This is Beirut, 20/03 18:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced Friday the designation of a network of 16 individuals and entities led by Hezbollah financier Alaa Hassan Hamieh. According to Treasury, the network, operating across Lebanon, Syria, Poland, Slovenia, Qatar, and Canada, has laundered and diverted over ...
This is Beirut, 20/03 18:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Hezbollah claimed responsibility for multiple attacks against Israeli settlements and military positions, while Israeli forces have responded with airstrikes and artillery targeting southern Lebanon on Friday, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency. The militant group reportedly targeted Israeli settlements including Kiryat Shmona, ...
This is Beirut, 20/03 12:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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United Arab Emirates security authorities announced on Friday that they had dismantled a “terrorist network” allegedly funded and operated by Lebanon’s Hezbollah and backed by Iran. Officials said the network, operating under a fake commercial cover, was involved in money laundering, financing terrorism, and threatening national ...
Marwan El Amine, 20/03 12:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Unlike the June 2025 conflict, the current U.S.-Israeli military campaign against the Iranian regime is poised to reshape the region, with significant consequences for Tehran’s proxies, foremost among them Hezbollah. The fates of Iran and Hezbollah have become defining questions of the regional war. Hezbollah did not hesitate to open a front ...
This is Beirut, 20/03 10:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said Friday he is working to keep his country away from conflict, against the backdrop of the Middle East war, stressing that his government is on good terms with all regional countries. In a speech delivered after the Eid al-Fitr prayer in the presidential palace in Damascus, Sharaa said: "We are calculating our ...
This is Beirut, 20/03 06:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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On Thursday, Israeli officials stated that Israel continues to act decisively against Iran and Hezbollah while the Trump administration sought additional funding for U.S. war efforts and called on allies to assist in operations at the Strait of Hormuz. At the same time, Lebanese officials reiterated their support to begin direct negotiations with ...
This is Beirut, 19/03 20:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Thursday renewed his call for a truce and the opening of negotiations with Israel to stop the war between it and Hezbollah, during a meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot. Lebanon was brought into the regional war on March 2, when Hezbollah fired rockets toward Israel in response to the killing of ...
This is Beirut, 19/03 13:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Union of Associations of Baalbek-Hermel, along with several NGOs assisting displaced people, has voiced opposition to transferring displacement aid to the Council for the South, citing concerns over corruption. In a statement, the union pointed to what it described as the council’s poor track record over the past two decades, arguing that ...
Amal Chmouny, 19/03 12:55 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
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Caught in the escalating conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, Lebanon faces a critical turning point. The Lebanese state can no longer claim sovereignty while tolerating an armed militia that unilaterally dictates war and peace. President Joseph Aoun’s assertion that Hezbollah seeks the “collapse of the Lebanese state” and the ...
Claudia Groeling, 19/03 12:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A Lebanese immigrant to the U.S. last Thursday drove a truck laden with explosives into a synagogue in Michigan, as Israel fought a war with Hezbollah thousands of miles away, a group to which the assailant’s brother reportedly has ties. The FBI described Ayman Ghazali’s attack as a “targeted act of violence against the Jewish community.” ...
This is Beirut, 19/03 10:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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As the ground offensive continues, Israeli strikes have begun targeting bridges over the Litani River, with IDF army spokesmen citing Hezbollah smuggling routes and the need to isolate enemy movement. Two retired Lebanese Army Generals believe the move is also a concerted pressure campaign directed at the Lebanese state. On March 13, the IDF ...
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 ...