This is Beirut 24/06 08:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Russian drone attacks killed three people near the northeastern city of Sumy, including a five-year-old child, local authorities said on Tuesday. It came a day after Ukraine said Russia carried out dozens of drone and missile strikes on its territory, killing 10 people in the capital Kyiv. Diplomatic efforts to end the three-year war have ...
Élie-Joe Kamel 24/06 08:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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The suicide bombing that struck Saint Elias Greek Orthodox Church on Sunday, June 22, in Damascus’s Dwelaa district has reignited deep fears among Syria’s Christian community – already alarmed by the growing influence of Islamist groups in the country. The attack, claimed by the “Saraya Ansar al-Sunna” group, killed at least 22 ...
This is Beirut 24/06 06:15 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
At dawn on Tuesday, uncertainty still seems to master of ceremony. What was announced just hours earlier as the beginning of a ceasefire appeared anything but, as missile sirens blared across Israeli cities and explosions lit up the skies over Tehran. As U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the ceasefire had taken effect Tuesday morning, ...
This is Beirut 24/06 04:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday that there was no ceasefire agreement with Israel as of now, but if it stopped its attacks then Tehran would also stop firing. "As of now, there is NO 'agreement' on any ceasefire or cessation of military operations," Araghchi posted on social media, shortly after the US president announced ...
This is Beirut 24/06 03:05 - Reading : less than a minute
A series of powerful explosions rocked Tehran early Tuesday morning, according to AFP journalists. Warplanes buzzed overhead as explosions shook the north and centre of Iran's capital around 3:00 am (2330 GMT). The blasts occurred just hours before a staggered ceasefire was due to take effect around 0400 GMT, with Iran unilaterally halting ...
This is Beirut 24/06 01:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
President Donald Trump announced Monday that Iran and Israel had agreed to a staggered ceasefire that would bring about an "official end" to a conflict that had threatened to escalate into a full-blown war involving the United States. "It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total ...
This is Beirut 23/06 23:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed Iran's retaliatory strikes against an American base in Qatar as "weak" and sought to draw a line under the US bombing of Iran's nuclear infrastructure by calling for regional peace. Trump shrugged off Monday's launch of multiple missiles at the United States' Al Udeid base in ...
This is Beirut 23/06 22:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Oil prices sank more than six percent Monday after Iran attacked a US military base in neighboring Qatar in retaliation for US weekend strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Near 1815 GMT, futures for West Texas Intermediate fell 7.22 percent to $68.51 a barrel, while Brent oil futures dropped 7.18 percent to $72.07 a barrel, its lowest level in ...
This is Beirut 23/06 22:11 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Iran announced it had launched missiles at a major US base in Qatar on Monday in retaliation for American strikes on key nuclear facilities, with explosions ringing out in Doha and projectiles seen streaking overhead. Qatar, which lies 190 kilometers (120 miles) south of Iran and is home to the largest US military facility in the Middle East, ...
This is Beirut 23/06 21:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Tensions in the Gulf region soared Monday after Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, in what it called a “powerful” response to recent U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Saudi Arabia lambasted Iran for its "unjustifiable" attack on a US base in Qatar, offering to deploy "all its ...
This is Beirut 23/06 21:01 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Global airlines have suspended or reduced flights in the Middle East as the conflict between Israel and Iran rages after the United States bombed three Iranian nuclear enrichment sites on the weekend. The US carried out strikes against Iranian nuclear sites overnight Saturday to Sunday after over a week of deadly missile exchanges between Israel ...
Elie Ziadé 23/06 20:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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“Two forces that are both complementary and in competition, a duality embedded in every aspect of Iranian political and social life, opposing Islamic ideology to republican equality.” (Bernard Hourcade) For only the second time since its founding in 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran is engaged in direct military confrontation. Traditionally ...