This Is Beirut 30/01 11:52 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
According to US officials, the pro-Iranian drone strike that killed three people on the Syrian-Jordanian border on Sunday, January 29, was the result of a mix-up. The unmanned aircraft may have been mistaken for an American. US forces may have mistaken the drone that killed three of their soldiers and wounded around thirty others on Sunday for an ...
Badih Karhani 30/01 11:20 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
The Yemeni Minister of Information, Mouammar al-Iryani, outlines to This is Beirut the Houthis' destabilizing conduct in the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb. For him, these actions have no connection to events in Gaza, but serve the Iranian agenda. What is the true objective behind the Houthi strikes against maritime traffic in the Red Sea? Is it true ...
This Is Beirut 30/01 10:08 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli army's special forces carried out an operation in a Jenin hospital on Tuesday, January 30. Dressed as doctors, the soldiers killed three Palestinians. Undercover Israeli troops raided a West Bank hospital and shot dead three Palestinians early on Tuesday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, while the Israeli army said that ...
Lyne Sammouri 29/01 22:32 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in southern Lebanon and Gaza. Here are the main highlights for January 29, 2024.
Maureen Décor 29/01 21:50 - Reading : less than a minute
For the first time since October 7, American soldiers have been shot down in a drone attack claimed by Iranian-backed combatant groups. Former General Khalil Helou gives us his analysis of this event, which could mark a turning point in the regional crisis.
This Is Beirut 29/01 20:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah claimed seven attacks on Monday against Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of Jal al-Alam, the Metat barracks, the Hounin castle, the Zraiyit and Samaka barracks and the Brannit barracks, which that was targeted twice. The weapons used were Burkan-type missiles and rocket weapons, in addition to other “appropriate weapons” that ...
This Is Beirut 29/01 19:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli troops will "very soon go into action" near the country's northern border with Lebanon, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Monday, as tensions surge amid the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Gallant told troops near the border with the besieged Gaza Strip that others were being deployed to Israel's north. "They will very soon go into action ... ...
Samar Kadi 29/01 19:21 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The decision by six European countries to discontinue funding for the United Nations refugee agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) stirred deep concern among Palestinian refugees as well as their host countries, especially Lebanon, which is already reeling under severe economic, financial and political crises. For Palestinians, the move is being ...
Alissar Boulos 29/01 18:32 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Social media flared up on Sunday and Monday with a smear campaign against the Maronite Patriarch, Bechara Rai, accusing him of "betrayal" and of being the "Arabic-speaking spokesperson" for Israel. In his Sunday sermon, Patriarch Rai denounced Hezbollah’s military operations against Israel on the southern border. He shared a letter, received ...
This Is Beirut 29/01 15:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Abdallah Bou Habib, Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs, called on Monday for the initiation of "indirect negotiations with Israel to resolve points of disagreement," intending to initiate the demarcation of the Israeli-Lebanese border. In an interview with Sky News Arabia, Bou Habib stressed that "Israeli aggression against Lebanon must stop, ...
29/01 15:22 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
According to a report published on Monday by The New York Times, Israel has submitted a dossier to the US government containing accusations against 12 UNRWA employees. Ten of them were labeled as “Hamas members,” and one was allegedly affiliated with the Islamic Jihad. The six-page dossier alleges that roughly 190 UNRWA employees, including ...
This Is Beirut 29/01 14:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Violent explosions were heard on Monday, January 29, in the vicinity of the Syrian capital Damascus, following a probable Israeli strike, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). Pro-Tehran fighters were among seven dead, with Iranian media reporting the attack targeted an "Iranian advisory centre". "Israeli strikes targeted a ...