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Iran Parliament Speaker Says U.S. Plots Ground Attack Despite Diplomatic Efforts

This is Beirut, 29/03 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Sunday that the United States was plotting a ground attack despite publicly engaging in diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the war. Yesterday, CENTCOM announced that the amphibious assault vessel USS Tripoli had joined the military concentration in the region. "The enemy publicly ...

Syria "Holds Iraq Responsible" for Drone Attack on U.S. Base

This is Beirut, 29/03 10:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Syria's assistant defence minister said Sunday that his country's forces had repelled a drone attack from neighbouring Iraq targeting one of Syria's last US military bases. "Earlier today, the US base in Qasrak, located on our territory, was attacked by four drones launched from Iraqi territory," Sipan Hamo said on X, adding that "the drones were ...

Iran Claims Aluminium Plant Attacks in Gulf as Houthis Join War

This is Beirut, 29/03 09:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Iran claimed on Sunday attacks on two major aluminium plants in the Gulf, further raising the economic stakes of the Middle East war after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis joined the conflict. The war that began on February 28 with US-Israeli attacks on Iran has mushroomed throughout the region, sending world energy markets into a tailspin and ...

Lebanon Kids Struggle to Keep Up Studies as War Slams School Doors Shut

This is Beirut, 29/03 05:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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In a classroom turned shelter for displaced families, teenager Ahmad Melhem follows a recorded lesson on a tablet as the war between Hezbollah and Israel interrupts education for hundreds of thousands of students in Lebanon. "I don't want to regret not finishing my studies despite the difficult circumstances," said Melhem, whose ...

Emirates Global Aluminium Reports Significant Damage after Attack

This is Beirut, 28/03 18:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The firm Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) said one of its sites in Abu Dhabi had suffered significant damage after an Iranian attack that left six people wounded, according to authorities. In its statement, EGA -- one of the world's largest aluminium producers -- said its "Al Taweelah site sustained significant damage during the Iranian missile and ...

U.S. and Iraq to 'Intensify Cooperation' Against Attacks

This is Beirut, 28/03 12:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The United States and Iraq will "intensify cooperation" to prevent attacks and ensure Iraqi territory is not used to launch assaults against US facilities, Washington's embassy in Baghdad said in a statement. Since the war began on February 28 with US-Israeli strikes on Iran, Iraq has been increasingly drawn into a conflict it had sought to avoid ...

Yemen's Houthis Claim First Attack on Israel Since Start of Mideast War

This is Beirut, 28/03 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Yemen's Houthi rebels announced their entry into the Middle East war on Saturday by launching a ballistic missile towards Israel, as the world struggled to contain the economic damage of a conflict now entering its second month. The intervention of Iran's Yemeni allies into Tehran's conflict with Israel and the United States will ...

Israel Strikes Iranian Energy Infrastructure Before U.S. Diplomacy Deadline

This is Beirut, 27/03 20:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israel struck infrastructure targets across Iran on Friday, with Iranian officials saying the attacks hit two major steel factories, a power plant and multiple nuclear-linked sites as the campaign widened beyond purely military targets. The IDF claimed credit for the strikes on nuclear related facilities, just days after President Trump extended ...

Explaining the U.S. Troop Buildup as Trump Pushes Iran Talks

Claudia Groeling, 27/03 10:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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Amid escalating rhetoric from U.S. President Donald Trump, including threats of further strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island, Washington has signaled openness to negotiations with Tehran. While Trump has not formally indicated plans to invade Kharg Island, through which 90 percent of Iran’s oil exports flow, he has made ...

Hezbollah Boycotts Cabinet Session Over Iran Ambassador Expulsion

This is Beirut, 26/03 17:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Ministers from Hezbollah and its ally Amal boycotted Lebanon's cabinet session on Thursday in protest after the government declared the Iranian ambassador persona non grata, a Lebanese official told AFP. The two Shia parties have a combined four ministers, while one independent Shia minister was instead present at the meeting, the official said, ...

Oil Jumps, Stocks Drop on Uncertainty Over U.S.-Iran Talks

This is Beirut, 26/03 14:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Oil prices jumped and equities slid Thursday as hopes for a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran wavered after Tehran rejected Washington's bid to wind down the nearly four-week war. Markets had been buoyed this week by U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that strikes targeting Iran's energy infrastructure would be postponed, adding that ...

Turkey Relays Messages Between Washington and Tehran

This is Beirut, 26/03 11:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A senior official in the party of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday that Turkey is relaying messages between the United States and Iran, as efforts intensify behind the scenes to contain a widening regional war. Harun Armagan, deputy head of foreign affairs in the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), confirmed that Ankara ...

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