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Lebanese President Calls for Truce While Receiving French Foreign Minister

This is Beirut, 19/03 20:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Thursday renewed his call for a truce and the opening of negotiations with Israel to stop the war between it and Hezbollah, during a meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot. Lebanon was brought into the regional war on March 2, when Hezbollah fired rockets toward Israel in response to the killing of ...

Lebanon’s Last Chance: A Turning Point or the Point of No Return?

Amal Chmouny, 19/03 12:55 - Reading : 7 minute(s)

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Caught in the escalating conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, Lebanon faces a critical turning point. The Lebanese state can no longer claim sovereignty while tolerating an armed militia that unilaterally dictates war and peace. President Joseph Aoun’s assertion that Hezbollah seeks the “collapse of the Lebanese state” and the ...

Roots of Radicalization: The Lebanese Immigrant Behind the Michigan Attack

Claudia Groeling, 19/03 12:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A Lebanese immigrant to the U.S. last Thursday drove a truck laden with explosives into a synagogue in Michigan, as Israel fought a war with Hezbollah thousands of miles away, a group to which the assailant’s brother reportedly has ties. The FBI described Ayman Ghazali’s attack as a “targeted act of violence against the Jewish community.” ...

Limited Passage Resumes at Gaza-Egypt Border Crossing

This is Beirut, 19/03 11:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Gaza's border crossing with Egypt reopened on Thursday for a limited number of people, Palestinian and Egyptian officials told AFP, for the first time since Israel and the United States launched strikes on Iran. An Egyptian Red Crescent official, speaking anonymously to AFP, said the Rafah crossing had reopened in both directions to allow a ...

Israel Strikes Bridges Over Litani

This is Beirut, 19/03 10:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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As the ground offensive continues, Israeli strikes have begun targeting bridges over the Litani River, with IDF army spokesmen citing Hezbollah smuggling routes and the need to isolate enemy movement. Two retired Lebanese Army Generals believe the move is also a concerted pressure campaign directed at the Lebanese state. On March 13, the IDF ...

Pro-Iran Iraqi Armed Group Says Will Stop U.S. Embassy Attacks, Under Conditions

This is Beirut, 19/03 03:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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An influential pro-Iranian armed group in Iraq pledged early Thursday to stop attacking the US embassy for five days, subject to several conditions including that Israel stop strikes on parts of Beirut. AFP reported no drone or rocket attacks so far on the US embassy in Iraq's capital Baghdad between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. The ...

Qatar Declares Iranian Attaches Non Grata, Calls Out 'Direct Threats' to its National Security

This is Beirut, 18/03 22:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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On Wednesday, the Qatari Foreign Ministry declared the Iranian embassy’s military and security attaches as persona non grata due to Iran’s repeated attacks on the country. Qatar also said that Iranian attacks on its main gas facility situated on its north coast were a "direct threat to its national security". "Qatar ...

UAE Condemns Targeting of South Pars Gas Field, after Iran Blames U.S., Israel

This is Beirut, 18/03 18:15 - Reading : less than a minute

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The UAE condemned the targeting on Wednesday of Iranian facilities in a gas field shared with Qatar, calling the attack attributed by Iran to the US and Israel a "dangerous escalation" in a rare rebuke. "The United Arab Emirates affirmed that targeting energy facilities linked to the South Pars gas field in the Islamic Republic of ...

Israel Says Killed Iran Intel Chief, Tells Military to Hunt Down Officials

This is Beirut, 18/03 15:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Israel said on Wednesday its forces had killed another top Iranian official, Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, and said its military was authorised to kill any senior figure of the Islamic republic in its sights. The announcement, the day after Iranian security chief Ali Larijani was confirmed killed in an Israeli strike, is part of a ...

Israel Bombards Iranian Gas Field, Iran Vows Retaliation on Gulf

This is Beirut, 18/03 14:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Israeli Air Force struck natural gas processing facilities in the South Pars field in Asaluyeh, southwestern Iran, according to multiple senior Israeli officials. This is the first time Israel has struck natural gas facilities in Iran, having previously struck oil depots. In response, Iran issued evacuation ‌warnings for ...

Facts About Strait of Hormuz War Blockage

This is Beirut, 18/03 14:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Key facts and figures about the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial shipping route virtually paralyzed by the Middle East war. Around a fifth of global crude oil and liquefied natural gas pass through the waterway in peacetime. The war erupted on February 28 when the US and Israel began bombing Iran, prompting it to retaliate with ...

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