par This Is Beirut, 18/04 19:29 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United Kingdom and the United States have unveiled a wide range of sanctions against Iran, specifically targeting its drone program, automobile, and steel industries which provide support to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps. The United States and Britain announced widespread sanctions against Iran's military drone program on Thursday, in ...
par This Is Beirut, 18/04 19:14 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A high-ranking Revolutionary Guards Official warned Israel on Thursday, that the Islamic Republic would target Israeli nuclear sites should it attack Iranian atomic sites. This statement comes ahead of anticipated Israeli retaliation for Tehran's drone and missile attack on April 13. A senior Revolutionary Guards general threatened on Thursday to ...
par This Is Beirut, 18/04 13:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A haunting image of a grieving Palestinian woman embracing her little niece, killed in an Israeli strike in war-torn Gaza, won the 2024 World Press Photo of the Year Award on Thursday. The picture taken by Reuters news agency's Mohammed Salem shows Inas Abu Maamar cradling the body of five-year-old Saly, who was killed with her mother and sister ...
par This Is Beirut, 18/04 13:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel escalated from Wednesday evening through Thursday morning. Two Hezbollah fighters, Mohammad Jamil al-Shami and Ali Ahmad Hmade, were killed in an Israeli strike on Kfar Kila at dawn. The residents of the villages of Marjayoun, particularly Khiam and Kfar Kila, faced a harrowing night. Between 8:00 PM on ...
par This Is Beirut, 18/04 12:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel has the right to defend itself following Iran's attack as allies mobilize to sanction Iran. According to Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, his country has "tried to tell the United States clearly" that Iran is "not looking for the expansion of tension in the region." Israel's Prime Minister ...
par This Is Beirut, 17/04 22:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Qatar announced on Wednesday that it is reconsidering its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas, citing attempts to exploit its mediation efforts by certain politicians to serve their personal gains. Qatar is reassessing its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas after suffering criticism, its prime minister said on Wednesday. "Qatar ...
par This Is Beirut, 17/04 20:01 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Republicans in the United States House of Representatives announced on Wednesday, a vote on a military aid package for Ukraine, including billions of dollars allocated to Taiwan and Israel. The Republican leader in the House of Representatives announced Wednesday a vote on a massive new military aid package that includes some $61 billion in ...
17/04 16:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tensions rose again on Wednesday between Hezbollah and Israel, which carried out three raids early evening Wednesday on the village of Iaat in the area of Baalbeck. This attack came a few hours after Hezbollah struck an Israeli military building in Arab el-Aramche, in Galilee, in which fourteen soldiers were wounded, according to the Israeli ...
par This Is Beirut, 17/04 14:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) adopted "emergency measures" for its facilities in Syria, in anticipation of a possible Israeli retaliation to Saturday night's Iranian strike, according to the Wall Street Journal, which quotes a Syrian government adviser and activist who was briefed by Syrian elements of the IRGC. According to the ...
par This Is Beirut, 17/04 14:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Settler violence in the West Bank is escalating, said the UN on Tuesday, with the tacit and explicit support of Israeli security forces. The UN voiced grave concern Tuesday over escalating violence in the West Bank, demanding that Israeli security forces "immediately" stop supporting settler attacks on Palestinians in the occupied ...
par This Is Beirut, 17/04 10:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The US is to impose new sanctions on Iran's missile and drone program, it said Tuesday, following its recent attack on Israel. The United States said Tuesday it would soon impose new sanctions on Iran's missile and drone program after its weekend attack on Israel, and that it expects its allies and partners to follow with parallel measures. US ...
par This Is Beirut, 16/04 23:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Tensions were high in the Middle East on Tuesday due to traded threats by Israel and its arch-foe Iran following Iran's attack on Israel days earlier. World leaders intensified diplomatic activity, while the EU began devising sanctions on the Islamic Republic in attempts to decrease hostilities in the region. Israel and Iran traded threats on ...