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Rubio Demands Syrian Government Forces Intervene To Prevent Jihadist Attacks

This is Beirut 20/07 05:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday called on the Syrian government's security forces to prevent jihadists from entering and "carrying out massacres" in the conflict-stricken south of the country. "If authorities in Damascus want to preserve any chance of achieving a unified, inclusive and peaceful Syria... they must ...

Druze Fighters Regain Control of Syria’s Sweida City

This is Beirut 19/07 22:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Druze fighters pushed rival armed groups out of Syria's Sweida on Saturday, a monitor and an armed group said, regaining control of the city even as clashes persisted in other parts of the violence-hit province. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said that "tribal fighters withdrew from Sweida city on Saturday evening" after Druze ...

Ukraine Proposes Fresh Peace Talks With Russia Next Week

This is Beirut 19/07 21:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Kyiv has proposed to Moscow a new round of peace talks next week, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday, after negotiations stalled in early June. Two rounds of talks in Istanbul between Moscow and Kyiv have failed to result in any progress towards a ceasefire, instead yielding large-scale prisoner exchanges and deals to return the ...

Trump Insists Iran Nuclear Sites Destroyed amid Reports Some Survived

This is Beirut 19/07 19:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump on Saturday insisted that US bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities "completely destroyed" the sites after a report said that some had largely survived. On his Truth Social platform, Trump reiterated his frequent claim that "all three nuclear sites in Iran were completely destroyed and/or OBLITERATED." He said it would ...

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Rayan Chami 19/07 18:00 - Reading : less than a minute

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Ceasefire Order Fails to Halt Fighting in Syria's Druze Heartland

This is Beirut 19/07 17:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Syrian Bedouin and their allies fought Druze fighters in the community's Sweida heartland for a seventh day Saturday despite a ceasefire ordered by the government following a US-brokered deal to avert further Israeli military intervention. AFP correspondents reported clashes in the west of the provincial capital as Druze fighters battled ...

Crisis in Sweida: Syrian President Denounces Foreign Interference

This is Beirut 19/07 12:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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In a televised address this morning, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa described the recent clashes in the Sweida province as "a dangerous turning point in Syria’s security and political situation," while accusing foreign powers of fueling instability. The president stated that "the violent clashes between armed groups nearly spiraled out of ...

Gaza Civil Defense Says Israeli Attacks Kill 26 Near Two Aid Centers

This is Beirut 19/07 11:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defense agency on Saturday said Israeli attacks killed 26 people and wounded more than 100 near two aid centers in the south of the Palestinian territory. Agency spokesman Mahmud Basal told AFP that 22 were killed near a site southwest of Khan Yunis and four near another center northwest of Rafah, blaming "Israeli ...

Trump Sues Murdoch, Newspaper Over Epstein Sex Bombshell

This is Beirut 19/07 05:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump sued media magnate Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal on Friday for at least $10 billion over the publication of a bombshell report on his friendship with the infamous alleged sex trafficker of underage girls, Jeffrey Epstein. The defamation lawsuit, filed in federal court in Miami, saw the 79-year-old Republican ...

New Clashes Rock Syria's Druze Heartland as Tribal Fighters Reinforce Bedouin

This is Beirut 19/07 00:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Armed tribes supported by Syria's Islamist-led government clashed with Druze fighters in the community's Sweida heartland on Friday, a day after the army withdrew under Israeli bombardment and diplomatic pressure. The United Nations called for an end to the "bloodshed" and demanded an "independent" investigation of the ...

Iraq Says Drones that Struck Military Radars Are Foreign-Made

This is Beirut 18/07 20:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iraq said Friday that drones, which hit several military radar systems last month, were launched from within the country but manufactured abroad, without identifying the perpetrators. On June 24, the Iraqi government said that several small suicide drones targeted multiple Iraqi military sites and bases, including the radar systems at Camp Taji, ...

Hamas Armed Wing Says Israel Blocking Ceasefire and Hostage Release Talks

This is Beirut 18/07 19:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The armed wing of the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Friday accused Israel of blocking a deal in talks for a temporary ceasefire and the release of hostages in Gaza. Negotiators from both sides have been in indirect talks in Qatar since July 6 to try to agree on a 60-day truce in the conflict, which would see 10 captives freed. But after ...