This is Beirut - Donald Trump

Israel Bombards Iranian Gas Field, Iran Vows Retaliation on Gulf

This is Beirut, 14:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Israel Donald Trump Gulf Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates

The Israeli Air Force struck natural gas processing facilities in the South Pars field in Asaluyeh, southwestern Iran, according to multiple senior Israeli officials. This is the first time Israel has struck natural gas facilities in Iran, having previously struck oil depots. In response, Iran issued evacuation ‌warnings for ...

UAE's Fujairah Struck Again, Suspends Oil Loadings

This is Beirut, 17/03 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Donald Trump Gulf United Arab Emirates

A new drone strike hit the Fujairah oil complex on the UAE's east coast on Tuesday causing a fire but no injuries, and leading to the temporary suspension of all oil loading operations, according to Bloomerg. "Civil defence teams from the emirate intervened immediately on site and are continuing their efforts to bring the situation under ...

European Countries Seek Non-Involvement in Hormuz Strait as U.S. Pushes International Participation

This is Beirut, 16/03 18:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Donald Trump Emmanuel Macron Europe Gulf White House

The U.S. has encouraged its allies in Europe and the Gulf to increase their military participation in the Strait of Hormuz amid Iranian threats to close the waterway, prompting European countries to establish positions of non-involvement. On Monday, U.S. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called on the Gulf and Europe to do more to help ...

Trump Pressures NATO, China over Iran's Closure of Hormuz

This is Beirut, 16/03 12:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Donald Trump Emmanuel Macron Lebanon Europe Gulf

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 ...

Trump Urges Other Nations' Warships to Protect Gulf Oil Route

This is Beirut, 15/03 09:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Donald Trump Gulf USA Lebanon UAE Iran USIranWar Hezbollah Israel

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 ...

One Killed in Attack on Oil Tankers off Iraq, Rescue Operation Ongoing

This is Beirut, 12/03 06:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Donald Trump Gulf Israel Middle East Tehran

An attack on two oil tankers near Iraq killed at least one crew member, authorities said on Thursday, as Iran carries out a campaign to disrupt global energy markets. Farhan Al-Fartousi, from Iraq's General Company for Ports, told state television that one crew member had been killed and 38 rescued while the "search continues for the ...

Trump to TIB: 'We've Got to Get Rid of Hezbollah'

This is Beirut, 11/03 19:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Lebanon Donald Trump Hezbollah

U.S. President Donald Trump told This is Beirut, Wednesday, “we’ve got to get rid of Hezbollah,” describing the group as “a disaster for many years.” “We're working on it very hard. We love Lebanon. We love the people of Lebanon, and we're working very hard.” While fielding questions on ...

Trump: U.S. has 'Nothing Left to Target' in Iran

This is Beirut, 11/03 16:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Donald Trump Israel Middle East Tehran USA Iran USIranWar

Conflicting signals emerged Wednesday over the trajectory of the war between Iran and the U.S.-Israeli alliance, as leaders in Washington, Tehran, and Tel Aviv offered different assessments of how long the conflict could last. U.S. President Donald Trump suggested the campaign could end soon, saying American forces have largely exhausted their ...

Ortagus: ‘Lebanese Government Good at Declaring Things, But Lacked Action’

This is Beirut, 11/03 02:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Donald Trump Lebanon Hezbollah Israel Middle East

Morgan Ortagus, former deputy United States special envoy to the Middle East, made her first public appearance on March 10 at the Harvard Kennedy School, since leaving the Donald Trump administration. She remarked on the situations in Iran and Lebanon surrounding the current conflict. Lebanon On Lebanon, Ortagus emphasized the importance ...

Iran War Sends Oil Price Soaring

This is Beirut, 09/03 14:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Donald Trump Emmanuel Macron Benjamin Netanyahu USA Lebanon

Global energy markets surged Monday as the war involving Iran, the United States and Israel entered its tenth day, pushing oil prices above $100 per barrel and triggering sharp declines in global equity markets amid fears of supply disruptions across the Middle East. The spike in prices came as Iran marked the appointment of Ayatollah Mojtaba ...

Iran Launches Missiles as Khamenei's Son Takes Charge

This is Beirut, 09/03 09:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Donald Trump Benjamin Netanyahu USA Bahrain Gulf

Iran fired missiles at Israel and Gulf nations early Monday after the Islamic republic named Mojtaba Khamenei its new leader to succeed his late father despite threats by the United States and Israel to target him next. Nine days after US-Israeli strikes killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and plunged the Middle East into war, Iranian clerics picked ...

Missile and Drone Attacks Across Gulf as Iran Walks Back Apology

This Is Beirut, 08/03 20:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Gulf Bahrain Donald Trump Kuwait Saudi Arabia

Even as President Masoud Pezeskian signaled his desire to deescalate with Iran’s Arab neighbors, attacks continued on the Gulf on Sunday. Kuwait intercepted three ballistic missiles on Suday but suffered damage in a drone attack to a government building housing the Public Institution for Social Security. In a separate incident, fuel tanks at ...

Donald Trump