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Iran Accuses U.S. and Israel of Seeking to Divide the Country as War Escalates

This is Beirut, 09/03 12:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei on Monday accused the United States and Israel of attempting to weaken and divide the country as the regional war continues to intensify, while insisting that Tehran’s military actions are defensive and warning that international institutions have failed to intervene. During a press ...

Trump Says Decision to End Iran War Will Be “Mutual” With Netanyahu

This is Beirut, 09/03 10:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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U.S. President Donald Trump said the decision on when to end the ongoing war with Iran will ultimately be made in coordination with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while emphasizing that the final call will rest with the United States. In a phone interview with The Times of Israel published Sunday, Trump described the decision-making ...

Israel Strikes Beirut's Southern Suburbs, Targeting Qard al-Hassan Branches

This is Beirut, 09/03 10:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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An additional Israeli raid pounded the southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday following several Israeli warnings followed by mock raids. In parallel, the Lebanese Army (LAF) blocked the roads leading to all Qard al-Hassan branches in the capital Beirut and Saida following latest warnings by the Israeli army’s Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee. ...

Heavy Clashes Erupt in Eastern Lebanon as Hezbollah Confronts Israeli Airborne Operation

This is Beirut, 09/03 10:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Hezbollah said on Monday it fought Israeli forces who landed in eastern Lebanon by helicopter across the Syrian border, the second such operation since the outbreak of the latest conflict with Israel. Heavy fighting broke out overnight in eastern Lebanon after Israeli forces carried out what appeared to be an airborne insertion near the ...

Six Wounded in Israel After Iran Missile Fire

This is Beirut, 08/03 15:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Six people were wounded, some by shrapnel, at blast sites in central Israel on Sunday, according to first responders, after the military said it had detected a new wave of Iranian missiles. A spokesperson for Magen David Adom emergency services said "medics and paramedics are providing medical treatment and evacuating" the wounded to ...

Iranians Including Diplomats Evacuated from Beirut on Russian Plane: Lebanese Official

This is Beirut, 08/03 14:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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More than 100 Iranians, including some diplomats, were evacuated from Beirut overnight on a Russian plane, a Lebanese official told AFP on Sunday. The evacuation came after Lebanon on Thursday banned any activity by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps -- a main backer of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah -- and imposed a visa ...

Inside Hezbollah’s Post-Nasrallah Power Struggle

Samar El Kadi, 08/03 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Hezbollah’s renewed conflict with Israel has exposed internal tensions within the group that have been simmering since Tel Aviv’s assassination of its longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and other senior figures. The loss of these leaders has left the group grappling with what analysts describe as a “decapitation” of its leadership ...

Israeli Army Strikes Central Beirut, Oil Depots in Tehran

This Is Beirut, 08/03 09:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The IDF targeted Iranian commanders in the Ramada hotel in Beirut’s central Rauoche neighborhood early on Sunday, killing four and injuring ten others. The attack, described by the Israeli Army as a targeting “Quds Force's Lebanon Corps,” represents the first Israeli strike to hit the heart of Beirut since hostilities ...

Rocket Attack Intercepted Over U.S. Embassy in Baghdad: Security Sources

This is Beirut, 07/03 22:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Air defence systems intercepted rockets fired at the US embassy in Baghdad, security sources told AFP. It is the first such attack on the embassy in Baghdad since the start of the war in the Middle East, triggered by a joint US-Israeli attack on Iran, into which Iraq has been dragged. Loud bangs were heard on Saturday night in Baghdad, AFP ...

Iran Security Chief Says U.S., Israel Seeking 'Disintegration of Iran'

This is Beirut, 07/03 22:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Iran's security chief Ali Larijani said on Saturday that the United States and Israel were seeking to break the Islamic republic apart. "Their issue was... the fundamental disintegration of Iran," said Larijani in a pre-recorded interview broadcast on state TV. On February 28, the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran that killed ...

Turkey Warns Over 'Dangerous' Bid to Stir Civil War in Iran

This is Beirut, 07/03 21:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Turkey's foreign minister warned against efforts to stir up a civil war inside Iran, while cautioning Tehran after NATO intercepted a Turkey-bound ballistic missile launched from Iran earlier in the week. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said any effort to stir up a civil war inside Iran in a bid to bring about regime change would be a ...

Israel-Hezbollah Escalation Intensifies as Warnings and Airstrikes Continue

This is Beirut, 07/03 16:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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The confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah intensified across Lebanon on Saturday, with Israeli airstrikes striking multiple locations in the south and the Bekaa Valley, new evacuation warnings issued to civilians, and Hezbollah launching retaliatory rocket and drone attacks toward northern Israel. The developments come as the conflict enters ...

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