikes

This is Beirut 26/03 04:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said negotiations with Israel under fire would amount to "surrender", as the Iran-backed group launched attacks and Israel said it was expanding a "buffer zone" inside Lebanon. Israel, which occupied southern Lebanon for around two decades until 2000, has kept up strikes on its northern neighbour and sent ground troops ...

IDF Soldier Killed in Lebanon Gunfight as Hostilities Increase

This is Beirut 26/03 10:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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An Israeli soldier, Staff Sergeant Ori Greenberg of the Golani Brigade’s reconnaissance unit, was killed during a gunfight in southern Lebanon, while four additional IDF troops were injured by Hezbollah mortar fire and another soldier was wounded in a separate incident, according to The Times of Israel. Meanwhile, tensions escalated further as ...

Contemporary Music, a Controlled Chaos

Alain E. Andrea 2024-08-10 17:52 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

After rejecting the harmonic conventions of the past, contemporary music now manifests as a controlled chaos, integrating noise experiments and redefining the boundaries of auditory experience. This article explores three notable works that illustrate this sonic evolution. Omnipresent in the living world, "selfish genes" are fundamental agents of ...