This is Beirut, 15/04 15:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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President Joseph Aoun arrived in Qatar on Tuesday for a 24-hour official visit at the invitation of Prince Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, with bilateral talks centered on Lebanon’s reconstruction efforts in the wake of the October 2024 war with Israel. The visit comes just hours ahead of a separate arrival by Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, ...
Hussain Abdul-Hussain, 15/04 15:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The Shia of Lebanon who pledge allegiance to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei should ask themselves these questions: Why do they boycott American products when Khamenei invites Americans to invest in Iran and promises Washington $4 billion in contracts? Why do these Shia have to live in tents, erected atop their razed homes, and not surrender ...
This is Beirut, 15/04 13:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A Hezbollah member has been killed on Tuesday following an Israeli drone strike that targeted a vehicle on the Aitaroun road near the southern town of Bint Jbeil. “A drone attacked the region of Aitaroun in southern Lebanon earlier today and eliminated the commander of a unit in Hezbollah's special operations division,” ...
Bassam Abou Zeid, 15/04 12:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The reconstruction of areas devastated by the war between Hezbollah and Israel hinges on two key conditions: the disarmament of the Iranian-backed group and the adoption and implementation of structural reforms. Without meaningful progress on both fronts, Lebanon will remain stalled in paralysis and increasingly vulnerable to deepening political, ...
This is Beirut, 15/04 11:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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President Joseph Aoun conducted a series of high-level visits to key security and military institutions on Tuesday, underscoring his administration’s firm stance against corruption and its commitment to asserting the sovereignty of the Lebanese state. Early in the day, Aoun visited the General Directorate of State Security in Ramlet el-Bayda, ...
This is Beirut, 15/04 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Hamas said Monday that Israel has offered a 45-day ceasefire if it releases half of the remaining hostages held in Gaza, which the United Nations said is now in the grip of its worst humanitarian crisis since the start of the war. A Hamas official told AFP that Israel had also demanded that the Palestinian militants disarm to secure an end to the ...
This is Beirut, 15/04 05:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Elite US university Harvard was hit with a $2.2 billion freeze in federal funding Monday after rejecting a list of sweeping demands that the White House said was intended to crack down on campus anti-Semitism. The call for changes to its governance, hiring practices and admissions procedures expands on a list Harvard received on April 3, which ...
This is Beirut, 14/04 23:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A senior Hamas official told AFP Monday that a new Israeli ceasefire proposal crosses a "red line" with demands that the Palestinian militants disarm before any permanent end to the Gaza war. "Hamas and the resistance factions' position is that the resistance's weapons are a red line and non-negotiable," the ...
This is Beirut, 14/04 19:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Tensions flared along the southern Lebanese border on Monday as an Israeli military unit advanced toward the banks of the Wazzani River, while a deadly explosion struck a Lebanese Army unit in the Tyre district, killing one soldier and injuring three others. The Lebanese Army reported on its official X account that a specialized engineering unit ...
This is Beirut, 14/04 17:50 - Reading : less than a minute
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Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and French President Emmanuel Macron called for an "urgent" ceasefire in Gaza during a phone conversation on Monday, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA. "They emphasized the urgent need for a ceasefire, the acceleration of humanitarian aid delivery, the rejection of the displacement of the ...
This is Beirut, 14/04 13:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Yemen's Huthi rebels said on Monday the number of dead from US strikes carried out overnight Sunday, west of the capital Sanaa, had risen to seven dead with dozens wounded. The strikes targeting a factory in the in the al-Sawari industrial zone in the Bani Matar region led to "the martyrdom of seven citizens and the injury of 29 others, including ...
This is Beirut, 14/04 12:35 - Reading : less than a minute
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Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon Paolo Borgia joined a Palm Sunday procession in the southern village of Qlayaa and later visited the border town of Khiam to assess the damage and destruction caused by the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.