par This Is Beirut, 24/06 12:29 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The alarmingly tense situation on the Lebanese southern border prompted on Monday several European foreign ministers to express serious concern about the Middle East, especially between Israel and Hezbollah. Statements were issued after a meeting of the EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg this morning, where the situation in the Middle East was ...
par This Is Beirut, 24/06 18:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli artillery broke late in the afternoon, on Monday, the precarious calm that had prevailed during the day. Tel Aviv’s army targeted the outskirts of the towns of Rab al-Thalathine and Taybeh, in the Marjayoun caza. A drone strike was carried out on Taybeh, but the device was shot down by Hezbollah fighters, prompting the Israeli ...
par This Is Beirut, 24/06 23:34 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel's defense minister on Monday vowed during a visit to Washington to work to bring back hostages from Gaza, and urged close cooperation with the United States after strains in the relationship. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant met with CIA chief Bill Burns, the key US point man in negotiations to free hostages from Hamas, and later met for ...
par This Is Beirut, 24/06 23:48 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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French President Emmanuel Macron and King Abdullah II of Jordan on Monday stressed the need to support efforts to restore calm to the border between Lebanon and Israel, and to bolster stability in the Land of the Cedars. Over lunch at the Élysée Palace, they warned against a "conflagration that would be catastrophic for the region" if the ...
par Malo Pinatel, 25/06 19:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
An Israeli commission investigating suspicions of wrongdoing in the purchase of submarines and warships from Germany by the Israeli government issued a warning to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, according to information reported by Reuters. This commission reportedly informed Netanyahu that, based on the evidence gathered so far, it ...
par Natasha Metni Torbey, 25/06 19:51 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Listen to the article [audio mp3="https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Calls-for-de-escalation-between-Hezbollah-and-Israel-are-multiplying.-Between-the-two.mp3"][/audio] Calls for de-escalation between Hezbollah and Israel are multiplying. Between the two belligerents, who engaged in escalating confrontations in the ...
par This Is Beirut, 25/06 21:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant at the Pentagon on Tuesday, warning that a conflict between Israel and Hezbollah could spark a regional war and urging a diplomatic solution. More than eight months of war in Gaza has heightened tensions across the region, with Israeli forces and Lebanon's Iran-backed ...
par Lyne Sammouri, 25/06 21:30 - Reading : less than a minute
From Gaza to Lebanon, This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for June 25th, 2024.
par This Is Beirut, 26/06 11:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Norway's largest pension fund said on Wednesday that it had divested from US industrial group Caterpillar because of the risk its equipment was being used by the Israeli Army in Gaza. “For a long time, Caterpillar has supplied bulldozers and other equipment that has been used to demolish Palestinian homes and infrastructure to clear the way for ...
26/06 12:16 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli army continued its bombardment of border villages on Wednesday. This morning, Israeli warplanes carried out two raids on Bab Thanya in Khiam and Aita al-Shaab. Artillery shelling targeted Kfarchouba, Wadi Hamoul and the outskirts of Dhayra, Wazzani, Bin Jbeil and Kounin. Earlier, the Israeli army announced that it had struck ...
par Michel Touma, 26/06 14:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
European Union Foreign Ministers and ten Mediterranean countries convened in Barcelona in November 1995 to launch a vast and ambitious geostrategic initiative with a vital socio-economic dimension, the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. The objective was to establish a zone of stability, prosperity, cooperation and peace encompassing the EU and ten ...
par Sana Richa Choucair, 26/06 18:56 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Kandice Ardiel, Deputy Spokesperson for UNIFIL, stated on Wednesday that the "rhetoric” of escalation and the war of words between Israel and Hezbollah does not rule out "a widespread conflict" in southern Lebanon. In an interview with This is Beirut, Ardiel stated that "both Lebanon and Israel have emphasized the importance of Resolution 1701 ...
