This is Beirut, 2024-11-26 19:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that efforts to secure a ceasefire in Lebanon were "in the final stages", and that a deal could help end the Gaza conflict. "We're not there yet, but I believe we are in the final stages," Blinken told reporters after a meeting near Rome with G7 counterparts, adding that ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-26 19:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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G7 foreign ministers said Tuesday they "will comply with our respective obligations" regarding the arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Group of Seven industrialised nations brings together Britain, Canada, Germany, France, Japan, host Italy and the United ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-26 18:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly prefers to have the vote on a potential ceasefire agreement with Lebanon taken by the country’s security cabinet rather than the full cabinet, a source familiar with the matter told CNN on Tuesday. The source added that Netanyahu is reviewing the legality of this approach. Israeli media, ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-26 17:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Israeli army targeted for the first time on Tuesday evening the home of a member of parliament. An airstrike on Barbour neighborhood in the heart of Beirut struck the residence of Hezbollah MP Amin Sherri, killing one brother and injuring another while he survived. Hours before a ceasefire agreement goes into effect, Israel went on a spree of ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-26 13:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Despite reports of an impending ceasefire, fighting between Hezbollah and Israel continued with increasing violence on Tuesday. The Israeli Army Radio declared that troops from the Golani Brigade reached the Litani River, an area 10 kilometers inside Lebanese territory. In parallel, the Israeli army spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, announced that ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-26 12:01 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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There is "no excuse" for rejecting the ceasefire in Lebanon negotiated by the United States and France, said Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief, on Wednesday. "Let’s hope that today the government of (Benjamin) Netanyahu will approve the ceasefire agreement proposed by the United States and France," he said on the sidelines of a G7 ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-26 11:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Gaza's civil defense agency said Tuesday morning that 11 people were killed in nighttime Israeli air strikes and artillery shelling across the Palestinian territory. In the northern city of Jabalia, seven people were killed and several others wounded in an air strike on a residential building, civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal told ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-26 10:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs directed Lebanon’s Permanent Mission to the UN in New York on Tuesday to file a new complaint to the Security Council. In this complaint, Lebanon denounces Israel's repeated targeting of the Lebanese army since the start of the war on October 8, 2023, particularly the incidents reported between ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-26 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Despite reports of an impending ceasefire, fighting between Hezbollah and Israel continues with increasing violence. Israeli army Arabic speaking spokesperson, Avichay Adrae, issued an evacuation warning to residents in Beirut’s southern suburb, the first of the day. Adrae pinpointed buildings in Burj a-Brajneh and Tahwitat al-Ghadir. An ...
Johnny Ftouhi, 2024-11-26 08:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Since the signing of the Cairo Agreement in 1969, southern Lebanon has been a focal point of both domestic and regional power struggles, significantly undermining national sovereignty. The agreement, which granted the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) freedom of operation in the South, marked the start of the area’s transformation into a ...
Natasha Metni Torbey, 2024-11-25 22:05 - Reading : 10 minute(s)
Will the long-awaited agreement between Lebanon and Israel be concluded? According to some sources and several American and Israeli media, the two sides have finally agreed on the terms of a ceasefire. Others, however, dismiss the possibility altogether. The reality is such that between diplomatic efforts to achieve a ceasefire in Lebanon and ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-25 22:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Syrian state television reported Israeli strikes on several bridges in the Qusayr region near the Lebanese border on Monday, with the defense ministry reporting two people were killed and five were injured in the attacks. Israel's military has intensified its strikes on targets in Syria since its conflict with Iran-backed Hezbollah in neighboring ...