27/09 12:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
As violence between Israel and Hezbollah escalates, Iran is walking a tightrope by supporting Hezbollah without being dragged into a full-blown conflict and playing into its enemy's hands. With a focus on easing its isolation and reviving its battered economy, Iran is aware that war could complicate efforts to secure relief from crippling ...
par This Is Beirut, 27/09 12:37 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati continued his intensive diplomatic meetings in New York as part of his efforts to halt the ongoing war between Hezbollah and Israel. During talks with his British counterpart Keir Starmer, Mikati underscored the urgency of securing a swift ceasefire with Israel while actively pursuing a diplomatic resolution. ...
27/09 12:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Saudi Arabia has officially announced the launch of the "International Coalition for the Implementation of the Two-State Solution," a global initiative aimed at resolving the longstanding Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The announcement was made by Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Saudi Arabia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, during a ministerial meeting on ...
par This Is Beirut, 27/09 15:31 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea deplored on Friday the “absence of the state” and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri’s failure to convene an extraordinary session to discuss the crisis facing the Lebanese people in light of the escalating confrontations between Israel and Hezbollah. “Ten deputies had submitted, on July 22, 2024, a ...
par This Is Beirut, 27/09 16:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The UN said Friday that a "catastrophic" intensification of Israeli attacks targeting Hezbollah militants had left Lebanon facing its deadliest period in years, with its hospitals overwhelmed by casualties. "The recent escalations in Lebanon are nothing short of catastrophic," said Imran Riza, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator in ...
par This Is Beirut, 27/09 20:40 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati stressed from New York that Israel is waging a “war of extermination” against Lebanon, following a series of Israeli strikes on Friday evening in the southern suburbs of Beirut. “This new aggression proves that the Israeli enemy is ignoring all international efforts and calls for a ceasefire, which puts ...
par This Is Beirut, 27/09 23:53 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group announced that it targeted the northern Israeli town of Safed on Friday, marking its first attack following Israeli strikes that hit its stronghold in south Beirut, leveling six buildings. Hezbollah fighters launched "rocket salvos" at Safed "in defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to Israeli ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/09 00:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iranian statements have cast further doubt on the fate of Hezbollah's Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah, who is believed to have been targeted in extensive airstrikes on the group's military headquarters in Beirut on Friday evening. In the aftermath of Israel's intense bombardment in southern Beirut, conflicting reports emerged about Nasrallah's ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/09 13:08 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli media Haaretz reported that Israel hacked the control system in Beirut airport and warned an Iranian passenger plane not to land there. Moreover, Caretaker Minister of Public Works and Transport Ali Hamieh instructed Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport on Saturday to request the Iranian plane, which was headed to the airport, ...
par Natasha Metni Torbey, 28/09 15:33 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hassan Nasrallah is no more. In a matter of seconds, the Israelis ended the life on Friday of the man who, since 1992, has led the controversial militia group Hezbollah. The strike, which shook Beirut for almost a minute, decapitated the pro-Iranian group, which Tel Aviv has amputated, with successive raids, by killing many of its military ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/09 15:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah Israel
Following Hezbollah's announcement of the death of its leader Hassan Nasrallah, declarations multiplied around the world. Israel The Israeli military said on Saturday that the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, one of its "greatest enemies," made the world safer, but that the group's remaining senior members would still be ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/09 16:30 - Reading : less than a minute
A senior general in Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon alongside Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, state media reported Saturday. General Abbas Nilforoushan, deputy commander of Guards operations, "was killed in Israel's attack on Lebanon that assassinated the Hezbollah chief," said the official IRNA ...
