Bassam Abou Zeid, 12:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah Iran Reconstruction World Bank
With Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral set to conclude this Sunday, Hezbollah will soon face pressing challenges it has sought to evade — both within its own ranks and across Lebanese society. The Hezb urgently needs a massive influx of Iranian funds to fulfill its long-standing reconstruction promises. However, recent developments indicate a ...
Michel Touma, 16/02 22:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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For those who remained skeptical, reluctant to acknowledge the reality before them, the past few days should have dispelled any lingering doubt. Hezbollah has once again provided undeniable proof that its political agenda and modus operandi stand in stark opposition to the construction of a unified, sovereign state. More than ever, the Lebanese ...
This is Beirut, 16/02 21:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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In a ritual now well mastered, Hezbollah’s Secretary General Naim Qassem placed his speech under two political banners, one rather reduced, regional, the other more elaborate, local. With regard to internal political developments, Qassem played the cards of “apparent good intention” and “innocence.” “We have endeavored to contribute ...
This is Beirut, 16/02 11:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Beirut International Airport Hezbollah Israel United States Iran Lebanon
The head of Iran's Civil Aviation Organization, Hossein Pourfarzaneh, has announced that due to ongoing security problems at Beirut airport, all flights to Lebanon have been canceled until the 18th of this month at the earliest. In a statement to journalists, Mr. Pourfarzaneh Pourfarzaneh commented on the news of Israel's threat to “target ...
This is Beirut, 15/02 13:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran said Saturday that it had received messages from the new government in Damascus following the ouster of its longtime Syrian ally, former president Bashar al-Assad. "The Islamic Republic of Iran is indirectly in contact with Damascus," Tehran's special envoy for Syrian affairs, Mohammad Reza Raouf Sheibani, was quoted as saying by the ...
This is Beirut, 14/02 23:51 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
On Friday evening, a convoy carrying UNIFIL’s outgoing Deputy Commander, General Chok Bahadur Dhakal, was attacked by Hezbollah supporters near Beirut airport. General Dhakal sustained injuries and was hospitalized, while one of the three vehicles in the convoy was set on fire. Other members of the convoy were able to seek refuge within the ...
This is Beirut, 14/02 17:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Beirut International Airport Hezbollah Iran
Tensions between Lebanon and Iran heightened on Friday after a Lebanese decision to prevent two Iranian planes from landing at Beirut’s International Airport (BIA), which led to protests along the airport road and required intervention from the Lebanese Army (LAF). The aircraft in question were operated by Mahan Air, a private Iranian ...
This is Beirut, 14/02 11:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The issue of the Iranian plane continues to stir tensions and the Lebanese Directorate General of Civil Aviation announced its intention on Thursday to send a plane to repatriate Lebanese nationals stranded in Tehran. According to several media outlets, Iranian authorities rejected Lebanon’s request to allow two Middle East Airlines (MEA) ...
Bélinda Ibrahim, 11/02 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iran Archaeology Culture Story
In 1973, a team of archaeologists excavating the ancient site of Teppe Hasanlu in Iran uncovered a discovery both startling and poignant. Amid the ruins of a city destroyed around 800 BCE, two skeletons lay locked in a final embrace, frozen in time by tragedy. Known as the Hasanlu Lovers, their remains continue to spark debate about their ...
This is Beirut, 09/02 10:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkey's spy chief, Ibrahim Kalin, has held talks in Tehran with his Iranian counterpart to discuss the fight against "terror" groups and the situation in Syria, state news agency Anadolu reported. Kalin met with Iran's Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib as well as security chief Ali Akbar Ahmadian, secretary of the Supreme ...
This is Beirut, 06/02 12:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran's Revolutionary Guards unveiled the country's first drone carrier on Thursday in Gulf waters, state media reported. The carrier, called the Martyr Bahman Bagheri, is a commercial vessel that was repurposed as a drone carrier over the past two-and-a-half years, Guards naval commander Alireza Tangsiri said during the unveiling ...
This is Beirut, 05/02 11:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump USA White House Iran Nuclear weapons
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was planning to reinstate what he called the "maximum pressure" policy against Iran over allegations that it is trying to develop nuclear weapons. However, Trump also said he hoped the policy will "hardly have to be used." Trump made the comment as he signed a memorandum reimposing the tough policy of ...