This is Beirut 04/11 14:40 - Reading : less than a minute
Join us on This is Beirut on Tuesday, November 5, for a special day of coverage of the US presidential election! Our correspondents Tylia Helou and Rémi Amalvy will provide live updates directly from Washington, DC. Don’t miss our special morning edition on Wednesday, November 6, to follow up on the results from our studios in Beirut, with ...
This is Beirut 04/11 12:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on Monday criticized what he called the United States' "destabilizing presence", after the deployment of B-52 bombers in the region. "We have always believed that the presence of America in the region is a destabilizing presence," Baghaei said during a news conference, in response to a question ...
This is Beirut 04/11 12:27 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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An Israeli group campaigning for the release of hostages held in Gaza called on Monday for an investigation into the alleged leak of confidential documents by an ex-aide to the prime minister, which may have undermined efforts to secure the captives' release. An Israeli court announced on Sunday that Eliezer Feldstein, a former aide to ...
This is Beirut 04/11 11:50 - Reading : less than a minute
A senior Hamas source told the London-based al-Araby al-Jadeed website on Monday that the recent talks in Cairo between Hamas and Fatah delegations ended with an agreement to form an administrative committee for Gaza. According to the website, this committee is set to manage civil and humanitarian affairs in Gaza after the war ends. This comes ...
This is Beirut 04/11 10:45 - Reading : less than a minute
Thirteen people, including four police officers, were wounded in another night of Russian attacks on Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv, authorities said Monday. Kharkiv, which lies near the Russian border, has been shelled persistently since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022. "The Russian armed forces carried out massive ...
This is Beirut 04/11 09:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An Israeli raid killed three people in the town of Arabsalim in the Nabatiyeh district on Monday morning. Another killed 3 people in Tefahta. In the latest developments on the southern front, Israeli warplanes launched a raid on the area between the towns of Yaroun and al-Jebbayn in the Tyre district. Israel also targeted Burj Rahal, as well as ...
This is Beirut 04/11 09:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel said Monday it had formally notified the United Nations of its decision to sever ties with UNRWA, the agency supporting Palestinian refugees, after lawmakers voted to ban the organisation. "On the instruction of Foreign Minister Israel Katz, the ministry of foreign affairs notified the UN of the cancellation of the agreement between the ...
This is Beirut 04/11 09:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkey on Monday sacked three mayors facing terrorism charges in the Kurdish-majority southeast and replaced them with trustees, the interior ministry said. The mayors in the cities of Mardin and Batman as well as Halfeti -- a district in the Sanliurfa province -- were removed from their positions, the ministry said. The three from the ...
Charles Chartouni 04/11 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The mutating objectives of the Israeli counteroffensive have evolved from border sanctuarization to the deliberate changing of the strategic and political dynamics in the Middle East and the questioning of the political and military hegemony of Iranian imperialism. The strategy has moved from defensive goals to an overt offensive strategy to upend ...
Tylia El Helou 03/11 21:50 - Reading : less than a minute
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This is Beirut met with Lebanese-Americans in Pennsylvania to learn more about their voting tendencies two days before the election.
Mondafrique 03/11 20:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A potential Donald Trump presidency in 2024 would likely represent a sharp departure from the current Biden administration’s foreign policy approach. Reviving the “America First” slogan, this strategy would prioritize US national interests, scale back military involvement abroad, and rely on assertive nationalism and unilateral action. The ...
This is Beirut 03/11 20:34 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli army disclosed on Sunday a covert operation in southern Syria that took place in recent months, where its special forces unit Egoz, working with intelligence officers from Unit 504, captured a Syrian citizen suspected of gathering intelligence for Iran. The suspect, identified as Ali Suleiman al-Assi from the village of Saida in the ...