This Is Beirut 2024-06-29 17:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A Serbian police officer on Saturday killed a man who shot him in the neck with a crossbow in front of the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, the Serbian interior minister said. Authorities said some arrests had been made and a number of people known to the security services were suspected of being linked to the attack, which the Serbian prime minister ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-29 13:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Daesh fighters have killed nearly 4,100 people in Syria since 2019 when the jihadists lost their last stronghold in the country, a war monitor said Saturday. Daesh overran large swathes of Syria and Iraq in 2014, proclaiming a so-called caliphate and launching a reign of terror in June of that year. In March 2019, the jihadist group lost its ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-29 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
American forces destroyed seven drones and a control station vehicle in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen over the past 24 hours, the US military said Friday. The strikes were carried out because the drones and the vehicle "presented an imminent threat to US coalition forces, and merchant vessels in the region," the US Central Command said in a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-28 21:54 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel's military on Friday said it was conducting raids backed by air strikes in northern Gaza, killing "dozens" of militants in an area where it had declared the command structure of Hamas dismantled months ago. The operation in Shujaiya, on the edge of Gaza City, caused numerous casualties, witnesses and medics said on Thursday, when it ...
Rayan Chami 2024-06-28 20:43 - Reading : less than a minute
From Gaza to Lebanon, This Is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for June 28th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-06-28 20:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In the latest security developments on the southern border, an Israeli airstrike on the town of Kfar Kila on Friday destroyed a three-story building, resulting in the deaths of three people and leveling the building to the ground. Hezbollah announced later that one of its fighters was killed in the raid on Kfar Kila. The National News Agency ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-28 18:21 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The European Union imposed on Friday asset freezes and visa bans on several firms and individuals accused of helping to finance Palestinian militant Islamist group Hamas, Brussels said. The sanctions were the second round to be imposed by the EU on the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad groups after their attack on Israel on October 7. Overall, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-28 18:17 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
In the office of one of Israel's most recognizable Arab politicians, framed pictures show him posing with famous figures like Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In front of Ahmad Tibi's desk is the Arabic slogan, “The more beautiful days are those we did not yet live,” which the parliamentarian says is a poignant reminder ...
Hala Abdallah 2024-06-27 21:27 - Reading : less than a minute
From Gaza to Lebanon, This Is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for June 27th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-06-27 14:05 - Reading : less than a minute
Following the meeting of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee in which he participated, the French Ambassador to Lebanon, Hervé Magro, indicated that "the security situation was discussed at the meeting," along with measures to be taken to "prevent Lebanon from being drawn into a regional war." He also reiterated "the importance of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-27 12:34 - Reading : less than a minute
A cautious calm prevailed on Thursday morning along the Lebanon-Israel border, with the exception of the village of Kfar Kila which was subjected to a machine-gun sweep in the morning hours. Meanwhile, during the early hours of Thursday, Civil Defense members worked to extinguish a fire that broke out after an Israeli airstrike targeted a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-27 12:21 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
When Israeli forces rescued four hostages held by Hamas in Gaza this month, it dominated the news that Saturday, but Jerusalem resident Eliana Gurfinkiel, an observant Jew, didn't find out until nightfall. The French-Israeli was following the rules of Shabbat and not using her phone. Hearing the news after everyone else "made no difference", she ...