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US Sanctions Syrian Firm for Selling Oil to Fund Iranian Proxies

This is Beirut, 2024-11-15 09:29 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The US unveiled sanctions Thursday against 26 people, firms and ships allegedly associated with a Syrian conglomerate making hundreds of millions of dollars selling oil on behalf of Iran and its proxies. The US Treasury Department said in a statement that its designations were related to the Al-Qatirji Company, which it accuses of generating vast ...

Glaser: Qard al-Hassan Is Funded by Illicit and Illegitimate Activities Led by Terrorist Regimes

Tylia El Helou, 2024-11-14 22:00 - Reading : less than a minute

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In an exclusive interview with This is Beirut, former Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing at the US Department of the Treasury, Daniel Glaser, explains how Hezbollah plays a role in Lebanon's economy beyond Qard al-Hassan, particularly concerning illicit activities or alternative financing. He also discusses how the US and international ...

Iran=Backed Militants Among 20 Killed in Israel Strikes on Syria

This is Beirut, 2024-11-14 20:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A war monitor said Israeli strikes in and around Damascus on Thursday killed 20 people including Palestinian militants and Iran-backed fighters, as attacks intensify during the Lebanon war. Israel has ramped up strikes on Syria recently, including in areas near the Lebanese border mainly targeting bastions of Hezbollah. Israel has been at war ...

Israel Airstrikes Hit Targets Near Lebanon Border

This is Beirut, 2024-11-13 22:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Syrian state media said that Israel had carried out an air raid on Wednesday in a region near the border with Lebanon which is a known stronghold of Hezbollah. A leading monitor said that 15 people had been killed in the strikes although there was no immediate confirmation from Syrian authorities. The Sana news agency said that "the Israeli ...

American Forces Strike Iran-Backed Targets in Syria: US Military

This is Beirut, 2024-11-12 09:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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American forces carried out strikes Monday against nine targets associated with Iranian-backed groups in Syria in response to attacks on Washington's troops in that country, the US military said. "These strikes will degrade the Iranian-backed groups' ability to plan and launch future attacks on US and coalition forces," the US Central Command ...

Israeli Strike on Homs Cuts Key Syrian Motorway

This is Beirut, 2024-11-11 14:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Syrian state media reported an Israeli strike on Monday on a village near the city of Homs, a day after a deadly strike on a building in the Damascus area. “An Israeli aggression” targeted the “surroundings of the Shinshar region south of Homs,” state news agency SANA said, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strike ...

Lebanon-Syria Border Crossings Under Israeli Surveillance

Liliane Mokbel, 2024-11-10 21:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The Lebanon-Syria border is dotted with countless unofficial crossing points. Without natural barriers like rivers, mountains or a coastal divide, an effective demarcation of the border remains challenging. There are currently only six official crossings, three of which have been put out of operation by Israeli strikes. Masnaa, Kaa, Daboussiyeh, ...

Israeli Strike in Damascus Kills Hezbollah Official Overseeing Golan Operations

This is Beirut, 2024-11-10 19:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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An Israeli strike on Sunday south of Damascus targeted a Hezbollah apartment, killing nine people including Ali Moussa Daqdouq, a Hezbollah official responsible for the group’s operations in the Golan Heights. Several Syrian media outlet, reported a toll of nine dead and twenty wounded in the strike. Rami Abdel Rahman, who heads the ...

Israeli Strikes Target Hezbollah Intelligence HQ in Syria

This is Beirut, 2024-11-04 21:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israel's military said its air force struck the intelligence headquarters of Hezbollah's Syrian branch in a strike on Damascus on Monday, an attack a war monitor said killed two people. It was a rare acknowledgement by Israeli authorities of an attack against Syria. The military has intensified its strikes on targets in Syria since ...

UN Reports Israeli Strikes on Humanitarian Structures at Jousieh Crossing

This is Beirut, 2024-11-02 17:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi said an Israeli air strike hit “humanitarian structures” Saturday at a border crossing between Lebanon and Syria that was previously hit last month. The crossing, known as Jousieh on the Syrian side, became a key escape route for those fleeing the Israel-Hezbollah war after the main border crossing ...

Israel Targets Hezbollah Weapons Depots in Syria

This is Beirut, 2024-10-31 19:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said five civilians were killed Thursday in Israeli strikes on Syria's Qusayr region near the border with Lebanon, where Israel said it hit Hezbollah weapons depots. The Britain-based war monitor said three strikes targeted the town of Qusayr, where Iran-backed Hezbollah holds sway, and surrounding ...

US Military Airstrikes Eliminate 35 Jihadists in Syria

This is Beirut, 2024-10-30 16:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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American air strikes killed up to 35 Islamic State group members in Syria earlier this week, the US military said Wednesday. It is the latest in a series of operations in recent months by US and local forces in Iraq and Syria against the jihadists, who once held swathes of territory in both countries. "The strikes hit multiple ISIS locations in ...

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