This is Beirut, 11/02 16:14 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Gaza Hamas Donald Trump Israël
The Gaza ceasefire appeared increasingly fragile Tuesday after Hamas said US President Donald Trump's latest warning "further complicates" the agreement with Israel, which has so far led to five hostage-prisoner swaps. Trump said that "all hell" would break out if Hamas failed to release all Israeli hostages by the ...
This is Beirut, 08/02 14:41 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hamas militants handed over three Israeli hostages on Saturday as part of the fifth exchange under a fragile Gaza ceasefire, with 183 prisoners held by Israel due to be released later in the day. The swap comes after US President Donald Trump proposed clearing out the Gaza Strip of its inhabitants and for the United States to take over the ...
Élie-Joe Kamel, 04/02 14:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Morgan Ortagus Donald Trump Israël Ceasefire
On January 3, 2025, US President Donald Trump appointed Morgan Ortagus as Deputy Special Envoy for Peace in the Middle East. Ortagus, who served as spokesperson for the US State Department during Trump’s first term (2017-2021), will be part of the team headed by Steve Witkoff, a close friend and trusted confidant of Trump. Morgan Ortagus, ...
This is Beirut, 04/01 22:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Israël President of the Republic
On the fifth anniversary of the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, the former commander of the Quds Force (Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps unit), and his Iraqi lieutenant, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Naim Qassem reiterated the slogan of “the resistance’s victory over Israel,” emphasizing that the ...
Lyne Sammouri, 2024-12-31 13:20 - Reading : less than a minute
Nawaf Salam Ceasefire Hezbollah Israël
On Tuesday, French Ministers Jean-Noël Barrot (Foreign Affairs) and Sébastien Lecornu (Defense) met in Tyre with General Edgard Lawandos, commander of Lebanon's southern sector and Lebanon’s representative on the Ceasefire Monitoring Committee.
This is Beirut, 2024-12-29 17:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Damascus syria strike israel
An explosion at a weapons depot near Syria's capital Damascus on Sunday killed 11 people, a war monitor said, weeks after rebels ousted longtime leader Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the cause of the blast in the industrial area of Adra, some 30 kilometers (20 miles) from Damascus, was "likely" to have been an ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-27 11:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam yemen houthis israel ben gurion airport middle east
Yemen's Huthi rebels on Friday said they fired a missile at Israel's Ben Gurion airport, after Israel's military reported a missile had been intercepted. The new rebel claim came a day after Israeli raids pounded Sanaa's international airport and other targets in Houthi-held areas of Yemen. A Huthi statement said they also launched drones at Tel ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-21 13:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanese Army Israël ceasefire PFLP
The Lebanese Army announced on Saturday that it had "taken control of the General Command site of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) at Jabal Sultan Yacoub in Western Bekaa." "We entered the headquarters' tunnel and deployed our units around the site," the statement added. Additionally, the Lebanese Army is working to take ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-14 21:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam hezb israel lebeanon south lebanon syria naim qassem
In a televised speech on Friday, his first since the fall of the Assad regime in Damascus, Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Naim Qassem acknowledged that “Hezbollah has lost its military supply route through Syria,” but emphasized that this loss was merely a minor detail and that a new supply route would be established. Qassem further ...
Victoria C. Werling, 2024-11-23 16:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Bombings southern suburbs israel war
It is 4 PM when we enter Chiyah, a neighborhood in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Navigating through debris, we make our way to the site of the latest Israeli airstrike, which occurred just a few hours earlier. A five-story building lies gutted, its top two floors reduced to rubble. Despite the devastation, the main street running ...
Lyne Sammouri, 2024-11-19 17:45 - Reading : less than a minute
Nawaf Salam Lebanon war diary south lebanon israel hezbollah
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for November 19, 2024.
Melissa Manouchakian, 2024-11-16 16:05 - Reading : less than a minute
Nawaf Salam Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah Israël war
On September 27, 2024, Israeli forces conducted a targeted airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, destroying Hezbollah's subterranean headquarters and surrounding structures. The attack resulted in at least 33 fatalities and over 195 injuries. Among those killed were Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's leader since 1992, and Ali Karaki, the ...