Lyne Sammouri 24/06 14:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
From June 13 to June 24, 2025, Israel and Iran have exchanged relentless airstrikes, missile barrages and cyberattacks targeting nuclear sites, military commands and infrastructure. The conflict resulted in the deaths of key Iranian military leaders and nuclear scientists, significant damage on both sides and US involvement in striking Iranian ...
This is Beirut 24/06 11:17 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Unidentified drones struck radar systems at two military bases in Iraq early Tuesday, security sources said. The strikes came hours after Iran launched missiles at a US military facility in Qatar --the largest US military facility in the Middle East -- in retaliation for the American bombing of Tehran's nuclear facilities. The first attack ...
This is Beirut 24/06 10:35 - Reading : less than a minute
An Israeli drone targeted a vehicle on the Kfar Dajjal road in Nabatiyeh on Tuesday morning. The strike caused a fire and resulted in the death of three people, according to a statement from the Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health. Civil Defense teams and paramedics quickly arrived at the scene to extinguish the flames ...
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 24/06 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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I have great admiration for Thomas Friedman and have long followed his writings. He was instrumental in shaping my support for democracy when he argued that two democracies would not go to war. He supported toppling Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq, as I did, and we both believe that the nation-state is, in some ways, a defunct concept. Today, ...
Philippe Abi-Akl 24/06 08:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Amid a rapidly escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, Lebanon has reaffirmed its neutrality, with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri offering personal assurances to US officials that Hezbollah will not intervene. The commitment was relayed directly to President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, underscoring a unified Lebanese stance ...
This is Beirut 24/06 06:15 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
At dawn on Tuesday, uncertainty still seems to master of ceremony. What was announced just hours earlier as the beginning of a ceasefire appeared anything but, as missile sirens blared across Israeli cities and explosions lit up the skies over Tehran. As U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the ceasefire had taken effect Tuesday morning, ...
This is Beirut 24/06 04:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday that there was no ceasefire agreement with Israel as of now, but if it stopped its attacks then Tehran would also stop firing. "As of now, there is NO 'agreement' on any ceasefire or cessation of military operations," Araghchi posted on social media, shortly after the US president announced ...
This is Beirut 24/06 03:05 - Reading : less than a minute
A series of powerful explosions rocked Tehran early Tuesday morning, according to AFP journalists. Warplanes buzzed overhead as explosions shook the north and centre of Iran's capital around 3:00 am (2330 GMT). The blasts occurred just hours before a staggered ceasefire was due to take effect around 0400 GMT, with Iran unilaterally halting ...
This is Beirut 24/06 01:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
President Donald Trump announced Monday that Iran and Israel had agreed to a staggered ceasefire that would bring about an "official end" to a conflict that had threatened to escalate into a full-blown war involving the United States. "It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total ...
This is Beirut 23/06 23:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed Iran's retaliatory strikes against an American base in Qatar as "weak" and sought to draw a line under the US bombing of Iran's nuclear infrastructure by calling for regional peace. Trump shrugged off Monday's launch of multiple missiles at the United States' Al Udeid base in ...
This is Beirut 23/06 22:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Lebanese officials strongly condemned Iran’s missile attack on the United States’ al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, denouncing it as a dangerous escalation and a violation of Qatari sovereignty. President Joseph Aoun voiced firm opposition to the assault, calling it “a violation of the sovereignty of a brotherly country and a step that would ...
This is Beirut 23/06 22:11 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Iran announced it had launched missiles at a major US base in Qatar on Monday in retaliation for American strikes on key nuclear facilities, with explosions ringing out in Doha and projectiles seen streaking overhead. Qatar, which lies 190 kilometers (120 miles) south of Iran and is home to the largest US military facility in the Middle East, ...