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Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry condemned on Saturday Israel's strikes on Syrian army camps as "aggression", joining Turkey in calling on the international community to intervene. Israel's military said on Friday it had struck southern Syria in response to what it called attacks against the Druze community in Sweida ...
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The Israeli military said it launched a wave of strikes on Lebanon's capital Beirut targeting Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah early Saturday, after calling on residents of several areas to evacuate. Lebanon was pulled into the Middle East war when Hezbollah began firing rockets into Israel on March 2 to avenge the killing of Iran's ...
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The U.S. ambassador to Lebanon on Friday hailed the Lebanese president's proposal to launch direct negotiations with Israel to put an end to the latest war between Israel and Hezbollah. Lebanon was pulled into the Middle East war when Tehran-backed Hezbollah began firing rockets into Israel on March 2, to avenge the killing of Iran's ...
This is Beirut 20/03 18:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Hezbollah claimed responsibility for multiple attacks against Israeli settlements and military positions, while Israeli forces have responded with airstrikes and artillery targeting southern Lebanon on Friday, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency. The militant group reportedly targeted Israeli settlements including Kiryat Shmona, ...
This is Beirut 20/03 17:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Mossad Director David Barnea reportedly assessed in meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government prior to the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran that it could be possible to topple the Iranian regime, according to Israeli media. Citing multiple unnamed sources, Barnea outlined that if the operation achieved ...
This is Beirut 20/03 12:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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United Arab Emirates security authorities announced on Friday that they had dismantled a “terrorist network” allegedly funded and operated by Lebanon’s Hezbollah and backed by Iran. Officials said the network, operating under a fake commercial cover, was involved in money laundering, financing terrorism, and threatening national ...
This is Beirut 20/03 12:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israeli police said on Friday they had arrested an army reservist who served on the Iron Dome air defence system on suspicion of passing secrets to Iran. The arrest comes as Israel and the United States are locked in a war with Iran that has spread across the Middle East. “Raz Cohen, a 26‑year‑old resident of Jerusalem who served in the ...
This is Beirut 20/03 11:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel's military said on Friday it had struck Syrian army camps in response to what it called attacks against the Druze community in the southern Sweida province. The latest flare-up between the neighbouring countries comes as war roils the Middle East after the United States and Israel attacked Iran on February 28. "Overnight, the IDF struck a ...
This is Beirut 20/03 10:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said Friday he is working to keep his country away from conflict, against the backdrop of the Middle East war, stressing that his government is on good terms with all regional countries. In a speech delivered after the Eid al-Fitr prayer in the presidential palace in Damascus, Sharaa said: "We are calculating our ...
This is Beirut 20/03 06:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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On Thursday, Israeli officials stated that Israel continues to act decisively against Iran and Hezbollah while the Trump administration sought additional funding for U.S. war efforts and called on allies to assist in operations at the Strait of Hormuz. At the same time, Lebanese officials reiterated their support to begin direct negotiations with ...
This is Beirut 20/03 01:55 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Iran is being "decimated" and it is unclear who is in charge, even as the Islamic Republic kept up attacks on Gulf oil and gas targets that have jolted global markets. Nearly three weeks into the Middle East war launched by Israel and the United States, Netanyahu said Tehran ...
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A Lebanese immigrant to the U.S. last Thursday drove a truck laden with explosives into a synagogue in Michigan, as Israel fought a war with Hezbollah thousands of miles away, a group to which the assailant’s brother reportedly has ties. The FBI described Ayman Ghazali’s attack as a “targeted act of violence against the Jewish community.” ...