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Security & Justice
Southern Lebanon Endures Massive Damage: 40,000 Homes Leveled Across 37 Towns
Israeli forces have systematically destroyed entire neighborhoods in southern Lebanon, leveling more than 37 towns and wiping out over 40,000 residential units, according to Lebanon's National News Agency.
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Gaps in Coastal Radar Enabled Israeli Raid in Batroun, Army Commander Says
Lebanon’s army chief, General Joseph Aoun, detailed to Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati how Israeli forces likely exploited gaps in the country's coastal radar system during the recent raid carried out in Batroun. The briefing comes as Lebanese officials seek answers on how Israel’s elite Shayetet 13 unit carried out the landing undetected.
Monday, November 4, 2024
Opinion
The Emptying of Baalbek Is a Moment to Take Stock
“Large numbers of people continue to flee their homes every day, as Israel’s military operations in Lebanon have been going on unabated.” These disturbing words could be from almost any news report about Israel’s invasion of its northern neighbour over the past month. However, they can be found in a report by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre issued on July 27, 2006.
Saturday, November 2, 2024
A Future Without Hezbollah
At the end of September, when Israel’s campaign to destroy Hezbollah was reaching its height, I met one of the group’s supporters in a seaside café in western Beirut. He was a middle-aged man with a thin white beard and the spent look of someone who had not slept for days. He was an academic of sorts, not a fighter, but his ties to Hezbollah were deep and long-standing.
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Sports
Tottenham Forward Son Heung-min Crowned Asia’s International Player of the Year
Tottenham forward Son Heung-min was crowned as Asia’s International Player of the Year for the fourth time by the Asian Football Confederation at its annual awards ceremony Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Real Madrid Launch Investigation into Racist Insults After El Clasico Defeat
Real Madrid has launched an investigation into racist insults directed at players during Saturday’s 4-0 home loss to Barcelona in LaLiga, it said on Sunday.
Monday, October 28, 2024
Tuesday 2 July 2024 22:08:14
Cyprus Braces for Potential Lebanon Evacuations Amid Growing Regional Tensions
Cyprus Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos warned on Tuesday of "disastrous consequences" if the Middle Eastern conflict spreads to Lebanon, stressing that his country is preparing for all possible scenarios.
"The Republic of Cyprus is preparing for the potential evacuation of third-country nationals from Lebanon," Kombos told the House Foreign Affairs Committee as he highlighted the deteriorating situation in the region.
The Cypriot FM pointed out that the number of evacuees could exceed 100,000, saying that citizens from Lebanon and Israel might need evacuation to or through Cyprus.
Kombos also addressed recent threats made by Hezbollah against Cyprus, refuting claims that his country is involved in the Middle Eastern conflict.
"Cyprus is not assisting Israel’s military operations and will not do so," he clarified, noting that President Nikos Christodoulides has made this stance unequivocally clear.
Moreover, Kombos noted that the Cypriot government is unaware of any aggressive acts originating from British bases on the island and confirmed that the Republic of Cyprus "has not approved such activities." He clarified that British bases, being sovereign UK territory, do not require Cypriot approval for their operations, as demonstrated earlier this year when the UK used its Akrotiri base for bombing missions in Yemen.
