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EU Top Diplomat: Israel Strikes on Syria, Lebanon 'Risk Further Escalation'

This is Beirut, 13:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warned on Monday during a visit to Jerusalem that Israeli strikes on Syria and Lebanon threatened to worsen the situation. The most intense escalation since a November ceasefire, which ended the war between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon, occurred on Saturday. Lebanon's health ...

Israel PM Accuses Security Chief of Investigating Minister Without His Consent

This is Beirut, 13:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday accused Israel's internal security chief, whose dismissal was blocked by the Supreme Court, of investigating far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir without his consent. "The claim that the prime minister authorized Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar to gather evidence against Minister Ben Gvir is ...

UN Peacekeeping Missions: An Endless Odyssey?

Mario Chartouni, 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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From the dusty streets of Bangui to the mountains of Lebanon, over 70,000 United Nations peacekeepers put their lives on the line every day to uphold a fragile peace. Drawn from 125 countries, these missions represent one of the UN’s most dangerous undertakings. But how much do we really know about these operations that, for more than 70 ...

Huthis Say One Killed in Strikes Blamed on US

This is Beirut, 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Yemen's Huthi rebels said one person had been killed and 13 others injured in strikes late Sunday on the capital Sanaa that they blamed on the United States. "A citizen was killed and 13 others were injured, including three children, in the final toll of the US aggression on a residential building in the Aser area," said Huthi health ministry ...

A Top Priority: Ending the War Games

Michel Touma, 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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This is referred to as "playing with fire." Or, in more academic terms, an act of unfathomable recklessness—one marked by reprehensible indifference and a cynical disregard for third-party populations, who are manipulated and sacrificed to serve entirely foreign interests. Imam Khamenei might want to review the significant reference work by ...

Speaker Berri: Israel Pushes for Normalization, But We Stand by Ceasefire

This is Beirut, 23/03 19:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri dismissed on Sunday Israeli attempts to push Lebanon into political negotiations, declaring, "Israel pushes for normalization, but we stand by the ceasefire." In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Berri accused Israel of seeking to bypass the existing ceasefire agreement by drawing Lebanon into talks that ...

Israel Presses Ground Offensive in Gaza

This is Beirut, 23/03 18:38 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Israel's military pressed ground operations across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, encircling part of Rafah city near Egypt almost a week into a renewed assault on the Palestinian territory. Deployment of Israeli troops in parts of Gaza, despite calls to revive a January truce with Hamas militants, comes alongside a deadly flare-up in Lebanon and ...

Palestinians Denounce Israeli Recognition of New West Bank Settlements

This is Beirut, 23/03 18:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Palestinian foreign ministry condemned on Sunday an Israeli decision to recognize more than a dozen new settlements in the occupied West Bank, upgrading existing neighborhoods to independent settlement status. The decision by Israel's security cabinet was a show of "disregard for international legitimacy and its resolutions," ...

Hamas Says Israeli Strike Kills Political Bureau Member

This is Beirut, 23/03 15:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Palestinian group Hamas confirmed on Sunday that Salah al-Bardawil, a senior member of its political bureau, was killed in an Israeli air strike in southern Gaza the previous day. Bardawil, 65, was killed along with his wife in a camp in al-Mawasi, near Khan Younes, according to the Palestinian Islamist movement. He is the third member of the ...

Israel Military Says it Intercepted Missile From Yemen

This is Beirut, 23/03 09:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israel's military said it had intercepted a missile launched from Yemen early on Sunday, with Huthi rebels later claiming responsibility for an attack they said targeted Israel's Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv. "Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel, a missile launched from Yemen was ...

Israel's Opposition Calls for General Strike

This is Beirut, 23/03 05:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israel's opposition leader on Saturday called for a general strike if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refuses to obey a Supreme Court decision freezing the government's dismissal of the internal security chief. If the government "decides to disobey the Court's decision it will become a government outside of the law," Yair ...

Israeli Border Town Mayor Urges Return to War after Rocket Fire

This is Beirut, 22/03 18:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The mayor of Israel's northern border town of Metula criticized the government Saturday after the area was targeted with rocket fire from Lebanon and called for a return to war. "We will not return to the reality of October 6th... and this is what the [Israeli military], the Northern Command, and the Israeli government are trying to normalize," ...

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