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Lebanon PM Says Iran Guards Commanding Hezbollah Operations in Lebanon

This is Beirut, 22/03 22:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Sunday that members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards are commanding Hezbollah's operations in the group's ongoing war against Israel. In an interview with the Al Hadath network, Salam once again lashed out at Hezbollah for dragging Lebanon into the Middle East war by firing rockets on ...

Iranian Missiles Sow Panic, Destruction in Israeli Towns

This is Beirut, 22/03 07:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Sheltering from an Iranian missile attack on his town in southern Israel on Saturday, 17-year-old Ido Franky heard "terrifying" blasts like nothing he had experienced before. An Iranian missile hit Franky's town of Arad, hours after another struck Dimona -- home to a nuclear facility -- wounding dozens and leaving entire apartment ...

Israel, U.S. Attack Iran's Natanz Nuclear Facility, Prompting Russian Criticism

This is Beirut, 21/03 17:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The United States and Israel struck Iran's Natanz nuclear facility on Saturday, the Islamic republic's atomic energy organisation said. "Following the criminal attacks by the United States and the usurping Zionist regime against our country, the... Natanz enrichment complex was targeted this morning," the organisation said in a statement carried ...

More Than 20 Countries 'Express Their Readiness' to Resolve Hormuz Crisis

This is Beirut, 21/03 15:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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More than 20 countries on Saturday said they would contribute to efforts ensuring safe passage in the Strait of Hormuz, condemning Iran's closure of the vital waterway. "We condemn in the strongest terms recent attacks by Iran on unarmed commercial vessels in the Gulf, attacks on civilian infrastructure including oil and gas ...

More Than 20 Countries 'Express Their Readiness' to Resolve Hormuz Crisis

This is Beirut, 21/03 15:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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More than 20 countries on Saturday said they would contribute to efforts ensuring safe passage in the Strait of Hormuz, condemning Iran's closure of the vital waterway. "We condemn in the strongest terms recent attacks by Iran on unarmed commercial vessels in the Gulf, attacks on civilian infrastructure including oil and gas installations, and ...

Drone Attack Against Iraqi Intelligence Services Kills One in Baghdad

This is Beirut, 21/03 13:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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An Iraqi officer was killed on Saturday in a drone attack targeting an Iraqi intelligence services building in a residential Baghdad neighbourhood, the agency said, as the Middle East war reverberates across the country. Iraq has been unwillingly drawn into the Middle East conflict with strikes targeting Iran-backed groups, which in turn have ...

Israeli Reservist Arrested on Suspicion of Spying for Iran

This is Beirut, 20/03 12:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israeli police said on Friday they had arrested an army reservist who served on the Iron Dome air defence system on suspicion of passing secrets to Iran. The arrest comes as Israel and the United States are locked in a war with Iran that has spread across the Middle East. “Raz Cohen, a 26‑year‑old resident of Jerusalem who served in the ...

Israel Says Struck Syrian Army Camps After Druze 'Attacked'

This is Beirut, 20/03 11:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israel's military said on Friday it had struck Syrian army camps in response to what it called attacks against the Druze community in the southern Sweida province. The latest flare-up between the neighbouring countries comes as war roils the Middle East after the United States and Israel attacked Iran on February 28. "Overnight, the IDF struck a ...

Facts About Strait of Hormuz War Blockage

This is Beirut, 18/03 14:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Key facts and figures about the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial shipping route virtually paralyzed by the Middle East war. Around a fifth of global crude oil and liquefied natural gas pass through the waterway in peacetime. The war erupted on February 28 when the US and Israel began bombing Iran, prompting it to retaliate with ...

Ankara Says NATO Deploys New Patriot Battery as Strikes Continue

This is Beirut, 18/03 12:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Turkey's defence ministry said Wednesday NATO was deploying a new Patriot missile battery at Incirlik air base, just days after a third ballistic missile from Iran was shot down. "Another Patriot system... is being deployed... in addition to the existing Spanish Patriot system stationed there," a ministry official told reporters at the Turkish ...

Iran Arrests Alleged 'Monarchist' Networks, Suspected Spies as War Rages

This is Beirut, 18/03 12:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Iranian authorities said on Wednesday they had arrested more than 100 alleged "monarchist cells" plotting against the Islamic Republic, along with suspected spies and individuals accused of cooperating with an outlawed television channel. Forces from the Intelligence Ministry "have identified and arrested 111 monarchist cells across 26 provinces ...

Missile Debris Kills One in Abu Dhabi as Iran Presses Gulf Attacks

This is Beirut, 17/03 16:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Falling debris from missile interceptions killed one person on Tuesday in the Emirati capital of Abu Dhabi and injured two medical staff in Kuwait, authorities said, as Iran pressed its attacks against Gulf countries. The oil-rich Gulf has borne the brunt of Iran's reprisals for US-Israeli strikes that sparked the Middle East war, with Tehran ...

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