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Israel Signals Unwavering Resolve to Eliminate Hezbollah

Samar el Kadi, 03/03 14:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Lebanon was drawn into the widening Middle East war on Monday after Hezbollah fired rockets toward Israel, saying the attack was in support of its backer Iran and in retaliation for the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei. Israel responded with intense airstrikes, targeting Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut’s southern suburbs, the ...

UNIFIL Reports Israeli Incursion and Hezbollah Violations

This is Beirut, 03/03 14:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) revealed Tuesday that its peacekeepers observed Israeli troops crossing into Lebanese territory near the southern border towns of Markaba, al-Odaysse, Kfarkila and Ramia before returning to the Blue Line. In a press release, UNIFIL stated that since the last conflict and the cessation of ...

Day 4 of Iran’s Gulf Campaign: Missile and Drone Strikes Rock Gulf States

This is Beirut, 03/03 13:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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On the fourth consecutive day of Iranian attacks across the Gulf, multiple countries have been targeted with missiles and drones, prompting evacuations, air defence responses, and widespread concern for civilian safety. "The enemy must await continuous punitive attacks; the gates of hell will open more and more, moment by moment, upon the United ...

Has Iran Been Militarily Exposed?

Natasha Metni Torbey, 03/03 12:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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More than 2,000 bombs dropped in just thirty hours. That is the estimate cited by several Israeli and American security sources to illustrate the scale of the opening wave of strikes against Iran — a level of firepower rarely directed at a country of 88 million people and home to the Middle East’s largest ballistic missile arsenal. In less ...

Aoun: State Monopoly on Arms “Irreversible”

This is Beirut, 03/03 11:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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President Joseph Aoun asserted on Tuesday that the Cabinet’s decision to prohibit illegal military and security activities is a sovereign and final measure that “cannot be reversed,” in reference to Hezbollah’s rocket fire toward Israel. Speaking during a meeting with the Quintet Committee, Aoun reiterated that the government’s ...

Escalation Intensifies as Israel Strikes and Hezbollah Drone Attacks Rock Lebanon

This is Beirut, 03/03 10:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Israeli raids resumed on Tuesday across Beirut’s southern suburbs, southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley, marking a sharp escalation in tensions between Israel and Hezbollah. An additional Israeli strike hit Beirut’s southern suburbs on Tuesday morning, following a tense night of evacuation warnings and air raids. In southern Lebanon, ...

IDF Announces Forward Defensive Operation and New "Buffer Zone" in Southern Lebanon

This is Beirut, 03/03 09:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Israeli military says it has launched what it describes as a “forward defensive operation” to protect communities in northern Israel, confirming that forces are currently operating inside southern Lebanon. In a statement issued following what it called a situational assessment, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the operation is ...

Trump Says Largest Strikes on Iran Still to Come as War Expands Across Region

This is Beirut, 03/03 06:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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“We haven’t even started hitting them hard. The big wave hasn’t even happened. The big one is coming soon.” That was U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning Monday as the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran entered its third day, signaling that the most intense phase of the campaign may still lie ahead. Trump outlined an expanded set of war ...

U.S. Embassies Targeted Throughout the Region

This is Beirut, 03/03 03:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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An attack by two drones early Tuesday on the U.S. embassy in Riyadh sparked a small fire, Saudi defense ministry spokesman said in a statement, while Iran pressed on with its campaign of retaliatory strikes across the Gulf. "The U.S. Embassy in Riyadh was attacked by two drones, according to initial assessments. The attack resulted in a ...

Hezbollah Says Attack on Israel was 'Defensive Act'

This is Beirut, 03/03 01:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Hezbollah said on Tuesday that its rocket and drone attack on Israel was a "defensive act" after more than a year of Israeli strikes despite a ceasefire. "For fifteen months, Israeli aggression against Lebanon has continued through killing, destruction, bulldozing, and all forms of criminal acts," a statement from the Iran-backed group said, ...

U.S. Official to TIB: ‘Hezbollah has made a grave mistake by entering this war at Iran’s direction’

This is Beirut, 02/03 21:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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In a statement to This is Beirut, a senior U.S. official expressed that Hezbollah’s involvement in the war with Iran was a blunder and the organization will see consequences. “Hezbollah has made a grave mistake by entering this war at Iran’s direction,” the official said. They added that “This is a deliberate act of ...

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