This is Beirut 02/03 22:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The forces of Syria's new authorities deployed Sunday in a Damascus suburb following deadly clashes with Druze gunmen, state media said amid tensions after Israeli demands to protect the minority group. Jaramana, a mostly Druze and Christian suburb of the capital, saw a fatal shooting at a checkpoint on Friday, followed a day later by clashes ...
This is Beirut 02/03 21:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Egypt condemned on Sunday Israel's decision to stop humanitarian aid from entering the Gaza Strip as a "flagrant violation" of the truce agreement in its war with Hamas, which Cairo had helped broker. A foreign ministry statement said that "Egypt condemns the decision issued by the Israeli government to stop the entry of humanitarian aid into the ...
This is Beirut 02/03 20:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Antonio Guterres Gaza Hamas Israel
The United Nations on Sunday called on Israel to immediately allow aid into Gaza, hours after it suspended humanitarian deliveries into the war-battered territory as talks on a truce extension appeared to hit an impasse. With uncertainty looming over the truce, both Israeli and Palestinian sources reported Israeli military strikes in the Gaza ...
This is Beirut 02/03 18:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Volodymyr Zelensky United States
Top Washington officials suggested Sunday that Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky might have to step down if a peace deal is to be reached, underscoring President Donald Trump's stunning shift in approach to the war with Russia. "We need a leader that can deal with us, eventually deal with the Russians, and end this war," National Security ...
This is Beirut 02/03 18:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced on Sunday the formation of a seven-member committee to draft a constitutional declaration for the country's transition after the overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. The new authorities are seeking to rebuild Syria and its institutions after Assad was ousted on December 8, ...
This is Beirut 02/03 17:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky Europe
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday warned that European security faces a once-in-a-generation moment at the start of Ukraine crisis talks in London, just days after a Kyiv-Washington clash. Eighteen allies were gathered on the key question of security guarantees for Ukraine, especially after US President Donald Trump berated his Ukrainian ...
This is Beirut 02/03 16:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Gaza Ministry of Health reported on Sunday that four people were killed and six others wounded in Israeli attacks "since the morning," amid disagreements between the warring parties over the next steps in the fragile truce. "Since this morning, four dead and six injured" have been transported "to hospitals in the Gaza ...
This is Beirut 02/03 15:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel is preparing to open its sole ski resort, located on Mount Hermon at the border with Lebanon and Syria, after allowing residents of nearby border villages to return home starting March 1. The announcement came on Sunday, signaling a return to normalcy in this border area. Israeli military spokesperson Avichai Adraee, in a post on his X ...
This is Beirut 02/03 15:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel Gaza Palestine United States
Israel announced Sunday that it was suspending the entry of supplies into Gaza, and threatened "consequences" for Hamas if it did not accept a proposal for a temporary extension of the truce in the Palestinian territory. "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided that, from this morning, all entry of goods and supplies into the ...
This is Beirut 02/03 14:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Pope Francis, hospitalised for more than two weeks with double pneumonia, Sunday thanked believers around the world for their "support" and "affection" as he missed delivering a third straight Angelus prayer in person. The 88-year-old pontiff, who has been treated at the Gemelli hospital in Rome since February 14, missed the traditional weekly ...
This is Beirut 02/03 14:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Blue Ghost Mission 1 Firefly Aerospace Space Exploration
A US company successfully landed its spacecraft on the Moon on Sunday, marking only the second private mission to achieve the milestone -- and the first to do so upright. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 touched down at 3:34 am US Eastern Time (0834 GMT) near Mons Latreille, a volcanic formation in Mare Crisium on the Moon's ...
This is Beirut 02/03 14:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Palestinians gathered for communal iftars on the first day of Ramadan, sharing a meal in the midst of Gaza's destruction.