This is Beirut, 03/11 09:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Palestine Turkey Hamas Gaza
Turkey will on Monday canvass peers in the Islamic world to bring their influence to bear on the future of Gaza, as fears grow for a just weeks-old truce. The October 10 ceasefire in the two-year-long Israel-Hamas war, brokered by US President Donald Trump, has become increasingly fragile, tested by continued Israeli strikes and claims of ...
Charles Chartouni, 03/11 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah United States
While Washington’s latest diplomatic efforts sought to convey a sense of urgency to Lebanon and forestall Israel from launching a new war, the country’s leaders have shown themselves to be ineffective and unwilling to break from the past. Just listening to President Joseph Aoun’s hollow pronouncements is enough to lose hope that Lebanon will ...
This is Beirut, 02/11 13:47 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah South Lebanon
Israel warned Sunday that its military would step up its attacks against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, a day after the Lebanese health ministry reported four people killed in an Israeli air strike. Despite a November 2024 ceasefire with the Lebanese militant group, Israel maintains troops in five areas in southern Lebanon and has kept up regular ...
This is Beirut, 02/11 12:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Syria United States Donald Trump
Syria's president will discuss issues including lifting remaining sanctions, reconstruction, and counter-terrorism when he becomes the country's first leader to pay an official visit to Washington later this month, the foreign minister said Sunday. Ahmed al-Sharaa is expected in the US capital in early November, Syria's top diplomat Asaad ...
This is Beirut, 01/11 18:22 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam United States Syria Donald Trump
The United States envoy for Syria said on Saturday that Damascus's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa is to travel to Washington to sign an agreement to join an international US-led alliance against the Islamic State. Asked by reporters on the sidelines of the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain whether Sharaa would head to Washington this month, Tom ...
Bassam Abou Zeid, 01/11 15:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Lebanese Army Egypt
Lebanon remains caught in Israel’s escalation zone as disagreements persist with both Israel and the United States, and Hezbollah still resists disarmament. Official Lebanese sources say Israel’s main demand centers on direct negotiations with Lebanon, even suggesting a possible meeting between President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister ...
This is Beirut, 01/11 13:40 - Reading : less than a minute
Nawaf Salam Gaza Hamas Israeli Hostages
Israel's military said Saturday that three bodies it received from Gaza via the Red Cross the previous night were not hostages held in the Palestinian territory. The Israeli military told AFP that a forensic analysis revealed the bodies were not those of any of the 11 deceased captives still to be handed over as part of a US-brokered ceasefire ...
Natasha Metni Torbey, 01/11 11:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah South Lebanon Hassan Nasrallah Dahyeh
Two flags still fly side by side on some hills in southern Lebanon: The Lebanese flag and Hezbollah’s yellow flag. The first symbolizes a weakened state, the second a parallel power that has filled the void left by the Republic. Here, official authority often ends where the Shia group’s control begins. A Fully Administered Territory From the ...
This is Beirut, 31/10 16:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah South Lebanon Lebanese Army United Nations
Tensions sharply escalated across southern Lebanon on Friday as Israeli drone and warplanes struck target in the Nabatiyeh and Bint Jbeil districts, leaving several casualties. In one incident, an Israeli drone launched a guided missile at a motorcycle in Talat Shukain, in the Nabatieh caza, killing the driver instantly. Ambulances rushed to the ...
This is Beirut, 31/10 13:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Lebanese Army Germany berlin Joseph Aoun
President Joseph Aoun reaffirmed on Friday that the Lebanese Army (LAF) remains “the only guarantee for protecting Lebanon’s sovereignty and ensuring its defense,” stressing that “there can be no sustainable security without it.” During a meeting at Baabda Palace with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, Aoun said “Lebanon is ...
This is Beirut, 31/10 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Palestine USA Hostage
Israel has returned the bodies of 30 more Palestinians to Gaza as part of an ongoing exchange deal under a US-brokered ceasefire plan, a hospital told AFP on Friday. The Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis told AFP that "the bodies of 30 Palestinian prisoners were received from the Israeli side as part of the exchange deal". Under the truce, ...
This is Beirut, 31/10 11:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Bechara Rai Lebanese Army Pope Francis Nawaf Salam
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Friday declared that a “decision has been made” to confiscate illegal weapons across the country, affirming that the Lebanese Army has already presented a plan for implementation. “There will be no reversal of the decision to confiscate weapons,” Salam said following a meeting with Maronite Patriarch Beshara ...