VideosWar Diary: Day 384
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-10-24 17:25 - Reading : less than a minute
War in the Middle East
PoliticsBorrell: Make Full Use of UNIFIL
This is Beirut 2024-10-24 17:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, emphasized that the United Nations Interim Force stationed in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL) should be used to its maximum potential rather than having its mission altered. Speaking with reporters on the sidelines of the international conference on Lebanon which ...
Gaza's Civil Defense Halts Work in North Due to Israeli Threats
This is Beirut 2024-10-24 16:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Gaza's civil defense agency said Thursday it can no longer provide first responder services in the north of the territory, accusing Israeli forces of threatening to "bomb and kill" its crews. Since October 6, the Israeli military has mounted a sweeping air and land assault on north Gaza, initially focused on the Jabalia area, describing it as an ...
Putin Warns of Attempts to Defeat Russia Ahead of BRICS Summit
This is Beirut 2024-10-24 16:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Middle East Ukraine Vladimir Putin Antonio Guterres
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday against "illusory" attempts to defeat Russia on the battlefield, ahead of his first meeting with UN Secretary-General António Guterres in more than two years, for talks set to focus on the conflict in Ukraine. Putin was speaking in the Russian city of Kazan on the final day of the BRICS summit, ...
Gaza: US and Qatar Announce New Ceasefire Talks
This is Beirut 2024-10-24 15:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Antony Blinken Ceasefire Hamas
The United States and Qatar on Thursday announced a resumption of negotiations on a Gaza ceasefire, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said mediators were exploring new options after months of failing to seal a US-led plan. Blinken said negotiators would resume talks "in the coming days" on ways to end the year-long Gaza war and free ...
ChronicleQlayaat Airport: It's Time to Open It to Air Traffic!
Liliane Mokbel 2024-10-24 14:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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“The Qlayaat René Mouawad Airport could be opened for air traffic in emergencies to reduce the risks faced by crews and passengers at Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport,” stated Sajih Attieh, chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Public Works and Transport, in an interview with This is Beirut. The President of the Private Pilots ...
War Monitor Says Two Dead in Israeli Strikes on Syria
This is Beirut 2024-10-24 13:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A Syria war monitor said Israeli strikes in the capital and in central Homs province on Thursday killed two people, including a soldier. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strikes in Damascus's Kafr Sousa district targeted "the courtyard of a government building near a military fuel station". "One person whose identity is unknown" ...
Lebanon Aid Conference in Paris raised $800 million for humanitarian aid
This is Beirut 2024-10-24 13:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Emmanuel Macron Najib Mikati
The Paris conference to support Lebanon, held on Thursday, raised around $800 million for humanitarian aid but saw little diplomatic progress as fighting continues between Israel and Hezbollah. "In total, we have jointly gathered $800 million in humanitarian aid," French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told participants as the conference ...
EditorialGebran: Give Back the Missile!
Tarek Karam 2024-10-24 12:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Gebran Bassil Joseph Aoun Lebanese Forces Saudi Arabia United States
In challenging times, men are put to the test. Gebran Bassil didn’t even wait for the customary forty days after Hassan Nasrallah’s death to turn against him. He abandoned the man who was instrumental in General Michel Aoun’s rise to the presidency—the one who supported him significantly after the July war, sacrificing greatly for the Free ...
Syrian State Media Say Israeli Strikes Kill Soldier
This is Beirut 2024-10-24 10:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Syrian state media reported that Israeli airstrikes hit a residential area of Damascus and a military site in Homs on Thursday, killing one soldier and wounding seven others. The Israeli army "launched an attack from the occupied Syrian Golan and from northern Lebanon, targeting two sites" in the Kafr Sousa district of Damascus and a military ...
Three LAF Members Killed in Yater; Plumes of Smoke Rise from Beirut's Southern Suburbs
This is Beirut 2024-10-24 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli attacks on the South, Bekaa Valley, and the southern suburbs of Beirut continue, causing significant damage to lives and property. Beirut In the latest developments, plumes of smoke are still rising from the site that was hit by violent Israeli airstrikes on Wednesday night in the Haret Hreik area of Beirut's southern suburbs. The total ...
Blinken Heads to Qatar, a Key Mediator, to Push for Gaza Truce
This is Beirut 2024-10-24 09:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Antony Blinken Hamas Saudi Arabia USA
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to key Hamas mediator Qatar on Thursday, seeking momentum to end the Gaza war following Israel's killing of the group's leader. Two days after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Blinken flew from Saudi Arabia to the Qatari capital, Doha, to assess Hamas's position on a ...