This is Beirut, 07/09 04:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam United Kingdom Palestine Israël
More than 400 people were arrested in London on Saturday during a tense protest in support of the Palestine Action group, which has been banned under terror laws, police said. Several hundred people demonstrated in front of the UK parliament, with some holding placards that read: "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action." The ...
This is Beirut, 05/08 09:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Palestine Israël Gaza Trade
Israel will partially reopen private sector trade with Gaza to reduce its reliance on humanitarian aid, the defense ministry civil affairs agency for the Palestinian territories said Tuesday. "As part of formulating the mechanism, a limited number of local merchants were approved by the defense establishment, subject to several criteria and ...
This is Beirut, 28/07 21:10 - Reading : less than a minute
Nawaf Salam Lebanon South Lebanon Israël
An Israeli drone strike killed one person and injured four others on Monday in the al-Baraka area of Bint Jbeil, southern Lebanon, after targeting a motorcycle with two missiles. The victim was identified as Haitham Muhammed Idris. Earlier in the day, local sources reported the presence of an Israeli reconnaissance drone flying at low altitude ...
This is Beirut, 24/07 16:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Israël South Lebanon Bint Jbeil
An Israeli drone strike on Thursday killed Mustafa Mohammad Harisi after targeting a pickup truck in the town of Aita al-Shaab, in the Bint Jbeil district of southern Lebanon. In a separate incident, another Israeli drone fired a missile at a forested area near the outskirts of Bayt Lif, also in the Bint Jbeil district. As firefighting teams ...
This is Beirut, 23/07 12:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah South Lebanon Israël
At dawn on Wednesday, an Israeli infantry unit of approximately twenty soldiers crossed into Lebanese territory, infiltrating the village of Mari in the Hasbaya district. The incursion was launched from the vicinity of the border town of Abbasiye. On the ground, Israeli forces searched multiple homes, both occupied and abandoned, conducting ...
Bassam Abou Zeid, 08/07 21:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon United States Hezbollah Tom Barrack Donald Trump Israël
US presidential envoy Thomas Barrack is expected to brief President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Lebanon’s proposed roadmap for a comprehensive resolution to its internal crisis, submitted to him by President Joseph Aoun. According to sources familiar with the visit, Barrack found that the core conclusions of the Lebanese ...
This is Beirut, 07/07 22:01 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Lebanese Army South Lebanon Israël
Israeli drone attacks killed two people on Monday and injured several others across southern Lebanon, as cross-border tensions escalate. According to the Ministry of Public Health, one person was killed when an Israeli drone targeted a Rapid vehicle in the town of Deir Kifa, located approximately 20 kilometers from the Israeli-Lebanese border. ...
This is Beirut, 03/07 17:50 - Reading : less than a minute
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Israël Al-Qods Force
An Israeli drone strike targeted a car in Khaldeh, south of Beirut, on Thursday afternoon, killing one person and wounding five others, according to the Ministry of Health. Preliminary reports indicate that the target of the Israeli strike was Qassem al-Husseini, a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. On his X account, the ...
Liliane Mokbel, 21/06 14:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Eurobonds war Iran Israël
Lebanese eurobonds, long regarded as one of the most profitable investments in emerging markets in 2024, have sharply declined by 13.15%. This downturn is mainly attributed to the recent outbreak of war between Israel and Iran last Friday, coupled with ongoing stalemates in structural reforms and sovereign debt restructuring. These ...
Bassam Abou Zeid, 20/06 15:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Iran Israël Tom Barrack Joseph Aoun
When the Israeli-Iranian war comes to an end and negotiations begin, the fate of Iran’s regional proxies—chief among them Hezbollah—is expected to be decisively addressed. That war’s outcome will likely establish a new strategic equation: a non-nuclear Iran, stripped of its ballistic missile capabilities and its network of armed proxies. ...
This is Beirut, 19/06 13:15 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam United States Iran Israël
The Israel–Iran conflict enters its seventh day Thursday, with both nations escalating direct military action and the world watching closely for a possible US intervention. A wave of overnight airstrikes and missile attacks occurred, as diplomacy struggles to keep up with the pace of war. Heavy Strikes Across Iran and Israel In the early ...
This is Beirut, 18/06 06:05 - Reading : less than a minute
Israeli airstrikes pounded Iran’s capital early Wednesday, just a day after U.S. President Donald Trump called for Iran’s “unconditional surrender.” A powerful explosion echoed through Tehran around 5 a.m., following a series of blasts that shook the city during the early hours before dawn. One of the strikes appeared to ...