This Is Beirut 21/02 12:11 - Reading : less than a minute
Attacks Gas and Oil Iran Javad Owji
Iran said Wednesday that Israel was behind twin sabotage attacks against gas pipelines that disrupted supplies in at least three provinces last week. Iran's Oil Minister, Javad Owji, accused Israel of sabotaging gas pipelines, citing disruptions in three provinces. "The explosion of the country's gas lines was the work of Israel," he told ...
This Is Beirut 20/02 23:13 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The United States is set to unveil new sanctions against Russia on Friday in response to the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in prison. This action comes as several European governments have called in Russian diplomats amidst the escalating tensions. The United States will announce fresh sanctions on Russia on Friday over the death in ...
This Is Beirut 20/02 18:18 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was absent from a London court due to illness on Tuesday as his lawyer made a final appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial for publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the Australian extradited after he was charged in the United States multiple times between 2018 and ...
David Hale 20/02 15:41 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
As America and its allies grapple with the conflict in the Middle East, a study of history can help American policymakers learn from their predecessors' successes and failures. Because Lebanon is a microcosm of the Middle East, the past conduct of American diplomacy there offers a wealth of experience to help guide Washington through the current ...
This Is Beirut 20/02 13:48 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Since April 2023, a war is ravaging Sudan. Dozens of thousands have been killed, and millions displaced. In South Sudan, Sudanese refugees wait in overcrowded camps, hoping to go back to their homes one day. A new truck arrives in the South Sudanese town of Renk, packed with dozens of elderly men, women and children, their exhausted faces ...
This Is Beirut 20/02 13:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Russia's FSB security services said on Tuesday it had arrested a US-Russian woman suspected of treason for raising funds for the Ukrainian army. The FSB in the central Urals city of Yekaterinburg said it had "suppressed the illegal activities" of a 33-year-old woman, a resident of Los Angeles with dual citizenship, and taken her into custody. It ...
20/02 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
According to informed Arab circles, significant endeavors are underway to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza prior to the beginning of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan around March 11. Efforts are underway despite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s unwavering determination to pursue the war until all its goals are fulfilled, and despite ...
This Is Beirut 19/02 15:33 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The European Union on Monday officially launched a mission to help protect international shipping in the Red Sea from attacks by Yemen's Houthis, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said. "Europe will ensure freedom of navigation in the Red Sea, working alongside our international partners," the European Commission president wrote on X. The Houthis, ...
This Is Beirut 19/02 13:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Yemen's Houthis confirmed that they struck a British ship in the Gulf of Aden overnight after maritime security reported the attack. Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said Monday they struck a British ship in the Gulf of Aden, after a maritime security firm reported overnight an attack on a UK-registered ship. The group targeted "a British ship ...
19/02 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The assassination of dissident leader Alexei Navalny is no fait divers. It brings us back to picture the nightmares of the deaths of the Gulag convicts, the “banality of evil” (Banalität des Bösen) and the steadfastness of the internal opposition to Vladimir Putin. It highlights the deep-seated fears of the cynical and bloody autocrat and ...
This Is Beirut 18/02 12:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Relatives of Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Putin's foremost opponent, have still not been able to recover the body of the fierce Kremlin critic who died in an Arctic prison on Friday, February 16. They accuse Putin of concealing the truth about Navalny's cause of death. Alexei Navalny's supporters accused Russian authorities on Saturday of being ...
17/02 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Since Hamas' attack on October 7, US President Joe Biden was the first to show his and his country’s unwavering support for Israel. But today, four months after the beginning of the war in Gaza, Biden's support has begun to falter. The Israeli-American relationship is over 75 years old, with America being the first country to recognize ...