Posts Tagged: beirut
Deadly Shooting Rocks Beirut as Tensions Over Blast Probe Erupt
Gunfire in Beirut killed at least five Lebanese Shi'ites in what authorities said was an attack on protesters who were going to take part in...
Iran Says Saudi Talks on ‘Right Track’
i24 News – Discussions between Iran and Saudi Arabia are on the right track but it will take more time to restore bilateral ties, Iran's...
Reeling From Gaza War and Lebanon Crisis, Hamas and Hezbollah Chiefs Meet in Beirut
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and head of Hamas' political bureau Ismail Haniyeh met in Beirut on Tuesday to discuss repercussions of last month’s...
Lebanon Closes Bars, Nightclubs to Curb Coronavirus
Lebanon said on Sunday it will close bars and nightclubs to help contain the COVID-19 outbreak which has killed more than 450 people in a...
IDF Refutes Hezbollah Claims About Beirut Missile Factory
The Israeli military published a video on Friday it said proved that a site in Beirut claimed by Hezbollah to be a regular industrial factory...
US Calls for Credible Probe Into ‘Overwhelming’ Beirut Blast
The United States called on Saturday for a transparent and credible investigation into the massive port blast in Beirut and said the country would only...
Lebanon Sees Possible ‘External Interference’ in Port Blast
Lebanon's president said on Friday its investigation into the biggest blast in Beirut's history would examine whether it was caused by a bomb or other...
Head of Hospital in Galilee Pleads With Lebanon to Send Beirut Disaster Victims to Israel
The head of one of the largest hospitals in northern Israel called on the Lebanese government on Wednesday to accept an Israeli aid offer after...
‘Total Chaos’ in Beirut After Massive Blast Rocks Lebanese Capital
A huge explosion in a port warehouse district near the center of Beirut killed more than 50 people, injured over 2,750 others and sent shock waves across...
Security Forces Fire Tear Gas, Dozens Wounded in Beirut Protest
Security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at Lebanese protesters in central Beirut on Saturday in clashes that went on into the night and...
Hezbollah Said to Be Planning ‘Calculated Strike’ Against Israel After Beirut Drone Incident
Hezbollah is preparing a "calculated strike" against its enemy Israel after drones crashed in Beirut but it seeks to avoid a new war, two sources allied to...
Hezbollah: Two Israeli Drones Fall in Beirut Suburbs, One Explodes
An Israeli drone fell in the Hezbollah-dominated southern suburbs of Beirut and a second one exploded near the ground early on Sunday, the Lebanese army...
Hariri Says Israeli Drones in Beirut Attempt to Stir Middle East Tensions
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said two Israeli drones that crashed in a suburb of Beirut dominated by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah were designed to stir...
Nasrallah Denies Hezbollah Using Beirut Port to Smuggle in Iranian Weapons
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah denied on Friday an Israeli claim that his organization was smuggling Iranian weapons into Lebanon via the Port of Beirut. Earlier this...
