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Renewed Bombardment on Beirut's Southern Suburb

This is Beirut, 11:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The brief pause in airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, prompted by the presence of US envoy Amos Hochstein in Lebanon, was short-lived. The Israeli army spokesperson issued evacuation warnings on Thursday morning to the Haret Hreik and Al-Hadath residents, announcing they will be targeting Hezbollah strongholds there. An hour later, ...

Gaza Medic Says Dozens Killed, Missing in Israeli Strike

This is Beirut, 11:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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A hospital director said Thursday dozens were dead or missing after an Israeli strike in northern Gaza, while rescuers said another strike in the Palestinian territory killed 22 people. One strike was reported in a residential area near the Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza, which according to hospital director Hossam Abu Safiya killed or ...

Dozens killed and Wounded in Israeli Attack on Palmyra

This is Beirut, 09:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israeli strikes killed 71 pro-Iran militants in the Syrian city of Palmyra, with more than a third of them identified as fighters from Iraq and Lebanon, a monitor said Thursday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said those killed in Wednesday's strikes included 45 fighters from pro-Iran Syrian groups, 26 foreign fighters, most of them from ...

The US Proposal for a Ceasefire: A “Take It or Leave It” Deal

Tilda Abou Rizk, 20/11 21:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US envoy Amos Hochstein traveled to Tel Aviv late Wednesday afternoon to convey the outcomes of his Beirut discussions to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—on Thursday, according to Reuters—regarding the American proposal for a ceasefire agreement. Hochstein declined to elaborate on the progress of his talks with Parliament Speaker ...

Israel Says Any Lebanese Deal Must Grant it 'Freedom to Act' Against Hezbollah

This is Beirut, 20/11 17:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Wednesday that any ceasefire deal with Lebanon must ensure Israel has the "freedom to act" against Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. "In any agreement we will reach, we will need to keep the freedom to act if there will be violations," he told foreign ambassadors ahead of US envoy Amos Hochstein's ...

Naim Qassem: Hezbollah to Facilitate Presidential Election, Upholds Taif

This is Beirut, 20/11 17:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Hezbollah’s Secretary General Naim Qassem has sought to woe the Lebanese opposed to the war that his pro-Iranian party initiated “in support for Gaza” by promising to facilitate the long-delayed election of a president of the Republic and respect the terms of the Taif Agreement, which ended the 1975-1990 civil war in Lebanon. “We will ...

Iraq Accuses Israel of Seeking Pretext for Future Attack

This is Beirut, 20/11 16:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Iraq has accused Israel of attempting to legitimize an attack on its territory, after the Israeli foreign ministry protested to the United Nations about attacks by Iraqi militants. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a loose alliance of armed groups backed by Iran, has claimed almost daily drone attacks targeting Israel in recent months, which they ...

Fadlallah: ‘The Document Proposed by the US Is Similar to That of 2006’

This is Beirut, 20/11 14:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Hassan Fadlallah, an MP from Hezbollah’s Loyalty to the Resistance bloc, said that “the indirect negotiations with Israel are based on a document that is very similar to that of 2006, even if the circumstances are different,” referring to the agreement that ended the 33-day conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006 under UNSC Resolution ...

Gaza Civil Defence Says 17 Killed in Israeli Strikes

This is Beirut, 20/11 12:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defence agency said on Wednesday that at least 17 people, including a baby, were killed in Israeli air strikes on the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. The Israeli military said one of its soldiers was killed and another seriously wounded during combat in the north of the Gaza Strip. The baby was killed in nighttime shelling of the ...

US-Iran Relations: What Awaits Tehran?

Rami Rayess, 20/11 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Iran faces mounting questions about how best to navigate its relationship with US President-elect Donald Trump ahead of his expected return to the White House on January 20, 2025. Tensions remain high following his first term (2016–2020), which was marked by the assassination of Quds Force Commander General Qassem Suleimani, one of Iran's most ...

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