Charles Chartouni, 02/06 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Iran Gaza Palestine Hezbollah
The Middle Eastern landscape is becoming more complicated, with its issues bordering intractability. The heightening tensions are far from being incidental; they are part of the Iranian sabotaging politics. Iranians have always been duplicitous when negotiating their nuclear deals. Hezbollah’s obstructionism is hobbling normalization in ...
This is Beirut, 01/06 18:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Gaza Humanitarian Aid Italy
A boat organized by an international activist coalition opposed to Israel's blockade of Gaza was departing from Sicily on Sunday to deliver humanitarian aid to the Palestinian territory, an Italian politician told AFP. The boat from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition was due to set sail from the port of Catania, carrying around a dozen people, ...
This is Beirut, 01/06 18:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Yemen Gaza Houthi Movement
The Israeli army said it had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen on Sunday after air raid sirens sounded in Jerusalem and other cities. "Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel, a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted," the army said in a statement. Yemen's Houthi rebels have repeatedly launched ...
This is Beirut, 31/05 19:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Gaza Steve Witkoff United States
Hamas announced on Saturday that it had submitted its reply to a US-backed Gaza ceasefire proposal, but Washington's main negotiator almost immediately criticised the response as "totally unacceptable". Hamas did not say it had accepted the proposal from US envoy Steve Witkoff, but a Hamas source told AFP the group's response ...
This is Beirut, 30/05 22:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Palestine Gaza Ceasefire Hostages
Israel on Friday said Hamas must accept a hostage deal in Gaza or "be annihilated", as US President Donald Trump announced that a ceasefire agreement was "very close". It came amid dire conditions on the ground, with the United Nations warning that Gaza's entire population was at risk of famine. Defense Minister Israel ...
This is Beirut, 30/05 20:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam West Bank Hamas Gaza Faisal bin Farhan Saudi Arabia
Prince Faisal bin Farhan will become the first Saudi foreign minister to visit the occupied West Bank on Sunday, a diplomatic source told AFP, as the Gaza war drags on and Riyadh pushes for Palestinian statehood. The top Saudi diplomat will head a delegation to Ramallah, a Palestinian embassy source said, the first such trip since Israel first ...
This is Beirut, 29/05 22:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Palestine USA Gaza Ceasefire
The White House said Thursday Israel had "signed off" on a new Gaza ceasefire proposal submitted to Hamas, but the Palestinian militant group said the deal failed to satisfy its demands. Negotiations to end more than 19 months of war have so far failed to achieve a breakthrough, with Israel resuming operations in Gaza in March after a ...
This is Beirut, 29/05 21:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam USA Hamas Palestine Donald Trump Gaza
The White House said on Thursday that Israel had "signed off on" a new Gaza ceasefire proposal submitted to Hamas, as the Palestinian militants confirmed they were studying the deal. Negotiations to end more than 19 months of war have so far failed to achieve a breakthrough, with Israel resuming operations in Gaza in March after a brief ...
This is Beirut, 29/05 21:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Donald Trump Palestine Hamas Gaza
The White House said Thursday that Israel had accepted US President Donald Trump's proposal for a Gaza ceasefire, while discussions were "continuing" with Hamas. The Palestinian militant group had earlier said it was examining a new deal proposed by Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, while there was no immediate ...
This is Beirut, 28/05 20:17 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Steve Witkoff United States Gaza
US envoy Steve Witkoff said Wednesday he had "very good feelings" about a possible Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, adding that he expected to send out a new proposal imminently. "I have some very good feelings about getting to a long-term resolution, temporary cease fire, and a long-term resolution, a peaceful resolution ...
This is Beirut, 28/05 18:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Gaza United Nations
Palestinians living in Gaza "deserve more than survival," the United Nations envoy for the Middle East told the Security Council on Wednesday, as Israel's war there enters its 600th day. Israel stepped up its military offensive in Gaza, ignited by an attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas on October 7, 2023, earlier this month, while ...
This is Beirut, 27/05 22:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Gaza Humanitarian Aid Benjamin Netanyahu
Thousands of Palestinians rushed into a new aid distribution center run by a US-backed group in southern Gaza on Tuesday, AFP journalists reported, leading to chaotic scenes as Israel implemented a new distribution system. The incident in Rafah came days after the partial easing of a total aid blockade on the territory that Israel imposed since ...