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Putin Warns of Attempts to Defeat Russia Ahead of BRICS Summit

This is Beirut 2024-10-24 16:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday against "illusory" attempts to defeat Russia on the battlefield, ahead of his first meeting with UN Secretary-General António Guterres in more than two years, for talks set to focus on the conflict in Ukraine. Putin was speaking in the Russian city of Kazan on the final day of the BRICS summit, ...

Gaza: US and Qatar Announce New Ceasefire Talks

This is Beirut 2024-10-24 15:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The United States and Qatar on Thursday announced a resumption of negotiations on a Gaza ceasefire, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said mediators were exploring new options after months of failing to seal a US-led plan. Blinken said negotiators would resume talks "in the coming days" on ways to end the year-long Gaza war and free ...

War Monitor Says Two Dead in Israeli Strikes on Syria

This is Beirut 2024-10-24 13:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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A Syria war monitor said Israeli strikes in the capital and in central Homs province on Thursday killed two people, including a soldier. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strikes in Damascus's Kafr Sousa district targeted "the courtyard of a government building near a military fuel station". "One person whose identity is unknown" ...

Kurdish-Led Syria Force Says Turkish Strikes Kill 12 Civilians

This is Beirut 2024-10-24 12:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said Thursday that Turkish airstrikes killed 12 civilians in northeastern Syria, following a deadly attack on a defense firm near Ankara. "Over the past hours, a new wave of (Turkish) attacks on northern and eastern Syria" killed "12 civilians, including two children," and wounded 25 others, a ...

Syrian State Media Say Israeli Strikes Kill Soldier

This is Beirut 2024-10-24 10:00 - Reading : less than a minute

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Syrian state media reported that Israeli airstrikes hit a residential area of Damascus and a military site in Homs on Thursday, killing one soldier and wounding seven others. The Israeli army "launched an attack from the occupied Syrian Golan and from northern Lebanon, targeting two sites" in the Kafr Sousa district of Damascus and a military ...

Blinken Heads to Qatar, a Key Mediator, to Push for Gaza Truce

This is Beirut 2024-10-24 09:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to key Hamas mediator Qatar on Thursday, seeking momentum to end the Gaza war following Israel's killing of the group's leader. Two days after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Blinken flew from Saudi Arabia to the Qatari capital, Doha, to assess Hamas's position on a ...

Turkey Accuses PKK over Ankara Defense Firm Attack

This is Beirut 2024-10-23 21:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Turkey's interior minister on Wednesday pointed the finger at the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has waged a decades-long insurgency against the government, over a deadly attack on a defense firm near the capital Ankara. "The identification process and the search for fingerprints are continuing and we will say which terrorist ...

Putin Faces Calls for Peace at Flagship BRICS Summit

This is Beirut 2024-10-23 18:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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World leaders called for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine at the BRICS summit in Russia on Wednesday, as President Vladimir Putin told them he welcomed offers to mediate in the Ukraine conflict. The Russian leader is casting the gathering as a sign that Western attempts to isolate Moscow have failed, but faced direct calls to end the Ukraine ...

'Dead and Wounded' in Attack on Ankara Aerospace Giant

This is Beirut 2024-10-23 16:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Three people were killed and 14 others wounded in an attack on a top Turkish defense firm near Ankara, Turkey's interior minister said Wednesday. "We have three martyrs and 14 injured in the attack," wrote Ali Yerlikaya on X, also saying "two terrorists were neutralized" in the incident at the headquarters of state-run Turkish Aerospace ...

VideosThe Media Glossary: Decoy Flares

This is Beirut 2024-10-23 16:55 - Reading : less than a minute

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Streaks of bright flares appear following Israeli strikes on Lebanon. What are those flares? What is their function? Are they dangerous?

UK and Germany Sign 'Milestone' Defense Deal

This is Beirut 2024-10-23 15:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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London and Berlin on Wednesday hailed a "milestone" in military cooperation, as they signed a new defense pact that would see German submarine-hunting planes operate from British bases and counter threats from Russia after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Europe's two biggest defense spenders said the Trinity House Agreement, signed by defense ...

WHO Suspends Polio Vaccination in Northern Gaza Amid Escalating Violence

This is Beirut 2024-10-23 14:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday that “intense bombardment” and “escalating violence” in northern Gaza have forced it to postpone the final phase of a child polio vaccination campaign. The necessary second round of vaccinations was completed in central and southern Gaza and was set to begin on Wednesday in the ...