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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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Israel Pounds Beirut But No Sign Of Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah

September 28, 2024 admin

New Delhi: Israel continued ferocious rounds of airstrikes on Hezbollah’s key strongholds in southern Beirut in Lebanon today. These strikes, which began last night in the heart of the capital city, sent plumes of thick smoke billowing into the sky, sparking fear and chaos in densely populated civilian areas. The operations marked Israel’s most intense…

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France and the U.S. are working on a plan for a 21-day cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah

September 26, 2024 admin

Smoke billows over Khiam, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, September 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS France’s Foreign Minister said on Wednesday (September 25, 2024) that his country and the United States are working on a proposal for a 21-day cease-fire “to…

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How Hezbollah Faced 2 Days Of Mayhem In Lebanon

September 20, 2024 admin

Pager and walkie-talkie blasts targetting Hezbollah militants caused mayhem across Lebanon. Paris: It’s around 3:30 in the afternoon on September 17. People in Lebanon are going about their daily business, doing the shopping, having a haircut, conducting meetings. Hundreds of pagers across the country, and even outside its borders, then simultaneously bleep with a message…

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Lebanon Health Ministry says three killed in Israeli strike

September 13, 2024 admin

Smoke rises near the Israel-Lebanon border, after Hezbollah fired projectiles towards Israel from Lebanon, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in northern Israel, September 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Lebanese Health Ministry said a child was among three people killed in an Israeli strike in the country’s south on Thursday (September…

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Panic In Beirut As Israeli Warplanes Break Sound Barrier Thrice

August 6, 2024 admin

Israeli warplanes flew low over the Lebanese capital (Representational Image) Beirut, Lebanon: Israeli warplanes broke the sound barrier three times over Beirut in less than 30 minutes on Tuesday, leading to loud booms that sent people in the city running for cover just ahead of a speech by the head of the powerful Iran-backed group…

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