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Egypt-Lebanon Gas Deal: Israeli Gas at the Heart of the Agreement

Claudia Groeling, 09/01 12:50 - Reading : 83 minute(s)

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Two eastern Mediterranean natural gas deals announced twelve days apart highlight shifting energy dynamics amid dramatic geopolitical transformations in the region, with Lebanon aiming to benefit. On December 17, 2025, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a $35 billion gas deal with Egypt, describing the agreement as ...

Khamenei Says "Arrogant" Trump Will be "Overthrown"

This is Beirut, 09/01 12:35 - Reading : less than a minute

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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday insisted that the Islamic republic would "not back down" in the face of protesters who he called "vandals" and "saboteurs", in a speech broadcast on state TV. Speaking to supporters in his first comments on the escalating protests since January 3, Khamenei said U.S. President Donald Trump's ...

Iran at the Edge: Uprising, Exhaustion, and the Fate of the Islamic Republic

Salam El Zaatari, 08/01 23:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Amid growing protests, Iran’s rulers face one of their most dangerous moments since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, with the pillars that have long sustained the regime now visibly cracking. Protests that erupted in late December 2025 over imploded living conditions have evolved into a nationwide revolt against the ruling system itself, fueled by ...

Trump Says US Will Hit Iran 'Very Hard' if Protesters Are Killed

This is Beirut, 08/01 22:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to take severe action against Iran if its authorities "start killing people" who are protesting in the country, where an economic crisis has led to mounting civil unrest, according to AFP. "I have let them know that if they start killing people, which they tend to do during ...

U.S. Strike in Venezuela a Blow to Hezbollah’s Revival Efforts

Ian Talley, 07/01 15:30 - Reading : 218 minute(s)

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The United States dealt Iran and its proxy Hezbollah a strategic blow over the weekend by seizing key ally, Venezuela’s strongman Nicolás Maduro. While the dominant narrative of the complex military strike has focused on its framing as a counternarcotics operation and aggressive energy politics, coverage has largely missed a critical ...

Iran Warns of Retaliation as President Orders Restraint on Protesters

This is Beirut, 07/01 11:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran's military chief warned on Wednesday that Iran will not stand by and allow itself to be threatened by outside powers, after the United States and Israel backed anti-government protests in which at least 35 protesters have reportedly been killed. "The Islamic Republic of Iran considers the escalation of hostile rhetoric against the ...

Israeli Official Describes Israel-Syria Negotiations as "Positive"

This is Beirut, 06/01 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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An Israeli source on Tuesday described the atmosphere of negotiations between Israel and Syria in Paris as positive, though sources briefed on the talks said it would fall far short of a full peace treaty. Axios quoted an Israeli official as saying that Syria and Israel expressed their desire to reach a security agreement within the framework of ...

Iran Protests: 35 Dead, Over 1,200 Arrested

This is Beirut, 06/01 10:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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About 35 people have been killed since the start of the protests against the regime in Iran, including four children, and law enforcement authorities in the country have arrested more than 1,200 protesters, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency. The protests in the country are showing no signs of stopping, and they have spread to ...

Trump, Maduro, and Iran

David Hale , 05/01 16:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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America's dramatic capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro has set the stage for the conduct of America's national security strategy in 2026. It has also raised questions. Was it legal? Judging from precedents set with the 1990 capture, trial, conviction, and imprisonment of Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega, the ...

US Conducting Military Strikes Against Venezuela: US Media

This is Beirut, 03/01 11:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The United States military was behind a series of strikes against the Venezuelan capital Caracas on Saturday, US media reported. US media outlets including CBS News and Fox News reported that unnamed Trump administration officials confirmed US forces were involved. CBS said an attack was ordered by President Donald Trump. The Pentagon referred ...

Iran: The Regime Falters as Fear Shifts

Natasha Metni Torbey, 02/01 17:35 - Reading : 7 minute(s)

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In Iran, today’s protests are no longer a part of a long series of crises that the Islamic Republic has, over decades, contained through repression, intimidation, or external distraction. This is different: a deep, gradual, but now unmistakably visible erosion of the regime’s symbolic, ideological, and psychological foundations. This ...

Hezbollah Receives ‘Last-Chance Advice’ from Egypt, Qatar, Turkey to Disarm

This is Beirut, 02/01 11:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Lebanese ministerial officials say Hezbollah on Wednesday received “last-chance advice” from Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey to hand over its weapons to Lebanon’s government, according to the Arabic newspaper Asharq al-Awsat. According to the sources, the countries warned the militant group that failing to disarm would isolate ...

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