This is Beirut 05/03 20:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Fresh strikes on Thursday hit Iranian Kurdish opposition group targets in northern Iraq, officials from two exiled groups told AFP. Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdish region hosts camps and rear-bases operated by several Iranian Kurdish rebel groups, which Iran has struck repeatedly since the start of the war in the Middle East. "Two ...
This is Beirut 05/03 20:20 - Reading : less than a minute
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Thursday that the Islamic republic was neither asking for a ceasefire nor negotiations with the US, adding that Iran had no plans to close the Strait of Hormuz for now. "We are not asking for a ceasefire. We don't see any reason why we should negotiate with the US... We negotiated with them ...
This is Beirut 05/03 17:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Minister of the Israeli Finance Ministry Bezalel Smotrich warned that Beirut’s southern suburbs will be like Khan Younis, Gaza, a city that has faced great destruction since the Gaza war began. ”Very soon Dahiyeh will resemble Khan Yunis,” Smotrich said during a visit to the Lebanese-Israeli border. “Hezbollah made ...
This is Beirut 05/03 13:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence said Thursday that security forces carried out a preemptive operation against separatist groups, claiming the action disrupted what it described as a plot supported by the United States and Israel. In a statement released by the ministry, Iranian authorities said the operation was conducted in coordination ...
This is Beirut 05/03 11:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The widening regional conflict is increasingly affecting Gulf monarchies, as Iran’s retaliatory strikes target cities, military facilities, and energy infrastructure across the region following U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iranian territory. Explosions Reported in Qatar Explosions were heard over the Qatari capital, Doha, on Thursday, ...
This is Beirut 05/03 11:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Tehran-backed Iraqi group Kataeb Hezbollah said on Thursday that one of its commanders was killed in a strike in southern Iraq the previous day. Ahmad al-Hamidawi, the secretary-general of the armed faction, mourned in a statement the loss of a "great commander," Ali Hussein al-Freiji, who had joined the group more than two decades ago. Two ...
This is Beirut 05/03 10:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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An Israeli strike on Thursday targeting a car on the Zahle–Karak highway in the central Bekaa killed two people and wounded two others, Lebanon’s Public Health Ministry said in a statement. Beirut’s southern suburbs An Israeli drone strike targeted two cars late Wednesday at the southern entrance of the city along the Ziad ...
This is Beirut 05/03 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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According to a report by Axios, militants from several Kurdish Iranian factions are preparing for a possible ground offensive against Iran’s regime in the northwestern part of the country. Several Kurdish Iranian militant factions are preparing for a possible ground offensive against Iran’s regime in the country’s ...
This is Beirut 05/03 00:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Two fighters from the powerful Tehran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah group were killed on Wednesday in a strike near their base in Iraq, as the war in the Middle East raged across multiple fronts. Attacks were also reported in Baghdad and Erbil throughout the day, as the US embassy urged its citizens to leave the country as soon as they were able. Two ...
This is Beirut 04/03 22:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem delivered televised remarks amid Israeli strikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Qassem’s speech marked his first appearance since Hezbollah opened fire on Israel on Monday morning. He spoke on issues including the ongoing U.S. and Israeli strikes in the region, the internal displacement of ...
Amal Chmouny 04/03 22:10 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
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In an unprecedented move, Lebanon’s government on March 2 banned all Hezbollah’s military and security activities and instructed the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to immediately move forward with its plan to disarm the militia. The decision came hours after a Hezbollah rocket barrage into Israel, which triggered a widescale military ...
This is Beirut 04/03 17:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel had initially planned to strike Iran in mid-2026, but developments inside the Islamic republic and shifting regional dynamics brought the timetable forward to February, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday. "An operation was planned for the middle of the year with the same target set," Katz said in an address to ...