European Mediterranean States Discuss Middle East, Migration

This is Beirut 2024-10-11 18:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Leaders from nine European countries around the Mediterranean Sea met in Cyprus on Friday to discuss the wars in the Middle East, which they fear will fuel migration and threaten their own security. Heads of state or government from France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Slovenia and Croatia were joined by the king of Jordan, ...

UN ‘Appalled’ by Israel-Hezbollah War Rhetoric

This is Beirut 2024-10-11 18:07 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The United Nations on Friday said it was "appalled" by the inflammatory language surrounding the war between Israel and Hezbollah and asked leaders to end their "bellicose posturing". Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week urged the Lebanese people to rise up against Hezbollah, or risk a similar fate to Hamas-run Gaza. "We are ...

Russia and Iran Hail ‘Close’ World Views

This is Beirut 2024-10-11 16:26 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday hailed their "close" views on world affairs, with the Russian leader saying ties with Tehran were a "priority" for Moscow. The pair held a meeting in Turkmenistan, one of the world's most secretive states, amid soaring tensions in the Middle East, with Israeli air strikes on Beirut ...

UN Security Council Calls for De-escalation in Lebanon

This is Beirut 2024-10-11 14:33 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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At the UN Security Council meeting, the international community called for de-escalation in response to the intensifying clashes between Israel and Hezbollah. Over one million people are displaced in Lebanon, and Israeli airstrikes targeting Hezbollah are causing numerous civilian casualties, worsening the humanitarian crisis. The UN Security ...

Israel Denounces Critical UN Probe Findings

This is Beirut 2024-10-11 14:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israel on Friday criticized a UN probe that concluded it was deliberately seeking to destroy healthcare in the Gaza Strip and abusing Palestinian detainees, calling the findings "outrageous." The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry (CoI) stated that Israel had "perpetrated a concerted policy to destroy ...

Iran Says It Is 'Fully Prepared to Defend Its Sovereignty'

This is Beirut 2024-10-11 11:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Iran said it is "fully prepared to defend its sovereignty" if its arch-foe Israel attacks, as it has threatened to do in response to a barrage of about 200 missiles. The Islamic republic launched the missiles at Israel on October 1 in retaliation for the killing of two of its closest allies, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah leader Hassan ...

Israel Claims to Have Killed Top Islamic Jihad Commander

This is Beirut 2024-10-11 11:12 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israel's Army said on Friday that it had killed Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad's top commander for the Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. The military said Mohammad Abdullah was "eliminated" on Thursday after Israeli aircraft struck the camp in Tulkarem. An additional "terrorist" was killed in the operation, which ...

Zelensky Touts ‘Victory Plan’ Against Russia in Macron Talks

This is Beirut 2024-10-10 20:56 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday held talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, as part of a European tour aimed at securing more Western support before the presidential election in the United States. Zelensky is seeking a military and financial boost during a 48-hour trip to London, Paris, Rome and Berlin, amid ...

Red Crescent Says 28 Killed in Israeli Strike on Gaza School

This is Beirut 2024-10-10 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The Palestinian Red Crescent said an Israeli airstrike on a Gaza school killed at least 28 people on Thursday, while the Israeli military reported it struck a Hamas command center. "Palestine Red Crescent teams responded to 28 fatalities and 54 injuries following the Israeli occupation army's targeting of Rafida School," the organization said, ...

Al-Quds Force Chief Esmail Qaani Jailed and Interrogated in Iran?

This is Beirut 2024-10-10 18:22 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Iranian general Esmail Qaani, head of the al-Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), is alive but is reportedly in custody and under investigation in Iran, according to information revealed on Thursday by the British media outlet Middle East Eye (MEE). During his interrogation, Qaani reportedly suffered a heart attack and ...

Israel Thwarts Daesh Car-Bomb Plot

This is Beirut 2024-10-10 13:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Israeli police and the Shin Bet announced they recently thwarted a plot by five Arab Israeli citizens to carry out a car-bombing attack at Tel Aviv’s Azrieli Mall, under the banner of the ISIS terror group.. The five residents of Taybeh in central Israel formed a terror cell allied to Daesh, the fanatical terror group that originated in Iraq ...

Iranian Foreign Minister in Qatar, After Saudi, as Israel Threatens Retaliation

This is Beirut 2024-10-10 13:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met his Qatari counterpart in Doha on Thursday, his spokesman said, after Israel warned it would retaliate against his country for last week's missile attack. Qatar has played a key role in efforts to secure an elusive ceasefire in Gaza and has called for a truce in Lebanon, where Israel has escalated last ...