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Arab, Muslim Leaders Hold Emergency talks After Israel's Qatar Attack

This is Beirut, 15/09 12:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Leaders from Arab and Muslim countries will gather for an emergency summit in Doha on Monday, a week after Israel's unprecedented strike on Hamas in Qatar prompted widespread anger. The President of the Republic, General Joseph Aoun, arrived at Hamad International Airport in Doha to lead the Lebanese delegation at the summit. Foreign ...

UN Rights Council to Debate Israel Attack on Qatar Tuesday

This is Beirut, 15/09 11:57 - Reading : less than a minute

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The United Nations Human Rights Council said it would host an urgent debate on Tuesday on Israel's airstrike targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar. The council said on Monday the debate would be convened after it received two official requests, one from Pakistan on behalf of member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the ...

Israel Reveals Identity of Hezbollah Operative Killed in Nabatiyeh

This is Beirut, 15/09 11:35 - Reading : less than a minute

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Israeli army Arabic-language spokesperson Avichay Adraee announced Monday that the Hezbollah member killed in Sunday’s Israeli airstrike in the Nabatiyeh area of southern Lebanon was Mohammed Ali Yassine. In a post on X, Adraee said Yassine had been involved in weapons production and development during the war. He added that the operative’s ...

Palestinian Circumlocutions

Charles Chartouni, 15/09 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The unending Palestinian saga seems to thrive on power politics entanglements, unwinding political patronages and the externalization of blame without any critical retrospection to figure out the rationale behind the unending cycles of political entrapment and outright instrumentation. We are faced with a behavioral pattern that never belied ...

Trump Cautions Israel After Qatar Attack

This is Beirut, 15/09 05:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Days after Israel attacked Qatar in an airstrike targeting Hamas leaders, US President Donald Trump made careful remarks Sunday as Washington's two powerful Middle Eastern allies face a worsening rift. "Qatar has been a very great ally. Israel and everyone else, we have to be careful. When we attack people we have to be careful," ...

Qatar PM urges world to 'stop using double standards' and punish Israel

This is Beirut, 14/09 18:20 - Reading : less than a minute

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Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani urged the international community on Sunday to "stop using double standards" and punish Israel for what he described as its "crimes." He was speaking at a preparatory meeting on the eve of an emergency summit of Arab and Islamic leaders organized by Qatar after Israel carried out an ...

Rubio Visits Israel in Aftermath of Qatar Strike

This is Beirut, 14/09 15:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Top US diplomat Marco Rubio prayed at Jerusalem's Western Wall Sunday as he opened his visit to Israel, reaffirming the Trump administration's steadfast support in its war with Hamas despite backlash over a strike in Qatar. The trip is taking place after President Donald Trump rebuked Israel over the unprecedented attack against Hamas ...

Palestinians Flee Gaza City Under Israeli Bombardment

This is Beirut, 14/09 14:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Palestinian families streamed out of Gaza City on Sunday, some crammed into pickup trucks, others on foot, as Israeli forces pressed their assault on the territory's main urban center. Parents carried their children while the elderly hobbled along, an AFP journalist reported. A man in a wheelchair and another on crutches were among the long line ...

Israel Army Says over 250,000 Residents Have Left Gaza City

This is Beirut, 13/09 19:54 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The Israeli military said Saturday that more than 250,000 people had fled Gaza City since it began intensifying operations there, as Palestinian officials reported many had been unable to evacuate south due to overcrowding. The United Nations estimated in late August that about one million Palestinians lived in and around Gaza's largest urban ...

Israeli Incursion in Odaisseh, Fatal Strike in Aitaroun

This is Beirut, 13/09 18:30 - Reading : less than a minute

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At dawn, Israeli forces advanced into the outskirts of the town of Odaisseh, where they carried out an explosion. Meanwhile, an Israeli drone dropped a bomb near the old square of Kfar Kila. The Israeli Army also reported that a Hezbollah member was killed in an airstrike last night in the Aitaroun area of southern Lebanon. A drone later flew ...

New Details on the Israeli Attack in Doha

This is Beirut, 13/09 15:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Wall Street Journal, citing US officials, reported that the Israeli strike targeting Hamas leaders in the Qatari capital, Doha, was carried out using long-range missiles launched by F-15 and F-35 fighter jets from Red Sea airspace, at a distance of more than 1,800 kilometers. According to the report, the US military was notified of the ...

Arab, Muslim Leaders to Meet in Qatar to Denounce Israeli Attack

This is Beirut, 13/09 13:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Qatar said Saturday it will host a summit of Arab and Muslim leaders to denounce Israel's attack on Hamas officials in Doha and to show solidarity with the Gulf state. Monday's meeting would consider "a draft resolution on the Israeli attack on the State of Qatar" to be drafted Sunday at a ministerial meeting, said foreign ...

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