par This Is Beirut, 17/01 19:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea said on Wednesday that he could not understand how the Lebanese government could "delegate strategic military and security decisions to Hezbollah," thereby putting "the Lebanese people, the highest authorities and the country's interests at risk in the face of regional threats and open conflict between all ...
par This Is Beirut, 17/01 21:36 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The southern front flared up early Wednesday evening, following a day marked by intermittent exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah. Late in the day, the Israeli army launched two drone strikes on the Koleileh plain south of Tyre, killing one person and wounding two others. The strikes came in response to a claim by the Al-Qassam ...
par This Is Beirut, 17/01 23:01 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United States declared, on Wednesday, its intention to reclassify Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis as a "terrorist" entity. This decision is attributed to their recurrent assaults on international shipping in the Red Sea. The United States announced Wednesday that it will put Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis back on a list of "terrorist" entities due ...
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Israeli drones targeted the town of Kawkaba on Thursday morning, where a car was hit in Khan Market and a missile landed in the garden of a house, causing extensive damage to the house without causing injuries, while Israeli artillery fired two shells on the outskirts of Kawkaba. Additionally, a shell fell between houses in the town of Hula at the ...
18/01 13:58 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
A report published by Reuters revealed that Iran-backed Hezbollah has rebuffed Washington's initial ideas for cooling tit-for-tat fighting with Israel, such as pulling its fighters further from the border, but remains open to US diplomacy to avoid a ruinous war. Mediation The report recalled that US envoy Amos Hochstein has been leading a ...
par This Is Beirut, 18/01 17:56 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Israeli military authorities reported on Thursday that numerous Palestinian militants were killed in close-quarters combat by ground troops, as they escalated their operations in Khan Younes, the largest city in southern Gaza. Israeli ground troops killed dozens of militants in "close-quarters combat" Thursday, the army said, as it ...
par This Is Beirut, 18/01 21:08 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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France announced on Thursday, that the European Union is set to impose sanctions on Hamas on Monday in retaliation for the Palestinian group's lethal attack on Israel on October 7. The European Union will adopt sanctions on Monday against Hamas in response to the Palestinian group's deadly October 7 attack on Israel, France said ...
par This Is Beirut, 18/01 21:29 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati responded on Thursday to the opposition's strong criticism of his tribute to "Hezbollah's patriotism and restraint." The opposition blamed him for praising Hezbollah, who led Lebanon into a war that is not its own. Mikati also called for Israel to stop its provocations in the South, without acknowledging ...
par This Is Beirut, 18/01 23:51 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The United States initiated, new attacks against Yemen's Houthis. The United States launched fresh strikes against Yemen's Houthis Thursday, and President Joe Biden signaled they would keep going until the Iranian-backed militants stop targeting ships in the Red Sea. Meanwhile tensions flared in the wider region following Pakistani strikes in ...
par This Is Beirut, 19/01 10:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Houthi claims Yemen's waters are safe for vessels unless linked to specific countries, ensuring secure passage for Russian and Chinese ships. However, ongoing aggression prompts some shipping firms to avoid the area. A senior Houthi official has promised safe passage for Russian and Chinese vessels through the Red Sea, where the Iran-backed ...
par This Is Beirut, 19/01 15:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Continuous Israeli bombardment on Friday is rendering the life of South Lebanon residents increasingly difficult and forcing the displacement of more people as the scope of the attacks widens. According to the latest counts of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), more than 80,000 people have been forced ...
par This Is Beirut, 19/01 16:21 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Since the Gaza war broke out more than three months ago, residents of southern Lebanon have been receiving "strange phone calls" from Lebanese numbers and from people speaking in Lebanese accents, according to Agence France Press (AFP). A security source told the agency that army intelligence and the police were investigating the calls, which ...
