Lebanon has been involved for years in mediating talks about Tice. President Joe Biden said Sunday that his administration believed Tice was alive and was committed to bringing him home, though he also acknowledged that “we have no direct evidence” of his status. Tice, who has had his work...
Disputes over Israeli construction of the border wall, Lebanon's start of oil and gas exploration at sea and the growing arsenal of Lebanon's Iran-backed Shi'ite group Hezbollah have caused a spike in tensions between Lebanon and Israel, both friends of the United States that regard...
This article highlights the hazards of reporting from Beirut, Lebanon since the Lebanese Christian Phalangists gained the upper hand there following the withdrawal of the Palestinian Liberation Organization from the city in August 1982. ...
For more information seehttps://www.degruyter.com/how-access-works Showing a limited preview of this publication: 315FROM BEIRUT(LEBANON)IN 1982BYLORENJENKINSThe WashingtonPostLorenJenkins(bornon October26,1938,in NewOrleans,La.)earnedhisB.A.degreeat theUniversityof Coloradoin Boulderand didgraduate...
Washington Post reports that Israel likely used US-made 2,000-pound bombs in its strike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.Israel National NewsSep 30, 2024, 4:14 AM Elimination in Beirut: Three senior PFLP terrorists killed in explosion Media in Lebanon report explosion in the Al-Kol...
He pledged not to let anyone violate "the post of prime minister" - a seat reserved for a Sunni Muslim in Lebanon's power-sharing system. Officials who were informed about the nitrate included Diab and President Michel Aoun, who were warned in July that it could destroy the ca...
Meanwhile, White House national security spokesman John Kirby said Israel's airstrikes in Lebanon had “wiped out” Hezbollah’s command structure, but he warned the group will work quickly to rebuild it. “I think people are safer without him walking around,” Kirby said...
Israel did not confirm that it had killed the Hamas chief, but a U.S. official told CBS News' Margaret Brennan on Wednesday that the U.S. assesses both Haniyeh and topHezbollah commander Fuad Shukrwere killed in Israeli strikes. Shukr was killed Tuesday in a strike in Beirut, Lebanon, ...
fulfilled our pledge. The U.N. secretary general . . . (now) has to bring about the release of our brethren in Israel.” He apparently referred to about 200 prisoners held by Israel and its militia allies in South Lebanon. Shiite Muslim kidnapers have long demanded that these captives be...
World War 3 continued to escalate today, as Israeli forces bombed a Beirut suburb in Lebanon, killing two commanders of the Hamas Al-Qassam Brigades, as well as its deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri. Florida Congressman Mike Waltz...