Michel Touma, 2025-03-24 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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This is referred to as "playing with fire." Or, in more academic terms, an act of unfathomable recklessness—one marked by reprehensible indifference and a cynical disregard for third-party populations, who are manipulated and sacrificed to serve entirely foreign interests. Imam Khamenei might want to review the significant reference work by ...
Charles Chartouni, 2025-03-24 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The resumption of the reckless bombardment of Israeli territories from South Lebanon is a blatant violation of the internationally mandated truce stipulations and puts at stake the stability of Lebanon and its hypothetical national security. The tedious game of pinpointing the culprits is part of a hackneyed stratagem whose goal is to perpetuate ...
This is Beirut, 2025-03-23 10:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
One person was killed on Sunday morning in an Israeli drone attack targeting a vehicle in the border village of Aita al-Shaab. According to reports, the victim was identified as Hassan Nehmeh al-Zein, owner of a café in the area. Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee confirmed in the afternoon that Israel had eliminated a Hezbollah ...
This is Beirut, 2025-03-22 18:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The mayor of Israel's northern border town of Metula criticized the government Saturday after the area was targeted with rocket fire from Lebanon and called for a return to war. "We will not return to the reality of October 6th... and this is what the [Israeli military], the Northern Command, and the Israeli government are trying to normalize," ...
Bassam Abou Zeid, 2025-03-22 17:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Lebanese security services are working to identify those truly responsible for the rockets launched from southern Lebanon toward Israel on Saturday. Military intelligence views the attack as suspicious, believing it is an attempt to drag Lebanon back into war. In response, Lebanese authorities are intensifying diplomatic efforts—particularly ...
This Is Beirut, 2025-03-22 15:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Tension has been prevailing since Saturday morning on the southern front, after six rockets were fired towards Metula from southern Lebanon, three of which penetrated Israeli airspace and were intercepted, according to Israeli military sources. The Israeli air force launched on Saturday afternoon a wide aerial attack. The Israeli army claimed ...
This is Beirut, 2025-03-22 09:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
A new escalation of tensions was reported on Saturday morning in southern Lebanon following the launch of five rockets from Lebanon toward the border village of Metula. A series of explosions caused by Israeli interceptor missiles was reported in the airspace of southeastern Lebanon. Three rockets were intercepted, while two landed on Lebanese ...
This is Beirut, 2025-03-21 17:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Prime Minister Nawaf Salam stated on Friday that “there will be no suppression of bank deposits,” and that he would “cross out the term ‘suppression of deposits,’” in a meeting at the Serail with a delegation from the Council of Lebanese Executives in Saudi Arabia. He added that his government’s objective is be to “return” the ...
This is Beirut, 2025-03-21 17:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam affirmed that the slogan “People, Army, Resistance” is now obsolete, adding that “Hezbollah’s weapons chapter was closed” with the government’s ministerial statement. In an interview with al-Arabiya on Friday, Salam stressed that the policy statement clearly entrusts decisions of war and peace exclusively to ...
This is Beirut, 2025-03-20 21:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Three Israeli fighter jets carried out air raids on the outskirts of Jbaa and al-Bureij in southern Lebanon on Thursday night. The strikes were accompanied by low-altitude flights over the South and the Beqaa. The warplanes fired four missiles, targeting areas between Jbaa, Zhalti and Senya in the South. In the Beqaa, two additional airstrikes ...
Paul Guillot, 2025-03-20 17:10 - Reading : less than a minute
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The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) marked on Wednesday the 47th anniversary of its establishment, amidst a fragile truce in southern Lebanon. Since its inception in 1978, UNIFIL's mandate has included overseeing the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the South and aiding the Lebanese government in restoring its authority in the ...
Marc Saikali, 2025-03-20 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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In 1982, the Israeli army launched Operation "Peace for Galilee" with the goal of driving Arafat's militias from southern Lebanon. More than mere militias, these were organized armies, and Yasser Arafat reigned as the undisputed ruler and bloodstained overlord of Lebanon. The leader of the PLO had unilaterally declared Lebanon as the launchpad for ...