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8/19/2024 5:56:10 PM
German airline group Lufthansa said Monday it was extending the suspension of flights to five Middle East destinations through to August 26 because of continued tensions in the region.
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8/14/2024 1:40:20 PM
Visiting US envoy Amos Hochstein warned Wednesday the clock was ticking for a Gaza ceasefire that could also help end 10 months of cross-border exchanges between Lebanon's Hezbollah and Israel.
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8/12/2024 1:38:51 PM
German airline group Lufthansa said Monday it was extending the suspension of flights to Tel Aviv, Tehran, Beirut, Amman, and Erbil through to August 21 because of continued tensions in the region.
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World
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8/9/2024 7:41:33 PM
Iran's Revolutionary Guards have added long-range missiles and drones to the force's navy, official media said Friday, amid heightened regional tensions following Israel's assassination of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders in Tehran and Beirut.
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World
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8/7/2024 7:28:41 PM
Batoul and her family have been scrambling to secure housing outside Beirut's southern suburbs where an Israeli strike killed a senior Hezbollah commander last week, but spiking demand has sent prices soaring.
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8/6/2024 11:06:56 PM
Low-flying Israeli military aircraft broke the sound barrier three times over Beirut on Tuesday evening, shortly before a speech by Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, amid escalating tensions in the region and growing fears of a wider military confrontation.
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8/6/2024 5:43:02 PM
Air France said Tuesday that its flights and that of its low-cost subsidiary Transavia to Beirut will be suspended through at least Thursday because of fears that Israel's Gaza war could spread.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
8/6/2024 4:17:10 PM
Regional tensions redoubled late last week, after Israel’s double assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hizbullah military commander Fouad Shukr in Tehran and Beirut, respectively.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
8/5/2024 2:30:58 PM
EgyptAir advised customers on Monday to revise or modify their bookings to and from the Lebanese capital Beirut amid potential military escalation between the Lebanese Hezbollah group and Israel.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
8/5/2024 11:12:00 AM
An Israeli strike inside Beirut bodes ill for the stability and security of the region.
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World
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Region
8/4/2024 11:07:33 AM
Lebanon on Sunday marks four years since a catastrophic explosion at Beirut's port killed more than 220 people, with fears of all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah hanging heavy over the grim commemoration.
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8/3/2024 1:39:59 PM
Flights to Beirut by Air France and low-cost carrier Transavia France will remain suspended until at least Tuesday due to "security" concerns in the region, parent company Air France-KLM said.
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8/3/2024 11:48:39 AM
Sweden said Saturday it was shutting its embassy in Beirut amid fears Israel's war on Gaza could escalate into a region-wide conflict, after urging thousands of its citizens to leave Lebanon.
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World
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International
7/31/2024 10:49:25 PM
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday denounced strikes on Beirut and Tehran as a "dangerous escalation" following Israel's assassination of a top Hezbollah commander in Lebanon and Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh during an official visit to Iran.
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Region
7/31/2024 9:29:01 PM
Hezbollah released a statement on Wednesday officially announcing the death of Hezbollah leader Fouad Shukur hours after Israel carried out an airstrike on Tuesday evening targetting his home in Beirut’s southern suburb, Al Mayadeen Network reported.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/31/2024 7:37:57 PM
Egypt condemned Wednesday the recent serious Israeli escalations in the Middle East, warning against the impact of assassinations, violations of national sovereignty, and the potential for increased conflict in the region.
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World
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Region
7/31/2024 2:21:20 PM
A pair of strikes on resistance leaders in Beirut and Tehran has escalated tensions in a region already on edge and adds to a long list of assassinations executed by Israel.
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Region
7/31/2024 10:21:22 AM
Hezbollah said Wednesday that senior military commander Fuad Shukur was inside the building in Beirut's southern suburbs hit by Israel the previous day and that his fate was still unknown.
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World
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7/30/2024 10:49:00 PM
A source close to Hezbollah told AFP that senior commander Fuad Shukr, who is leading the group's operations against Israel in south Lebanon, survived an Israeli strike in the group's southern Beirut stronghold.
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7/30/2024 10:25:57 PM
Lebanon's Prime Minister condemned an Israeli strike on Hezbollah's stronghold in Beirut's southern suburbs, days after Israel vowed to retaliate over deadly rocket fire from Lebanon on the occupied Golan Heights.
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