This is Beirut, 25/10 23:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli army said Friday that a strike that killed three journalists in south Lebanon was "under review", maintaining that it had targeted Hezbollah militants. "Earlier today, following intelligence information, the IDF (army) struck a Hezbollah military structure in Hasbaya in southern Lebanon," the military said in a statement to AFP. "The ...
This is Beirut, 25/10 21:20 - Reading : less than a minute
The former chairman of the Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Joumblat, said on Friday that “it is time for the Islamic Republic of Iran to realize that there is a state present in Lebanon.” In an interview with Russia today, Joumblatt hoped that the Gaza scenario will not happen in Lebanon. He asked, “How can the war stop if Israel ...
This is Beirut, 23/10 12:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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France stands by Lebanon and “will not fail it,” assured French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Wednesday, on the eve of the international support conference being held in Paris. “The aim is first and foremost to reaffirm the need for a ceasefire, a diplomatic resolution, and an end to hostilities; to mobilize humanitarian aid from as ...
This is Beirut, 22/10 19:21 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The FBI and the Pentagon are investigating a leak of classified United States intelligence on Israel's plans for a retaliatory strike against Iran. "The FBI is investigating the alleged leak of classified documents and working closely with our partners in the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community," the FBI said in a statement on ...
This is Beirut, 22/10 18:36 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israeli police said Tuesday they had arrested seven Palestinian residents of east Jerusalem on suspicion of planning to assassinate an Israeli scientist and a city mayor on orders from Iran. "The Shin Bet and the Central Investigations Unit of the Jerusalem district police arrested seven residents from the Beit Safafa neighbourhood in Jerusalem," ...
Roger Merheb, 21/10 17:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
On Sunday, October 20, several media outlets reported that Hezbollah's second-in-command, Naim Qassem, has been in Tehran since October 5. The Emirati media platform Erem News quoted an anonymous Iranian source holding reliable information, stating that Qassem left Beirut on an Iranian plane on Saturday, October 5, along with Iranian Foreign ...
This is Beirut, 21/10 15:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli police on Monday said they had arrested a spy network of seven Israeli citizens who were gathering information on Israel's military bases and energy infrastructure for Iranian intelligence. The internal security agency and police "successfully dismantled a spy network involving seven Israeli citizens who were operating on behalf of ...
This is Beirut, 20/10 12:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Repeated Israeli strikes on Iran-backed Hezbollah have trapped Lebanon between Washington and its allies, who seek to impose a new order, and Tehran, which is resisting, experts say. "This is a standoff between Iran on one side, and the U.S. and Israel on the other," says Michael Young from the Carnegie Middle East Center. "The Israelis and ...
This is Beirut, 20/10 10:15 - Reading : less than a minute
A report in Israeli media claimed that Hezbollah's Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem left Lebanon for Iran out of fear of being assassinated. These Israeli reports, quoted by Sky News Arabia and Lebanese media, added that Qassem departed Lebanon for Iran on October 5. However, as of now, there has been no official statement from ...
This is Beirut, 19/10 19:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Supporters of pro-Iran armed groups in Iraq, angered over "terrorist" references, ransacked offices affiliated with a Saudi TV channel in Baghdad on Saturday, two security sources said. Iraq's media regulator said it would suspend the channel over the broadcast, which aired with regional tensions soaring between pro-Iran groups and ...
This is Beirut, 19/10 17:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Awaiting Israel's promised retaliation for a missile attack earlier this month, Iran has balanced threats of a fierce response to any Israeli attack with diplomatic efforts to prevent escalation into all-out regional war. Iran launched 200 missiles at its arch-foe on October 1 in response to an Israeli strike that killed Iranian general Abbas ...
This is Beirut, 17/10 18:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned eighteen entities, including companies, individuals, and vessels, for their connection to Sa’id al-Jamal, a finance official linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) and the Houthi movement. These sanctions target individuals ...