Tag: Israel Lebanon Conflict

U.S. President Biden says ‘discussing’ possible Israeli strikes on Iran oil facilities

October 3, 2024 admin

U.S. President Joe Biden. File | Photo Credit: AFP President Joe Biden said he was discussing possible Israeli strikes on Iranian oil facilities, in comments that sent oil prices spiking Thursday just a month before the U.S. presidential election. Mr. Biden told reporters at the White House however that he was not expecting Israel to…

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What Countries Are Doing To Rescue Nationals Out Of Lebanon Amid Conflict

October 2, 2024 admin

Western nations are ramping up contingency plans to evacuate citizens from Lebanon after a sharp escalation in the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese armed movement Hezbollah, coupled with Iran’s missile attack on Israel on Tuesday. No country has launched a large-scale military evacuation yet, though some are chartering aircraft as Beirut airport stays open….

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Indian troops with United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon to stay put in south Lebanon amid Israeli ground incursion

October 1, 2024 admin

United Nations peacekeepers (UNIFIL) look at the Lebanese-Israeli border File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Indian contingent in the United Nations Interim Force in South Lebanon (UNIFIL) will be staying put and performing its duties in the face of Israel’s decision to enter the country amid escalating tensions in the region. “The (Indian) battalion of…

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Israeli military warns several Lebanese communities near the border to evacuate

October 1, 2024 admin

The Israeli military on Tuesday (October 1, 2024) warned nearly two dozen Lebanese border communities to evacuate, hours after launching what it said was a limited ground incursion against the Hezbollah militant group. The warning, posted by the Israeli military’s Arabic spokesman on the social media platform X, specified around two dozen communities in southern…

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In Netanyahu’s Message, Warning To Iran’s Leaders, Assurance To Its People

October 1, 2024 admin

New Delhi: In a direct address to the people of Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent a clear and forceful message on Monday. The Israeli leader’s speech, delivered in English and subtitled in Persian, conveyed both a warning to the Iranian regime and an assurance to its citizens. The message comes amidst Israel’s escalating…

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Saudi Arabia Voices “Great Concern” For Lebanon Amid Israeli Strikes

September 30, 2024 admin

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia expressed its “great concern” at the conflict in Lebanon on Monday, calling for the country’s “sovereignty and territorial integrity” to be respected. A foreign ministry statement said: “the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is following with great concern the developments taking place in the Republic of Lebanon.” As the country’s health…

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Biden says he’ll speak with Israeli leader, vowing all-out war in the Middle East must be avoided

September 29, 2024 admin

U.S. President Joe Biden. File | Photo Credit: AP President Joe Biden said Sunday he would speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and believes that an all-out war in the Middle East must be avoided. “It has to be,” Biden told reporters as he boarded Air Force One for Washington. “We really have to…

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Israel Hezbollah war LIVE updates: Israeli military says it killed Nabil Kaouk, another high-ranking Hezbollah official in airstrike

September 29, 2024 admin

People check the rubble of buildings which were levelled on September 27 by Israeli strikes that targeted and killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut’s southern suburbs, on September 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said on Sunday (September 29, 2024) that militant groups…

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Hassan Nasrallah, the cleric who lived and died in war

September 28, 2024 admin

On September 27, Hassan Nasrallah, who led Hezbollah for more than three decades, was assassinated by Israeli airstrikes on Beirut. | Photo Credit: AFP When Hassan Nasrallah, then 32, became the Secretary-General of Hezbollah in 1992, after the assassination of the group’s leader and co-founder Abbas al-Musawi, one of the first things he did was to…

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Israel-Hezbollah war LIVE: Israel Army announces new strikes targeting Hezbollah in east Lebanon

September 28, 2024 admin

Europeans, Arab and Muslim nations launch new initiative for independent Palestinian state While Israel is pounding Beirut with airstrikes, European, Arab and Islamic nations have launched an initiative to strengthen support for a Palestinian state and its institutions, and prepare for a future after the war in Gaza and escalating conflict in Lebanon, Norway’s foreign…

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