This is Beirut, 26/05 16:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah Palestine USA Lebanon Nawaf Salam Israel
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam declared on Monday that Lebanon will no longer tolerate the presence of weapons outside the state’s control, marking a firm stance on national sovereignty and the rule of law. “We will not remain silent about the existence of any arms outside the authority of the state,” Salam said in an exclusive interview with ...
This is Beirut, 26/05 15:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel Hezbollah West Bank Lebanon Gaza
Six months after the November 2024 ceasefire with Lebanon, Israel is adjusting its military deployment along the northern frontier, signaling a shift toward a more routine defensive posture. According to Israeli military radio, the Israeli Army Northern Command has reassigned control of the Lebanese border to the 91st Division, also known as the ...
This is Beirut, 26/05 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Rescuers said devastating Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least 52 people on Monday, 33 of them in a school turned shelter. The civil defence agency said many of the casualties at the school in Gaza City were children, while the Israeli military said the site was housing "key terrorists". Israel has stepped up a renewed ...
This is Beirut, 26/05 12:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iran on Monday ruled out suspending its uranium enrichment as part of any nuclear deal with the United States, a key demand from Washington in successive rounds of talks between the foes. The issue of enrichment has come into focus in recent weeks, with Iran staunchly defending its right to enrich uranium as part of what it says is a civilian ...
This is Beirut, 26/05 10:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel Palestine Donald Trump Hamas USA
Israeli police were deploying near the walls of Jerusalem's Old City on Monday ahead of an annual event marking Israel's capture of east Jerusalem, held this year under the shadow of the war in Gaza. Jerusalem Day, or "Yom Yerushalayim" in Hebrew, commemorates what Israel considers the reunification of the city under its authority in the 1967 ...
This is Beirut, 26/05 10:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
South Lebanon Israel Lebanon Municipal Elections
Three Israeli airstrikes in under 24 hours targeted the outskirts of the town of Brital in the Baalbeck district on Monday, marking a continued escalation in Israeli raids. According to local reports, Israeli reconnaissance drones flew extensively over southern Lebanese villages throughout the day, focusing on border communities in the western ...
Charles Chartouni, 26/05 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The finalization of negotiations between Iran and the United States is unending guesswork. What are the benchmarks that we should enlist if we were to track the evolution of the process, and is there any deadline that we may expect down the road? Unfortunately, none of these questions is likely to be answered since the Iranian agenda is shifting ...
This is Beirut, 25/05 22:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
lebanon Hezbollah Israel Municipal elections
On the 25th anniversary of Israel’s withdrawal from Southern Lebanon, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem delivered a speech deeply rooted in the historical and ideological foundations of the resistance movement. More than a commemorative address, the speech served as a renewed justification for Hezbollah’s continued existence and its ...
Yara Germany, 24/05 14:25 - Reading : less than a minute
At Tyre’s polling stations, residents from war-ravaged border regions are casting their votes for their representatives. With their local voting centers destroyed and relocated far from their devastated villages, they are casting their ballots amid a complex mix of hope and resentment. These sprawling polling centers, disconnected from their ...
Yara Germany, 24/05 11:50 - Reading : less than a minute
Amal Hezbollah Nabatieh Rubble Israel Lebanon
In a city scarred by war, where campaign posters hang beside portraits of those who lost their lives in the latest fighting, Nabatiyeh heads to the polls. Under the enduring shadow of the Hezbollah-Amal alliance, a faint voice of opposition is struggling to emerge.
This is Beirut, 23/05 23:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Palestine United Nations Hamas Israel USA
The United Nations chief said Friday that Palestinians were enduring "the cruelest phase" of the war in Gaza, where more than a dozen food trucks were looted following the partial easing of a lengthy Israeli blockade. Aid was just beginning to trickle back into the war-torn territory after Israel announced it would allow limited shipments to ...
This is Beirut, 23/05 22:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Baalbeck Fatah Hamas Israel Joseph Aoun
The disarmament of Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon will begin in mid-June, based on an agreement with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who is on an official visit to Lebanon, a Lebanese government official told AFP on Friday. Following the creation of Israel and the Nakba in 1948, many Palestinian refugees settled in Lebanon. Lebanon ...