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Geagea Calls on Government to Lead Talks on Hezbollah’s Disarmament

This is Beirut, 06/07 20:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The leader of the Lebanese Forces, Samir Geagea, has called on the government to take the lead in responding to a US roadmap aimed at helping Lebanon gradually resolve its border issue with Israel—which maintains a military presence at five points—and to tackle the issue of illegal weapons within its territory. In a statement released ...

Israel and Hamas Resume Indirect Talks in Doha as Netanyahu Heads to Washington

This is Beirut, 06/07 13:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas are set to resume Sunday in Doha for a Gaza truce and hostage release deal, ahead of a visit by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House. Netanyahu had earlier announced he was sending a team to Qatar, a key mediator in the conflict, though he said Hamas's response to a draft US-backed ...

Qassem: Defense of Lebanon Is a 'Duty'

This is Beirut, 06/07 12:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem reaffirmed on Saturday the group’s unwavering stance on resisting Israel, declaring that Lebanon will remain in a “continuous struggle to defend its sovereignty and land against the Israeli enemy.” In his speech, Qassem stated that defending Lebanon is not a choice but a “duty,” and ...

Two Iranian Soldiers Killed While Defusing Explosives Left Behind by Israeli Strikes

This is Beirut, 06/07 12:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Two members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards were killed Sunday while attempting to defuse explosives in an area of the country's west hit by Israeli strikes last month, Iranian media reported. Israel and Iran fought a 12-day war sparked by an Israeli bombing campaign on June 13. The strikes, according to Israel, were aimed at preventing ...

Aoun to Lammy: Only LAF and UNIFIL Will Operate in South Lebanon

This is Beirut, 05/07 19:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Joseph Aoun announced that the Lebanese Army (LAF) will soon have 10,000 troops deployed south of the Litani River as part of the government’s efforts to reinforce state authority and comply with United Nations Resolution 1701. The announcement was made on Saturday during a meeting with visiting British Foreign Secretary David Lammy at ...

Hamas Signals Readiness for Ceasefire Talks as Israeli Strikes Kill 32 in Gaza

This is Beirut, 05/07 14:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Israel was mulling its response on Saturday after Hamas said it was ready to start talks "immediately" on a US-sponsored proposal for a Gaza ceasefire. The security cabinet was expected to meet after the end of the Jewish Sabbath at sundown to discuss Israel's next steps as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to leave for ...

Hezbollah’s Last Bargain

Johnny Kortbawi, 05/07 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Hezbollah continues to maneuver under the weight of periodic foreign pressure, and the discourse of its remaining leadership around disarmament is beginning to shift. At the outset of the conflict, the party maintained an unyielding stance, categorically rejecting any discussion of surrendering its weapons and insisting that the aggression it ...

Israeli Drone Strikes Kill One and Injure Six in Southern Lebanon

This is Beirut, 05/07 12:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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An Israeli drone strike on Saturday killed one person in the Saf al-Hawa area of Bint Jbeil, southern Lebanon. In a separate incident, two people were seriously wounded in another Israeli drone attack targeting a car in the town of Shaqra, also in the Bint Jbeil district. The Ministry of Public Health said both victims were transferred to ...

Hamas Says Ready to Start Gaza Ceasefire Talks 'Immediately'

This is Beirut, 04/07 23:25 - Reading : less than a minute

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Hamas said Friday it was ready to start talks "immediately" on a proposal for a ceasefire with Israel in Gaza, after holding consultations with other Palestinian factions. "The movement is ready to engage immediately and seriously in a cycle of negotiations on the mechanism to put in place" the terms of a draft truce proposal received from ...

Adraee Confirms the Targeting of Qassem Salah al-Husseini in Khaldeh Strike

This is Beirut, 04/07 22:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Israeli army’s Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee announced on Friday that the Israeli army had eliminated Qassem Salah al-Husseini, an operative working for Iran’s Quds Force, in a drone attack on his vehicle in Khaldeh. Thursday’s strike also injured three other individuals. Adraee wrote on his X account, “Yesterday, the Israeli ...

Syria Ready to Work With US to Return to 1974 Disengagement Deal With Israel

This is Beirut, 04/07 17:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Syria said on Friday it was willing to cooperate with the United States to reimplement the 1974 disengagement agreement with Israel, which created a UN-patrolled buffer zone separating the two countries' forces. In a statement after a phone call with his US counterpart Marco Rubio, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani expressed Damascus's ...

US Plan on the Table: Disarm Hezbollah and Revive Lebanon’s Economy

This is Beirut, 04/07 13:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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In an interview with The New York Times, Donald Trump’s special envoy for Syria and US ambassador to Turkey, Thomas J. Barrack Jr., revealed that he had recently presented a proposal to the Lebanese government aimed at disarming Hezbollah and reviving the country’s economy. The plan, delivered in June and attributed to Secretary of State ...

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