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Nawaf Salam from Bkerke: Commitment to Reforms and National Unity

This is Beirut, 2025-04-09 12:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Bkerke Patriarch Bechara Rai

Following his meeting with Patriarch Bechara Rai in Bkerke, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam addressed key national issues, reaffirming the government's commitment to reforms, political stability and the preservation of Lebanon's sovereignty. Salam described Bkerke as a significant national reference for Lebanon, expressing pride in the ...

Yemen Houthis Say US Strikes on Hodeida Killed Eight

This is Beirut, 2025-04-09 11:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam USA Gulf Houthi Palestine

Yemen's Houthis said Wednesday the number of people killed in an air strike on Hodeida the day before that they blamed on the United States has risen to eight. "The death toll of the American aggression in Hodeida rose to eight martyrs and 16 wounded, with rubble removal operations ongoing," the Houthis' Al-Masirah TV ...

UN Chief Says Gaza Transformed Into 'Killing Field'

This is Beirut, 2025-04-08 23:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam United Nations Palestine Banks Hamas

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that Gaza had become "a killing field," blaming Israel for blocking aid and failing in its "unequivocal obligations" to meet the needs of the Palestinian territory's residents. "More than an entire month has passed without a drop of aid into Gaza. No food. No fuel. No medicine. No ...

Israeli Warplanes Raid Building Near Baalbek

This is Beirut, 2025-04-08 23:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Baalbeck Hezbollah

An Israeli airstrike on Tuesday evening struck the al-Jawhari building in the town of Hosh Tal Safiya, west of Baalbek. No casualties were reported, as residents had evacuated the premises following an advance warning. According to local sources, the Israeli military contacted the building’s owner roughly 15 minutes before the strike, alerting ...

Netanyahu: 'military option inevitable' if US-Iran nuclear talks drag on

This is Beirut, 2025-04-08 19:25 - Reading : less than a minute

Nawaf Salam Benjamin Netanyahu USA Donald Trump Tehran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that "the military option" would become "inevitable" if talks between Washington and Tehran on Iran's nuclear program drag on. "We agree that Iran will not have nuclear weapons," Netanyahu said in a video statement following a meeting with US President Donald Trump. "This can be done in an ...

At Odds with Policy Statement, Minister Salameh's Remarks Spark Controversy

This is Beirut, 2025-04-08 19:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Hezbollah Ghassan Salameh government Disarmament

Lebanon, with a fragile sovereignty, is faltering under internal and external pressures. In these times of uncertainty, the political scene is evolving under the shadow of the Kulluna Irada movement, a group that, much like its representatives, seems to navigate a sea of contradictions and aims to extend its reach to more than one shore. Recent ...

National Dialogue Is Unconstitutional

Hussain Abdul-Hussain, 2025-04-08 15:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Lebanon Parliament Nawaf Salam Joseph Aoun

When President Joseph Aoun took his oath of office before Parliament, he pledged to uphold the Constitution of Lebanon. Had the President and his Prime Minister, Nawaf Salam, declared from the outset that restoring state sovereignty depended on Hezbollah’s willingness to disarm, their oath would have been unnecessary. It is in cases like ...

Army Recovers Missiles in Southern Lebanon

This is Beirut, 2025-04-08 11:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Hezbollah Lebanese Army South Lebanon Naqoura

The Lebanese Army recovered two old missiles abandoned in an orchard in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, refuting claims of a thwarted missile launch attempt. The missiles, found in the region, were not ready to be launched. Meanwhile, on Tuesday, the Israeli Army fired on residents in the eastern Mays el-Jabal area as members of the South Lebanon ...

Protests, Shouting as Israel Court Hears Petitions Against Security Chief Sacking

This is Beirut, 2025-04-08 11:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas Palestine Shin Bet

Israel's top court began a hearing on Tuesday on the legality of a hotly contested decision to sack domestic security chief Ronen Bar, with protests from government supporters and critics briefly interrupting the proceedings. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on March 21 that his government had unanimously approved a motion to dismiss ...

Gaza Rescuers Say 19 Killed in Israeli Strikes Overnight

This is Beirut, 2025-04-08 11:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Hamas Palestine

Gaza's civil defense agency said on Tuesday that Israeli strikes overnight killed at least 19 people across the Palestinian territory, where Israel has resumed its offensive against Hamas. Civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that "19 civilians, including several children, were martyred" and dozens more were wounded in the latest ...

Trump Says Can 'Work Out' Israel-Turkey Tensions Over Syria

This is Beirut, 2025-04-08 09:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Donald Trump Turkey Syria

US President Donald Trump on Monday touted himself as a mediator between Israel and Turkey in their struggle over politically fragile Syria, where both countries are jostling for influence. Trump, speaking alongside key ally Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, touted his "great relations" with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip ...

Yemen Rebels Say Targeted Israel Army Site, US Warships in Red Sea: Statement

This is Beirut, 2025-04-08 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam USA Houthi Palestine Yemen

Yemen's Huthis said they targeted a military site in Israel and attacked two US destroyers in the Red Sea Monday, shortly after Israel's army said it intercepted a drone launched from the east. The Iran-backed group "carried out a military operation targeting an Israeli military target in the occupied area of Yaffa (Tel Aviv) using a 'Yaffa' ...

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