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Khamenei Warns "Rioters," Threatens Put Them "in Their Place"
This is Beirut 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday acknowledged the economic demands of protesters in Iran, where demonstrations have spread to more than two dozen cities, even as he warned there would be no quarter for "rioters." But Khamenei nonetheless warned that while "authorities must have dialogue with protesters, it is useless to have ...
US Conducting Military Strikes Against Venezuela: US Media
This is Beirut 11:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United States military was behind a series of strikes against the Venezuelan capital Caracas on Saturday, US media reported. US media outlets including CBS News and Fox News reported that unnamed Trump administration officials confirmed US forces were involved. CBS said an attack was ordered by President Donald Trump. The Pentagon referred ...
Do Syria’s Former Regime Networks Really Command 168,000 Fighters?
This Is Beirut 00:05 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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As Syria tries to stabilize after years of devastating war, a new and unsettling narrative has emerged: claims that remnants of Bashar al-Assad’s former regime command an armed force of up to 168,000 fighters, allegedly preparing for renewed confrontation. The figure, revealed through leaked documents and intercepted communications obtained ...
Award-Winning Filmmaker Panahi: Iran Protests “To Move History Forward”
This is Beirut 02/01 21:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi said Wednesday that protests, which have gripped his country in recent days, aimed "to move history forward." "Shared pain has now become a cry in the street," said the director who won the Cannes Film Festival's top prize this year and has been nominated for an Oscar for his film It Was Just an ...
Lebanon Probes Syrian Anti-Sharaa Operations from Its Soil
Bassam Abou Zeid 02/01 19:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanese authorities have stepped up security measures following reports from Al Jazeera that groups loyal to the former Syrian regime may be preparing military operations against Syria’s current government from Lebanese territory. Sources say the issue is a top priority for Lebanese security agencies, particularly military intelligence. ...
The Wait Is Over: K-Pop Superstars BTS Returns with Album and Global Tour
This is Beirut 02/01 17:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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K-pop megastars BTS will release a new album in March ahead of a world tour, the group announced on Thursday. South Korea's biggest musical act has been on self-described hiatus since 2022, as its members undertook national military service required of all men under the age of 30. All seven members were discharged last year, and the group ...
Iran: The Regime Falters as Fear Shifts
Natasha Metni Torbey 02/01 17:35 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
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In Iran, today’s protests are no longer a part of a long series of crises that the Islamic Republic has, over decades, contained through repression, intimidation, or external distraction. This is different: a deep, gradual, but now unmistakably visible erosion of the regime’s symbolic, ideological, and psychological foundations. This ...
Yemen's Separatists Say Fighting 'Existential' War Against Saudi-Backed Forces
This is Beirut 02/01 16:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Yemen's UAE-backed separatists said they were fighting a critical war against Islamists and Al-Qaeda extremists supported by Saudi Arabia, their military spokesman said on Friday. "This war is decisive and existential," Lieutenant Colonel Mohamed Al-Naqib said in a statement, after the Saudi-led coalition launched airstrikes and ...
Seven Dead as Saudi Coalition Strikes UAE-Backed Forces in Yemen
This is Beirut 02/01 15:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Seven separatist fighters died in air strikes Friday as the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen hit back against a sweeping advance by the UAE-backed Southern Transition Council that threatens to spiral into a major confrontation. The deaths are the first from coalition fire since the secessionist STC seized swathes of Hadramawt and Mahra provinces last ...
Israel Shells Hezbollah Radwan Force Sites
This is Beirut 02/01 13:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Israeli army announced Friday that it carried out a series of intense air raids targeting what it described as a training complex belonging to Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, along with military buildings in southern Lebanon. In a post on the platform X, the Israeli army’s Arabic spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, said the strikes targeted a ...
Trump Says US Will 'Come To Their Rescue' If Iran Kills Protesters
This is Beirut 02/01 11:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States is "locked and loaded" to respond if Iran kills protesters, after cost-of-living demonstrations in the country turned deadly. Trump said on his Truth Social platform that "if Iran shots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come ...
Hezbollah Receives ‘Last-Chance Advice’ from Egypt, Qatar, Turkey to Disarm
This is Beirut 02/01 11:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Lebanese ministerial officials say Hezbollah on Wednesday received “last-chance advice” from Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey to hand over its weapons to Lebanon’s government, according to the Arabic newspaper Asharq al-Awsat. According to the sources, the countries warned the militant group that failing to disarm would isolate ...
Iran Markets Advanced Weapons Systems for Crypto - FT
This is Beirut 02/01 09:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran’s official defense export agency is offering to sell ballistic missiles, drones, and other advanced weapons systems to foreign governments in exchange for cryptocurrency and barter, Financial Times reported on Thursday. The Ministry of Defense Export Center (Mindex) is the export arm of Iran’s defense ministry. The site offers ...
Fresh Clashes Kill Six in Iran Cost-of-Living Protests
This is Beirut 02/01 09:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Protesters and security forces clashed in several Iranian cities on Thursday, with six reported killed, the first deaths since the cost-of-living demonstrations broke out. The protests began on Sunday in Tehran, where shopkeepers went on strike over high prices and economic stagnation, and have since spread to other parts of the country. On ...
Deadlock in the Second Phase of the State Monopoly on Arms
Bassam Abou Zeid 2025-12-31 19:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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By the last day of 2025, the Lebanese government was expected to have completed the disarmament of Hezbollah nationwide, following a decision made at a Cabinet meeting at the Presidential Palace on August 5. The official statement tasked the Lebanese Army with drawing up an operational plan to restore the monopoly of weapons exclusively to the ...
Ahead of 2026, Washington's Tougher Terms for Lebanon
Amal Chmouny 2025-12-31 17:10 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Heading into 2026, U.S. engagement in Lebanon has become explicitly conditioned on measurable progress toward Hezbollah’s disarmament, marking a clear break from the strategic ambiguity that long defined Washington’s approach. The aftermath of the 2024 Israel–Hezbollah conflict, alongside Lebanon’s deepening economic and political crises, ...
Israel Prepares for “Days of Fighting” Along the Lebanese Border
This is Beirut 2025-12-31 17:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel is preparing for possible “days of fighting” along the Lebanese border, as the deadline set by the U.S. for the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah by the end of 2025 expires on Wednesday, Israeli media reported. The U.S. news site Axios, citing American officials, reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raised the ...
Israel Says Ban on Aid Groups Operating in Gaza to Hit 37 Organisations
This is Beirut 2025-12-31 15:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel has said that 37 aid organizations will be banned from operating in Gaza starting on Thursday unless they comply with its new guidelines requiring detailed information on Palestinian staff. "They refuse to provide lists of their Palestinian employees because they know, just as we know, that some of them are involved in terrorism or linked ...
Turkey Steps Up Anti-IS Raids, Arresting 125 Suspects
This is Beirut 2025-12-31 14:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Turkey on Wednesday detained another 125 Islamic State group suspects in a string of nationwide raids, a minister said, following warnings that IS militants planned attacks over the holidays. Nearly 600 people have now been detained in anti-IS raids over the past week. "We captured 125 Daesh suspects in simultaneous operations carried out in 25 ...
Iran Prosecutor Pledges 'Decisive' Response if Protests Destabilize Country
This is Beirut 2025-12-31 13:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Iran's prosecutor general said on Wednesday that economic protests that had gripped the country were legitimate, but any attempt to create insecurity would be met with a "decisive response". "Peaceful livelihood protests are part of social and understandable realities," Mohammad Movahedi-Azad told state media after three days of protests by ...
2025 Rewind: The Defining Moments
Maroun Chahine 2025-12-31 11:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Marked by wars, political shifts, and cultural farewells, 2025 unfolded as a year of defining global moments.
Syria Arrests 21 Linked to Assad Rule as Curfew Covers Port City
This is Beirut 2025-12-31 10:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Authorities in Syria's Latakia province arrested 21 people allegedly linked to ousted leader Bashar al-Assad's rule on Tuesday, state media reported, as a curfew blanketed the provincial capital after sectarian violence the previous night. Monday's attacks in predominantly Alawite neighbourhoods of Latakia city came after three people ...
This Is Sports: Best of 2025
Hala Abdallah 2025-12-30 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute
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From viral moments to the laughs you didn’t see on air, this was 2025 on #ThisIsSports. More to come!
This is Sports: Best of 2025
Hala Abdallah 2025-12-30 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute
From viral moments to the laughs you didn’t see on air, this was 2025 on This is Sports. More to come!
Turkey Arrests 357 in Crackdown on Islamic State Group
This is Beirut 2025-12-30 16:10 - Reading : less than a minute
Turkish security forces on Tuesday arrested 357 people during operations across the country against the Islamic State militant group, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said. "During simultaneous operations carried out this morning by our police forces in 21 provinces, we apprehended 357 suspects linked to ISIS. We have never given the ...
George Clooney, Amal, and Twins Embrace French Citizenship
This is Beirut 2025-12-30 15:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Hollywood star George Clooney has become French, along with his wife, Amal Alamuddin Clooney, and their two children, an official decree seen by AFP on Monday showed. The publication, in France's government gazette, confirms an ambition Clooney alluded to early in December when he hailed French privacy laws that keep his family shielded from ...
Saudi Arabia Condemns "Dangerous" UAE Moves in Yemen, Bombs Arms Shipment
This is Beirut 2025-12-30 14:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Saudi Arabia declared a UAE-backed separatist advance in Yemen a threat to the kingdom's national security on Tuesday and called Abu Dhabi's actions "highly dangerous," as the rivalry between the Gulf monarchies boiled over into an open dispute. The strongly worded foreign ministry statement came hours after the Saudi-led coalition fighting in ...
Iran Designates Royal Canadian Navy a Terrorist Organisation
This is Beirut 2025-12-30 13:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Iranian foreign ministry designated the Royal Canadian Navy a terrorist organisation on Tuesday in what it said was retaliation for Canada's 2024 blacklisting of Iran's Revolutionary Guards. In a statement, the ministry said that the move was in reaction to Ottawa declaring the Guards, the ideological arm of Iran's military, a terror group ...
Syria Imposes Night Curfew on Port City After Sectarian Violence
This is Beirut 2025-12-30 13:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Syrian authorities imposed an overnight curfew in the port city of Latakia on Tuesday after attacks in predominantly Alawite neighbourhoods a day prior. The interior ministry announced a "curfew in Latakia city, effective from 5:00 pm (1400 GMT) on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, until 6:00 am (0300 GMT) on Wednesday, December 31, 2025". Individuals ...
New Year… Around the World!
Maria Chami 2025-12-30 13:00 - Reading : less than a minute
New Year’s is celebrated in many different ways around the world! From Brazil to Japan, and even Greece, some traditions are as surprising as they are fascinating.