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Trump says US 'must' respond after Iran downs Apache helicopter
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (414+ words) U. S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that a U. S. military helicopter was shot down by Iran and that the United States "must" respond. The Apache helicopter is the second crewed aircraft that Washington has confirmed was shot down by Iran during the…...
Aoun: What does Sheikh Naim want?
46+ min ago (176+ words) Let Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qasse "tell me what he wants. Does he want to fight? Let him go and fight; we've seen the results," President Joseph Aoun has said, according to his visitors. In remarks to the al-Quds al-Arabi…...
Israel minister Smotrich banned from France
6+ hour, 59+ min ago (206+ words) Naharnet Israel minister Smotrich banned from France France Tuesday banned far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich from entering the country, the French foreign minister said, slamming him for actively promoting the annexation of the West Bank and the "re-colonization" of…...
Report: Hezbollah agrees to 'point-for-point' withdrawal from South Litani
5+ hour, 5+ min ago (150+ words) Hezbollah does not object to withdrawing its fighters from the area south of the Litani River according to a "point for point" principle, which means that Israel should also pull out its forces in tandem, sources said. "The Lebanese parliament…...
Aoun blasts Iran intervention, says Berri trying to convince Hezbollah to disarm
7+ hour, 53+ min ago (451+ words) On Tuesday, President Joseph Aoun shared a segment of his recent CNN interview on social media, issuing a sharp warning to Iran against interfering in Lebanon's internal affairs. Aoun said in the clip that Lebanon seeks good relations with Iran…...
Berri rejects pilot zones, demands unconditional, complete, and comprehensive ceasefire
9+ hour, 27+ min ago (307+ words) Naharnet Berri rejects pilot zones, demands unconditional, complete, and comprehensive ceasefire Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri only supports a complete and comprehensive ceasefire by land, sea, and air without any conditions, he told the WHYZ media platform. After a ceasefire is…...
Ukraine's Zelensky arrives in Estonia to attend Nordic-Baltic summit
6+ hour, 57+ min ago (565+ words) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Estonia on Tuesday to attend a summit of Nordic and Baltic leaders, a visit that comes amid friction over Ukrainian drones straying into the region in recent months. The drones have crashed into the…...
Israel vows to press military campaign in Lebanon despite Iran's warnings
12+ hour, 9+ min ago (152+ words) Naharnet Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has vowed to press on with Israel's military campaign in Lebanon, despite a warning from Iran that any such action would prompt the Islamic republic to take "severe" measures in response. "The IDF will…...
A very online Israeli army spokesman is the face of war for millions of Arabs
10+ hour, 46+ min ago (1128+ words) For more than two years, hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza and Lebanon have lived in dread of Avichay Adraee's next social media post. Israel's Arabic-language military spokesman has been the animated face of its campaigns and the main…...
Israel's permanent state of war comes with economic, social costs
11+ hour, 42+ min ago (648+ words) The enormous costs of Israel's multi-front war and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's determination to turn his country into a "super-Sparta" of the Middle East are driving up the defense budget and raising fears of cutbacks in education and healthcare. The…...