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Security & Justice
Captured Hezbollah Operative May Have Been Israeli Double Agent, Report Suggests
The alleged senior Hezbollah operative abducted by Israeli special forces last week in Batroun may have been operating as a double agent, according to a report by The Telegraph.
Monday, November 4, 2024
Lebanon’s Probe into Israeli Raid Expected to Take Days as Security Officials Weigh Theories
Lebanese authorities are ramping up investigations into an Israeli commando raid last week in the northern coastal city of Batroun, during which Imad Amhaz, a Hezbollah official, was snatched.
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
Sunday 29 September 2024 10:11:16
Zelenskyy Says Trump Assured Him of Support for Ukraine in War with Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in an interview with Fox News, aired Saturday, said he received "very direct information" from Donald Trump indicating that the former U.S. president would support Ukraine in its war against Russia if he is reelected in the November presidential election.
Zelenskyy, who was in the United States for the U.N. General Assembly, presented his war "victory plan" to Trump during a closed-door meeting on Friday, after the Republican presidential candidate stated he would work with both Ukraine and Russia to end the conflict.
Speaking to Fox News after the meeting, Zelenskyy said, "I don't know what will happen after the elections and who will be the president ... But I received very direct information from Donald Trump that he will be on our side, that he will support Ukraine."
He has used his U.S. visit to promote his "victory plan," which a U.S. official described as a repackaged request for more weapons and the lifting of restrictions on the use of long-range missiles. The plan envisions the ultimate defeat of Russia in the war, the official said. Some officials consider the aim unrealistic.
Zelenskyy, who also met with U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden, stated he was seeking unified U.S. support in its ongoing war with Russia and was not backing either side in the U.S. elections.
"I don't want to be involved in the election period ... I don't want to lose one or another part of Americans," Zelenskyy told Fox News.
On Friday, Trump expressed pleasure in meeting with Zelenskyy, marking a change in tone from some of his previous comments on the campaign trail.
The differences between Trump and Harris on Ukraine reflect splits within their respective Democratic and Republican parties regarding the U.S. role in the world.
Trump and some Republicans in Congress have questioned the value of U.S. funding and additional weapons for Ukraine's two-year battle against Russia, calling it futile. In contrast, Democrats, led by Biden, have advocated for punishing Russia and bolstering Ukraine, framing Ukraine's victory as a vital national security interest.
