Middle East

Greece Sending Two Frigates, Two F-16 Jets to Cyprus

This is Beirut 02/03 14:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Greece is sending two frigates and two F-16 fighter jets to Cyprus, where an Iranian drone hit the runway of a UK air force base earlier Monday, the Greek defense ministry announced. "The frigate Kimon is being immediately dispatched to the Republic of Cyprus, accompanied by a second frigate ... and a pair of F-16 fighter jets," the ministry said ...

Lebanese Cabinet's Statement Following Urgent Session on Escalation

This is Beirut 02/03 13:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Prime Minister Nawaf Salam after the Cabinet session at Baabda Palace: “The Council of Ministers, in implementation of the Constitution, the National Accord Document, and the government’s ministerial statement, and after rejecting and condemning the rocket-launching operation claimed yesterday by Hezbollah, as it contradicts the principle ...

Iran Guards Say Launched Missile Attack on Tel Aviv, Haifa and East Jerusalem

This is Beirut 02/03 10:45 - Reading : less than a minute

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Monday they had launched missile strikes on an Israeli government complex in Tel Aviv as well as security and military centers in Haifa and an attack on East Jerusalem. "Among the targets of this tenth wave were a targeted strike on the Zionist regime's government complex in Tel Aviv, attacks on military and ...

Cyprus President Says Iranian Drone Crashed Into UK Base on Island

This is Beirut 02/03 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Cyprus's President Nikos Christodoulides said an Iranian drone had crashed into a British base on the Mediterranean island on Monday, as the Israeli-American war with Iran spread across the region. Minutes after midnight (2200 GMT), "a Shahed unmanned aerial vehicle crashed into the military facilities of the British Bases in Akrotiri, causing ...

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Fresh Explosions Erupt in the Gulf As Larijani Announces Iran "Will Not Negotiate"

This is Beirut 02/03 07:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Fresh explosions were being heard in Doha, Bahrain, Dubai, and Manama on Monday, marking the third day of Iranian attacks in the Gulf. The round of explosions being heard across the region come as Iran’s top security official Ali Larijani said Tehran would not negotiate with the United States, hardening the country’s stance ...

New Strikes on Iraq Base Housing Iran-Backed Fighters: Faction Source

This is Beirut 02/03 07:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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New strikes hit an Iraqi military base housing Kataeb Hezbollah, a source from the pro-Iran armed group said on Monday. "Three strikes hit Jurf al-Nasr," a Kataeb Hezbollah source told AFP, referring to a military base that serves as one of the main bastions of the powerful armed group that has been repeatedly targeted since the start ...

Summary: Israel Strikes Targets around Lebanon after First Hezbollah Strikes on Israel Since 2024

This is Beirut 02/03 07:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Al Arabiya reported that Haj Mohammed Raad, the head of the Hezbollah parliamentary group and deputy to Hezbollah’s secretary-general Naim Qassem, was killed in the Israeli airstrikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs. On Monday morning, Hezbollah fired rockets and drones across Lebanon’s southern border into Israel, marking ...

Israeli Strikes Target Beirut Suburbs: Lebanese State Media

This is Beirut 02/03 03:05 - Reading : less than a minute

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Israeli strikes were launched at Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday, Lebanese state media reported, as Hezbollah said it fired rockets and drones at Israel in response to the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. "Beirut's southern suburbs were targeted by a series of Israeli strikes," the state-run National News ...

Israel Says Carrying Out 'Large-Scale Strikes' on Tehran

This is Beirut 02/03 02:25 - Reading : less than a minute

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The Israeli military said it launched "large-scale strikes" on Tehran on Monday, two days since the start of a US-Israeli campaign against Iran. "The Israeli Air Force... has begun an additional wave of strikes against the Iranian terror regime at the heart of Tehran," the military said in a statement. AFP

Israel Attacked with Projectiles from South Lebanon, IDF Responds with Airstrikes

This is Beirut 02/03 02:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Sirens went off in northern Israel after midnight on Monday morning as a result of projectiles being launched from Lebanon, according to the Israeli army. The Israeli army began conducting airstrikes in southern Lebanon in response, according to Channel 12. The army said in a statement that it had “begun striking targets of the Hezbollah ...

Debris from Iran-Israel Exchanges of Fire Wounds Four in Syria: State Media

This is Beirut 02/03 00:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A man and his three daughters were wounded by falling missile debris in Syria on Sunday from the exchange of fire between Iran and Israel over the country's airspace, Syrian state media reported. "Four people, a father and three daughters, were wounded as a result of the fall of the missile debris resulting from the exchange of strikes ...

Gulf States Reserve Right to Respond to Iranian 'Agression' in Meeting

This is Beirut 02/03 00:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Gulf states vowed to defend themselves against Iranian attacks, including by "responding to the aggression" if need be, after the Gulf Cooperation Council convened via video-link on Sunday to formulate a unified response. The foreign ministers of the six GCC states -- the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait, all of which ...