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Iran's Araghchi to visit Beirut after Lebanese foreign minister declines trip to Tehran
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will travel to Beirut for talks following a formal invitation from Lebanon’s FM, after the latter…
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Pope Leo in Beirut: Palestinian state 'only' solution to Israeli conflict
"We all know that at this time Israel still does not accept that solution, but we see it as the only solution," Leo, the first US pope,…
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IDF 'increasing attacks': UN says 127 civilians killed by Israel in Lebanon since ceasefire
The UN human rights office said that at least 127 civilians had been killed in Lebanon in strikes by the Israeli military since the…
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Israel Strikes Beirut, Breaking a Ceasefire—Again
Breaking a year-long ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, Israel struck the suburbs of Beirut on Sunday, killing at least five people…
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Israel says it forewarned Beirut of Hezbollah strike yet gov't, army did not act
Israeli officials informed Lebanon of its intended strike on Hezbollah terror targets in Dahiyeh a week prior. Beirut did not respond to…
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Israel strikes southern Beirut on eve of religious holiday
Israel has carried out several air strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, saying it was targeting Hezbollah's drone production. The attack…
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Video of 2020 Beirut port explosion misrepresented as Huthi missile attack on Israel
Yemen’s Huthi rebels have fired numerous missiles at Israel since the war on Gaza began, and while most have been intercepted, one…
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Israeli air force strikes Hezbollah target in Beirut
The Israeli air force attacked a building in a suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Sunday evening, according to a military spokesman.…
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Israeli airstrike hits Beirut suburb for second time since truce
An Israeli airstrike hit a suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday for the second time since the ceasefire between Israel and the…
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95 coffins, countless wounds: Lebanon grapples with Hezbollah’s 'victory' over Israel
AITAROUN, Lebanon — The procession of coffins was heard long before it came into view, a chorus of ambulance sirens drowning out the crowd…
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Displaced Lebanese head for homes as fragile truce appears to hold
Early in the morning they grabbed what they could – bags with clothes, blankets, and mattresses – and headed south. Families who had been…
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Beirut hit by massive strikes amid hope of imminent ceasefire
With expectations growing of an imminent ceasefire to stop the fighting in Lebanon, Israel has struck multiple targets in the Lebanese…
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Israel intensifies strikes on Hezbollah as ceasefire deal seems close
Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, a hotbed of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement, intensified on Monday afternoon, as a…
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Israel strikes Beirut again after 29 killed in multi-storey building
Israel's military once again bombed buildings near the Lebanese capital Beirut on Sunday, a day after one of its strikes on a densely…
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Hezbollah fires rocket barrages into Israel after deadly Beirut strikes
Israel's military says around 250 rockets have been fired by Hezbollah across the border from Lebanon, marking one of the heaviest…
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Israel hits Beirut suburbs with more airstrikes
Israel's military has once again bombed buildings near the Lebanese capital Beirut, with a dpa reporter counting at least eight loud…
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Israel ramps up airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs
Israel on Friday unleashed a spate of airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, an area seen as a hotbed of Lebanon's Iran-allied Hezbollah…
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Renewed Israeli airstrikes on Beirut suburb
Israel on Saturday launched airstrikes on the Beirut suburb, the latest such bombardment on the area, a stronghold of the Lebanese…
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Israel pounds Beirut suburbs as minister vows no let-up for Hezbollah
Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut's southern suburbs were hit by multiple heavy airstrikes on Tuesday as Israel's newly appointed defence…
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Domestic workers paying high price in Hezbollah war with Israel
Patricia, who came to Lebanon from Sierra Leone a few years ago to work as a domestic in a house in southern Lebanon, never imagined she…
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Baerbock warns of Lebanon destabilization as Germany pledges €60m aid
Germany is pledging an additional €60 million ($64.7 million) in humanitarian aid to Lebanon, as Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warns…
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Germany's Baerbock warns of 'complete destabilization' on Beirut trip
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Wednesday warned the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah could lead to the "complete…
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Video shows Beirut residential building leveled by Israeli airstrike
It took less than five seconds for the building in southern Beirut to be reduced to rubble. Residents heard the whoosh and watched as a…
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Israeli foreign minister says 'Beirut in flames' after latest attacks
Israeli attacks have left "Beirut in flames," the country's foreign minister said on Monday morning, after a major offensive targeting…