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Laila Bassam

Laila Bassam

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Pagers and drones: How Hezbollah aims to counter Israel's high-tech surveillance

Coded messages. Landline phones. Pagers.

Pagers and drones: How Hezbollah aims to counter Israel's high-tech surveillance
News|World

Hamas military chief Deif has long been a target for Israel

Hamas' military leader Mohammed Deif, one of the masterminds behind what Israel termed its 9/11 moment, is an elusive figure who has rarely spoken

MidEast|News|World

Israel says strike kills elite Hezbollah unit field commander

A field commander in Hezbollah's elite Radwan forces was killed in an Israeli strike on south Lebanon, the Israeli military and two security sources said on Thursday,

MidEast|News|World

Israel says Hezbollah rocket kills 12 at football ground, vows response

A rocket attack on a football ground in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killed 12 people including children on Saturday,

Israel says Hezbollah rocket kills 12 at football ground, vows response
News|US|World

Don't bomb Beirut: U.S. leads push to rein in Israel's response

The United States is leading a diplomatic dash to deter Israel from striking Lebanon's capital Beirut or major civil infrastructure in

Don't bomb Beirut: U.S. leads push to rein in Israel's response
News|World

Israel claims to kill Hezbollah senior commander in Beirut strike

Israel's military claimed it killed Hezbollah's most senior commander in an airstrike on Beirut on Tuesday, in retaliation for a cross-border

Israel claims to kill Hezbollah senior commander in Beirut strike
MidEast|News|World

Iran, its proxies will meet to discuss retaliation against Israel, say sources

Top Iranian officials will meet the representatives of Iran's regional allies from Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen on Thursday to discuss

Iran, its proxies will meet to discuss retaliation against Israel, say sources
News|World

Israeli strike on Beirut shatters diplomatic understandings, sources say

Lebanon's Hezbollah did not clear its sensitive sites or evacuate top officials in Beirut's suburbs before this week's attack that

Israeli strike on Beirut shatters diplomatic understandings, sources say
MidEast|News|World

Putin asks Iran to avoid civilian casualties in Israel response, sources say

Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for a restrained response to Israel's suspected

Putin asks Iran to avoid civilian casualties in Israel response, sources say
MidEast|News|World

Only Gaza ceasefire can delay Iran's Israel response, say Iranian officials

Only a ceasefire deal in Gaza stemming from hoped-for talks this week would hold Iran back from direct retaliation against Israel for the

Only Gaza ceasefire can delay Iran's Israel response, say Iranian officials
Crime|Economy|Finance

Lebanon ex-central bank chief Riad Salameh arrested over alleged financial crimes

Lebanon's former central bank governor, Riad Salameh, was arrested in Beirut on Tuesday over alleged financial crimes linked to a

Lebanon ex-central bank chief Riad Salameh arrested over alleged financial crimes
Business|Crime|Economy|Finance|MidEast|News|World

Lebanon's ex-central bank chief Salameh to remain detained amid probe

A judge ordered Lebanon's former central bank chief Riad Salameh to remain in detention amid a probe into alleged financial crimes committed during

Lebanon's ex-central bank chief Salameh to remain detained amid probe
MidEast|News|World

Hezbollah vows to punish Israel after pager blasts kill nine, injure thousands across Lebanon

Militant group Hezbollah promised to retaliate against Israel after accusing it of detonating pagers across Lebanon on Tuesday, killing nine people and wounding

Hezbollah vows to punish Israel after pager blasts kill nine, injure thousands across Lebanon
Crime|MidEast|News|World

Israel planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, sources say

Israel's Mossad spy agency planted a small amount of explosives inside 5000 Taiwan-made pagers ordered by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before

Israel planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, sources say
Crime|News|World

Israel planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, say sources

Israel's Mossad spy agency planted a small

Israel planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, say sources
MidEast|News|World

Pager attack threw Hezbollah into disarray

Lebanon's Hezbollah was bracing for the risk of Israeli military escalation when its old foe struck a blow it hadn't seen coming, plunging the Iran-

Pager attack threw Hezbollah into disarray
News|World

Israel unleashes heavy strikes on Lebanon as US, UK urge restraint

Israeli warplanes carried out late on Thursday their most intense strikes on southern Lebanon in nearly a year of war, heightening the

Israel unleashes heavy strikes on Lebanon as US, UK urge restraint
MidEast|News|World

Top Hezbollah commander among 14 killed in Israeli strike on Beirut

Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander and other senior figures in the Lebanese movement in an airstrike on Beirut on Friday, vowing to

Top Hezbollah commander among 14 killed in Israeli strike on Beirut
News|World

Hezbollah handed out pagers hours before blasts - even after checks

Lebanon's Hezbollah was still handing its members new Gold Apollo branded pagers hours before thousands of the devices blew up this week, two

Hezbollah handed out pagers hours before blasts - even after checks
News|World

Hezbollah's tunnels and flexible command weather Israel's deadly blows

Hezbollah's flexible chain of command, together with its extensive tunnel network and a vast arsenal of missiles and weapons it has

Hezbollah's tunnels and flexible command weather Israel's deadly blows
News|US|World

US leads new effort to end hostilities in Lebanon and Gaza, sources say

The United States is spearheading a new diplomatic effort to end hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon,

US leads new effort to end hostilities in Lebanon and Gaza, sources say
News

Iran's Khamenei warned Nasrallah of Israeli plot to kill him, sources say

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Hezbollah leader Syyed Hassan Nasrallah to flee Lebanon days before he was killed in an

Iran's Khamenei warned Nasrallah of Israeli plot to kill him, sources say
News|World

Lebanese factions revive bid to fill presidency as Israel attacks

Israel's offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon has prompted a renewed bid by some leading Lebanese politicians to fill a two-year-long presidential

Lebanese factions revive bid to fill presidency as Israel attacks
MidEast|News|World

Israel bombs Lebanon, Gaza ahead of one-year anniversary of Oct. 7 attacks

Israel bombed targets in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip on Sunday ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks that

Israel bombs Lebanon, Gaza ahead of one-year anniversary of Oct. 7 attacks
MidEast|Political|World

After heavy Israeli blows, Hezbollah forges new command for crucial ground war

Hezbollah is preparing for a long war of attrition in south Lebanon, after Israel wiped out its top leadership, with a new military

After heavy Israeli blows, Hezbollah forges new command for crucial ground war

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