Middle East

Israel Army Says Killed Iran Quds Force Officer Responsible for Lebanon

This is Beirut 03/03 22:40 - Reading : less than a minute

The Israeli military said it killed a senior commander of Iran's elite Quds Force on Tuesday in a strike on Tehran, adding that he was responsible for its operations in Lebanon. "Earlier today, the Israeli Air Force... struck and eliminated the temporary commander of the Lebanon Corps of the Iranian Quds Force, Daoud Ali Zadeh, in ...

Fire Contained Near Dubai's U.S. Consulate After Drone Attack

This is Beirut 03/03 22:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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A drone attack caused a fire near the US consulate in Dubai on Tuesday, a government statement said, after the US embassy in Riyadh was hit by an Iranian strike. Nearby residents told AFP they heard a loud bang, and one person said she then saw a fire at the consulate. Dubai and other Gulf cities have been under bombardment since ...

Senior Official in Trump Administration Details Postmortem for Failed Iran Nuclear Talks

This is Beirut 03/03 21:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A senior U.S. official spoke to TIB in a background call on the Iran nuclear talks, providing an inside look into what happened during the negotiations. Objectives of the U.S.-Iran Talks The official outlined the Trump administration’s objectives for the U.S.-Iran talks in detail, focused primarily on the nuclear issue. The first ...

Israel Will Strike Hezbollah Until Group Disarmed: Army Chief

This is Beirut 03/03 20:40 - Reading : less than a minute

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Israel's military chief on Tuesday said his forces would keep attacking Hezbollah until the Iran-backed Lebanese group was disarmed, as the war in the Middle East raged for a fourth day. "We are determined to eliminate the threat Hezbollah poses and will not stop until this organisation is disarmed," Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir ...

AnalysisBuffer Zone in Southern Lebanon: Israel’s Advance Raises Questions About Lasting Presence

Natasha Metni Torbey 03/03 20:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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As Israel ramps up its military campaign against Hezbollah, Israeli troops advanced into southern Lebanon on Tuesday morning and established a buffer zone described by Tel Aviv as a limited defensive maneuver aimed at protecting northern Israeli communities. However, security sources interviewed by This is Beirut said that the maneuver could be ...

Iran Says 'No Radioactive Contamination' Detected at Natanz Nuclear Site After Strikes

This is Beirut 03/03 19:25 - Reading : less than a minute

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Iran said on Tuesday it had detected "no radioactive contamination" as a result of US-Israeli air strikes at the weekend on its underground fuel enrichment facility at Natanz. "No leak of radioactive material has been recorded at this complex, thanks to preventative measures and data logged by the monitoring system," the ...

Israel Continues Offensive in Lebanon as IDF Announces ‘Buffer’ Zone

This is Beirut 03/03 19:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israel’s offensive against targets of Hezbollah and its allies continued into Tuesday afternoon and evening, while Israeli ground forces entered new sites in southern Lebanon to create a “buffer” zone. On Tuesday afternoon, Arabic spokesperson to the Israeli army Avichay Adraee issued an evacuation call to 112 towns in southern ...

Iran Says Will Hit All Mideast Economic Hubs if U.S.-Israeli Attacks Persist

This is Beirut 03/03 18:15 - Reading : less than a minute

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An Islamic Revolutionary Guard general warned Tuesday that continued U.S.-Israeli attacks would see Iran conduct reprisals against "all economic centers" in the Middle East. "We are saying to the enemy that if it decides to hit our main centers, we will hit all economic centers in the region," said Ebrahim Jabbari. "We have closed the Strait of ...

Israel Launches Ninth Round of Strikes on Iran

This is Beirut 03/03 17:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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On Tuesday evening, the Israeli air force launched its ninth wave of strikes on Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conveyed that Israel is continuing to “strike Iran with force” in a speech at an air force base. “Our pilots are over the skies of Iran and Tehran,” he added. This set of attacks is being carried ...

Rockets Seized Near Baghdad Airport

This is Beirut 03/03 15:10 - Reading : less than a minute

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Iraqi security forces seized nine rockets and a launchpad prepared to target Baghdad International Airport on Tuesday, a government spokesperson told AFP. “Security forces foiled an attempt to target Baghdad International Airport,” said Saad Maan, spokesperson for the government’s security media cell, adding that forces confiscated “a ...

Day 4 of Iran’s Gulf Campaign: Missile and Drone Strikes Rock Gulf States

This is Beirut 03/03 13:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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On the fourth consecutive day of Iranian attacks across the Gulf, multiple countries have been targeted with missiles and drones, prompting evacuations, air defence responses, and widespread concern for civilian safety. "The enemy must await continuous punitive attacks; the gates of hell will open more and more, moment by moment, upon the United ...

AnalysisHas Iran Been Militarily Exposed?

Natasha Metni Torbey 03/03 12:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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More than 2,000 bombs dropped in just thirty hours. That is the estimate cited by several Israeli and American security sources to illustrate the scale of the opening wave of strikes against Iran — a level of firepower rarely directed at a country of 88 million people and home to the Middle East’s largest ballistic missile arsenal. In less ...