This Is Beirut, 28/03 19:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Russia claimed, on Thursday, that it has evidence that Ukrainian nationalists were linked to last week's Moscow attack. The US has dismissed these claims as absurd. Russia said Thursday it had evidence the perpetrators of last week's massacre at a concert hall outside Moscow were linked to "Ukrainian nationalists", a claim that the United States ...
This Is Beirut, 26/03 11:17 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in the US city of Baltimore collapsed after a ship collided with it, the Maryland Transportation Authority said early Tuesday. "I-695 Key Bridge collapse due to ship strike," the MTA posted on social media platform X, referring to the interstate highway. It urged drivers to avoid the route over the Patapsco River, ...
This Is Beirut, 18/03 15:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Several countries criticized Iran's widespread human rights abuses in a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council on Monday. Several countries condemned on Monday the extent of human rights violations in Iran during a UN meeting, denouncing the sharp increase in death sentences and executions. A handful of nations, including Russia, China and Cuba, ...
This Is Beirut, 06/03 19:23 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Republican former UN ambassador Nikki Haley halted her White House campaign on Wednesday, refraining from endorsing former President Donald Trump. However, she urged Trump to garner the support of moderates and independents who had previously backed her during the primary. Republican former UN ambassador Nikki Haley suspended her White House ...
Aubin Eymard, 02/02 20:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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 ...
Michel Touma, 12/01 09:22 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
It had become inevitable... The airstrikes and attacks launched on Thursday night by the United States and the United Kingdom against more than a dozen military installations and positions held by pro-Iranian Houthis in various Yemeni cities, including the capital Sanaa and the port of Hodeida, were foreseeable. The recent surge in drone and ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-28 23:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United States, France, the United Kingdom and Germany expressed their opposition to the acceleration of Iran's production of highly enriched uranium, considering this measure to be part of the escalation of Iran's nuclear program. The United States, France, the United Kingdom and Germany condemned on Thursday, the acceleration in the ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-28 18:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated one individual and three entities responsible for facilitating the flow of Iranian financial assistance to Houthi forces and their destabilizing activities, mainly in the Red Sea. Among those designated on Thursday is the head of the Currency Exchangers Association in Sana’a ...
1970-01-01 02:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
US forces conducted two separate strikes in Syria, killing 37 "terrorist operatives" including members of the Islamic State group and Al Qaeda affiliate Hurras al-Din, the military's Central Command (CENTCOM) said Sunday. A September 24 strike in northwest Syria killed nine "terrorist operatives," including senior Hurras al-Din leader Marwan ...