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US Announces First Israeli Withdrawal From Lebanon Under Ceasefire Deal

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US Announces First Israeli Withdrawal From Lebanon Under Ceasefire Deal

Washington: Israeli forces conducted a first withdrawal from a town in south Lebanon and were replaced by the Lebanese military under a ceasefire deal, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Wednesday. The command’s leader General Erik Kurilla “was present at the implementation and monitoring headquarters today during the ongoing first Israeli Defense Forces withdrawal…

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Fall Of Syria And Its Impact On Power Balance In The Middle East

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Fall Of Syria And Its Impact On Power Balance In The Middle East

Damascus: In a seismic moment for the Middle East, Islamist rebels in Syria announced President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster on Sunday after seizing control of Damascus, forcing him to flee and ending his family’s decades of rule after more than 13 years of civil war. The fall of Bashar al-Assad came as a major blow to…

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Israel Launches Retaliatory Strikes Against Hezbollah Across Lebanon

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Israel Launches Retaliatory Strikes Against Hezbollah Across Lebanon

Israel launched strikes against targets it says were violating the agreement. Jerusalem: The Israeli military said Monday it had “struck Hezbollah terrorists, dozens of launchers, and terrorist infrastructure throughout Lebanon”, where a fragile US-brokered truce with the militant group began last week. The Israeli air force also “struck the Hezbollah launcher in the area of…

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Netanyahu Vows “Intensive War” If Lebanon Ceasefire Violated

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Netanyahu Vows “Intensive War” If Lebanon Ceasefire Violated

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday threatened Hezbollah with an “intensive war” if the Lebanese militant group violates a day-old ceasefire. “If necessary, I gave a directive to the (Israeli army)” to wage “an intensive war” in the event of any breach, he said in an interview with Israeli broadcaster Channel 14. (Except…

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Benjamin Netanyahu Lists 3 Main Reasons For Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire

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Benjamin Netanyahu Lists 3 Main Reasons For Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire

Tel Aviv: As the Israeli security cabinet voted in favour of a ceasefire deal to end the fighting with the militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement on Tuesday that there are three “main reasons” he wants a truce now. an Israeli official told the media. Israeli Prime…

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Lebanon, Hezbollah agree to U.S. proposal for ceasefire with Israel: Lebanese official

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Lebanon, Hezbollah agree to U.S. proposal for ceasefire with Israel: Lebanese official

Hezbollah, a heavily armed movement backed by Iran, endorsed its long-time ally Berri to negotiate over a ceasefire. | Photo Credit: Reuters “Lebanon and Hezbollah have agreed to a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire with Israel with some comments on the content,” a top Lebanese official told Reuters on Monday (November 18, 2024), describing the…

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Cultural experts ask UN to shield war-torn Lebanon’s heritage

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Cultural experts ask UN to shield war-torn Lebanon’s heritage

Destruction to a hotel, walkway and shops from an Israeli airstrike the day before is seen in front of Baalbeks Unesco World Heritage site ancient ruins on November 7, 2024, in Baalbek, Lebanon. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Hundreds of cultural professionals, including archaeologists and academics, called on the United Nations to safeguard war-torn Lebanon’s…

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Footage From Hezbollah Tunnel Under Cemetery, Huge Cache Of Weapons, Rockets

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Footage From Hezbollah Tunnel Under Cemetery, Huge Cache Of Weapons, Rockets

The Israeli military on Sunday said it “dismantled” multiple underground tunnels used by Hezbollah members in Lebanon, including the one that was allegedly located under a cemetery.  The kilometre-long tunnel housed command and control rooms, sleeping quarters and weapon caches. In a post on X, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) shared a video that showed…

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Netanyahu Confirms He Okayed Pager Attacks That Killed Nearly 40 In Lebanon

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Netanyahu Confirms He Okayed Pager Attacks That Killed Nearly 40 In Lebanon

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted that he had “okayed” the pager attacks in Lebanon, which had killed nearly 40 and wounded 3,000 Iran-backed Hezbollah members in September. “Netanyahu confirmed Sunday that he greenlighted the pager operation in Lebanon,” his spokesperson Omer Dostri told news agency AFP. Thousands of pagers exploded in Hezbollah strongholds…

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Israeli Strikes Target Lebanon’s Tyre City, 7, Including 2 Children Killed

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Israeli Strikes Target Lebanon’s Tyre City, 7, Including 2 Children Killed

Beirut: Lebanon’s health ministry said Saturday seven people including two children were killed in Israeli strikes on the southern city of Tyre a day earlier, with rescuers still searching for missing people under the rubble. “Israeli enemy strikes on the city of Tyre killed seven people including two girls, and injured 46 others,” the ministry…

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