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Palestinians in East Jerusalem, West Bank Strike to Demand End to Gaza War

This is Beirut, 07/04 14:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Shuttered storefronts lined empty streets in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank on Monday, as Palestinians held a general strike demanding an end to the Gaza war. "I walked through the city today and couldn't find a single place that was open," Fadi Saadi, a shopkeeper in Bethlehem, told AFP. Shops, schools, and most ...

Lebanese University Contract Professors: A One-Week Warning Strike

This is Beirut, 06/04 09:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Lebanese University Strike

The Committee of Contract Professors at the Lebanese University announced a week-long warning strike starting tomorrow, Monday, April 7, until Monday morning, April 14, 2025, with the possibility of extension if demands are not urgently met. In a statement, the professors complained of “the most horrific forms of marginalization and neglect” ...

White House Says 'Multiple' Houthi Leaders Killed, Iran 'on Notice'

This is Beirut, 15/03 22:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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U.S. airstrikes on Saturday killed several Houthi leaders in Yemen, the White House reported on Sunday. The strikes also served as a warning to Iran, urging the country to stop supporting the Houthi rebel group and its attacks on Red Sea shipping. National Security Advisor Michael Waltz confirmed that the airstrikes specifically targeted and ...

Israeli Strike Kills One in Hermel, More Bodies Recovered in South

This is Beirut, 26/02 19:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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An Israeli drone strike targeted a vehicle on the Hermel-Al-Qusayr road on the border with Syria on Wednesday afternoon, killing one person and injuring another. The Israeli army’s spokesperson, Avichai Adraee, confirmed the strike in a statement posted on his official account. “An Air Force aircraft, guided by precise intelligence, targeted ...

Syria: Explosion Near Damascus Kills Several People

This is Beirut, 2024-12-29 17:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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An explosion at a weapons depot near Syria's capital Damascus on Sunday killed 11 people, a war monitor said, weeks after rebels ousted longtime leader Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the cause of the blast in the industrial area of Adra, some 30 kilometers (20 miles) from Damascus, was "likely" to have been an ...

16 Injured After Israel Hit by 'Projectile' Launched From Yemen

This is Beirut, 2024-12-21 10:31 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Israel's military said Saturday it had failed to intercept a "projectile" launched from Yemen that landed in Tel Aviv, with the national medical service reporting that 16 people were lightly injured. A projectile fired from Yemen struck Israel's commercial hub of Tel Aviv early Saturday, wounding 16 people, the military and ...

Israeli Strikes on the Lebanon-Syria Border Kills One Lebanese and Two Syrians

This is Beirut, 2024-11-27 01:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A Syria war monitor said Israeli strikes on the Lebanon-Syria border late Tuesday killed two soldiers as Lebanon also reported one dead, the latest frontier raids amid news of a Hezbollah and Israel truce. "Israeli warplanes targeted the Al-Arida crossing in Tartus province for the first time, and the Dabussiyeh and Jussiyeh crossings ...

Civil Servants on Strike From November 13 to 15

This is Beirut, 2024-11-11 10:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The League of Civil Servants announced on Monday its intention to initiate a warning strike in public administrations, with the exception of urgent cases, from Wednesday, November 13 to Friday, November 15. This decision follows the government's dismissal of civil servants' plea to eliminate the requirement for in-person work. In a press release ...

Are we taking bets? Lebanon will pay again?

Marc Saikali, 2024-10-26 09:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Tehran Strike

The Israeli air force struck some twenty military bases in several areas of Iran. Teheran in particular. Around a hundred fighter planes, all returned to their bases. As “promised”, nuclear installations and hydrocarbon production zones were not hit. It is now clear that nobody wants the conflict to spread to the whole region. The Americans ...

Geneva Airport Strike Ends After Reaching an Agreement

This Is Beirut, 2023-12-24 14:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A number of flights from Geneva airport were delayed and some cancelled during the holiday rush Sunday, as dozens of ground staff went on strike over a wage dispute before an agreement was reached. The workers began their strike at 4:00 AM (3:00 GMT) to protest against the conditions provided by their employer, the Dubai National Air Travel Agency ...

Syria: Israeli Strike Kills Four pro-Iran Fighters

This Is Beirut, 2023-12-08 16:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Four pro-Hezbollah fighters were killed on Friday in an Israeli drone strike on their car in the south of Syria, a war monitor said. The four fighters "working on behalf of Hezbollah" were killed in Madinat al-Baath town in the province of Quneitra, close to the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights head Rami ...

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