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Israel struck southern Lebanon on Monday, shortly after the Israeli army’s Arabic spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, announced that Israeli forces were striking Hezbollah targets in the area. According to local reports, Israeli warplanes shelled the towns of Ansar and Zrariya, as well as the al-Mahmoudiya area in the Jezzine district. Additional ...
This is Beirut, 11:55 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s proposed plan for Gaza on Monday, calling it “bad for Israel” and urging a full reoccupation of the enclave. Reportedly, as Washington promotes a post-war governance plan for Gaza, Israel has been signaling resistance not only diplomatically ...
This is Beirut, 17/01 20:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Kassem on Saturday sharply criticized Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji, accusing him of “acting against the presidency, the government, the Lebanese people, and the resistance.” In a speech during a religious ceremony, Kassem said the absence of an effective foreign minister had ...
This is Beirut, 16/01 23:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Palestinian committee set to govern post-war Gaza has begun its work in Cairo, a member told AFP on Friday. Formed on Wednesday as the second phase of the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire deal came into effect, the committee is made up of 15 technocrats charged with administering the Palestinian territory after the Hamas-Israel war. The ...
Claudia Groeling, 16/01 19:29 - Reading : 9 minute(s)
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Lebanon’s upcoming parliamentary elections, coming on the heels of the 2024 Hezbollah–Israel war that devastated the organization and its core constituencies, have reopened the question of Shia political representation. For decades, Lebanese political discourse has treated the Shia community as a unified political bloc, electorally ...
This is Beirut, 16/01 14:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Israeli army announced on Friday the assassination of a Hezbollah member in southern Lebanon following strikes in the area on Thursday and Friday. Spokesman Avichay Adraee said in a post on X that the Israeli army launched a strike in the eastern Zawtar area in the Nabatieh district on Thursday and "eliminated a Hezbollah ...
This is Beirut, 16/01 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The director of Israel's Mossad spy agency, David Barnea, arrived in the U.S. on Friday morning for talks on the situation in Iran, according to an Israeli source and another source with knowledge of the meeting. Barnea is expected to meet in Miami with White House envoy Steve Witkoff, who is managing the direct channel of communication ...
This is Beirut, 16/01 11:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the formation of a Gaza "board of peace," a key phase two element of a US-backed plan to end the war in the Palestinian territory. "It is my Great Honor to announce that THE BOARD OF PEACE has been formed," Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, adding that the members of the body will be ...
This is Beirut, 15/01 16:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel struck two buildings in Lebanon’s southern village of Sohmor on Thursday targeting Hezbollah infrastructure after evacuation warnings. Shortly after the Israeli military announced having struck positions in Lebanon, its Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee warned of a second evacuation order, this time for the south Lebanon ...
This is Beirut, 15/01 15:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A senior Hamas official on Thursday welcomed the formation of a technocratic committee to govern post-war Gaza, saying it would help consolidate the ceasefire and prevent a return to fighting. Egypt, a mediator in indirect ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas, announced the formation of a 15-member Palestinian technocratic committee that ...
This is Beirut, 14/01 13:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Lebanon said Wednesday that a conference in support of the country's army as it seeks to disarm militant group Hezbollah would take place in Paris on March 5. The announcement follows recent promises of support to the military, which lacks funds, equipment and technical expertise. Presidency spokeswoman Najat Charafeddine said President Joseph ...
This is Beirut, 14/01 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Iran’s judiciary chief said Wednesday authorities would pursue fast-track trials for suspects arrested during nationwide protests, signaling a further escalation in the state’s response as unrest continues across the country. U.S. President Donald Trump warned that Washington would take “very strong action” if Iranian ...