This is Beirut 17/02 12:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran confirmed on Tuesday that the second round of indirect negotiations with the United States will be limited exclusively to its nuclear program and the lifting of sanctions, according to Iranian state television. The report stressed that the agenda of the talks, being held at Oman’s consulate in Geneva, will not extend beyond nuclear-related ...
This is Beirut 17/02 10:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Republican Senator Lindsey Graham warned Monday that Washington is only “weeks, not months” away from deciding on potential military action against Iran, just hours before the United States and Tehran opened a second round of indirect nuclear negotiations in Geneva. Speaking during a visit to Israel, Graham said the U.S. is pursuing ...
This is Beirut 16/02 23:30 - Reading : less than a minute
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A second Israeli strike in Lebanon on Monday evening killed one person, targeting a car in the town of Tallousa in southern Lebanon’s Marjayoun district, according to the Public Health Emergency Operations Center. The person killed by the drone strike was allegedly involved in recouping Hezbollah infrastructure, according to the Israeli army, ...
This is Beirut 16/02 18:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel's government has approved a process to register land in the West Bank as "state property", drawing condemnation from Arab nations and critics who said it would accelerate annexation of the Palestinian territory. Israel's foreign ministry said the measure, approved late on Sunday, would enable "transparent and ...
This is Beirut 16/02 18:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Syrian Ministry of the Interior announced on Monday that it would impose a deadline on the Syrian Democratic Forces for integration into the government by the end of February. Focusing on governorates in northeastern Syria, the ministry will mandate that SDF members to regularize their status as of March, with the threat of legal troubles if ...
This is Beirut 16/02 17:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The Lebanese Cabinet met on Monday at the Baabda Palace to deliberate an army plan to restrict weapons north of the Litani River, according to Nidaa al-Watan, directly addressing Hezbollah’s stockpile. General Rodolphe Haykal, head of the Lebanese Armed Forces, stated that this phase of Hezbollah disarmament will last roughly four to ...
This is Beirut 16/02 17:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem on Monday sharply criticized the Lebanese government’s growing focus on restricting weapons outside state control, calling it a “major mistake” that serves Israeli interests, as he reaffirmed the group’s refusal to disarm under pressure. Qassem called on the Lebanon’s ...
This is Beirut 16/02 16:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran said Monday that the US position on Tehran's nuclear programme "has moved towards a more realistic one" ahead of a second round of talks. "A cautious assessment is that, from the discussions that have taken place in Muscat to date, at least what we have been told is that the US position on the Iranian nuclear issue has ...
This is Beirut 16/02 15:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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According to sources who spoke to Iran International, an Iranian court has handed down death sentences to 14 individuals accused of participating in last month’s anti-government protests in proceedings conducted online. The virtual hearings were overseen by Judge Abolghasem Salavati, head of Branch 15 of Iran’s Revolutionary Court, a ...
This is Beirut 16/02 15:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel’s Kan News reported that the Syrian government, led by President Ahmad al-Sharaa, is not ruling out potential military action against Hezbollah, as tensions escalate between the two sides despite a relative improvement in official relations between Damascus and Beirut. The report cited a Syrian security source as saying that ...
This is Beirut 16/02 13:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Monday began a series of military exercises in the Strait of Hormuz, state media reported on the eve of talks with the United States. The war games, the duration of which was not specified, aim to prepare the Guards for "potential security and military threats" in the strait, state TV ...
This is Beirut 16/02 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Thirty-four Australian relatives of suspected Islamic State jihadists had to return to Syria's Roj detention camp due to coordination issues with Damascus after Kurdish authorities released them on Monday, a Kurdish official told AFP. Camp director Hakmieh Ibrahim had earlier said the women and children from 11 families were handed over to ...