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Two Hezbollah Artillery Commanders Killed in Israeli Drone Strikes in Beqaa and Nabatieh

This is Beirut, 29/09 18:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Lebanon UNIFIL Drone Airstrike

Southern Lebanon witnessed renewed Israeli drone strikes on Monday, killing two people and injuring one amid rising border tensions. An Israeli drone targeted the town of Aitaroun, wounding one civilian. In Shamsiyeh, a village in West Beqaa’s Sohmor region, another strike hit an excavator, killing its operator. In a third attack, a guided ...

Trump Renews Tariff Threat on Movies Made Abroad

This is Beirut, 29/09 17:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Films Tariff Donald Trump Culture

US President Donald Trump on Monday renewed his threat of imposing steep tariffs on films made outside the United States, claiming his country's industry has been "stolen" by others. Trump's remarks come shortly after he threatened a slew of new tariffs to be imposed this week on branded pharmaceutical products, furniture, as well as heavy trucks ...

Bad Bunny to Headline 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show

This is Beirut, 29/09 10:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Singer Super Bowl Concert Bad Bunny Culture

Grammy-winning Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny will headline next year's Super Bowl halftime show, the NFL said on Sunday, ending speculation that Taylor Swift was being lined up for the American football showpiece. Super Bowl halftime shows have traditionally attracted the biggest names in the music world, with past performers reading like a who's ...

Iran Says it Executed One of Israel's Top Spies

This is Beirut, 29/09 09:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Iran

Iran said Monday it executed a man it described as one of Israel's top spies after he was convicted of working for its arch-enemy. "One of the leading spies of the Zionist regime in Iran, Bahman Choubi Asl, was hanged this morning," the judiciary's Mizan Online website reported. Iran and Israel fought a 12-day war in June after ...

Palestinian Statehood and the Unanswered Questions

Charles Chartouni, 29/09 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Benny Gantz Emmanuel Macron Europe Hamas

Political observers' harrowing concern is to consider how timely this political undertaking is under the current circumstances and whether it positively impacts the future of the conflict. It’s not enough to make political statements with no questions about their opportunity and feasibility. Otherwise, the proponents are adding to the problem ...

What Does the US 21-Point Plan for Gaza Include?

This is Beirut, 28/09 17:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Gaza Hamas United States

At the UN General Assembly, the United States shared a 21-point proposal with a small group of Arab and Muslim countries aimed at ending the war in Gaza. According to Axios, the US proposals draw on various ideas discussed over the past six months, as well as concepts developed by Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and former British Prime ...

Trump Says Gaza Peace Deal in "Final Stages"

This is Beirut, 28/09 17:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Donald Trump United States Benjamin Netanyahu Gaza Hamas

United States President Donald Trump told Axios in an interview Sunday that negotiations over his plan to end the war in Gaza are "at their final stages" and contended a deal could open the way for wider peace in the Middle East. Earlier in the day, Trump had announced “something special, a first” in Middle East peace negotiations on the eve ...

Barrack Says US Not Guarantor of Lebanon-Israel Ceasefire

This is Beirut, 28/09 12:45 - Reading : less than a minute

Nawaf Salam Lebanon Ceasefire USA Hezbollah

US envoy Tom Barrack said on Saturday that Washington is not the “guarantor” of the ceasefire agreement reached between Lebanon and Israel. In an interview with Al Jazeera, he stressed that “both sides accuse each other of failing to comply with the agreement” and that “the problem is the lack of dialogue.” Barrack added that “if ...

Naim Qassem Stands Firm: Weapons or Karbala

This is Beirut, 27/09 20:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah

Hezbollah continues its standoff with the Lebanese state, issuing yet another threat. “We refuse to be disarmed, and we will wage this battle as we did in Karbala,” declared Hezbollah’s Secretary General Naim Qassem on Saturday. Speaking during a ceremony commemorating the assassination of his predecessor, Hassan Nasrallah, on September ...

Zelensky Says Ukraine Has Received Patriot Air Defense System from Israel

This is Beirut, 27/09 18:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Volodymyr Zelensky Ukraine Patriot Defense System

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Saturday that Ukraine has received a Patriot air defense system from Israel, a costly American-made weapon crucial for repelling Russian missile attacks on the country. “An Israeli (Patriot) system is operational in Ukraine; it has been working for a month,” Zelensky said at a press conference, ...

UAE Foreign Minister Holds Talks with Netanyahu on West Bank Annexation

This is Beirut, 27/09 15:25 - Reading : less than a minute

Nawaf Salam United Arab Emirates Benjamin Netanyahu Abdullah bin Zayed West Bank

A meeting reportedly took place between the UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. Sheikh Abdullah conveyed “the UAE’s decisive position closing the file on Israeli annexation of Palestinian lands,” wrote Anwar Gargash, diplomatic ...

Enemy or Peace?

Amine Jules Iskandar, 27/09 14:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Lebanon Peace Enemy

According to Carl Schmitt, the concept of the enemy lies at the heart of politics. It stands apart from morality, aesthetics, and economics. To identify an enemy is thus a strictly political act, carrying no moral weight and showing no regard for historical accuracy. Within this realm, free from any claim to objectivity, an enemy can be conceived ...

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