This is Beirut 14/07 20:59 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Syrian government forces were advancing towards the southern city of Sweida on Monday amid clashes in the region between Druze fighters and Bedouin tribes that have killed nearly 100 people, according to a war monitor. As the violence escalated, Israel, which had previously warned that it would intervene in Syria to protect the Druze, said it ...
This is Beirut 14/07 18:15 - Reading : less than a minute
Nawaf Salam Gaza Hamas Benjamin Netanyahu
Hamas accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday of not wanting to reach a deal to end the war in Gaza as talks in Qatar entered their second week. "Netanyahu is skilled at thwarting one round of negotiations after another and is unwilling to reach any agreement," the Palestinian militant group said in a statement on its Telegram ...
This is Beirut 14/07 16:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Syria Druze Sweida
At least 89 people were killed in the southern Syrian province of Sweida as clashes between Sunni Bedouin tribes and Druze fighters raged for a second day Monday, a monitor said. As the violence escalated, Israel, which had previously warned that it would intervene in Syria to protect the Druze, said it struck "several tanks" in Sweida, without ...
This is Beirut 14/07 09:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Palestine Gaza
Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes on Sunday killed more than 40 Palestinians, including children at a water distribution point, as talks for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas stalled. Delegations from Israel and the Palestinian militant group have now spent a week trying to agree on a temporary truce to halt 21 months of ...
This is Beirut 12/07 16:55 - Reading : less than a minute
An Israeli drone targeted a house in the town of Wata al-Khiam in southern Lebanon. Upon inspection, the body of a Hezbollah fighter, Wissam Abou Abbas, was found. A statement issued by the Public Health Emergency Operations Center, affiliated with the Ministry of Public Health, announced that the Israeli strike on the house in Wata al-Khiam ...
This is Beirut 12/07 12:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Gaza Hostages
Gaza ceasefire talks hung in the balance as Hamas and Israel on Saturday accused the other of blocking attempts to strike a deal, nearly a week into an attempt to halt 21 months of bitter fighting in the Palestinian territory. A Palestinian source with knowledge of the indirect talks in Qatar told AFP that Israel's proposals to keep its ...
This is Beirut 11/07 21:45 - Reading : less than a minute
Nawaf Salam United Nations Gaza Two state solution
An international conference meant to revive work on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been rescheduled for July 28-29, diplomatic sources told AFP. Originally set for mid-June, the conference at UN headquarters in New York was postponed at the last minute due to Israel's surprise military campaign against Iran. It has ...
This is Beirut 11/07 21:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Gaza United Nations Aid
Nearly 800 people have died trying to access aid in Gaza since late May, with most killed near the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's sites, the UN said Friday. An officially private effort, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) began operations on May 26 after Israel halted supplies into the Gaza Strip for more than ...
This is Beirut 11/07 17:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli forces killed 18 people on Friday, including 10 who were waiting for aid in the south of the war-ravaged territory. The fresh deaths came as the United Nations said nearly 800 people had been killed trying to access food in Gaza since late May, when Israel began easing a more than two-month total ...
This is Beirut 11/07 16:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Nmairiyeh drone strike Hezbollah
One person was killed and five others were injured on Friday afternoon in an Israeli drone strike that targeted a car traveling on the Nmairiya–Sharqiya road in the Nabatiyeh district. Four missiles were fired at the vehicle. On the evening, the Arabic-speaking spokesman for the Israeli army, Avichay Adraee, announced that “the ...
Katia Kahil 11/07 14:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah South Lebanon agriculture
Farming has always been a challenge in Lebanon—especially in the country’s south. Long overlooked by authorities, the agricultural sector has struggled to stay afloat. Over the past two years, the burden has only grown heavier. Regional instability, economic hardship, and institutional neglect are pushing the land—and those who tend it—to ...
Natasha Metni Torbey 10/07 20:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Lebanese Army Hezbollah United Kingdom border
A renewed proposal to build surveillance towers along Lebanon’s southern border with Israel is back on the table—ambitious in scope, but hindered by political and security complications. Originally floated by the British government in 2024, the plan was presented twice to Lebanese authorities amid intense negotiations around the ceasefire ...