War in the Middle East

Dan Shapiro in Israel to Discuss Ceasefire Mechanism

This is Beirut 2024-11-25 21:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Lebanon Middle East USA Hezbollah

US Deputy Secretary of Defense Daniel B. Shapiro was due to meet senior Israeli officials, including Defense Minister Israel Katz, in Tel Aviv on Monday to discuss the agreement (for a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon) and, more specifically, the monitoring mechanism to be headed by the United States. Israeli and US officials believe that an ...

Explosive Weapons Pose Long-Term Threat to Civilians in Gaza

This is Beirut 2024-11-25 20:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Gaza Danish Refugee Council

Explosive weapons used in a densely populated area like the Gaza Strip will continue to pose risks to civilians even after peace is restored, warns a Danish NGO in a report published on Monday. "These remnants of war, which may not explode immediately or might have been left behind during fighting, are a long-term threat to civilians, often ...

UNIFIL Condemns Attacks on Lebanese Army as Violation of Resolution 1701

This is Beirut 2024-11-25 18:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Hezbollah Lebanese Army UN Security Council UNIFIL

In a press statement, UNIFIL said that it is “deeply concerned about the numerous strikes targeting the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) within Lebanese territory, despite the LAF's declared non-involvement in the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel.” It considered that “such attacks on the Lebanese Armed Forces within Lebanese ...

Renewed Israeli Airstrikes Devastate Lebanese Regions

Vanessa Kallas 2024-11-25 18:00 - Reading : less than a minute

Nawaf Salam Hezbollah Bekaa South Lebanon

Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon on Monday, targeting Beirut's southern suburb, Tyre and the Beqaa region, left dozens dead and injured as Israel and Hezbollah approach a ceasefire deal.

Khamenei Urges 'Death Sentence' for Netanyahu Over Gaza Conflict

This is Beirut 2024-11-25 17:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that a war crimes case against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the Gaza war was insufficient and that he deserved a "death sentence". In his first remarks since the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu last week, Khamenei told a Tehran ...

Unrelenting Israeli Strikes on Beirut's Southern Suburbs, South Villages

This is Beirut 2024-11-25 15:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Dahyeh Hezbollah South Lebanon

Israeli airstrikes repeatedly hit the southern suburbs of Beirut Monday afternoon, while raids against South Lebanon continued relentlessly. Heavy airstrikes targeted Beirut’s southern suburbs, specifically the areas of Ghobeiri, Hadath and Haret Hreik, following evacuation warnings issued by Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee. Plumes of ...

Bou Habib: 'The Path to Stability Between Lebanon and Israel is 1701'

This is Beirut 2024-11-25 13:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Abdallah Bou Habib G7 Hebollah Une Resolution 1701

Caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib stressed that “the balanced and full implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 is the path to stability between Israel and Lebanon.” Lebanon’s “primary objective is to strengthen the legitimate national authority as the guarantor of security and peace,” Bou Habib said ...

West Bank: Two Palestinians, Including a Teenager, Killed in Israeli Raid

This is Beirut 2024-11-25 13:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam West Bank Palestinian Authority

The Palestinian Authority said two Palestinians, including a teenage boy, were killed during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank village of Yabad. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said Israeli forces entered the village on Sunday night, leading to clashes during which soldiers shot dead two Palestinians. The two dead were ...

G7 Ministers in Rome to Discuss Middle East, Ukraine Conflicts

This is Beirut 2024-11-25 12:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

G7 Rome Ukraine Middle East

G7 foreign ministers on Monday are meeting near Rome for two days of talks with regional counterparts on the Middle East before turning to Russia and the war in Ukraine. The Group of Seven ministers will also discuss the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas's military chief, "and ...

Kurdish-Led Forces Kill 15 Ankara-Backed Fighters in Aleppo

This is Beirut 2024-11-25 09:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Aleppo Ankara PKK Syria

At least 15 Ankara-backed Syrian fighters were killed Sunday after Kurdish-led forces infiltrated their territory in the country's north, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said. Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which controls swathes of the country's northeast, "infiltrated positions of the Turkish-backed" ...

AnalysisDoes the War Have an End in Sight?

Charles Chartouni 2024-11-25 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Truce Middle East Iran Hezbollah

The delusions of truce, however legitimate they might be, have no chance of materializing. The strategic realignments have changed the plot and the narrative of the ongoing wars: Israel is not in the business of securing its northern and southern borders anymore. The new axis of war is based on changing a region's military and political dynamics ...

Wave of Projectiles on Tel Aviv. Israel Threatens the “Assets” of the Lebanese Government

This is Beirut 2024-11-24 21:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Beirut Parliament

Anti-aircraft sirens sounded incessantly on Sunday in many parts of Israel, including Tel Aviv, the target of several hundred projectiles fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon, according to the Israeli army, while Hebrew state officials stepped up their threats against the country of the Cedars. Former Israeli War Cabinet minister and opposition leader ...