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European Powers Plan Fresh Nuclear Talks with Iran This Week

This is Beirut 20/07 15:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The United Kingdom, France, and Germany are planning to hold fresh talks with Iran on its nuclear program in the coming days, a German diplomatic source told AFP on Sunday. The European powers, known as the E3, "are in contact with Iran to schedule further talks for the coming week", the source said, following warnings from the trio ...

Pope Urges Immediate End to 'Barbarity' of Gaza War

This is Beirut 20/07 15:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Pope Leo XIV slammed the "barbarity" of the war in Gaza on Sunday and urged against the "indiscriminate use of force," just days after a deadly strike by Israel's military on a Catholic church. "I once again ask for an immediate end to the barbarity of the war and for a peaceful resolution to the conflict," Leo ...

Calm Returns to South Syria after Violence that Killed 1,000

This is Beirut 20/07 14:46 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Calm returned to southern Syria's Sweida province on Sunday, a monitor and AFP correspondents reported, after a week of sectarian violence between Druze fighters and rival groups that killed more than 1,000 people. A ceasefire announced on Saturday appeared to be holding after earlier agreements failed to end fighting between longtime rivals ...

Tsunami Alert Lifted after Powerful Quakes Off Russian Coast

This is Beirut 20/07 13:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A tsunami alert was lifted after a series of powerful earthquakes off the coast of Russia's far east on Sunday did not result in deadly waves, according to the Russian emergencies ministry. Earlier on Sunday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) issued a tsunami alert, forecasting "hazardous waves" after a 7.4-magnitude quake at 0849 ...

Israel Orders Civilians Out of Central Gaza Ahead of New Campaign

This is Beirut 20/07 11:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Israeli military on Sunday issued an evacuation order for Palestinians in the central Gaza Strip, warning of imminent action against Hamas militants in an area "where it has not operated before". The military's Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee said in a post on X that residents and displaced Palestinians sheltering in ...

Rubio Demands Syrian Government Forces Intervene To Prevent Jihadist Attacks

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

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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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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 ...