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Kurdish Rebels Say Ready to Resist Iran, Await Uprising

This is Beirut, 09/03 13:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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From their hideouts in the Iraqi mountains near Iran, leftist Kurdish rebels say they are ready to fight the Islamic republic but hope for an uprising before they intervene, with or without U.S. support. After saying that he would be "all for" a Kurdish offensive on Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to backtrack Saturday, saying he did ...

U.S. Urges Citizens to Leave Southeast Turkey, Orders Non-Essential Staff Out of Adana Consulate

This is Beirut, 09/03 13:30 - Reading : less than a minute

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Washington has advised non-essential staff to depart its consulate near the southern Turkish city of Adana and suspended consular services, the U.S. embassy in Ankara said Monday. The statement also referenced an existing U.S. Travel Advisory saying "Americans in southeast Turkey are strongly encouraged to depart now." The area hosts a key NATO ...

When the State Decides but Cannot Enforce

Marwan El Amin, 09/03 12:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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After Hezbollah once again turned Lebanon into a battlefield at the behest of the Iranian regime, all eyes turned to see whether the Lebanese state could undertake tangible measures to counter this existential risk. Hours after Hezbollah lobbed rockets into Israel on March 2, the Lebanese government convened an emergency meeting at the ...

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)

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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 ...

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