This Is Beirut 2024-04-17 15:48 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated on Wednesday that he would host a leader of Palestinian militant group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, in Turkey this weekend. "The leader of the Palestinian cause will be my guest this weekend," Erdogan, an outspoken critic of Israel, told lawmakers. While Erdogan did not say where he would meet the Hamas ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-17 14:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) adopted "emergency measures" for its facilities in Syria, in anticipation of a possible Israeli retaliation to Saturday night's Iranian strike, according to the Wall Street Journal, which quotes a Syrian government adviser and activist who was briefed by Syrian elements of the IRGC. According to the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-17 14:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Settler violence in the West Bank is escalating, said the UN on Tuesday, with the tacit and explicit support of Israeli security forces. The UN voiced grave concern Tuesday over escalating violence in the West Bank, demanding that Israeli security forces "immediately" stop supporting settler attacks on Palestinians in the occupied ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-17 12:17 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said on Wednesday that Israel was determined to retaliate against Iran, while calling on G7 countries to impose "coordinated sanctions" against Tehran. British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said on Wednesday that Israel "is taking the decision to act" in response to Saturday night's unprecedented Iranian ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-17 11:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Security Council will vote on Thursday on admitting Palestine as a full UN member-state, although the US is expected to veto. The United Nations Security Council will vote Thursday on the Palestinians' application to become a full UN member state, several diplomatic sources have told AFP. Amid Israel's military offensive in Gaza, the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-17 10:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The US is to impose new sanctions on Iran's missile and drone program, it said Tuesday, following its recent attack on Israel. The United States said Tuesday it would soon impose new sanctions on Iran's missile and drone program after its weekend attack on Israel, and that it expects its allies and partners to follow with parallel measures. US ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-16 23:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Tensions were high in the Middle East on Tuesday due to traded threats by Israel and its arch-foe Iran following Iran's attack on Israel days earlier. World leaders intensified diplomatic activity, while the EU began devising sanctions on the Islamic Republic in attempts to decrease hostilities in the region. Israel and Iran traded threats on ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-16 22:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel launched a "diplomatic offensive" against Iran on Tuesday, calling on 32 countries to impose sanctions against the Revolutionary Guards and their missile program. Late on Saturday, Iran carried out an unprecedented direct attack on Israel, using more than 300 drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles, in retaliation for a deadly ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-16 22:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Tuesday that Brussels was starting work on expanding sanctions against Iran after Tehran's attack on Israel. Speaking after an emergency online meeting of EU foreign ministers, Borrell said that the bloc would look to toughen measures against Iran's supplies of weaponry – including drones – to ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-04-16 21:40 - 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 April 16th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-04-16 18:53 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The head of an EU force protecting cargo ships from Houthi attacks in the Red Sea on Tuesday said the operation had met its goals, but freight traffic cannot increase without more warships. "The distances that need to be covered are huge," Rear Admiral Vasileios Gryparis told AFP at EU operation headquarters in the central Greek city of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-16 12:08 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Gulf states fear that further escalation between Israel and Iran will scupper long-held plans for economic diversification, and risk them being dragged into regional conflict. Gulf states are grappling with the widening Middle East conflict as hostilities between Iran and Israel threaten their security and ambitious plans to reshape their ...