Spate of Israeli Strikes on Syrian Territory After Assad's Fall
This Is Beirut, 2024-12-10 16:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Israel has been carrying out a spate of air strikes on Syria since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
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Israel Orders Creation of Weapons-Free Zone in Southern Syria
This is Beirut, 2024-12-10 16:40 - Reading : less than a minute
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Tuesday that together with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he had instructed the military to create a weapons-free zone in southern Syria following the overthrow of Bashar Al-Assad. "Together with the prime minister, I have instructed the Israeli army to establish a sterile defense zone free of weapons ...
Halabi: Rebuilding Schools Is Costly, Requires Donor Mobilization
This is Beirut, 2024-12-10 14:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Caretaker Minister of Education Abbas Halabi emphasized on Tuesday the high costs associated with rebuilding and restoring war-damaged schools across the country. He made this statement during a meeting of the emergency committee responsible for managing the education sector during crises. Some schools were partially or totally destroyed by ...
Israel Has 'Destroyed the Most Important Military Sites in Syria'
This is Beirut, 2024-12-10 12:38 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A war monitor said Tuesday that Israel had "destroyed the most important military sites in Syria" with a flurry of airstrikes since the fall of president Bashar al-Assad's government. Israel, which borders Syria, sent troops into a buffer zone on the east of the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights after Assad's fall, in what Foreign ...
Israel's PM Arrives in Court to Testify in Corruption Trial
This is Beirut, 2024-12-10 10:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in court in Tel Aviv on Tuesday to testify for the first time in his corruption case. Netanyahu, who has repeatedly sought to delay his appearance in court, is the first sitting prime minister of Israel to face a criminal trial. Netanyahu faces charges of bribery, fraud and breach of public ...
Israeli Warning Fire Targets Joint Lebanese-UNIFIL Patrol in South
This is Beirut, 2024-12-10 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Israeli army on Tuesday opened fire on a joint patrol of the Lebanese army and the Polish unit of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which was attempting to open the highway linking Aitaroun to Bint Jbeil. The highway had been blocked by Israeli forces last Thursday. This marked the first time since the ceasefire ...
Netanyahu Welcomes Assad's Fall, Reaffirms Israel's Hold on Golan Heights
This is Beirut, 2024-12-09 21:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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A new chapter has unfolded in the Middle East following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the outset of a press conference in Jerusalem, his first in 99 days. Highlighting Iran's extensive financial and military support for Assad, Netanyahu emphasized the regime's brutality towards its own ...
Israel Orders Military to Take Control of Bufferzone in Syria
This is Beirut, 2024-12-09 20:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Monday that his country's military takeover of the buffer zone along its border with Syria was a temporary move, after Islamist-led rebels took control in Syria. "This is a limited and temporary step we took for security reasons," Saar said in a press conference at the foreign ministry ...
What Political Governance for Post-Assad Syria? (2/2)
Ali A. Hamadé, 2024-12-09 17:40 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
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Now that Bashar al-Assad's dictatorial regime has been overthrown, imagining what the “day after” might look like remains a challenge. Even more uncertain is the model of governance that could take shape in a post-Assad Syria. The rebel factions, collectively referred to as the “opposition forces,” form a disparate, profoundly ...
Hezbollah Shifts from Military Tactics, Targeting Media, Opinion Leaders
Michael al-Andary, 2024-12-09 15:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Hezbollah appears to be pivoting its strategy from direct military confrontation with Israel to targeting journalists and opinion leaders in Lebanon. This shift was highlighted recently by the assault on journalist Daoud Rammal, who was attacked by suspected Hezbollah members while visiting his parent's grave in Doueir, located in the ...
Israeli Airstrike Targets a Car in Bint Jbeil, Injures LAF Personnel
This is Beirut, 2024-12-09 09:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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An Israeli airstrike targeted a car on Monday morning along the Saf al-Hawa road near a Lebanese Army checkpoint in Bint Jbeil. According to a statement on X by the Lebanese Army, the strike resulted in the death of a civilian and moderate injuries to four soldiers. Additionally, a missile was removed from the highway in the town of ...
Israel Helped to Topple Assad, But It Wasn't Planned, Analysts Say
This is Beirut, 2024-12-08 22:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday claimed the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria as a direct outcome of Israel's actions in the region, something analysts in Israel said was only partially true. Speaking while under growing domestic pressure over the fate of Israeli hostages in Gaza and a corruption trial, Netanyahu said Assad's ...