This Is Beirut, 2023-12-30 17:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Pro-Iran armed groups in Syria attacked two American bases in the east of the country on Saturday, December 30, in response to "probable Israeli strikes" carried out earlier in the day. Washington immediately retaliated. Armed groups affiliated to Iran targeted two American bases in the Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor on Saturday evening, ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-29 20:26 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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On Thursday evening, an Israeli strike on Damascus International Airport killed eleven leaders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to the Saudi TV channel Al-Hadath. This information was denied by the spokesman of the IRGC. Eleven leaders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were killed in an air strike targeting ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-29 10:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iranian authorities executed four people convicted of colluding with the State of Israel in the north-west of the country on Friday, December 29. Iran is one of the countries that most frequently uses the death penalty. Iran hanged four people on Friday convicted of spying for arch foe Israel, the judiciary said, less than two weeks after ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-28 18:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated one individual and three entities responsible for facilitating the flow of Iranian financial assistance to Houthi forces and their destabilizing activities, mainly in the Red Sea. Among those designated on Thursday is the head of the Currency Exchangers Association in Sana’a ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-28 13:31 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The head of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards reaffirmed on Thursday that Tehran was not involved in the October 7 attacks. He made this statement in Tehran at the funeral of an official of the organization killed in Syria. His remarks contradicted those of the IRGC spokesman, who had said the opposite the previous day. The head of the Islamic ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-27 23:18 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The French shipping company CMA-CGM has resumed its partial transit through the Red Sea, following the recent announcement by the Danish group Maersk, which stated its intention to resume operations. This decision coincides with the establishment of a US-led naval coalition tasked with safeguarding the maritime route against potential attacks by ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-27 18:56 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Wednesday, issued a warning to Israel, stating that either the Iranian military or its affiliated groups would take "direct" action in retaliation for the killing of senior commander Razi Moussavi. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned Israel on Wednesday that it or its allied groups would ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-27 14:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesman said on Wednesday, December 27 that the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7 were carried out in revenge for the US drone strike that killed General Qassem Soleimani, former head of the al-Quds Force, the IRGC's foreign operations arm, on January 3, 2020. "Al-Aqsa Flood was one of the acts ...
2023-12-27 10:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
What could be the implications of Tel Aviv's elimination of General Razi Moussavi, one of the most experienced advisors of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in Syria? Would it lead to a deterioration of the situation or an acceleration of the diplomatic process towards a resolution and a ceasefire in Gaza? The question surrounding Iran's response ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-25 20:12 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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A high-ranking officer from Iran's Revolutionary Guards succumbed to an Israeli airstrike in Syria on Monday, as confirmed by the military force, which pledged to retaliate against "this act of aggression." A senior general with Iran's Revolutionary Guards was killed on Monday by an Israeli strike in Syria, the military force said, vowing to ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-23 23:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
On Saturday, December 23, Iran denied Washington's accusations concerning its potential involvement with recent Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. Iran is the main arms supplier to this particularly well-equipped rebel group, which claims to be acting "in solidarity" with Hamas. Iran's deputy foreign minister on Saturday dismissed US accusations that ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-23 23:02 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Fighting between Israel and Hamas raged on Saturday, with Gaza's health ministry reporting more than 200 deaths in 24 hours and the Israeli Army saying five of its troops had died. Hamas launched an unprecedented attack against Israel from Gaza on October 7, killing about 1,140 people in Israel, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on ...