This is Beirut, 06/03 17:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Drones hit an airport and oil facilities in southern Iraq on Friday, while in the north strikes and explosions mainly targeted Iranian militants. In Iraq's southern Basra province, "a drone crashed into the cargo terminal at Basra airport," a security official official told AFP. Two others hit a US company in the Burjesia oil ...
This is Beirut, 06/03 16:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iranian attacks on Gulf countries have stretched into their seventh day, as targets continue to broaden. Iran initially focused targets on military installations but has since expanded to include civilian targets and energy infrastructure. Today alone, the UAE, which has fielded the highest number of Iranian attacks since the start of the war, ...
This is Beirut, 06/03 09:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Talks between Kurdish opposition leaders and U.S. President Donald Trump have raised the prospects of a Kurdish ground invasion in northwestern Iran, informed sources told Reuters. Three sources with knowledge of the talks said that Iranian Kurdish militias have consulted with the United States about how to attack Iranian security forces in the ...
This is Beirut, 06/03 08:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Heavy attacks were reported in Tehran on Friday after Israel said it was hitting "regime infrastructure" in a "new phase" of the war it launched with the United States against Iran. As the conflict entered its seventh day, its regional repercussions continued -- with Qatar saying it intercepted a drone targeting a US base, and Lebanon reporting ...
This is Beirut, 05/03 20:20 - Reading : less than a minute
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Thursday that the Islamic republic was neither asking for a ceasefire nor negotiations with the US, adding that Iran had no plans to close the Strait of Hormuz for now. "We are not asking for a ceasefire. We don't see any reason why we should negotiate with the US... We negotiated with them ...
This is Beirut, 05/03 00:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Two fighters from the powerful Tehran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah group were killed on Wednesday in a strike near their base in Iraq, as the war in the Middle East raged across multiple fronts. Attacks were also reported in Baghdad and Erbil throughout the day, as the US embassy urged its citizens to leave the country as soon as they were able. Two ...
This is Beirut, 04/03 22:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem delivered televised remarks amid Israeli strikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Qassem’s speech marked his first appearance since Hezbollah opened fire on Israel on Monday morning. He spoke on issues including the ongoing U.S. and Israeli strikes in the region, the internal displacement of ...
This is Beirut, 04/03 17:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Omani navy rescued 24 crew members of a Malta-flagged container ship struck by missiles while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, state media said, as Iran pressed its Gulf retaliation campaign. The cargo ship was "hit by two missiles" and Oman's royal navy rescued its "crew of 24 people" who are now in good ...
This is Beirut, 03/03 21:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A senior U.S. official spoke to TIB in a background call on the Iran nuclear talks, providing an inside look into what happened during the negotiations. Objectives of the U.S.-Iran Talks The official outlined the Trump administration’s objectives for the U.S.-Iran talks in detail, focused primarily on the nuclear issue. The first ...
This is Beirut, 03/03 19:25 - Reading : less than a minute
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Iran said on Tuesday it had detected "no radioactive contamination" as a result of US-Israeli air strikes at the weekend on its underground fuel enrichment facility at Natanz. "No leak of radioactive material has been recorded at this complex, thanks to preventative measures and data logged by the monitoring system," the ...
This is Beirut, 02/03 21:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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In a statement to This is Beirut, a senior U.S. official expressed that Hezbollah’s involvement in the war with Iran was a blunder and the organization will see consequences. “Hezbollah has made a grave mistake by entering this war at Iran’s direction,” the official said. They added that “This is a deliberate act of ...
Natasha Metni Torbey, 02/03 12:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A red flag symbolizing justice and revenge was raised Sunday morning above the golden dome of the Jamkaran Mosque in Qom, a potent Shiite emblem of bloodshed and a call for retribution, just hours after Iranian authorities confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in strikes attributed to Israel and the United States. With ...