This is Beirut, 22/06 07:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The US military attacked three sites in Iran on Sunday -- Natanz, Isfahan and the mountain-buried Fordo, all key parts of Tehran's nuclear programme, which it maintains is purely for civilian purposes. American planes launched a "very successful attack", US President Donald Trump said, claiming Iran's main nuclear enrichment facilities had been ...
This is Beirut, 21/06 20:55 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian warned of a "more devastating" retaliation should Israel's nine-day bombing campaign continue, saying the Islamic Republic would not halt its nuclear programme "under any circumstances". Israel said on Saturday it had killed three more Iranian commanders in its unprecedented offensive, while Foreign Minister ...
This is Beirut, 21/06 20:50 - Reading : less than a minute
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When asked whether Israel could strike Iran’s nuclear facilities without external support, Donald Trump said the country has “a very limited capacity” and added, “Maybe it won’t be necessary” for the United States to intervene. His remarks raise questions about the extent of potential US involvement in a conflict with Iran.
This is Beirut, 21/06 20:15 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanon’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Youssef Raggi received a phone call this afternoon from British Foreign Secretary David Lammy. Lammy expressed the United Kingdom’s and the broader European community’s support for Lebanon, stressing the importance of the country staying out of the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel. ...
This is Beirut, 21/06 19:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced Saturday that a planned Iranian attack on Israeli citizens in Cyprus had been thwarted with the help of Cypriot authorities. “The Revolutionary Guards (the ideological army of the Islamic Republic) attempted to carry out an attack on Israeli citizens in Cyprus,” Sa’ar wrote on X, without ...
This is Beirut, 21/06 18:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Yemen's Houthis threatened on Saturday to attack US vessels in the Red Sea, despite a recent truce, should Washington get involved in Israel's bombardment campaign against Iran. Israel launched unprecedented attacks on Iranian nuclear and military sites last week, drawing retaliation from Tehran. The United States, a key Israeli ally, ...
Liliane Mokbel, 21/06 17:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Caught in the crossfire of the Israel-Iran war, Lebanon is struggling — against all odds — to contain the economic fallout. A near-impossible task for a country still reeling from the toll of the Hezbollah-Israel conflict, which left it drained on human, financial and institutional levels. In this climate of escalating regional tension, ...
This is Beirut, 21/06 17:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The UN nuclear agency confirmed on Saturday that a centrifuge manufacturing workshop at Iran's Isfahan nuclear site had been hit in the latest strike amid Israel's bombing campaign. "A centrifuge manufacturing workshop has been hit in Esfahan, the third such facility that has been targeted in Israel's attacks on Iran's ...
This is Beirut, 21/06 17:31 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Four fighters from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were killed in an Israeli attack on a training center in northwest Iran, the ISNA news agency reported. "Four people have died as martyrs and three others were wounded in an Israeli attack against a training camp of the Revolutionary Guards in Tabriz," ISNA reported. The ...
This is Beirut, 21/06 16:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Emirates will resume operating flights to and from Lebanon, according to information obtained by This is Beirut from the Ministry of Transport. LBCI confirmed that the resumption will start on Monday, June 23. Gulf airlines canceled several flights starting Friday, June 13, 2025, to and from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Iran and Syria. The day after ...
This is Beirut, 21/06 15:25 - Reading : less than a minute
Israel intensifies its attacks with fresh strikes on Iranian nuclear and military targets, killing key commanders, as a drone hits a residential area in northern Israel. https://x.com/ThisIsBeirut_/status/1936413492812406925
This is Beirut, 21/06 14:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has nominated three clerics as potential successors while hiding in a bunker as he faces threats of assassination by Israel in the ongoing war, The New York Times reports. Khamenei has also begun filling the posts of senior commanders eliminated by Israel, according to the report, which cites three Iranian ...