par This Is Beirut, 27/01 21:57 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
US and Chinese officials met in Bangkok, the Thai capital, on Saturday, January 27, to discuss areas of friction between the two powers. At the forefront were the issues of Iran and its Houthi ally in the Red Sea, as well as Taiwan. China's top diplomat Wang Yi and US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan held "candid, substantive" talks in ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/01 11:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran on Sunday announced the simultaneous launch of three satellites into orbit, occurring nearly a week after the Revolutionary Guards' launch of a research satellite received criticism from Western nations. Iran on Sunday said it simultaneously launched three satellites into orbit, nearly a week after the launch of a research satellite by the ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/01 15:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards captured on Sunday a foreign oil tanker transporting approximately two million liters of "smuggled fuel" near the country's southern coast, leading to the arrest of fourteen crew members. Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized Sunday a foreign oil tanker carrying around two million liters of "smuggled fuel" near the ...
par Charles Chartouni, 29/01 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The most intriguing feature of this war is its mutating complexion and overlapping dynamics drawing on the open-ended conflicts of an imploded Middle East. The strategic overstretch of Iranian power politics seems boundless and puts at stake the future of peace in the region. Far from being circumscribed to Gaza, this conflict questions the future ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/01 11:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
On Monday, January 29, Tehran denied any involvement in the drone attack that killed three American soldiers on the Syria-Jordan border the previous day. The attack had been claimed by Iranian-affiliated groups. Iran denied US and British accusations that it supported militant groups behind a drone strike in Jordan that killed three US military ...
par Michel Touma, 29/01 12:53 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Undoubtedly, this marks a crucial juncture in the escalating events across various “fronts” in the Middle East following the Gaza War. Following the deadly attack on October 7, tension hotspots have been progressively unfolding, one after another, across different locations on the regional chessboard, each time with a heightened level of ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/01 13:14 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran executed four individuals convicted of plotting a sabotage operation linked to Israeli intelligence on Monday, January 29. The executed men, accused of collaborating with Mossad, were arrested in July 2022 and sentenced to death in September 2023. Iran executed four men at dawn on Monday after they were convicted of collaborating with the ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/01 14:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Violent explosions were heard on Monday, January 29, in the vicinity of the Syrian capital Damascus, following a probable Israeli strike, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). Pro-Tehran fighters were among seven dead, with Iranian media reporting the attack targeted an "Iranian advisory centre". "Israeli strikes targeted a ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/01 16:51 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Pakistan and Iran committed to enhancing dialogue and exchanging liaison officers, to alleviate tensions following lethal cross-border attacks that jeopardized diplomatic ties between the two nations. Pakistan and Iran pledged on Monday to improve dialogue and swap liaison officers as both nations sought to ease tensions after deadly cross-border ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/01 22:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Rockets targeted United States and allied forces in Syria, on Monday, as confirmed by a US defense official. This incident occurred following the drone attack in Jordan, on Sunday, which resulted in the deaths of three US troops. United States and allied forces in Syria were targeted with rockets on Monday, a US defense official said, after three ...
par This Is Beirut, 30/01 11:52 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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According to US officials, the pro-Iranian drone strike that killed three people on the Syrian-Jordanian border on Sunday, January 29, was the result of a mix-up. The unmanned aircraft may have been mistaken for an American. US forces may have mistaken the drone that killed three of their soldiers and wounded around thirty others on Sunday for an ...
par Malo Pinatel, 31/01 22:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
In the days following the drone attack on the Syrian-Jordanian border, two key players within the Iranian axis announced the suspension of their attacks on American positions in Iraq and Syria. Amid fears of retaliation and a wish to negotiate from a position of strength, let's revisit this unexpected turn of events. On Tuesday, January 30, the ...
