Tag: Near and Middle East
After Gaza, the risk of a new endless war – L’Express
Like “Beirut” or “Vietnam”, the word “Gaza” is now loaded with a meaning that symbolises horror. Reflecting the fears of many observers, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed concern on Sunday…
Foreign press fears “deadly escalation” in Lebanon – L’Express
The Israeli army announced on Tuesday, September 24, new strikes targeting infrastructure and weapons of the Islamist movement Hezbollah in Lebanon. The day before, after a day of large-scale bombings,…
Nearly 500 dead in the most intense Israeli strikes in a year – L’Express
Will the Middle East erupt into flames nearly a year after the October 7 attack by Hamas? The international community is concerned after Israel’s deadly large-scale strikes against Hezbollah in…
In Lebanon, the deadliest Israeli strikes in almost a year – L’Express
Terror reigned on Monday, September 23, in southern Lebanon, where Israeli aircraft dropped a carpet of bombs, killing at least 274 people, including 21 children, the heaviest toll in nearly…
Israel carries out new strikes on Lebanon – L’Express
The specter of a regionalized conflict is becoming clearer as the escalation between Tel Aviv and Hezbollah progresses. Accusing the Hebrew state of “provocative measures”, Egypt raised the risk of…
Hezbollah, hit but not sunk? “Israel’s sword thrust pierced its entrails” – L’Express
The sound of ambulances has been echoing in Beirut for the past week, sowing panic and chaos in the Lebanese capital. The toll of the unprecedented attacks that simultaneously detonated…
Middle East on the brink of ‘catastrophe’, says UN – L’Express
Dozens of Israeli warplanes carried out intense bombardments Saturday against southern Lebanon, a stronghold of Hezbollah, a day after an Israeli strike that decapitated the elite unit of the Lebanese…
the specter of the powerful unit 8200, the “Israeli NSA” – L’Express
Radio silence. Officially, Israel has not commented on the operation that this week caused the almost simultaneous explosion of thousands of pagers and other communication devices used by Hezbollah operatives…
Israeli army announces new strikes on Hezbollah sites – L’Express
This is a new blow to the Lebanese Islamist movement after the explosions of its transmission devices. Hezbollah announced this Saturday, September 21, the death of two of its leaders…
Ibrahim Aqil, Hezbollah Commander Eliminated by IDF – L’Express
The airstrike comes a few days after the spectacular attack that targeted Hezbollah’s transmission devices. This Friday, September 20, an Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut left at…