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Explosions were heard over the Qatari capital, Doha, on Thursday, according to AFP journalists, as Iran continued its retaliatory strikes across the region on the sixth day of the escalating conflict following U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iranian territory. Qatar has faced repeated waves of Iranian drones and missiles since Tehran launched a broad ...
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The Tehran-backed Iraqi group Kataeb Hezbollah said on Thursday that one of its commanders was killed in a strike in southern Iraq the previous day. Ahmad al-Hamidawi, the secretary-general of the armed faction, mourned in a statement the loss of a "great commander," Ali Hussein al-Freiji, who had joined the group more than two decades ago. Two ...
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An Israeli strike on Thursday targeting a car on the Zahle–Karak highway in the central Bekaa killed two people and wounded two others, Lebanon’s Public Health Ministry said in a statement. Beirut’s southern suburbs An Israeli drone strike targeted two cars late Wednesday at the southern entrance of the city along the Ziad ...
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According to a report by Axios, militants from several Kurdish Iranian factions are preparing for a possible ground offensive against Iran’s regime in the northwestern part of the country. Several Kurdish Iranian militant factions are preparing for a possible ground offensive against Iran’s regime in the country’s ...
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Two fighters from the powerful Tehran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah group were killed on Wednesday in a strike near their base in Iraq, as the war in the Middle East raged across multiple fronts. Attacks were also reported in Baghdad and Erbil throughout the day, as the US embassy urged its citizens to leave the country as soon as they were able. Two ...
This is Beirut, 04/03 22:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem delivered televised remarks amid Israeli strikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Qassem’s speech marked his first appearance since Hezbollah opened fire on Israel on Monday morning. He spoke on issues including the ongoing U.S. and Israeli strikes in the region, the internal displacement of ...
Amal Chmouny, 04/03 22:10 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
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In an unprecedented move, Lebanon’s government on March 2 banned all Hezbollah’s military and security activities and instructed the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to immediately move forward with its plan to disarm the militia. The decision came hours after a Hezbollah rocket barrage into Israel, which triggered a widescale military ...
This is Beirut, 04/03 17:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel had initially planned to strike Iran in mid-2026, but developments inside the Islamic republic and shifting regional dynamics brought the timetable forward to February, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday. "An operation was planned for the middle of the year with the same target set," Katz said in an address to ...
This is Beirut, 04/03 17:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah and Iran carry out further strikes in Israel as Israel continues to expand its operations in Lebanon. Hezbollah struck two Israeli military vehicles in the town of Houla in southern Lebanon, saying that it hit with “appropriate weapons, achieving a direct hit.” The organization also stated that it hit an Israeli Merkava ...
Bassam Abou Zeid, 04/03 16:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The President of the Republic, Joseph Aoun, and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam informed the ambassadors of the Quintet that the government’s decision banning all military and security activities of Hezbollah will be fully implemented. According to diplomatic sources, including U.S. ambassador Michel Issa, there will be no cessation of Israeli ...
This is Beirut, 04/03 15:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The United States said it has established full control of Iranian airspace and key maritime corridors, as Washington signals a major expansion of its military campaign against Iran. Speaking during a press briefing on Wednesday, the U.S. Secretary of Defense said American forces now have “complete control over Iranian airspace” and are ...
This is Beirut, 04/03 15:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israel's military said on Wednesday it had begun striking southern Lebanon after issuing a call to evacuate all areas south of the country's Litani River. "The Israeli military has begun a wave of strikes in the southern Lebanon area," the military said in a statement. Later in the day, Hezbollah said it had targeted an ...