Marwan El Amine, 12:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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As the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran nears the limits of its original target bank, the contours of a new phase are beginning to emerge, one defined by the search for a political exit from the war. Discussions are no longer confined to closed-door deliberations but are now unfolding in public. Fundamental questions are emerging about ...
Hussain Abdul-Hussain, 11:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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A false claim, now common in Western media and academia, portrays Hezbollah as having emerged in response to Israel’s 1982 invasion and subsequent occupation of Lebanon. In reality, Hezbollah arose in the wake of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution as part of an effort to establish an Islamic state in a Lebanon fractured by warring militias. Since ...
This is Beirut, 06/04 23:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A Gaza hospital said clashes and Israeli airstrikes killed at least 10 people on Monday near a school sheltering displaced people in the centre of the Palestinian territory. The incident is the latest to shake a fragile US-backed ceasefire that has been in place since October 10 and has largely halted the war between Israel and Hamas. "At ...
Ralph Atrach, 06/04 23:40 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
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Since the outbreak of the U.S.-Israel war on Iran on February 28, a series of coordinated strikes by both countries has dramatically reshaped Iran’s military and political command structure. The U.S.-led Operation Epic Fury and Israel’s Operation Roaring Lion have systematically targeted senior Iranian officials, top advisors, ...
This is Beirut, 06/04 18:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iran has rejected a proposed truce in its war with the United States and Israel, state media reported Monday, despite a stark threat by US President Donald Trump to destroy its vital infrastructure. "Iran has conveyed to Pakistan its response to the American proposal to end the war," the news agency IRNA said, without revealing its source or what ...
Claudia Groeling, 06/04 17:15 - Reading : less than a minute
In an exclusive interview with This is Beirut, Parliamentarian Fouad Makhzoumi discussed critical issues in Lebanon: achieving peace with Israel through clear government mandates, fully disarming Hezbollah and cutting its funding, and restoring government control over security, aid, and reconstruction efforts. By Claudia Groeling and Kaline Antoun
This is Beirut, 06/04 13:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
An Israeli ministerial committee overseeing weapons procurement approved on Monday a rapid expansion in the production of Arrow missile interceptors, marking the second such decision within roughly a year, according to The Jerusalem Post. The ground-based missile defense system, codeveloped by the U.S. and Israel, constitutes the “upper ...
This is Beirut, 06/04 10:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they are completing preparations to enforce new operating conditions in the Strait of Hormuz, which has been all but shut since the war with the United States and Israel began. "The IRGC naval force is completing operational preparations for the Iranian authorities' #declared_plan for the new Persian ...
This is Beirut, 06/04 10:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United States carried out a high-risk, coordinated operation involving both the U.S. military and the Central Intelligence Agency to rescue a missing crew member of a fighter jet shot down over Iran. The mission, described as both dramatic and politically sensitive, successfully brought the serviceman home, marking the end of a tense episode ...
This is Beirut, 06/04 09:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iran on Monday executed a man convicted of acting on behalf of Israel and the United States during a wave of anti-government protests earlier this year, the judiciary said. "Ali Fahim, one of the enemy elements in the terrorist riots of Dey (January)... was hanged after the Supreme Court reviewed the case and confirmed the verdict," the ...
This is Beirut, 05/04 20:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Critical infrastructure across the Gulf came under attack from Iran on Sunday, with damage reported at civilian facilities in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait. Gulf countries have faced repeated drone and missile salvos from Iran in response to US and Israeli strikes on the Islamic republic that began at the end of February. Iran has ...
This is Beirut, 05/04 20:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli military and medics said on Sunday that a missile fired from Iran hit a residential building in the northern city of Haifa, killing four people. The building was hit by a "direct impact of a missile", the military told AFP. When asked if it was a missile fired from Iran, it said: "Yes." The strike occurred minutes ...