This is Beirut, 18/03 22:49 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A Syria war monitor said Israeli jets struck a military site in central Syria on Tuesday, the latest such attack in recent days. According to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, "Israeli air strikes targeted a missile battalion" near Homs, reporting explosions in the area with no immediate word of casualties. Israel ...
This is Beirut, 18/03 21:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The Lebanese Parliament’s National Defense, Interior and Municipalities Committee has proposed sending a high-level delegation to Syria on Tuesday, to enhance direct coordination and prevent further border escalation. The delegation would include Minister of Foreign Affairs Youssef Rajji, Defense Minister Michel Menassa and top security ...
This is Beirut, 18/03 21:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said that a wave of deadly overnight strikes on Gaza was "only the beginning" of Israeli action in the Palestinian territory. "Hamas has already felt the strength of our arm in the past 24 hours. And I want to promise you –- and them –- this is only the beginning," ...
Mario Chartouni, 18/03 21:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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As fighting in Gaza escalates with renewed hostilities and intensified strikes, uncertainty over the future of the Israel-Hamas conflict is deepening. With Palestinian sources reporting more than 400 deaths since Monday, This is Beirut spoke with General Khalil Helou to assess the dynamics at play, the potential impact on regional stability, and ...
Bassam Abou Zeid, 18/03 21:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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In his upcoming visit to France on March 28, President Joseph Aoun is expected to once again raise, with French President Emmanuel Macron, the issue of TotalEnergies resuming its operations in Lebanon. Aoun had previously requested Macron’s assistance during the French president's visit to Lebanon in January, but there has been no progress on ...
This is Beirut, 18/03 20:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis said on Tuesday they launched a missile at Israel, whose military said it was intercepted before reaching the country's territory. The Houthis' military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a statement posted on X that the group targeted Israel's Nevatim air base with a "hypersonic ballistic missile type Palestine 2" Israel ...
This is Beirut, 18/03 19:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Kataeb Party’s political bureau convened on Tuesday under the leadership of MP Samy Gemayel and reiterated the need to implement all international resolutions, particularly United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah. In a statement, the Kataeb Party stressed the importance of ...
Mario Chartouni, 18/03 18:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The United States has escalated its military involvement in Yemen by bombing Houthi positions on Saturday, causing dozens of casualties among the fighters of the Iran-backed movement. Behind these strikes is the United States Central Command (Centcom), a crucial component of the American military strategy in the Middle East for ...
This is Beirut, 18/03 16:54 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Israel's deadly strikes on Gaza drew global condemnation on Tuesday, as it said it had "no alternative" other than to resume military operations in order to bring home hostages. The strikes, by far the deadliest since a truce took effect in January, killed more than 400 people, according to the health ministry in Gaza. Israel vowed ...
This is Beirut, 18/03 16:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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According to a high-ranking Lebanese source, quoted by Lebanon Files, the Trump administration is determined to open a direct diplomatic channel between Lebanon and Israel. The source, who recently met with US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff in Doha, revealed that Washington is dissatisfied with Lebanon's handling of the Hezbollah arms issue. The ...
This is Beirut, 18/03 16:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel's military said it targeted two pieces of artillery on Tuesday in an air strike in southern Syria near a boundary established by a 1974 ceasefire. "A short while ago, two cannons in southern Syria that constituted a threat to the State of Israel were struck by the [Israeli military] in the area of Khan Arnabeh in southern Syria," a ...
Hussain Abdul-Hussain, 18/03 15:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hezbollah and its allies – Speaker Nabih Berri, former Minister Najib Mikati, and Hezbollah ministers in the previous cabinet – all signed the ceasefire agreement with Israel that ended the war and that stipulated that arms in Lebanon must be exclusively in the hands of six government military and security agencies. When this happens, ...