This is Beirut, 09/09 17:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Damascus Israel Russia Ahmad al-Sharaa Moscow
Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa is to visit Moscow next month, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak announced in Damascus Tuesday, hailing a new page in ties after the overthrow of longtime ally Bashar al-Assad. "We place great importance on the coming visit to Moscow of the Syrian president in October to participate in the Russian-Arab ...
This is Beirut, 09/09 15:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel Spain Gaza Ben Gvir Smotrich Relations
Spain and Israel's relations plunged to new depths on Tuesday as Madrid barred two far-right Israeli government ministers, a day after announcing measures aimed at stopping what it called "the genocide in Gaza". Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich would be sanctioned and "not be able to enter ...
This is Beirut, 09/09 15:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah Israel lebanon Lebanese army Disarmament
Lebanon's army is set to fully disarm Hezbollah near the border with Israel within three months, Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi told AFP on Tuesday. In August, the Lebanese government ordered the military to draw up plans to disarm the once-dominant militant group by the end of the year, having come under pressure from the United States and ...
This is Beirut, 09/09 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel Palestine Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas
Israel's military said on Tuesday that it will act with "great force" in Gaza City and told residents to leave as it stepped up its deadly assault on the Palestinian territory's largest urban center. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a similar warning, as Israel intensified its bombardment in preparation for an operation to seize Gaza City ...
This is Beirut, 09/09 09:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli air strikes hit areas of the central and western Syrian cities of Homs and Latakia late Monday, state news agency SANA reported. Britain-based war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that "the Israeli strike near Homs targeted a military unit south of the city." Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes in ...
Hussain Abdul-Hussain, 09/09 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Lebanon Israel Hezbollah United States
The Lebanese cabinet heard, on Friday, a presentation from Army Chief Rodolphe Haykal on a confidential plan to monopolize arms, as tasked by the government on August 5. The cabinet then issued a statement, and Information Minister Paul Morcos held a press conference. The vague responses left observers divided, with each side interpreting the ...
This is Beirut, 08/09 20:15 - Reading : less than a minute
Israel Benjamin Netanyahu Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday told residents of Gaza City to evacuate, saying troops were being assembled to enter the Palestinian territory's main urban center. "In two days we brought down 50 terror towers, and this is only the opening stage of the intensified ground maneuver in Gaza City. I say to the residents: you have ...
This is Beirut, 08/09 17:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a bus stop in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on Monday, killing six people and wounding several others. Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA) said there were six victims dead in the shooting attack, updating an earlier toll of four. Police said the two gunmen were also killed. MDA said seven other ...
This is Beirut, 08/09 17:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Spain on Monday recalled its ambassador from Tel Aviv after Israel's top diplomat accused premier Pedro Sanchez of antisemitism and barred two government ministers from entry, foreign ministry sources said. Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares took the decision "in the face of the slanderous accusations against Spain and the unacceptable ...
Natasha Metni Torbey, 08/09 16:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon États-Unis Morgan Ortagus Brad Cooper Israel
Several points stand out from US Special Envoy Morgan Ortagus’ security-focused tour in Lebanon on Sunday. The visit took place as Lebanon reaffirmed its state authority and its monopoly over arms. Ortagus attended a meeting of the Ceasefire Supervision Committee in Ras Naqoura alongside CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper. Following an ...
This is Beirut, 08/09 14:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel Gaza Hamas Washington Donald Trump
In Washington, Donald Trump said Israel had accepted his terms for an agreement. The US president promised a truce very soon, along with the release of hostages. He issued a final warning to Hamas to accept a ceasefire linked to this exchange. What comes next for Gaza? Details of the Proposed Agreement According to diplomatic sources in ...
This is Beirut, 08/09 13:20 - Reading : less than a minute
Five people were killed and five others injured on Monday in a series of Israeli airstrikes that targeted the Hermel region in easst Lebanon and areas around Nabi Moussa in Northern Beqaa. The dead are believed to be members of Hezbollah. According to a statement from the Israeli army spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, the raids targeted ...