This Is Beirut 2024-10-02 13:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
French President Emmanuel Macron chaired a Defense and National Security Council at the Élysée Palace on Tuesday evening, in the presence of key members of the government, to address escalating tensions in the Middle East, notably between Israel and Iran. The head of state strongly condemned Iran's recent attacks against Israel, reaffirming ...
This Is Beirut 2024-10-02 11:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Yemen's Houthis said on Wednesday that they had fired cruise missiles “deep inside” Israel, although there was no confirmation from Israeli authorities. The statement by the Houthis' armed forces came after Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel late on Tuesday, deepening the conflict in the region. “The missile force of the Yemeni ...
This Is Beirut 2024-10-02 10:47 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday that there was "no exchange" of messages with the United States before Iran's missile attack on Israel. Iran launched on Tuesday a barrage of missiles at Israel in response to the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah alongside Revolutionary Guards commander Abbas Nilforoushan in a ...
Lyne Sammouri 2024-10-01 22:29 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for October 1st, 2024.
Cian ward 2024-10-01 16:13 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Uncertainty is mounting about whether Israel has initiated its invasion of Lebanon, whilst questions swirl about precisely how Israel intends to prosecute this war. Uncertainty is mounting over the precise details of Israel’s invasion of Lebanon following the Israeli military’s announcement, in the early hours of Tuesday, of the commencement ...
This Is Beirut 2024-10-01 12:01 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Following the Israeli Army incursion in southern Lebanon at dawn on Tuesday, many southern areas were subjected to airstrikes, such as Kfar Tebnit, Majdal Selm, Tulin, Arzi, Kharaib, Khiam, and Bint Jbeil. On the Ground According to security sources cited by LBC, no Israeli ground violation has been recorded since yesterday evening until now, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-30 16:12 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hamas said its leader in Lebanon was killed Monday in a strike on the country's south, as official media reported a strike on a Palestinian refugee camp. "Fatah Sharif Abu al-Amine, the leader of Hamas... in Lebanon and member of the movement's leadership abroad," was killed in an air strike on his "home in the Al-Bass camp in southern Lebanon," ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-30 12:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
European foreign ministers will hold emergency talks Monday on the situation in Lebanon, Brussels said, as Israel presses on with air strikes after killing Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. A spokesman said the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell had convened a video meeting at 1500 GMT "to discuss the EU's response to the latest ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-29 21:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli air strikes on Yemen killed four people on Sunday and wounded more than 30, Houthi media reported, after Israel's military said it struck targets in the Houthi territory including Hodeida. Al-Masirah TV said a port worker and three engineers were killed with 33 wounded in an "initial toll", adding ambulance and rescue teams were still ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-29 18:39 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israel's killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has given Iran a serious dilemma, how to cope with the loss of a crucial ally and still maintain its regional influence. Hezbollah, which has long been armed and financed by Iran, confirmed on Saturday Nasrallah's death after Israel said it had "eliminated" him in an air strike on Beirut's ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-29 17:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert confirmed on Saturday for the first time that Israel was responsible for the death of Hezbollah’s global operations chief, Imad Mughniyeh, who was killed in a car bomb explosion in Damascus in 2008. In an interview with Channel 13 News, Olmert was quoted by the Times of Israel saying, "We haven’t ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-29 16:04 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that the death of a senior Iranian general, killed alongside Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli strike on Beirut "will not go unanswered.” Araghchi's remarks came two days after Friday’s strike on Iran-backed Hezbollah's bastion in the Lebanese capital that killed General Abbas ...