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North Lebanon's Ayto Hit by Israeli Strike for the First Time, Killing 19

par This is Beirut, 14/10 19:09 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israeli warplanes struck a residential apartment in Ayto in the Zgharta district on Monday, the first such attack targeting the north Lebanon town. According to the Ministry of Public Health, the preliminary death toll has risen to 19, with four injured. Rescue operations are still ongoing. The targeted apartment was leased to displaced families ...

Spanish PM Says 'No Withdrawal' of UN Force from Lebanon

par This is Beirut, 14/10 18:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday said there would be "no withdrawal" of the UN peacekeeping force(UNIFIL)  from southern Lebanon following Israeli attacks and calls to leave. Israel's offensive against the Hezbollah militia has thrust the UNIFIL force deployed in Lebanon since 1978 into the spotlight. The force, which involves ...

Jordanian PM Affirms Support for Lebanon Amid Rising Tensions

par This is Beirut, 14/10 15:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Jordanian Prime Minister Jaafar Hassan on Monday called for “the need to respect UN Security Council Resolution 1701” (which ended the war between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006). This statement was made by Hassan during a meeting on Monday morning at the Serail in Amman, where he welcomed caretaker Lebanese Prime Minister, Najib Mikati.  Mr. ...

What Successful Diplomacy Looks Like

par David Hale , 14/10 15:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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One of the things to know about ceasefires is they don't just happen because an American leader wants one, or because there is a piece of paper in circulation in New York labeled "ceasefire."  Unless an outside power is prepared to impose a ceasefire by force, it happens when the parties to a conflict no longer believe they can achieve their ...

Israel-Hezb: Breaking the Vicious Circle of Recurrent Wars

par Michel Touma, 14/10 11:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Only the truth hurts, as the saying goes. In the political sphere, it is often the uncomfortable truths that prevail. Recently tasked by Hezbollah to spearhead diplomatic negotiations with international powers, Nabih Berri—Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament and leader of the Amal Movement—has emphasized that any resolution to the ...

Where Are We Now?

14/10 09:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)

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Israel is engaged on multiple fronts, extending between Lebanon, Gaza, the West Bank, and the auxiliary theaters of operation in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen. The frontlines correspond to the coordinates that define the operational realms of the “unified battlegrounds” set by the Iranian regime. None of the evoked political issues—the ...

Four Israeli Soldiers Killed in Hezbollah Drone Strikes

par This is Beirut, 14/10 04:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israel's military said a Hezbollah drone had killed four soldiers at one of its northern bases Sunday, as it expanded its bombardments of Lebanon and troops battled militants across the border. The attack on a military training camp in Binyamina, near Haifa, is the deadliest such assault on an Israeli base since September 23, when Israel ...

Macron Calls on Iran's President to Back Mideast 'De-escalation'

par This is Beirut, 13/10 22:15 - Reading : less than a minute

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French President Emmanuel Macron called on Iran's leader Masoud Pezeshkian to support a "general de-escalation" in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon in a telephone conversation Sunday, his office said. Macron stressed "the responsibility of Iran to support a general de-escalation and to use its influence in this direction with the destabilizing actors ...

War Diary: Day 373

par This is Beirut, 13/10 20:40 - Reading : less than a minute

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This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for October 13, 2024.  

Visit of European Security Official to Damascus

par This is Beirut, 13/10 20:20 - Reading : less than a minute

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A senior European security official recently visited Damascus, where he met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and some of his security staff. The visit was shrouded in media blackout and secrecy. However, leaked information indicated that it covered the evolution of the situation in the region and new developments, as well as the French-American ...

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