Samar Kadi 19/04 17:36 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The tit-for-tat strikes between Iran and Israel, the latest of which occurred early Friday targeting the city of Isfahan in central Iran, are not expected to go on, as both sides are covertly seeking to de-escalate the unprecedented tensions. Overnight explosions echoed across Isfahan in what was described as an Israeli attack by US and ...
This Is Beirut 19/04 16:37 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Russia has killed eight people, including two children on Friday, in its latest aerial attack on Ukraine, as Kyiv, for the first time downed Russian strategic bomber. Russian strikes on Ukraine in the early hours of Friday killed at least eight people, including two children, as Kyiv said it shot down a Russian strategic bomber for the first ...
This Is Beirut 19/04 16:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
French authorities Friday detained a man suspected of entering the Iranian consulate in Paris and claiming to be carrying explosives, police, and prosecutors said. No explosives or arms were found on the man or the premises after he surrendered to police after the incident. Police arrested the suspect, born in 1963 in Iran, when he exited of his ...
David Hale 19/04 16:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Small powers can rarely indulge in national security self-delusion. The potentially existential cost of such luxury is simply too high. It is a different matter for great powers, which can carry on in willful contradiction of national interests, obvious threats, and plain facts for some time before reality intrudes. Since October 7, 2023, ...
This Is Beirut 19/04 11:03 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
As information abounds claiming Israel conducted an attack on Iranian soil, Iranian authorities prefer to temper speculation, awaiting a thorough analysis of the explosions heard above Isfahan. Iran's state media reported explosions in the central province of Isfahan Friday, as US media quoted officials saying Israel had carried out retaliatory ...
This Is Beirut 18/04 23:03 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Antony Blinken Ukraine United States
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told a G7 meeting Thursday that Ukraine had an "urgent, critical need for more air defense", as Kyiv's foreign minister pressed allies for more Patriot systems. Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven developed nations, including US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, are gathering on the Italian island of ...
This Is Beirut 17/04 19:14 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ukraine United States Volodymyr Zelensky
Russian missiles struck Chernigiv on Wednesday, a historic city in Ukraine, inflicting many casualties. Ukrainian authorities have been urgently appealing to western allies, namely the United States, for additional military support, as the US Congress is set to discuss the aid bill to Ukraine on Saturday. Three Russian missiles crashed into ...
This Is Beirut 17/04 15:12 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Dubai's giant highways were clogged by flooding and airport passengers were urged to stay away on Wednesday as the glitzy financial center reeled from record rains. Huge tailbacks snaked along six-lane expressways after up to 254 millimetres of rain – about two years' worth – fell on the desert United Arab Emirates on ...
Michel Touma 17/04 11:29 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
It started with a small-scale war of attrition through its proxies and ended with a direct confrontation... The massive attack, using drones and missiles, launched Saturday night by the Pasdaran from Iranian territory against Israel has unmistakably plunged the Middle East into a new phase. It is still too early to gauge the full ...
Rami Rayess 17/04 08:58 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Some are putting forward the fact that both Iran and Turkey are wary of any escalation in the Gaza conflict that could spiral into a full-blown regional war, given its potential international fallouts. Despite their divergent interests, these key regional stakeholders are on the same page regarding preventing such an escalation. As Turkey ...
This Is Beirut 16/04 22:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Azerbaijan has "completed ethnic cleansing", says Armenia to the ICJ on Tuesday, in the latest legal clash over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenia accused bitter rival Azerbaijan of having "completed ethnic cleansing" in the former breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, but told the UN's top court Tuesday it was committed to seeking peace with ...
This Is Beirut 16/04 20:55 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Torrential rain flooded roads, homes and malls and briefly halted operations at Dubai's airport as storms lashed the Gulf on Tuesday, after leaving at least 18 dead in Oman. Dubai, the Middle East's financial center, was paralyzed by the heavy storms that caused widespread flooding around the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Flagship shopping ...