This is Beirut

Trump Says Largest Strikes on Iran Still to Come as War Expands Across Region

This is Beirut, 03/03 06:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

USA Israel Iran Gulf Trump Netanyahu RegionalWar

“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 ...

U.S. Embassies Targeted Throughout the Region

This is Beirut, 03/03 03:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

SaudiArabia Iran USA Israel Gulf RegionalWar

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 ...

Israel Army Chief Vows to Strike 'All Terrorist Leaders and Factions' Across Middle East

This is Beirut, 02/03 16:45 - Reading : less than a minute

Hezbollah Israel Middle East USA

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 ...

Breaking the Crowdfunding Myth: The Digital Architecture Funding Iran’s Proxy Wars

Ian Talley, 02/03 16:05 - Reading : 674 minute(s)

Lebanese Forces USA G7 Hamas Hezbollah Iran

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 ...

U.S. Secretary of War: “The Iranian Regime Must Change”

This is Beirut, 02/03 15:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

USA Israel Iran Pentagon RegionalWar

“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 ...

Greece Sending Two Frigates, Two F-16 Jets to Cyprus

This is Beirut, 02/03 14:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

United Kingdom Greece Cyprus Iran USA Israel RegionalWar

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 ...

Lebanese Cabinet's Statement Following Urgent Session on Escalation

This is Beirut, 02/03 13:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Lebanon Hezbollah Iran Israel USA Trump RegionalWar

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 ...

Iran Guards Say Launched Missile Attack on Tel Aviv, Haifa and East Jerusalem

This is Beirut, 02/03 10:45 - Reading : less than a minute

Israel TelAviv Iran USA RegionalWar

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 ...

Cyprus President Says Iranian Drone Crashed Into UK Base on Island

This is Beirut, 02/03 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Cyprus UK USA Iran Israel RegionalWar

Cyprus's President Nikos Christodoulides said an Iranian drone had crashed into a British base on the Mediterranean island on Monday, as the Israeli-American war with Iran spread across the region. Minutes after midnight (2200 GMT), "a Shahed unmanned aerial vehicle crashed into the military facilities of the British Bases in Akrotiri, causing ...

New Strikes on Iraq Base Housing Iran-Backed Fighters: Faction Source

This is Beirut, 02/03 07:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Hezbollah Israel USA

New strikes hit an Iraqi military base housing Kataeb Hezbollah, a source from the pro-Iran armed group said on Monday. "Three strikes hit Jurf al-Nasr," a Kataeb Hezbollah source told AFP, referring to a military base that serves as one of the main bastions of the powerful armed group that has been repeatedly targeted since the start ...

Trump: U.S. Sank Nine Iranian Naval Ships as Embassy in Beirut Announces Monday Closure

This is Beirut, 01/03 20:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Iran USA Trump USEmbassy Beirut RegionalWar

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Sunday that American forces had destroyed and sunk nine Iranian naval vessels in what he described as a major escalation in ongoing military operations against Iran. In a post published on his official social media account, Trump said: “I have just been informed that we have destroyed and sunk 9 ...

Gulf Countries to Hold Video Meeting on Iran Attacks Sunday: Two Diplomats

This is Beirut, 01/03 15:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Gulf Saudi Arabia Tehran USA

Gulf countries will convene Sunday evening to discuss a unified response to Iran's attacks, two Gulf diplomats said, as Tehran presses on with a second day of strikes after US and Israeli attacks killed its supreme leader. "It will be an online meeting of GCC foreign ministers due to the airport closures," a Gulf diplomat told AFP, ...

USA