Middle East

Israel-Iran, Day 12: Daybreak Confusion, Ceasefire Claims Collide with Renewed Strikes

This is Beirut 2025-06-24 06:15 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

At dawn on Tuesday, uncertainty still seems to master of ceremony. What was announced just hours earlier as the beginning of a ceasefire appeared anything but, as missile sirens blared across Israeli cities and explosions lit up the skies over Tehran. As U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the ceasefire had taken effect Tuesday morning, ...

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Iran Says "No Agreement" as of Now on Ceasefire With Israel

This is Beirut 2025-06-24 04:30 - Reading : less than a minute

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday that there was no ceasefire agreement with Israel as of now, but if it stopped its attacks then Tehran would also stop firing. "As of now, there is NO 'agreement' on any ceasefire or cessation of military operations," Araghchi posted on social media, shortly after the US president announced ...

New Series of Explosions in Tehran

This is Beirut 2025-06-24 03:05 - Reading : less than a minute

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A series of powerful explosions rocked Tehran early Tuesday morning, according to AFP journalists. Warplanes buzzed overhead as explosions shook the north and centre of Iran's capital around 3:00 am (2330 GMT). The blasts occurred just hours before a staggered ceasefire was due to take effect around 0400 GMT, with Iran unilaterally halting ...

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Trump Says Israel and Iran Agree To "Total Ceasefire"

This is Beirut 2025-06-24 01:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump announced Monday that Iran and Israel had agreed to a staggered ceasefire that would bring about an "official end" to a conflict that had threatened to escalate into a full-blown war involving the United States. "It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total ...

Trump Urges Mideast Peace after 'Weak' Iran Retaliation

This is Beirut 2025-06-23 23:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed Iran's retaliatory strikes against an American base in Qatar as "weak" and sought to draw a line under the US bombing of Iran's nuclear infrastructure by calling for regional peace. Trump shrugged off Monday's launch of multiple missiles at the United States' Al Udeid base in ...

Oil Prices Fall More than 7% after Iran Attacks US Military Base

This is Beirut 2025-06-23 22:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Oil prices sank more than six percent Monday after Iran attacked a US military base in neighboring Qatar in retaliation for US weekend strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Near 1815 GMT, futures for West Texas Intermediate fell 7.22 percent to $68.51 a barrel, while Brent oil futures dropped 7.18 percent to $72.07 a barrel, its lowest level in ...

Iran Attacks US Base in Qatar in Retaliation for Strikes on Nuclear Sites

This is Beirut 2025-06-23 22:11 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Iran announced it had launched missiles at a major US base in Qatar on Monday in retaliation for American strikes on key nuclear facilities, with explosions ringing out in Doha and projectiles seen streaking overhead. Qatar, which lies 190 kilometers (120 miles) south of Iran and is home to the largest US military facility in the Middle East, ...

Global Reactions After Iran Fires Missiles at U.S. Base in Qatar

This is Beirut 2025-06-23 21:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Tensions in the Gulf region soared Monday after Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, in what it called a “powerful” response to recent U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Saudi Arabia lambasted Iran for its "unjustifiable" attack on a US base in Qatar, offering to deploy "all its ...

Airlines Disrupted by Iran-Israel Conflict

This is Beirut 2025-06-23 21:01 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Global airlines have suspended or reduced flights in the Middle East as the conflict between Israel and Iran rages after the United States bombed three Iranian nuclear enrichment sites on the weekend. The US carried out strikes against Iranian nuclear sites overnight Saturday to Sunday after over a week of deadly missile exchanges between Israel ...

SpotlightCould the Artesh Take the Helm After Khamenei?

Elie Ziadé 2025-06-23 20:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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“Two forces that are both complementary and in competition, a duality embedded in every aspect of Iranian political and social life, opposing Islamic ideology to republican equality.” (Bernard Hourcade) For only the second time since its founding in 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran is engaged in direct military confrontation. Traditionally ...

Oil Firms Evacuate Some Iraq Staff over Regional Tensions

This is Beirut 2025-06-23 19:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Foreign oil firms including giants BP and TotalEnergies evacuated some foreign staff from southern Iraq amid regional tensions, the state-owned Basra Oil Company said Monday. "Firms operating in the fields of the Basra Oil Company have temporarily evacuated some of their foreign personnel," the company said in a statement. It added ...

Son of Ousted Iranian Shah Warns West against 'Throwing Lifeline' to Iran Leadership

This is Beirut 2025-06-23 18:25 - Reading : less than a minute

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The West should not give a lifeline to the Iranian leadership under Ayatollah Ali Khamenei through talks when his rule is "closer every day" to ending, the son of Iran's ousted shah told AFP on Monday. "This regime is collapsing... You can facilitate that by standing this time with them (the Iranian people), not throwing this regime another ...