This is Beirut 02/05 22:35 - Reading : less than a minute
A major shipment of nearly one million Captagon pills originating from Lebanon was intercepted in Syria’s border region of Rankous, where authorities say they dismantled a cross-border smuggling network moving narcotics through Syria toward neighboring countries. According to a statement from the Syrian Ministry of Interior, the ...
This is Beirut 02/05 11:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran hanged two men on Saturday convicted of spying for Israel, the judiciary said, the latest in a string of executions in recent weeks. "Yaghoub Karimpour and Nasser Bekrzadeh were hanged for the crime of intelligence cooperation and espionage in favour of the Zionist regime," the judiciary's Mizan Online website said. It was not ...
This is Beirut 02/05 11:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A senior Iranian military officer said on Saturday that renewed fighting between the US and Iran was "likely", hours after President Donald Trump said he was "not satisfied" with a new Iranian negotiating proposal. Iran delivered the draft to mediator Pakistan on Thursday evening, state media reported without detailing its ...
This is Beirut 02/05 04:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Lebanon's health ministry said 13 people were killed on Friday in Israeli strikes in the south, including in a town where Israel's army had issued an evacuation order despite a ceasefire. The strikes in Habboush killed eight people, including a child and two women, and wounded 21 others, the ministry said, raising an earlier toll. Other strikes ...
This is Beirut 01/05 21:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United States on Friday imposed new sanctions on Iran, targeting three Iranian exchange companies, while warning that any attempt to charge transit fees in the Strait of Hormuz could trigger further punitive measures. According to a statement by the U.S. Treasury Department, the sanctions are part of Washington’s broader effort to cut ...
This is Beirut 01/05 20:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he is “not satisfied” with Iran’s latest proposal for talks, warning that Washington could resort to military action if no agreement is reached. “At this moment, I’m not satisfied with what they’re offering,” Trump told reporters at the White House, signaling ...
This is Beirut 01/05 18:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has brought reinforcements and weapons to the south of the country since the start of the war with Israel on March 2, the organization's director of media relations said on Friday. The Lebanese army said in January it had finished disarming the group near the Israeli border in southern Lebanon, the scene of ...
This is Beirut 01/05 17:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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According to Iranian state media reporting on Friday, Iran delivered a new proposal for peace talks with the U.S. via mediator Pakistan, with negotiations between the two sides frozen despite a weeks-long ceasefire. The text of the proposal was handed to Islamabad on Thursday evening, the IRNA news agency reported. The war, launched by the ...
This is Beirut 01/05 15:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
An explosive-laden drone struck a vehicle near the northern Israeli town of Misgav Am on Friday, lightly injuring two people, according to Israeli emergency services. Israel’s Fire and Rescue Service said crews were dispatched to extinguish a blaze caused by what it described as “an explosive drone impact.” The incident comes hours after ...
This is Beirut 01/05 15:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iran is using the ceasefire with the United States to recover buried weapons and rebuild its capacity to launch attacks, according to an NBC News report citing a U.S. official and two sources familiar with the matter. Sources say the Iranian regime has intensified efforts to excavate missiles and other munitions that were either hidden ...
Samar El-Kadi 01/05 12:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The ceasefire in Lebanon remains fragile amid the state’s inability to fully assert control on the ground. Hezbollah is continuing its military operations, while Israeli retaliation for the group’s attacks keeps Lebanon caught in a cycle of escalation with no clear end in sight. The Lebanon-Israel truce announced by the U.S. on April ...
This is Beirut 01/05 09:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The commander of United States Central Command (CENTCOM) briefed President Donald Trump on potential large-scale strike options against Iran, including what was described as a possible “final blow,” according to a report by Fox News on Thursday. Admiral Brad Cooper presented the plans during a high-level meeting in the White House ...