This is Beirut, 14/06 23:40 - Reading : less than a minute
Iran launched a new wave of missiles against Israel on Saturday night, for the second night in a row, as tensions between the two countries continue to escalate. The target of the attack was Haifa, Israel’s main port and northernmost major city. Preliminary reports indicate that around forty projectiles were fired. Meanwhile, Iran announced it ...
This is Beirut, 14/06 23:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli army claimed on Saturday to have struck an underground missile launch facility in Khorramabad, western Iran, where surface-to-surface and cruise missiles were being stored. “This is a significant site that has even appeared in Iranian regime propaganda videos in the past,” said Israeli army spokesperson Brigadier General Effie ...
This is Beirut, 14/06 22:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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France's President Emmanuel Macron urged his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian to "quickly" resume negotiations over his country's nuclear programme, in talks Saturday as a conflict between Tehran and Israel escalated. Fresh US-Iranian talks on Tehran's nuclear programme that had been scheduled for Sunday were cancelled after Israel launched ...
This is Beirut, 14/06 21:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli army launched a new wave of attacks against Iran on Saturday evening, as tensions between the two adversaries continue to rise. Early in the evening, local media reported that air defense systems had been activated in the capital, Tehran, as well as in other locations, including Bandar Abbas, Isfahan, Shiraz, Kandeh, Piranshahr, ...
This is Beirut, 14/06 20:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel launched on Friday “Operation Rising Lion,” a series of airstrikes targeting military and nuclear facilities, as well as the residences of high-ranking Iranian officials in Tehran. Among the casualties was Ali Shamkhani, the former secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), who was seriously injured at his home in ...
This is Beirut, 14/06 19:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the conflict between Israel and Iran, as well as efforts towards a Ukraine settlement in a phone call with US counterpart Donald Trump, the Kremlin said Saturday. It was the fourth phone call between the two leaders under efforts to reset relations since Trump took office, in a stark pivot from the ...
This is Beirut, 14/06 19:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
China's top diplomat, Wang Yi, held phone calls with his Israeli and Iranian counterparts on Saturday, the foreign ministry said, in which he made clear to both Beijing's support for Tehran. The two Middle Eastern powers exchanged fire on Saturday, a day after Israel unleashed an unprecedented aerial bombing campaign that targeted Iranian nuclear ...
This is Beirut, 14/06 19:31 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened on Saturday to strike "every target of the ayatollah regime" in Iran, adding that Israeli strikes had dealt a "real blow" to Tehran's nuclear program. "We will hit every site, every target of the ayatollah regime," Netanyahu said in a video statement on the ...
This is Beirut, 14/06 19:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday warned against a "devastating war" between Israel and Iran that could trigger a refugee crisis in a telephone conversation with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The two leaders were speaking as Israel and Iran exchanged deadly barrages of missiles and drones and amid fears the ...
This is Beirut, 14/06 19:15 - Reading : less than a minute
Iranian media reported a "massive explosion" on Saturday following an Israeli drone strike on the South Pars refinery in the southern port city of Kangan. "An hour ago, an Israeli drone hit one of the South Pars Phase 14 refineries, causing a massive explosion and fire in the refinery," the Tasnim news agency said, while the Fars agency reported ...
This is Beirut, 14/06 18:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Israel's strikes on Iran have taken aim at its nuclear facilities, amid fears that the Islamic republic is seeking to develop nuclear weapons, an accusation Tehran denies. Experts told AFP that while the attacks might have caused some damage to Iran's nuclear program, they are unlikely to have delivered a fatal blow. What Is the Extent ...
This is Beirut, 14/06 17:51 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Israel's military on midday Saturday said it was "currently" launching attacks for the second consecutive day on several sites across Iran as it kept up its campaign targeting the Islamic republic's military and nuclear sites. The Israeli military announced that it had eliminated more than 20 senior Iranian military officials in ...