This is Beirut, 21/06 19:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced Saturday that a planned Iranian attack on Israeli citizens in Cyprus had been thwarted with the help of Cypriot authorities. “The Revolutionary Guards (the ideological army of the Islamic Republic) attempted to carry out an attack on Israeli citizens in Cyprus,” Sa’ar wrote on X, without ...
This is Beirut, 21/06 19:34 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
France Emmanuel Macron Iran Europe
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday that France and its European partners would ramp up talks with Iran following more than a week of hostilities between the Islamic Republic and Israel. "I am convinced that there is a way out of war and to avoid even greater dangers," Macron said on X after holding phone talks with ...
This is Beirut, 21/06 18:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Yemen Houthi Movement Iran Israel United States Red Sea
Yemen's Houthis threatened on Saturday to attack US vessels in the Red Sea, despite a recent truce, should Washington get involved in Israel's bombardment campaign against Iran. Israel launched unprecedented attacks on Iranian nuclear and military sites last week, drawing retaliation from Tehran. The United States, a key Israeli ally, ...
This is Beirut, 21/06 17:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran Israel Isfahan Iran Nuclear Program
The UN nuclear agency confirmed on Saturday that a centrifuge manufacturing workshop at Iran's Isfahan nuclear site had been hit in the latest strike amid Israel's bombing campaign. "A centrifuge manufacturing workshop has been hit in Esfahan, the third such facility that has been targeted in Israel's attacks on Iran's ...
This is Beirut, 21/06 17:31 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Iran Israel Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Four fighters from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were killed in an Israeli attack on a training center in northwest Iran, the ISNA news agency reported. "Four people have died as martyrs and three others were wounded in an Israeli attack against a training camp of the Revolutionary Guards in Tabriz," ISNA reported. The ...
This is Beirut, 21/06 15:25 - Reading : less than a minute
Israel intensifies its attacks with fresh strikes on Iranian nuclear and military targets, killing key commanders, as a drone hits a residential area in northern Israel. https://x.com/ThisIsBeirut_/status/1936413492812406925
This is Beirut, 21/06 14:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has nominated three clerics as potential successors while hiding in a bunker as he faces threats of assassination by Israel in the ongoing war, The New York Times reports. Khamenei has also begun filling the posts of senior commanders eliminated by Israel, according to the report, which cites three Iranian ...
Liliane Mokbel, 21/06 14:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
lebanon Eurobonds war Iran Israël
Lebanese eurobonds, long regarded as one of the most profitable investments in emerging markets in 2024, have sharply declined by 13.15%. This downturn is mainly attributed to the recent outbreak of war between Israel and Iran last Friday, coupled with ongoing stalemates in structural reforms and sovereign debt restructuring. These ...
This is Beirut, 20/06 22:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A US-based NGO said Friday that Israel's strikes against Iran have killed at least 657 people, including civilians and members of the security forces, a toll based on sources and reports in Iran. The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said that at least 263 civilians had been killed nationwide since Israel began its strikes on June ...
Bélinda Ibrahim, 20/06 17:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Tehran Mahsa Amini Iran Women Freedom Rights
During the 1960s and 1970s, Iran underwent sweeping transformations. In a bid to modernize the nation, the Shah launched a series of reforms under the banner of the “White Revolution.” Women stood at the forefront of this societal shift: they gained the right to vote in 1963, entered universities, joined the civil service and were gradually ...
This is Beirut, 20/06 16:05 - Reading : less than a minute
As Iran targets Beersheba and claims responsibility for a strike near Microsoft, Israel responds with massive bombardments on Iranian military and nuclear sites. As evacuations and diplomatic efforts intensify, the death toll in Iran has reportedly surpassed 650, according to the Washington-based group Human Rights Activists, while the official ...
Bassam Abou Zeid, 20/06 15:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hezbollah Iran Israël Tom Barrack Joseph Aoun Lebanon US
When the Israeli-Iranian war comes to an end and negotiations begin, the fate of Iran’s regional proxies—chief among them Hezbollah—is expected to be decisively addressed. That war’s outcome will likely establish a new strategic equation: a non-nuclear Iran, stripped of its ballistic missile capabilities and its network of armed proxies. ...