Source: Reuters
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
Thursday 24 March 2022 15:06:44
Iran’s Foreign Minister Says Nuclear Deal Closer ‘than Ever’
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Wednesday that Iran and world powers are closer than ever to reviving a 2015 nuclear deal.
“If the US acts pragmatically, we are ready to have foreign ministers of countries belonging to the nuclear deal’s joint commission gather in Vienna to finalize the agreement,” Amir-Abdollahian said during a press conference in Damascus alongside his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad.
“We believe that today we are closer to an agreement in Vienna than ever before.”
Following 11 months of negotiations, Iran and the US are now saying that the ball is in the other’s court to revive the accord, which would curb Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for lifting tough sanctions on Iran’s economy.
On Tuesday, the US State Department said a return to the deal was neither certain nor imminent.
The talks were close to agreement until Russia demanded guarantees from the US that sanctions imposed on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine would not hurt its trade with Iran.
“We have given our latest proposals to the US through the European Union’s coordinator to reach a final deal. We reminded the Americans that we will not cross our red lines,” Amir-Abdollahian said on Wednesday.
