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Iran Activates Air Defenses as Trump Faces Congressional Deadline
This is Beirut 07:55 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Tehran's air defences were activated to counter small aircraft and drones late Thursday, as the White House signalled that it will not be reined in by a congressional deadline on the Iran war. The Tasnim and Fars news agencies reported that air defence systems, heard in some parts of the Iranian capital, were activated "to counter small aircraft ...
Israeli Strike Kills One in South Lebanon
This is Beirut 27/01 12:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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One person was killed on Tuesday after an Israeli airstrike targeted a motorcycle in the town of Batouliyeh, in the district of Tyre. Following the attack, the Israeli army announced that it had struck a Hezbollah operative in the Deir Qanoun area. Earlier, an Israeli reconnaissance drone targeted an uninhabited house at the western entrance of ...
Hezbollah’s Loyalty to Iran Has Become Its Liability
Salam El Zaatari 29/01 09:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Naim Qassem’s latest speech sought to project certainty at a moment of regional flux. Instead, it revealed Hezbollah’s deepest fear: that its patron, Iran, may choose negotiation over confrontation and survival over its proxies. The Hezbollah leader declared that his organization would not remain neutral if Iran were attacked, framing any ...
What Are the U.S. Demands for Iran?
This is Beirut 29/01 03:05 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
As a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group “armada” approaches the Gulf and rhetoric intensifies between the Trump administration and Iranian officials, U.S. and European officials outline three demands to Iran, according to a New York Times report on Wednesday. The Nuclear Issue One demand is to reach an agreement on the nuclear issue; ...
The Transatlantic Alliance Will Survive Just Fine
David Hale 28/01 18:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Media and politicians on both sides of the Atlantic are hyping the idea that President Trump's attempt to gain sovereign control of Greenland has caused unprecedented and irreparable damage to the over 75 year-old Transatlantic Alliance. This "analysis" stems from multiple sources. On both sides of the ocean, there are those who pounce on any ...
Iraq PM Candidate Maliki Denounces Trump's 'Blatant' Interference
This is Beirut 28/01 14:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Iraq's main candidate for the premiership Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday denounced Washington's "blatant interference", after President Donald Trump threatened to end all support to the country if Maliki took the post. The US has held significant sway over Iraqi politics since leading the 2003 invasion that ousted long-time ruler ...
Riyadh Will Not Permit Attacks on Iran from Saudi Territory: Foreign Ministry
This is Beirut 28/01 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian during a call on Tuesday that the Gulf monarchy would not allow attacks on Iran to be launched from its soil. Prince Mohammed "affirmed during the call the kingdom's position on respecting the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and that the Kingdom ...
Lebanese Neutrality: The Strategic Interest Shared by Beirut and Jerusalem
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 28/01 09:05 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
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Lebanon's neutrality in regional conflicts is the single most important strategic choice it can make today, serving its core national interests and those of Israel in equal measure. If the Lebanese understand this, their country will be well on its way not only to recovery but to an economic boom. More than a year after the November 2024 ...
Trump Says Diplomacy With Iran Still Possible
This is Beirut 27/01 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday diplomacy remains an option with Iran, even as Washington ramps up its military presence in the Middle East and warns that the situation remains volatile. In an interview with Axios published Monday, President Trump said Tehran has signaled a desire to engage in talks, describing repeated outreach from ...
Trump Confirms Speaking to Iran, Says He Plans to Again
This is Beirut 30/01 11:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Thursday evening that he intends to hold talks with Iran. When asked by reporters about the possibility of talks with Tehran, Trump said, "Yes. I intend that. We have a lot of very large and powerful ships heading to Iran right now, and it would be great not to have to use them.” Asked if ...
London Based Persian TV to Air 'Truth' About Iran Protests Despite Threats
This is Beirut 27/01 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Journalists at the Persian-language TV station Iran International in London have been working flat out, vowing to "show the truth" about the protests in Iran, despite threats against them and their families. The private broadcaster, housed in a heavily secured building in west London, was labeled a "terrorist" organization by Tehran in 2022, ...
UAE Rules Out Use of Its Territory as Region Braces for Possible Attacks on Iran
This is Beirut 26/01 20:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The Emirati Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement asserting the United Arab Emirates’ position on a U.S.-Iran conflict on Monday, stressing that it will not allow its territory to be used for any attacks on Iran. The release states: “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has reaffirmed the United Arab Emirates’ ...
Heavy Israeli Airstrikes Hit Southern Lebanon
This is Beirut 26/01 13:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israel carried out a significant military escalation in southern Lebanon late Sunday and early Monday, launching a series of airstrikes it said targeted Hezbollah military infrastructure, as tensions along the border continued to rise. At dawn on Monday, Israeli fighter jets struck the Aqmata–Louaize heights in the Iqlim al-Touffah region. ...
After Maduro: The Challenge of Dismantling Hezbollah in Venezuela
Claudia Groeling 26/01 09:35 - Reading : 9 minute(s)
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After U.S. special forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in Caracas on January 3, Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowed that Washington would uproot Hezbollah and Iranian influence in the South American country. “We are not going to have a country like Venezuela in our own hemisphere, in the sphere of control and the crossroads for ...
Why Hezbollah’s Base Is Battling the President Digitally
Salam El Zaatari 25/01 12:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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If Lebanon were a normal country, the presidency would be the one place where politics slows down, where disputes are processed through institutions, where crises are turned into decisions, and where the state, at minimum, performs statehood. But Lebanon is not a normal country. And that is why the recent surge of pro-Hezbollah campaigning ...
Salam, Macron Discuss Lebanese Sovereignty, Security and Reforms in Paris
This is Beirut 23/01 23:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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On Friday evening, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris to discuss Lebanon’s internal reforms and consolidation of state control. Salam reiterated that the Lebanese state is committed to its goal of confiscating all non-state weapons on Lebanese territory. Macron stated that France will ...
From Armed Deterrence to Durable Peace: Rethinking Shiite Security in Lebanon
Marwan El Amine 30/01 09:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Despite failing to instill ideological allegiance to Iran's Wilayat al-Faqih among Lebanon's Shia, Hezbollah has succeeded in forging a sense of collective belonging to Iran’s political project. The party achieved this more consequential outcome by recasting its weapons as a political doctrine and overarching identity, portrayed as superior to ...
Iran Says Europe to 'Suffer Consequences of Foolish Act' After Guards Terror Listing
This is Beirut 30/01 13:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Iran's judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei warned on Friday that European countries would face consequences after the EU listed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation. "There is no doubt that the hostile action of the Europeans, who labelled the Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation, will not ...
Salam Says Lebanon to Expand State Control as International Confidence Grows
This is Beirut 23/01 17:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday that Lebanon has full operational control over southern Lebanon and will expand operations north of the Litani river as international engagement with Lebanon increases. Salam outlined a two-part policy driving the Lebanese state’s governance goals: institutional and ...
The End of the Middle East’s Oil Bonanza
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 03/02 09:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The Middle East has finally arrived at the grim reckoning long barreling toward it: a ruinous collapse of oil revenues that renders government deficits utterly unsustainable. Among the wealthy Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, four are running persistent annual budget deficits that are eroding their sovereign wealth reserves and plunging ...
Iraq PM Candidate Maliki Says Majority Bloc Has Final Say on Nomination
This is Beirut 04/02 09:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iraq's main candidate for the premiership, Nouri al-Maliki, said Tuesday that withdrawing his candidacy would jeopardise Iraqi sovereignty after US threats and he would only step aside if his electoral bloc asks him to. Last week, US President Donald Trump, in his latest intervention in another country's politics, issued an ultimatum, ...
U.S. Tanker Approached by Iranian Gunboats in Strait of Hormuz
This is Beirut 03/02 21:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A US-flagged tanker was approached and challenged on Tuesday by Iranian gunboats in the Strait of Hormuz, before continuing on its way, US Central Command said. CENTCOM spokesman Captain Tim Hawkins said two Iranian boats and a drone approached the US-flagged ship M/V Stena Imperative "at high speeds and threatened to board and seize the ...
Hezbollah’s Qassem Rejects State Authority, Frames Conflict as Existential Battle
This is Beirut 03/02 15:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem on Tuesday adopted a defiant tone toward Lebanese officials and state institutions, rejecting any internal pressure on the group and reaffirming Hezbollah’s commitment to armed confrontation, while framing regional tensions as an existential battle against what he described as American and Israeli ...
January 2026: What the Surge in Israeli Strikes in Lebanon Signals
This is Beirut 03/02 13:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
January 2026 marked a sharp escalation in Israeli military activity in Lebanon, with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducting 87 airstrikes, more than double the number recorded in December 2025. It was the most active month since the ceasefire of November 27, 2024, underscoring a shift in operational tempo even as Israel maintains that its ...
Lebanon PM Says Won't Allow Country to be Dragged into New Conflict
This is Beirut 03/02 11:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Lebanon's prime minister said Tuesday he will not allow his country to be dragged into a new conflict, after Hezbollah warned any attack on its Iranian backer would be an attack on the group. "We will never allow anyone to drag the country into another adventure," Nawaf Salam said during the World Governments Summit in Dubai, in ...
Trump Warns Iran of Consequences if Diplomacy Fails
This is Beirut 03/02 10:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The United States and Iran are set to resume nuclear talks on Friday in Turkey, officials from both sides told Reuters, as President Donald Trump warned that “bad things” would likely happen if negotiations fail, with U.S. warships moving closer to Iran amid heightened regional tensions. U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign ...
Jordan Rejects Use of Its Territory in Any Military Action Against Iran
This is Beirut 02/02 18:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Jordan signaled its position on a U.S.-Iran conflict scenario, stating on Monday that it would not take part in hostility against Iran and it would not allow use of its territory for launching attacks. Ayman Safadi, the Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, stated on X that “Jordan will not be a battlefield for any party in any regional ...
Israel to Partially Reopen Gaza's Rafah Crossing on Sunday
This is Beirut 30/01 23:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israel announced it would reopen the crucial Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Sunday after months of urging from the UN, humanitarian organisations and ordinary Palestinians -- but only for the "limited movement of people". Earlier on Friday, the Islamist movement Hamas had called for the "immediate transition to the second phase" of the ...
Syrian Security Forces Enter Hasakeh City Under Deal with Kurds
This is Beirut 02/02 16:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Syrian government security personnel on Monday entered Hasakeh city, a stronghold of Kurdish forces, under an integration deal agreed with the Kurds last week, an AFP team reported. The two sides reached a comprehensive agreement on Friday to gradually integrate the Kurds' military and civilian institutions into the state, after Kurdish ...
U.S., Iran Signal Readiness for Talks as Mediators Move to Arrange Ankara Meeting
This is Beirut 02/02 12:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The United States and Iran have signaled openness to renewed negotiations aimed at easing escalating tensions, according to officials cited in multiple reports, as regional mediators work to organize a potential meeting in Ankara and Washington maintains a heightened military posture in the Middle East. A senior US official told Axios that ...