This is Beirut 03/01 09:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israel bombed Syrian army positions south of Aleppo late Thursday night, the latest such strikes since the overthrow of longtime strongman Bashar al-Assad, a war monitor and local residents said. Residents reported hearing huge explosions in the area, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strikes targeted defense and research ...
This is Beirut 02/01 23:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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UN experts on Thursday denounced Israel's raid on an embattled hospital in northern Gaza, demanding an end to the "blatant assault" on health rights in the besieged Palestinian territory. Reiterating charges that Israel is committing "genocide" in Gaza something the Israeli government strongly denies, two independent United Nations rights experts ...
This is Beirut 02/01 22:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu authorized Israeli negotiators to continue talks in Doha on a hostage release, his office said Thursday, after Israel and Hamas traded blame for their slow progress. Indirect negotiations mediated by Qatar, Egypt and the United States have taken place in Doha in recent weeks, rekindling hope for a ceasefire and ...
This is Beirut 02/01 20:24 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Israeli military confirmed on Thursday that dozens of its troops were flown into Syria in September to destroy an underground missile factory funded by Iran. The military, which rarely comments on its activities inside Syria, said in a statement that the September 8 raid involved more than 100 Israeli commando soldiers who dismantled the ...
Vanessa Kallas 02/01 20:05 - Reading : less than a minute
The New Year in the United States began tragically, with at least 15 people killed in a truck attack in New Orleans on Wednesday and one person dead in a Tesla explosion in Las Vegas later that day.
This is Beirut 02/01 18:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Authorities in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah have banned four organizations accused of affiliation with the Turkish-blacklisted Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), activists said Thursday, denouncing the move as "political". The four organizations include two feminist groups and a media production house, according to the METRO center for ...
Vanessa Kallas 02/01 18:10 - Reading : less than a minute
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A Syrian delegation made a historic visit to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, marking the first since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime on December 8, 2024.
This is Beirut 02/01 17:21 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The Palestinian Authority decided on Wednesday to suspend the broadcasting and activities of the Qatari channel Al Jazeera in the Palestinian Territories, accusing it in particular of ‘inciting sedition’ and ‘interfering’ in its affairs. ‘The competent ministerial committee, made up of the ministries of Culture, ...
This is Beirut 02/01 16:57 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel struck a declared humanitarian zone in southern Gaza overnight, which rescuers on Thursday said killed the head of the Palestinian territory's Hamas-run police force, his deputy and nine others. Gaza's civil defense agency said two other Israeli strikes elsewhere in the territory later on Thursday killed 14 Palestinians. The ...
This is Beirut 02/01 15:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria's education minister on Thursday sought to minimize curriculum changes announced this week by the new Islamist-led authorities, after activists denounced them as "extremist" and potentially harmful to religious minorities. The amendments were announced Wednesday on the Facebook page of the interim leadership's education ministry, a little ...
This is Beirut 02/01 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ardavan Yousefi has gotten so used to life under Iran's sweeping internet restrictions that for him, a recent decision to lift a ban on messaging service WhatsApp went virtually unnoticed. "Is it really removed now?" Yousefi, a café owner from the capital Tehran, said of the two-year ban on the popular application. To be certain, he switched ...
This is Beirut 02/01 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Syrian security forces are conducting an operation in Homs city, state media reported on Thursday, with a monitor saying it targeted two districts that are home to the Alawite minority of toppled president Bashar al-Assad. "The Ministry of Interior, in cooperation with the Military Operations Department, begins a wide-scale combing operation in ...