Blinken in Tel Aviv Amid Increased Regional Tensions

This Is Beirut 08/01 23:28 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Antony Blinken, the top US diplomat, arrived in Tel Aviv late Monday as part of a regional tour aimed at preventing further escalation. This visit comes in the midst of Israel's military actions in Gaza against Hamas, and Hezbollah has reported the death of a high-ranking commander due to an Israeli strike. Top US diplomat Antony Blinken arrived ...

UN Head of Peace Operations Has Arrived in Lebanon

This Is Beirut 08/01 21:36 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix has arrived in Lebanon for his regular visit to the Middle East, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) statement reads, adding, “This time at a particularly challenging moment.” The statement pointed out that Lacroix will discuss “UNIFIL's operations with ...

War Diary: Day 94

Tylia El Helou 08/01 21:15 - Reading : less than a minute

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This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for January 8, 2024.

Israeli Army Shifts to 'New Phase' in War

This Is Beirut 08/01 20:52 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israeli Army Spokesperson Daniel Hagari announced to The New York Times that the Israeli military has begun a new, less intensive phase in its war against Hamas in Gaza. The transition already in place has featured fewer ground troops and airstrikes, he says. The comments came hours before US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's expected arrival ...

Saydet al-Jabal Stigmatizes Return of Palestinian Armed Presence

This Is Beirut 08/01 19:12 - Reading : less than a minute

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The Saydet al-Jabal Gathering strongly criticized the armed Palestinian presence at the funeral of Hamas number two Saleh al-Arouri, assassinated last Tuesday in the southern suburbs, condemning "the return to the days of the Palestinian armed presence, which caused deep conflict among the Lebanese as early as 1969." In a statement issued at the ...

Southern Lebanon: Mikati Insists on an All-Inclusive Solution

This Is Beirut 08/01 18:03 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati affirmed on Monday that he is working on a “diplomatic solution to the situation in the South, which might be associated with halting the aggression on Gaza.” In an interview with journalist Mona Saliba on Al-Hurra, Mikati emphasized that what is required is “reviving and implementing the ceasefire ...

Bou Habib: Lebanon Prepared to Fully Implement UNSCR 1701

This Is Beirut 08/01 17:38 - Reading : less than a minute

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Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdallah Bou Habib stated on Monday that Lebanon is prepared to “fully implement UN Security Council Resolution 1701.” “This implies a return to the 1949 armistice line,” Bou Habib declared after meeting with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati at the Grand Serail. “It also entails Israel’s ...

Pope Francis Hopes Lebanon Will Elect a President Shortly

This Is Beirut 08/01 16:09 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Pope Francis expressed his concern for the social and economic situation in Lebanon. “I hope that the institutional impasse that is bringing down Lebanon will be resolved and that the land of the Cedars will soon have a president,” stated the Pope, during his traditional New Year's address to the diplomatic corps on Monday. Reiterating his ...

Hezbollah Commander Killed in Israeli Strike, Tensions Remain High in South

This Is Beirut 08/01 14:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Tensions remained high on Monday morning on the southern front where a missile hit a car in the area of Khirbet Selm in the Bint Jbeil district, killing senior Hezbollah commander Wissam Tawil. Tawil, who also went by the nom de guerre Hajj Jawad, is the most senior member of the pro-Iranian group to be killed in an Israeli strike since ...

Gallant: 'Israel Fights Iranian-Led Axis, Not Just Hamas'

This Is Beirut 08/01 14:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant declared that Israel is fighting against the Iranian-led axis, not solely Hamas, as  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due in Israel on Monday evening amid increased Israeli attacks, resulting in numerous casualties. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stated in an interview published by The ...

Blinken's Middle East Tour: Pursuing Gaza Peace

This Is Beirut 08/01 13:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Saudi Arabia on Monday before heading to Israel, aligning other Western diplomats to ease the Israel-Hamas conflict and channel vital aid to Gazans. On his fourth regional trip since the war began, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due in Saudi Arabia after talks earlier Monday in the UAE ...

The Intricacies of an Evolving War

08/01 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The tangled nature and ramifications of the Gaza war convey the larger picture of a deadlocked region living through harrowing and open-ended conflicts. The unresolved conflicts have become hallmarks and permanent fixtures in a Middle East that failed to address its endemic instabilities, systemic entropies and inability to build working Statehood ...