Michel Touma, 16/06 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Sooner or later, it was bound to happen. The leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran had pushed too far — driven by a hunger for power, unchecked authoritarianism, and a deadly strategy of regional expansion. The late Qassem Soleimani, once the emblematic commander of the Quds Force — the elite branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ...
This is Beirut, 15/06 20:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said "urgent action" was needed to prevent the Iran-Israel conflict engulfing the Middle East, in a call with US counterpart Donald Trump on Sunday. "President Erdogan hailed the recent comments by US President Trump concerning a resolution of the conflict between Israel and Iran... and stressed that urgent ...
This is Beirut, 14/06 22:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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France's President Emmanuel Macron urged his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian to "quickly" resume negotiations over his country's nuclear programme, in talks Saturday as a conflict between Tehran and Israel escalated. Fresh US-Iranian talks on Tehran's nuclear programme that had been scheduled for Sunday were cancelled after Israel launched ...
This is Beirut, 14/06 19:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the conflict between Israel and Iran, as well as efforts towards a Ukraine settlement in a phone call with US counterpart Donald Trump, the Kremlin said Saturday. It was the fourth phone call between the two leaders under efforts to reset relations since Trump took office, in a stark pivot from the ...
Marc Saikali, 14/06 10:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Once again, the Middle East has awoken to the metallic taste of war. But this time, it wasn’t merely a warning shot but rather a slap in the face. Israel launched its “Operation Rising Lion” against Iran, targeting nuclear sites, ballistic missile bases, military airports, and even high-ranking figures deep within the regime’s security ...
This is Beirut, 13/06 19:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The timing of Israel's plan to attack Iran was top secret. But Washington pizza delivery trackers guessed something was up before the first bombs fell. About an hour before Iranian state TV first reported loud explosions in Tehran, pizza orders around the Pentagon went through the roof, according to a viral X account claiming to offer ...
Élie-Joe Kamel, 13/06 17:30 - Reading : less than a minute
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During the night from Thursday to Friday, Israel carried out a series of massive airstrikes on several sites in Iran, as part of an operation called "Rising Lion." Here’s what we know so far, as the Israeli attacks continue.
This is Beirut, 13/06 16:57 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has appointed Mohammad Pakpour as the new commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), replacing Hossein Salami who was killed in targeted Israeli strikes on Friday. The decision underscores Pakpour’s entrenched role within the Iranian military establishment and his alignment with the ...
This is Beirut, 13/06 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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World leaders urged restraint on Friday after Israel pounded Iran, striking 100 targets including nuclear and military sites, and killing senior figures. Here is a roundup of key reactions: 'Cannot have nuclear bomb': United States US President Donald Trump, told Fox News he was aware Israel was going to conduct strikes on ...
This is Beirut, 13/06 11:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Oil prices soared and stocks sank Friday after Israel launched strikes on Iranian nuclear and military sites and warned of more to come, stoking fears of a full-blown war. Investors ran for the hills on news of the attacks and a warning from Tehran that its regional foe faced a "bitter and painful" fate, while US President Donald Trump has said a ...
This is Beirut, 13/06 09:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli military said on Friday that the intelligence it had gathered showed Iran was approaching the "point of no return" on its nuclear programme. "In recent months, accumulated intelligence information has provided evidence that the Iranian regime is approaching the point of no return," it said in a statement. "The convergence of the ...
This is Beirut, 13/06 05:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Major General Hossein Salami, the Commander-in-Chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed on Friday in an Israeli airstrike that targeted military and nuclear facilities across Tehran. Born in 1960 in the city of Golpayegan, in central Iran, Salami rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most powerful ...