This is Beirut, 03/03 22:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A drone attack caused a fire near the US consulate in Dubai on Tuesday, a government statement said, after the US embassy in Riyadh was hit by an Iranian strike. Nearby residents told AFP they heard a loud bang, and one person said she then saw a fire at the consulate. Dubai and other Gulf cities have been under bombardment since ...
This is Beirut, 03/03 20:40 - Reading : less than a minute
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Israel's military chief on Tuesday said his forces would keep attacking Hezbollah until the Iran-backed Lebanese group was disarmed, as the war in the Middle East raged for a fourth day. "We are determined to eliminate the threat Hezbollah poses and will not stop until this organisation is disarmed," Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir ...
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An Islamic Revolutionary Guard general warned Tuesday that continued U.S.-Israeli attacks would see Iran conduct reprisals against "all economic centers" in the Middle East. "We are saying to the enemy that if it decides to hit our main centers, we will hit all economic centers in the region," said Ebrahim Jabbari. "We have closed the Strait of ...
This is Beirut, 03/03 15:10 - Reading : less than a minute
Iraqi security forces seized nine rockets and a launchpad prepared to target Baghdad International Airport on Tuesday, a government spokesperson told AFP. “Security forces foiled an attempt to target Baghdad International Airport,” said Saad Maan, spokesperson for the government’s security media cell, adding that forces confiscated “a ...
This is Beirut, 03/03 06:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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“We haven’t even started hitting them hard. The big wave hasn’t even happened. The big one is coming soon.” That was U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning Monday as the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran entered its third day, signaling that the most intense phase of the campaign may still lie ahead. Trump outlined an expanded set of war ...
This is Beirut, 03/03 03:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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An attack by two drones early Tuesday on the U.S. embassy in Riyadh sparked a small fire, Saudi defense ministry spokesman said in a statement, while Iran pressed on with its campaign of retaliatory strikes across the Gulf. "The U.S. Embassy in Riyadh was attacked by two drones, according to initial assessments. The attack resulted in a ...
This is Beirut, 02/03 16:45 - Reading : less than a minute
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Israel's military chief Eyal Zamir on Monday warned that his country would strike "all terrorist leaders and factions" across the Middle East, vowing to deal a severe blow to Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. "We will end this campaign with not just Iran being struck but with Hezbollah suffering a devastating blow," Zamir ...
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For years, Iran’s use of cryptocurrency was written off as pocket-change militant fundraising. A slew of enforcement actions now shows something far more consequential: Tehran and its terror allies have woven digital assets into the core financial architecture that bankrolls their war machines. By integrating crypto into their control of ...
This is Beirut, 02/03 15:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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“This war will take time and will not be like its predecessors,” said the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine on Monday as the Pentagon addressed the nation for the first time since the outbreak of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth underscored the administration’s ...
This is Beirut, 02/03 14:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Greece is sending two frigates and two F-16 fighter jets to Cyprus, where an Iranian drone hit the runway of a UK air force base earlier Monday, the Greek defense ministry announced. "The frigate Kimon is being immediately dispatched to the Republic of Cyprus, accompanied by a second frigate ... and a pair of F-16 fighter jets," the ministry said ...
This is Beirut, 02/03 13:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Prime Minister Nawaf Salam after the Cabinet session at Baabda Palace: “The Council of Ministers, in implementation of the Constitution, the National Accord Document, and the government’s ministerial statement, and after rejecting and condemning the rocket-launching operation claimed yesterday by Hezbollah, as it contradicts the principle ...
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Monday they had launched missile strikes on an Israeli government complex in Tel Aviv as well as security and military centers in Haifa and an attack on East Jerusalem. "Among the targets of this tenth wave were a targeted strike on the Zionist regime's government complex in Tel Aviv, attacks on military and ...