Middle East

Iran Launches Fresh Attacks on Gulf and Israel Minutes After Ceasefire Announcement

This is Beirut 08/04 12:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran continued launching missile and drone attacks on Gulf states and Israel in the immediate aftermath of a ceasefire announcement with the United States on Wednesday, which was announced to take effect immediately. The continued strikes have immediately cast doubt on the viability of the agreement, with active hostilities persisting across a ...

AnalysisForeign Fighters Alongside Hezbollah: What Do We Know?

Samar El-Kadi 08/04 11:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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An Israeli drone strike near Naqoura in southern Lebanon last week raised fresh questions about whether foreign combatants, apart from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), are fighting alongside Hezbollah. While Hezbollah announced that the fighters killed in the airstrike were from southern Lebanon, the Israeli military identified ...

Pro-Iran Armed Factions in Iraq Announce Two-Week Halt in Attacks

This is Beirut 08/04 11:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Pro-Iran armed factions in Iraq announced on Wednesday a two-week halt to their attacks on "enemy bases" in the region after the start of a ceasefire between the United States and Iran. "The Islamic Resistance in Iraq announces the suspension of its operations in Iraq and the region for two weeks," the alliance said in a short ...

Israel Backs U.S.-Iran Temporary Ceasefire, Says 'Does Not Include Lebanon'

This is Beirut 08/04 08:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israel said Wednesday that a US-Iran ceasefire deal "does not include Lebanon", which was drawn into the war after Iran-backed group Hezbollah launched attacks on Israel. "The two-weeks ceasefire does not include Lebanon," the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement. The statement contradicted an ...

Trump Agrees to Ceasefire Following Day of Threats and Diplomatic Oscillation

This is Beirut 08/04 04:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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U.S. President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran on Tuesday evening following a day marked by sharp escalation, stalled diplomacy, and last-minute re-engagement. Earlier in the day, Trump dramatically escalated his rhetoric, warning on Truth Social that “a whole civilization will die ...

Trump Announces Two-Week Pause on Iran Strikes

This is Beirut 08/04 01:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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U.S. President Donald Trump announced a two-week suspension of planned military strikes on Iran on Wednesday, citing direct appeals from the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces Asim Munir. “Based on conversations with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal ...

Iraq's Kataeb Hezbollah Says Will Release U.S. Journalist Shelly Kittleson

This is Beirut 07/04 20:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Iraq's powerful Kataeb Hezbollah armed group announced on Tuesday that it would release U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson, a week after she was kidnapped in Baghdad. "In recognition of the national stances of the outgoing prime minister, we have decided to release the American defendant Shelly Kittleson, on the condition that she leaves ...

Netanyahu Says Israel Struck Railways, Bridges in Iran

This is Beirut 07/04 17:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel struck on Tuesday railways and bridges in Iran "used by the Revolutionary Guards", after Iranian officials reported damage to at least two bridges and railway infrastructure. "We are crushing the terror regime in Iran... with even greater vigour and with increasing force," ...

U.S.-Israeli Strikes Hit Iran's Kharg Island

This is Beirut 07/04 16:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran expand to new targets on Tuesday, hitting economic and transportation infrastructure across the country. The U.S. and Israel hit the key Iranian oil export terminal of Kharg island, media reported Tuesday. "The American-Zionist enemy has carried out several attacks on Kharg island, and several explosions have ...

Israel Halts Strike on Lebanon-Syria Crossing After U.S. Intervention

This is Beirut 07/04 14:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israel paused plans to strike a key Lebanon-Syria border crossing after both countries urged the U.S. to keep the route open, a Lebanese source told Reuters Tuesday. The Israeli military had warned on April 4 that it would target the Masnaa crossing, the main land border crossing between Lebanon and Syria, “in the near future,” alleging that ...

New Strikes in Tehran as Deadline Looms for Trump Threat to Infrastructure

This is Beirut 07/04 13:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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New strikes rocked Tehran on Tuesday, with Iran showing no sign of backing down as a U.S. deadline loomed for it to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or have its civilian infrastructure "decimated," according to President Donald Trump. The U.S. leader has warned that unless Tehran allows free passage through the strategic oil chokepoint by midnight ...

Israel Military Says Completed Forward Deployment in South Lebanon

This is Beirut 07/04 12:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Israeli military said on Tuesday it had completed the deployment of ground troops along a "defense line" in southern Lebanon, where it is fighting Iran-backed Hezbollah. The military has not given any geographical details on the furthest point to which its soldiers have advanced into Lebanese territory. Israeli media reported that the ...