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The Lebanese Army accused Israel of escalating its attacks on Lebanon and warned of a potential freeze in coordination with international ceasefire monitors. In a strongly worded statement on Friday, released by the Army Command, the military condemned what it described as a “clear attempt by Israel to undermine Lebanon’s recovery and ...
This is Beirut, 05/06 21:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli army carried out at least three airstrikes on suspected Hezbollah drone production facilities in the heart of the densely-populated southern suburbs of Beirut on Thursday evening. There was no immediate reports of possible casualties and the extent of the damage inflicted by the strikes. An hour earlier the residents of ...
This is Beirut, 29/05 11:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Displaced Syrians return to shattered villages, choosing dignity over displacement amid hopes for reconstruction.
This is Beirut, 09/05 11:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon South Lebanon Bekaa Israel war
Southern Lebanon witnessed a sharp escalation in Israeli military activity on Friday, with intense aerial maneuvers disturbing the region’s airspace. An Israeli drone bombed the town of Majdal Zoun on Friday evening, injuring a civilian, according to the Ministry of Health. In the evening, an Israeli fighter jet dropped a stun grenade ...
This is Beirut, 08/05 13:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli airstrikes South Lebanon Israel war
An Israeli security source reported that the Israeli military targeted a Hezbollah military compound in Nabatiyeh. The source, speaking to Al-Arabiya, confirmed that the compound contained weapons and tunnels used by the group. In a tweet posted on Thursday, Avichay Adraee, the Israeli army spokesperson announced: "Israeli Air Force fighter ...
This is Beirut, 23/04 11:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Beirut War Israel Hezbollah Real Estate
A residential building collapsed on Tuesday afternoon near the Tayouneh roundabout in southern Beirut, prompting urgent warnings from the Lebanese Real Estate Association about the country’s deteriorating infrastructure. According to Civil Defense officials, the building gave way due to structural cracks caused by repeated Israeli airstrikes ...
This is Beirut, 20/04 17:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
lebanon south lebanon Israel war Hezbollah
Tensions in southern Lebanon escalated sharply on Sunday as Israeli warplanes launched a series of intense airstrikes across multiple areas, targeting what were described as Hezbollah military sites and rocket launch platforms. A security source told Al Hadath that the Israeli military is “currently attacking Hezbollah’s infrastructure and ...
This is Beirut, 20/04 12:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Army South Lebanon War Israel
At least four people were killed and three wounded on Sunday, according to a provisional report by the Ministry of Public Health, following the probable detonation of unexploded Israeli munitions in a Lebanese army engineering vehicle in Briqaa, Nabatiyeh caza. Earlier in the day, the Lebanese Army Intelligence Directorate said it thwarted a ...
This is Beirut, 16/04 19:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US Secretary of State Paris Ukraine War
French President Emmanuel Macron will on Thursday meet with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US envoy Steve Witkoff, the Elysee Palace said, as transatlantic tensions soar over the war in Ukraine. Witkoff, who recently met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Rubio are heading to Paris for talks on ending the war in Ukraine, the State ...
This Is Beirut, 12/04 12:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Saad Hariri Civil War lebanon War April 13
Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri called upon “moving away from the militia mentality to that of a state that accommodates everyone, provided its Constitution is respected, its laws are abided by, its institutions are preserved, and its independence is defended.” His statement comes on the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of the outbreak of ...
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Palestine West Bank Strike Gaza War Israel
Shuttered storefronts lined empty streets in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank on Monday, as Palestinians held a general strike demanding an end to the Gaza war. "I walked through the city today and couldn't find a single place that was open," Fadi Saadi, a shopkeeper in Bethlehem, told AFP. Shops, schools, and most ...
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South Sudan's opposition said on Thursday the arrest overnight of First Vice President Riek Machar, long-time rival to President Salva Kiir, had invalidated their 2018 peace deal and risked plunging the country back into war. A convoy of 20 heavily armed vehicles entered Machar's residence in the capital, Juba, late on Wednesday and arrested him, ...