War in the Middle East

EditorialTrump’s Thunderbolt: America Attacks, Iran Shakes, the World Waits

Marc Saikali 22/06 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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A night that will be etched into Middle East history has just come to an end. In the early hours of June 22, 2025, Donald Trump launched a strike. Six B-2 Spirit stealth bombers took off from a US base and dropped twelve GBU-57 bunker-buster bombs on Iran’s underground Fordow nuclear site, while 30 Tomahawk missiles targeted facilities in ...

SpotlightIran’s Nuclear Programme: The Key Sites

This is Beirut 22/06 07:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The US military attacked three sites in Iran on Sunday -- Natanz, Isfahan and the mountain-buried Fordo, all key parts of Tehran's nuclear programme, which it maintains is purely for civilian purposes. American planes launched a "very successful attack", US President Donald Trump said, claiming Iran's main nuclear enrichment facilities had been ...

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Trump Says Iran Nuclear Facilities "Completely and Totally Obliterated"

This is Beirut 22/06 05:15 - Reading : less than a minute

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“Iran's main nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally destroyed,” Donald Trump announced at a press conference at 10pm EST, (5am Lebanese time). According to the US president, the operation was “a spectacular military success”. “Our goal was to destroy Iran's nuclear enrichment ...

Iran threatens 'more devastating' response to Israel's attacks

This is Beirut 21/06 20:55 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian warned of a "more devastating" retaliation should Israel's nine-day bombing campaign continue, saying the Islamic Republic would not halt its nuclear programme "under any circumstances". Israel said on Saturday it had killed three more Iranian commanders in its unprecedented offensive, while Foreign Minister ...

VideosTrump: US May Not Need to Act on Iran

This is Beirut 21/06 20:50 - Reading : less than a minute

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When asked whether Israel could strike Iran’s nuclear facilities without external support, Donald Trump said the country has “a very limited capacity” and added, “Maybe it won’t be necessary” for the United States to intervene. His remarks raise questions about the extent of potential US involvement in a conflict with Iran.

Lammy Reaffirms UK Support to Raggi, Urges Lebanese Neutrality

This is Beirut 21/06 20:15 - Reading : less than a minute

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Lebanon’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Youssef Raggi received a phone call this afternoon from British Foreign Secretary David Lammy. Lammy expressed the United Kingdom’s and the broader European community’s support for Lebanon, stressing the importance of the country staying out of the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel. ...

Macron Says Europeans to 'Accelerate Negotiations' with Iran

This is Beirut 21/06 19:34 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday that France and its European partners would ramp up talks with Iran following more than a week of hostilities between the Islamic Republic and Israel. "I am convinced that there is a way out of war and to avoid even greater dangers," Macron said on X after holding phone talks with ...

Yemen's Houthis Threaten to Attack US Ships in Red Sea If It Strikes Iran

This is Beirut 21/06 18:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Yemen's Houthis threatened on Saturday to attack US vessels in the Red Sea, despite a recent truce, should Washington get involved in Israel's bombardment campaign against Iran. Israel launched unprecedented attacks on Iranian nuclear and military sites last week, drawing retaliation from Tehran. The United States, a key Israeli ally, ...

IAEA Says Centrifuge Workshop at Iran's Isfahan Nuclear Site Hit

This is Beirut 21/06 17:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The UN nuclear agency confirmed on Saturday that a centrifuge manufacturing workshop at Iran's Isfahan nuclear site had been hit in the latest strike amid Israel's bombing campaign. "A centrifuge manufacturing workshop has been hit in Esfahan, the third such facility that has been targeted in Israel's attacks on Iran's ...

Four Revolutionary Guards Fighters Killed in Northwest Iran

This is Beirut 21/06 17:31 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Four fighters from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were killed in an Israeli attack on a training center in northwest Iran, the ISNA news agency reported. "Four people have died as martyrs and three others were wounded in an Israeli attack against a training camp of the Revolutionary Guards in Tabriz," ISNA reported. The ...

Emirates to Resume Flights to and from Lebanon Starting Monday

This is Beirut 21/06 16:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Emirates will resume operating flights to and from Lebanon, according to information obtained by This is Beirut from the Ministry of Transport. LBCI confirmed that the resumption will start on Monday, June 23. Gulf airlines canceled several flights starting Friday, June 13, 2025, to and from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Iran and Syria. The day after ...

Khamenei Chooses Three Potential Successors, Fills Senior Military Posts from Bunker

This is Beirut 21/06 14:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has nominated three clerics as potential successors while hiding in a bunker as he faces threats of assassination by Israel in the ongoing war, The New York Times reports. Khamenei has also begun filling the posts of senior commanders eliminated by Israel, according to the report, which cites three Iranian ...