Ici Beyrouth - This is Beirut

Drought Prompts Barcelona to Declare Emergency

par This Is Beirut, 01/02 21:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Barcelona Climate drought state of emergency This is Beirut

Catalonia's regional government takes unprecedented measures as reservoirs fall below 16% capacity, impacting six million residents. Spain's northeastern Catalonia region declared a drought emergency on Thursday for Barcelona and the surrounding area, which will now face tighter water restrictions following three years without significant ...

Syria: Iranian Military Adviser Killed in Israeli Airstrike

par This Is Beirut, 02/02 12:02 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

aistrike Iran Israel Syria This is Beirut

As the conflict continues in Gaza, the Israeli army conducted an airstrike on Friday morning against a site housing pro-Iranian fighters in Syria. At least three of them were reported dead. Three pro-Iran fighters were killed in Israeli strikes south of Damascus Friday, a war monitor said, with Iranian media reporting an adviser from the ...

Iraq: Pro-Iran Group Vows to Continue Attacks Against Americans

par This Is Beirut, 02/02 13:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

group Irak Iran Strike This is Beirut United States

Iraq's pro-Iran Al-Nujaba movement said on Friday that it intends to press on with attacks on US troops in the Middle East, despite Washington's threat to hit back after three of its soldiers were killed in Jordan. "Any (US) strike will result in an appropriate response," Al-Nujaba leader Akram al-Kaabi said in a statement, adding that the group ...

New US Sanctions Target Iran's Weapons and Cyber Initiatives

par Aubin Eymard, 02/02 20:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

drones Iran sanctions This is Beirut US weapons

The US imposed sanctions on four entities on Friday, February 2, for supplying materials and sensitive technology used in Iran’s ballistic missile and UAV programs. This decision comes after the death of three US soldiers on January 28 in a drone attack carried out by armed groups supported by Iran at the Syrian-Jordanian border. The United ...

Three Dead in Israeli Strikes Near Syrian Capital

par This Is Beirut, 10/02 11:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

airstrikes Damascus Israel Syria This is Beirut

Israeli air strikes that targeted a building in an upscale area near the Syrian capital killed three people early Saturday, a war monitor said. State media reported that Syrian air defenses responded to an Israeli "air attack". Since Syria's civil war broke out in 2011, Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes on its northern neighbour, ...

Iran Marks Islamic Revolution With Demand to Expel Israel From UN

par This Is Beirut, 11/02 14:13 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Gaza Hamas Iran Israel Palestine This is Beirut UN war

Iran marked 45 years since its Islamic revolution with a ceremony on Sunday in which President Ebrahim Raisi condemned arch foe Israel over the Gaza war and demanded it be expelled from the United Nations. Since Iran's 1979 revolution that overthrew the US-backed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the region's main Shiite Muslim power has had deeply ...

Missile Attack on Bulk Carrier in Red Sea

par This Is Beirut, 12/02 11:58 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Houthis missile red sea This is Beirut

A missile attack on a Greece-owned bulk carrier in the Red Sea has been reported on Monday. No casualties have been signaled, although the vessel was damaged. A vessel came under missile attack off Yemen's southern coast on Monday while transiting the strategic Bab al-Mandeb strait, according to security agencies. The incident occurred before ...

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Admitted to Critical Care

par This Is Beirut, 12/02 12:23 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

cancer Lloyd Austin Pentagon This is Beirut United States

Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin was admitted to critical care on Monday, February 12. Duties were handed over to deputy Kathleen Hicks. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was admitted to a critical care ward with a bladder issue as he battles prostate cancer. He transferred his duties to his deputy on Sunday, the Pentagon said. Deputy Secretary of ...

New York chooses Democrats to replace an expelled congressman

par This Is Beirut, 14/02 09:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Democrats New York politics republicans This is Beirut United States

Voters in suburban New York picked a Democrat to replace expelled Republican congressman George Santos on Tuesday, US networks projected, after President Joe Biden's party poured cash into TV ads to flip the seat in an election year. CNN and NBC News both called the race in favor of Tom Suozzi, forecasting that he had defeated Republican Mazi ...

NATO Wants Its Members to Increase Defence Spending

par This Is Beirut, 14/02 13:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

defence Donald Trump NATO This is Beirut

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg will on Wednesday detail increased defence spending by members of the alliance, rattled after Donald Trump threatened to encourage Russia to attack countries paying too little. The Republican White House frontrunner was widely rebuked after saying he would not defend NATO members who had not met their financial ...

NATO Chief: US Aid Blockage Hurts Ukraine

par This Is Beirut, 15/02 11:52 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

NATO Russia This is Beirut Ukraine United States

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday that a delay in passing new US aid for Ukraine was already hurting Kyiv's forces on the battlefield against Russia. "We see the impact already of the fact that the US has not been able to make a decision, but I expect the US to be able to make a decision, that the Congress and the House of ...

Yemen: US Intercepted Iran Weapons Shipment to Houthi Rebels

par This Is Beirut, 15/02 14:32 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Houthis Iran red sea This is Beirut

The US military said on February 15 that it had seized an Iranian weapons shipment in January intended for Yemen's Houthi rebels, who have been attacking vessels in the Red Sea since November 2023. The US navy "seized advanced conventional weapons and other lethal aid originating in Iran and bound for Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen from a ...

This is Beirut