Sana Richa Choucair, 2025-03-04 19:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah budget Government
On Wednesday, February 26, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam reaffirmed his strong commitment to the new Cabinet’s agenda. “When we say we want something, it’s not a mere wish or request, but a firm pledge,” he emphasized before parliamentarians, after his government secured their confidence with 95 votes. He clarified that “the government’s ...
This is Beirut, 2025-03-04 17:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Alfa
Cell phone operator Alfa announced on Tuesday that it was restoring four stations in the southern border region of Lebanon that were damaged during the war between Hezbollah and Israel. The stations are as follows: The Khiam station covers the regions of Khiam, al-Mari and Helta, as well as the areas of Wazzani, Bourj al-Moulouk, Qlayaa and ...
This is Beirut, 2025-03-04 16:05 - Reading : less than a minute
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah South Lebanon
An Israeli drone strike targeted a vehicle on Tuesday morning in the village of Rechknanay in the caza of Tyre, killing Khodor Hachem, according to the al-Markazia agency. Israeli media, citing an Israeli official, reported that the target was a senior commander of Hezbollah’s al-Radwan force. The attack took place as a Hermes 450 drone flew ...
Hussain Abdul-Hussain, 2025-03-04 15:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Democracy Peace
Druze lawmaker Wael Abou-Faour said that U.S. officials have broached the subject of peace between Lebanon and Israel with top Lebanese leaders, but argued that peace would spark clashes and civil strife, and therefore, his bloc thinks that truce with the Hebrew state was the most that Lebanon could accept. The merits of peace aside, ...
This is Beirut, 2025-03-03 19:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Benjamin Netanyahu Gaza Hamas
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Hamas on Monday of consequences it "cannot imagine" if the Palestinian Islamist movement does not release the hostages held in Gaza. "I tell Hamas: If you do not release our hostages, there will be consequences that you cannot imagine," Netanyahu said during a speech at the ...
This is Beirut, 2025-03-03 11:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A stabbing attack on Monday at a transport station in the Israeli city of Haifa left one person dead and several wounded, medics said, in what police called a "terror attack" whose perpetrator was killed. The attack came with negotiations between Israel and Hamas Palestinian militants over Gaza's ceasefire stalled after the deal's first phase ...
This is Beirut, 2025-03-02 21:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Egypt condemned on Sunday Israel's decision to stop humanitarian aid from entering the Gaza Strip as a "flagrant violation" of the truce agreement in its war with Hamas, which Cairo had helped broker. A foreign ministry statement said that "Egypt condemns the decision issued by the Israeli government to stop the entry of humanitarian aid into the ...
This is Beirut, 2025-03-02 20:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Antonio Guterres Gaza Hamas
The United Nations on Sunday called on Israel to immediately allow aid into Gaza, hours after it suspended humanitarian deliveries into the war-battered territory as talks on a truce extension appeared to hit an impasse. With uncertainty looming over the truce, both Israeli and Palestinian sources reported Israeli military strikes in the Gaza ...
This is Beirut, 2025-03-02 18:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Syria Ahmad al-Sharaa
Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced on Sunday the formation of a seven-member committee to draft a constitutional declaration for the country's transition after the overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. The new authorities are seeking to rebuild Syria and its institutions after Assad was ousted on December 8, ...
This is Beirut, 2025-03-02 16:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Gaza Ministry of Health reported on Sunday that four people were killed and six others wounded in Israeli attacks "since the morning," amid disagreements between the warring parties over the next steps in the fragile truce. "Since this morning, four dead and six injured" have been transported "to hospitals in the Gaza ...
This is Beirut, 2025-03-02 15:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel is preparing to open its sole ski resort, located on Mount Hermon at the border with Lebanon and Syria, after allowing residents of nearby border villages to return home starting March 1. The announcement came on Sunday, signaling a return to normalcy in this border area. Israeli military spokesperson Avichai Adraee, in a post on his X ...
This is Beirut, 2025-03-02 15:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Gaza Palestine United States
Israel announced Sunday that it was suspending the entry of supplies into Gaza, and threatened "consequences" for Hamas if it did not accept a proposal for a temporary extension of the truce in the Palestinian territory. "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided that, from this morning, all entry of goods and supplies into the ...