This is Beirut, 07/01 14:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Lebanese army is preparing to take up position in Aita al-Shaab for the first time since the November 27 ceasefire was concluded between Hezbollah and Israel. Army tanks were stationed on Tuesday in the Bayada area, getting ready to deploy in Naqoura, along with a patrol from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Lebanese ...
This is Beirut, 06/01 21:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Hans Grundberg, the United Nation's special envoy for war-torn Yemen, arrived Monday in the rebel-held capital in a bid to breathe life into peace talks, his office said. Grundberg last visited the capital Sanaa, controlled by the Iran-backed Houthis, in May 2023 for meetings with the rebels' leaders in an earlier effort to advance a roadmap for ...
This is Beirut, 06/01 12:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Lebanese-French Coordination Committee and the World Lebanese Cultural Union-France expressed grave concerns about Lebanon's presidential election on January 9, 2025, stressing that the outcome will shape the nation’s future. They emphasized the critical role of the new president and the subsequent government in establishing long-term peace ...
This is Beirut, 06/01 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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North Korea on Monday fired a missile as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited South Korea, where he warned Pyongyang was working ever closer with Russia on advanced space technology. Blinken visited as investigators were trying to arrest conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol, who has entrenched himself in his residence after being ...
This is Beirut, 02/01 23:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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UN experts on Thursday denounced Israel's raid on an embattled hospital in northern Gaza, demanding an end to the "blatant assault" on health rights in the besieged Palestinian territory. Reiterating charges that Israel is committing "genocide" in Gaza something the Israeli government strongly denies, two independent United Nations rights experts ...
This is Beirut, 02/01 21:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Hervé Magro, the French Ambassador to Lebanon, reiterated that France would “not relax its efforts to work together (with the Lebanese) so that Lebanon and its people regain the future they deserve” during his New Year’s greetings for 2025. After two years and two months of presidential vacancy, Magro said in a press release from the ...
This is Beirut, 01/01 18:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Gaza's civil defense agency said an Israeli air strike killed at least 25 people in the territory's north on Wednesday, in what it called the first deadly attack of the New Year. "The world welcomed the New Year with celebrations and festivities, while we witnessed 2025 begin with the first Israeli massacre in the town of ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-31 13:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A United Nations report published Tuesday found that Israeli strikes on and near hospitals in the Gaza Strip had left healthcare in the Palestinian territory on the verge of collapse. The report by the UN human rights office said such strikes raised grave concerns about Israel's compliance with international law. "Israel's pattern of deadly ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-31 12:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran's security chief Ali Akbar Ahmadian said a new group would emerge in Syria to fight Israel following the fall of president Bashar al-Assad, state media reported. "With the occupation of Syrian territories by the Zionist regime, a new resistance has been born that will manifest itself in the years to come," said Ahmadian, the secretary of ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-28 01:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The WHO announced on Friday that the last major hospital in northern Gaza was ‘out of service’ after an Israeli army raid on Hamas fighters near the hospital, which the Palestinian Islamist movement claims was taken by storm. ‘This morning's raid on the Kamal Adwan hospital has put the last major health centre in northern ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-27 19:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israeli forces detonated houses in Naqoura, causing explosions that were heard in Tyre and the adjacent area in the western sector early Friday evening. Alarm sirens had already sounded in the UNIFIL headquarters of Ras Naqoura and Naqoura. The Israeli army also bombarded the towns of Aita al-Shaab and Yaroun, highlighting the ceasefire’s ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-27 13:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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All eyes are on Riyadh, awaiting the outcome of discussions between the Lebanese Army Commander-in-Chief, General Joseph Aoun, and Saudi officials. On Thursday, Joseph Aoun met the Saudi Minister of Defense in the presence of the new man in charge of the Lebanese dossier, Prince Yazid ben Farhane. While the Lebanese are closely scrutinizing the ...