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Oil prices surged Tuesday as Iran launched fresh attacks on crude-producing neighbors, while several countries pushed back against U.S. President Donald Trump's demand to help secure the crucial Strait of Hormuz. Prices rebounded from the previous day's sharp losses, which came after the head of the International Energy Agency said more ...
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Gulf Arab states are increasingly pressing the United States to continue its military campaign against Iran, warning that a premature halt could leave Tehran capable of threatening the region’s critical energy infrastructure and economic stability, according to sources cited by the Times of Israel. While Gulf governments initially opposed the ...
Marwan El Amine, 13:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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A historical examination of Israel’s military campaigns in Lebanon against the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Hezbollah reveals striking parallels and key differences, while raising the question of whether Jerusalem is moving toward a more decisive strategy against Hezbollah. Israel has regarded both the PLO in the 1970s and 80s ...
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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed on Tuesday that the Israeli army had killed Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, in an airstrike in Tehran as part of its operation against Iran. Larijani’s death comes amid an open war following the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in late February—an event that ...
This is Beirut, 12:20 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Israel said Tuesday it had killed Iran's powerful national security chief, Ali Larijani, in what would be a huge blow to the Islamic republic as fresh strikes rocked the Middle East from Tehran to Baghdad. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Larijani was "eliminated last night," although this has not been confirmed by ...
Hussain Abdul-Hussain, 12:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Now that Lebanon and Israel’s interests are so clearly aligned in disarming Hezbollah, the time has come for the two states to cooperate toward this shared goal and lay the groundwork for peace. On March 2, Lebanon’s cabinet convened an emergency meeting and declared Hezbollah’s military and security activities illegal, ordered it to ...
This is Beirut, 10:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) announced on Tuesday that one of its soldiers was killed, and four were wounded, after an Israeli strike struck a military vehicle in southern Lebanon, marking the first direct hit on the national army since this round of fighting began on March 2. According to an official statement published by the Lebanese Army ...
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday their forces had arrested 10 "foreign spies" as the war with Israel and the United States continued. "Ten mercenary, treacherous elements were identified and arrested," the Guards intelligence organisation in the northeastern Razavi Khorasan province said, according to ISNA news ...
This is Beirut, 16/03 20:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon's Hezbollah said it launched an attack on Monday targeting the northern Israeli city of Nahariya, where first responders reported a man was wounded. The Iran-backed militant group said in a statement that its fighters targeted Nahariya "with a barrage of rockets and a swarm of attack drones". Israel's Magen David Adom ...
This is Beirut, 16/03 15:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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A Lebanese judge has begun legal proceedings against four Hezbollah members for weapons offences, a judicial official told AFP on Monday, after authorities recently banned the Iran-backed group's military and security activities. Lebanese authorities have been seeking to pressure Hezbollah after Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on ...
This is Beirut, 16/03 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Israeli army said on Monday it had begun “limited ground operations” against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. The move comes after a night of direct clashes in Khiam in south Lebanon’s Marjayoun district and days of heavy missile fire. Israel’s military spokesman said in a statement, “troops from the 91st ...
This is Beirut, 15/03 16:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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U.S. intelligence assessments presented to President Donald Trump suggest that Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had reservations about his son Mojtaba Khamenei succeeding him as the country’s top authority, according to sources familiar with the briefings. Officials told CBS News that intelligence agencies recently briefed Trump and a ...