This is Beirut

Turkey Breathes Easier as Iran-Israel Truce Eases Fallout Risk

This is Beirut, 25/06 13:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Israel Turkey Donald Trump Middle East Iran

As the fragile Iran-Israel truce took hold, there was no letup in Turkey's diplomatic efforts Wednesday to prevent any return to a conflict fraught with risk for Ankara's domestic and regional policies. Hours after US President Donald Trump announced the ceasefire, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met him for talks on the sidelines of a ...

Trump Insists Iran Nuclear Programme set Back 'Decades'

This is Beirut, 25/06 12:55 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Donald Trump Israel USA Iran Nuclear

President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday that US strikes led to the “total obliteration” of Iran's nuclear capabilities and set the country's atomic program back “decades”, while Israel said it was still early to fully assess the damage. Over a 12-day conflict, Israel pounded Iranian nuclear and military sites ...

Hamas says Gaza Ceasefire Talks 'Intensified in Recent Hours'

This is Beirut, 25/06 12:40 - Reading : less than a minute

Ceasefire Hamas Israel Palestine

A senior Hamas official told AFP Wednesday that talks for a Gaza ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group “intensified in recent hours” with mediator countries. “Our communications with the brother mediators in Egypt and Qatar have not stopped and have intensified in recent hours,” Taher al-Nunu said, ...

Israel Says 'Still Early' to Assess Damage to Iran Nuclear Sites

This is Beirut, 25/06 12:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Israel Donald Trump Benjamin Netanyahu Tehran

Israel's military said on Wednesday it was “still early” to assess the damage caused to Iran's nuclear program after US intelligence services reportedly concluded that American strikes set it back by just a few months. “It is still early to assess the results of the operation,” Israeli military spokesman Brigadier ...

Drone Strike in Mansouri, Israel Targets Hezbollah’s Financial Networks

This is Beirut, 25/06 12:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Israel Hezbollah Drone strike lebanon Quds force

On Wednesday morning, an Israeli drone targeted a man in the town of Mansouri, south of Tyre. The victim, seriously wounded, was rushed to the Lebanese-Italian Hospital. An explosion was also heard in Saida that same morning, though the cause remains unknown. Meanwhile, Israeli forces opened fire on a truck carrying rubble in the town of Mays ...

US Asked France to Speak to Iran Before Israel Truce

This is Beirut, 25/06 12:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Israel Donald Trump US Secretary of State

France conveyed to Iran the terms of a US-proposed ceasefire with Israel at the request of Washington in the hours leading up to the truce, a French diplomatic source said Wednesday. On Monday night, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called his French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot to "inform him of the US wish for a ceasefire provided there ...

Iran-Israel War: Latest Developments

This is Beirut, 25/06 11:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Israel Donald Trump Benjamin Netanyahu Tehran USA

Classified US intelligence suggests that American strikes on Iran set back its nuclear program by just a few months, contradicting President Donald Trump's claim of total destruction. Here are the latest developments as a truce between Iran and Israel appeared to be holding early Wednesday: 'Significant hit' The Israeli ...

Gaza Rescuers say Israeli Forces Kill 20 Including Six Aid Seekers

This is Beirut, 25/06 10:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Palestine United Nations Hamas Israel

Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli fire killed at least 20 people on Wednesday, including six who were waiting to collect food aid in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. The latest in a string of deadly incidents near aid distribution sites came after the United Nations had condemned the "weaponization of food" in the Gaza Strip, where a ...

Israeli Army says Seven Soldiers Killed in Gaza

This is Beirut, 25/06 09:05 - Reading : less than a minute

Hamas Israel Army Soldiers

The Israeli army on Wednesday said seven of its soldiers were killed in combat in Gaza, where the war with Palestinian militant group Hamas continued. The army's website listed the names of five soldiers and a platoon commander from the same battalion who "fell during combat in the southern Gaza Strip". It added that a seventh soldier was also ...

Iran Hangs 3 Men Accused of Spying for Israel

This is Beirut, 25/06 06:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Iran Israel

Iran said Wednesday that it executed three men accused of spying for Israel, the day after a truce between the two countries came into effect. "Idris Ali, Azad Shojai and Rasoul Ahmad Rasoul, who attempted to import equipment into the country to carry out assassinations, were arrested and tried for... cooperation favouring the Zionist ...

Israel's Netanyahu Vows to Block Iran 'Nuclear Weapon' as He Declares Victory

This is Beirut, 24/06 22:56 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Israel Iran Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a "historic victory" on Tuesday after agreeing to a ceasefire with Iran and insisted that his country's arch-foe would never achieve a nuclear weapon. The premier's comments, delivered in an address to the nation, came after Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country ...

As War Recedes, Oil Prices Plunge and Markets Rally

Christiane Tager, 24/06 22:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Donald Trump Europe Israel Tehran oil

From Cold Sweats to Cooling Oil: Why Crude Prices Are Plunging After the Iran-Israel De-Escalation A bomb can send oil prices soaring – unless it doesn’t hit as hard as expected. That’s exactly what played out in the markets following Iran’s limited strike on a United States base in Qatar, followed by a surprise ceasefire between Tehran ...

israel