Tylia El Helou, 27/06 16:30 - Reading : less than a minute
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Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute Brian Katulis gave insights regarding the current situation between Iran and Israel, as well as the diminishing influence of Iranian proxies in the region.
Johnny Kortbawi, 27/06 16:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Amal Hezbollah Diaspora Vote Elections Shia
Lebanese emigrants have found themselves entangled in a crisis not of their making—namely, the existential crisis of the Shia community amid unfolding developments across the Middle East. Calls to amend the provision governing emigrant voting—whether by assigning them to Electoral District 16 or allowing them to vote for MPs in their home ...
This is Beirut, 26/06 19:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Argentina will try in absentia ten Iranian and Lebanese nationals suspected of the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people, a ruling seen by AFP on Thursday said. The attack, which caused devastation in Latin America's biggest Jewish community, has never been claimed or solved, but Argentina and Israel ...
This is Beirut, 26/06 17:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Joseph Aoun United States Walid Jumblatt PSP
In a firm call for national sovereignty, former Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader Walid Jumblatt urged that all weapons in Lebanon be placed solely under the control of the state, stressing that the region is entering a “new page” in its history. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Jumblatt called on all parties in ...
Natasha Metni Torbey, 26/06 16:25 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Terrorism
As Israeli airstrikes and drone attacks continue to pound South Lebanon, a strategic front is rapidly emerging. Israel is now openly targeting Hezbollah’s financial infrastructure, marking a shift from battlefield confrontation to economic warfare. This week was a turning point. On Wednesday, the Israeli military released an unprecedented map ...
This is Beirut, 26/06 11:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah South South Lebanon
Tensions along the Lebanese border with Israel escalated on Wednesday, with a series of Israeli military operations. An Israeli drone strike targeted a “Bobcat” excavator between the towns of Shaqra and Baraachit, killing one person. Another strike was reported on a motorcycle in Beit Lif killing one person. It’s ...
This is Beirut, 25/06 20:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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According to MTV, United States Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack informed Lebanese officials, during his visit to Beirut on June 19, that a government’s public commitment to disarming Hezbollah would significantly advance the issue of Israeli withdrawal from the five hills at the border. This effort, he asserted, would ...
This is Beirut, 25/06 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah South Lebanon Funds Compensation
In the villages of southern Lebanon, a fragile calm masks deep anger. In Blat, Khiam, Kfarchouba and Marjayoun, homes remain gutted, shops shuttered and families shattered. Months after the bombings, reconstruction stalls, suffocated by Hezbollah’s failure to deliver on its grand promises to its people. Where the state was absent, the Shia ...
This is Beirut, 25/06 14:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The World Bank announced on Wednesday it had approved $250 million to support Lebanon's post-war reconstruction and a $146 million grant to rehabilitate neighbouring Syria's electricity sector. Lebanon is reeling from last year's devastating war between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, while Syria faces massive needs after Islamist-led forces ...
This is Beirut, 25/06 12:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Drone strike Quds force
On Wednesday morning, an Israeli drone targeted a man in the town of Mansouri, south of Tyre. The victim, seriously wounded, was rushed to the Lebanese-Italian Hospital. An explosion was also heard in Saida that same morning, though the cause remains unknown. Meanwhile, Israeli forces opened fire on a truck carrying rubble in the town of Mays ...
This is Beirut, 24/06 16:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea voiced strong support for President Joseph Aoun’s reform agenda during a visit to Baabda Palace on Tuesday, commending what he described as “genuine efforts to build a real state” in Lebanon. In comments after the meeting, Geagea praised the president’s performance over his first five months in ...
Marc Saikali, 24/06 16:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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With the announcement of a ceasefire, Donald Trump blew the final whistle. Twelve days were all it took to upend the geopolitical order of the region. Twelve days of war between Israel and Iran, following years of shadow conflict, thunderous ultimatums and unspoken red lines. Twelve days that reshaped the strategic balance in the Middle East and, ...