War in the Middle East

Netanyahu: Israel Will Strike Iran in Response to Airport Attack

This is Beirut 2025-05-04 19:57 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday threatened to respond to the Houthi missile strike from Yemen on Tel Aviv’s airport by retaliating against Iran "in due time," during an emergency meeting of the war cabinet. "The Houthi attacks emanate from Iran. Israel will respond to the Houthi attack on our main airport AND, at a time and ...

Lebanese Army Says Hamas Hands Over Rocket Fire Suspect

This is Beirut 2025-05-04 16:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Hamas Hezbollah Lebanese Army

The Lebanese army said Sunday Hamas had handed over a Palestinian suspected of involvement in rocket fire at Israel, days after authorities warned the militant group against harming the country's security. Hamas handed over the man "at the entrance to Ain al-Helweh", an army statement said, referring to a restive Palestinian refugee camp on the ...

Israel Calls up Tens of Thousands of Reservists for Gaza Offensive

This is Beirut 2025-05-04 04:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Palestine Gaza Conflict

Israel was issuing orders to call up tens of thousands of reservists ahead of an expanded offensive in Gaza, Israeli media reported Saturday, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked truce mediator Qatar. Several news outlets reported the military had begun sending the orders for reservists to replace conscripts and active-duty soldiers in ...

Hamas Releaes Video of Israeli Hostage as 11 Killed in Strikes on Gaza

This is Beirut 2025-05-03 22:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Hamas Palestine Ukraine United Nations

Hamas on Saturday released footage of an apparently injured Israeli-Russian hostage held in Gaza as 11 Palestinians, including three infants, were killed in a strike on the territory, its civil defense agency said. Israel resumed major operations across Gaza on March 18 amid deadlock over how to proceed with a two-month ceasefire that had largely ...

Syria: UN Envoy Denounces Israeli Strikes and Calls for De-escalation

This is Beirut 2025-05-03 15:37 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Damascus

United Nations special envoy Geir Pedersen on Saturday urged Israel to immediately stop its attacks on Syria, after strikes including one near Damascus's presidential palace, which followed sectarian violence this week. Fresh overnight strikes were reported, coming as Israel has repeatedly said its forces were ready to protect the Druze ...

Mossad Agents Behind Deadly 'Pager Operation' in Lebanon Publicly Honored During Independence Ceremony

This Is Beirut 2025-05-03 10:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Pagers

During Israel’s 77th Independence Day torch-lighting ceremony on Mount Herzl last Wednesday, three masked Mossad operatives identified only by the initials “R,” “D” and “N” appeared publicly for the first time. Israeli media reported that these individuals led the covert “Killer Pager Operation” targeting Hezbollah members in ...

Q&AWho Are the New Security Forces in Syria ?

This is Beirut 2025-05-02 19:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Damascus

Deadly sectarian violence in Syria this week between security forces and Druze fighters follows massacres of Alawites in March, with government forces and affiliated gunmen involved in both outbreaks. Many questions have been raised on the identity of fighters in the country's new security forces, and the interim government's ability to control ...

Israel Strikes Near Damascus Presidential Palace Over Druze Violence

This is Beirut 2025-05-02 06:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Syria Strikes

Israel's military said Friday it launched air strikes near the presidential palace in Damascus after the country's defence minister threatened intervention if Syrian authorities failed to protect the Druze minority. Syria's Druze spiritual leader has condemned a "genocidal campaign" against his community after sectarian ...

A Preliminary Reconciliation Agreement Reached Between Syrian Authorities and Jaramana Residents

This is Beirut 2025-05-02 00:33 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Syria Druzes Conflict

A preliminary agreement was reached on Thursday between the Syrian government and Druze leaders from the towns of Suwayda and Jaramana. The two parties are set to engage in further discussions to establish peaceful measures aimed at resolving the tensions between them. The announcement was made on Thursday evening by the Progressive Socialist ...

Israel Threatens Action if Syrian Regime Fails to Shield Druze Minority

This is Beirut 2025-05-01 21:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Damascus Israel Katz

Defence Minister Israel Katz warned Thursday that Israel will respond forcefully if Syria's Islamist-led government fails to protect the Druze minority, after two days of deadly sectarian clashes near Damascus. "Should the attacks on the Druze resume and the Syrian regime fail to prevent them, Israel will respond with significant force," Katz ...

Lebanon Condemns Israeli Airstrike on Beirut’s Southern Suburbs

This is Beirut 2025-04-27 19:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah southern suburb

An Israeli airstrike targeted a Hezbollah warehouse in the southern suburbs of Beirut late Sunday afternoon. Thick smoke rose into the sky and was visible from various parts of the capital. The attack was preceded by three mock strikes, following an earlier evacuation call issued by the Israeli army's Arabic-speaking spokesperson, Avichai ...

All Gaza Food Stocks Depleted, Says World Food Programme

This is Beirut 2025-04-25 18:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Gaza Hamas World Food Programme

The UN's World Food Program said Friday it had depleted its food stocks in war-ravaged Gaza, where Israel has blocked all aid for more than seven weeks. After 18 months of war, the situation in Gaza "is probably the worst" now, the United Nations' humanitarian agency OCHA said on Tuesday. WFP, one of the main providers of food ...