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2023 Was the Deadliest Year in a Decade for Migrants, Says UN

par This Is Beirut, 06/03 17:28 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The UN's International Organization for Migration has released new figures, on Wednesday, claiming over 8000 migrants deaths on migration routes last year, making 2023 the deadliest year for migrants for a decade. Although IOM acknowledges the true death toll is likely far higher. At least 8,565 people died on migration routes worldwide in 2023, ...

Two Journalists Killed in Drone Strike in Iraqi Kurdistan

par This Is Beirut, 24/08 20:39 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Two female journalists were killed and a man was injured on Friday in Iraqi Kurdistan in a drone strike targeting their vehicle, a bombing attributed to the Turkish military engaged against Turkish Kurdish fighters of the PKK, local officials told AFP. “It is not the Turkish military,” the Turkish Ministry of Defense in Ankara told AFP when ...

Media Investigation Identifies over 66,000 Russian Soldiers Killed in Ukraine

par This Is Beirut, 31/08 17:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Independent Russian media outlet Mediazona said Saturday that according to its estimates, more than 66,000 Russian military personnel have died during the war in Ukraine. Mediazona has been drawing up a list of known soldier deaths in conjunction with the BBC Russian Service using open-source data. Previously, in April, they announced they had ...

Israel Union Chief Orders 'Complete Strike' Monday in Support of Hostages

par This Is Beirut, 01/09 17:42 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The head of Israel's powerful Histadrut trade union ordered a "complete strike" in support of Gaza hostages on Monday and urged a deal to secure their release after six more were announced dead. "We must stop the abandonment of the hostages... I have come to the conclusion that only our intervention can shake those who need to be shaken," ...

World's Reactions to the Death of Hassan Nasrallah

par This Is Beirut, 28/09 15:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Following Hezbollah's announcement of the death of its leader Hassan Nasrallah, declarations multiplied around the world. Israel The Israeli military said on Saturday that the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, one of its "greatest enemies," made the world safer, but that the group's remaining senior members would still be ...

Senior Iran Guards General Killed in Israel Lebanon Strike

par This Is Beirut, 28/09 16:30 - Reading : less than a minute

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A senior general in Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon alongside Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, state media reported Saturday. General Abbas Nilforoushan, deputy commander of Guards operations, "was killed in Israel's attack on Lebanon that assassinated the Hezbollah chief," said the official IRNA ...

Hezbollah Supporters in Disbelief after Leader's Death

par This Is Beirut, 28/09 23:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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As word of Hassan Nasrallah's death filtered out on the streets of Beirut, supporters who had been forced to flee Hezbollah's stronghold in the Lebanese capital refused to believe the news. "They are lying," said one woman on the back of a motorbike. "Sayyed is well," she said, referring to the Hezbollah leader, who enjoyed cult status among ...

Israel Confirms Responsibility for the Killing of Hezbollah Leader Imad Mughniyeh in 2008

par This Is Beirut, 29/09 17:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert confirmed on Saturday for the first time that Israel was responsible for the death of Hezbollah’s global operations chief, Imad Mughniyeh, who was killed in a car bomb explosion in Damascus in 2008. In an interview with Channel 13 News, Olmert was quoted by the Times of Israel saying, "We haven’t ...

Iran's 'Serious Dilemma' After Hezbollah Chief’s Killing

par This Is Beirut, 29/09 18:39 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Israel's killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has given Iran a serious dilemma, how to cope with the loss of a crucial ally and still maintain its regional influence. Hezbollah, which has long been armed and financed by Iran, confirmed on Saturday Nasrallah's death after Israel said it had "eliminated" him in an air strike on Beirut's ...

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