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The Latest Breaking News from Beirut

Cathay Pacific suspends flights to and from Dubai until end of April – as it happened

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Lebanon: Beirut’s southern suburbs bombarded by Israeli strikes

New Israeli strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs, flattening buildings and deepening fears of wider war as Israel–Hezbollah clashes intensify.

Euronews

UAE briefly closes airspace after reporting new wave of attacks as Iran war rolls into its 18th day

Early attacks were traded as the US and Israeli war on Iran pushed through into day 18. The UAE reported that its air defences were working to intercept Iranian fire as Israel announced new strikes on Tehran and expanded operations targeting Iran’s Lebanon-based proxy, Hezbollah.

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The Latest: UAE briefly closes airspace as Israel strikes Beirut and Tehran

State media in the United Arab Emirates reports that a drone attack sparked a fire at an oil tank farm in the emirate of Fujairah

The Independent UK

In war-torn Iran, air pollution from burning oil depots and bombed buildings unleashes invisible health threats

The waves of U.S. and Israeli bomb strikes in Tehran and Beirut, and Iran’s missile and drone attacks on neighboring countries in response, are damaging more than buildings – they are sending toxic debris into the air in cities that are home to millions of people.

The Conversation

Iran hits Gulf neighbors and keeps stranglehold on oil shipping as concerns rise of energy crisis

Israel has launched new attacks on Beirut and Tehran, while Dubai's airport suspended flights after an Iranian drone hit a nearby fuel tank and sparked a fire

The Independent UK

Overnight Israeli strikes kill at least four in Lebanon as UN chief urges diplomatic solution

Israel is fighting a second front in the war in the Middle East in southern Lebanon, against Hezbollah, alongside the air campaign against Iran it launched with the United States more than two weeks ago.

Euronews

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France, UN push for direct talks to end hostilies between Israel and Lebanon

French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday said Lebanon was ready to engage in "direct talks" with Israel and offered to host negotiations in Paris. This came on the heels of a visit to Beirut by UN chief Antonio Guterres, who also urged for a diplomatic solution the crisis.

Radio France Internationale

Entire families wiped out and towns emptied as Israel’s war on Lebanon intensifies

Communities displaced and destroyed while death toll rises faster than during any previous war in Lebanon

The Guardian - UK

'We all need solidarity': volunteers mobilise to help Lebanon's displaced

Hundreds of thousands have been displaced in Lebanon as Israel orders swathes of the country to evacuate amid its bombing campaign against Hezbollah in the south. As the humanitarian crisis worsens, local NGOs are doing what they can to help.

Radio France Internationale

War has already displaced nearly a million Lebanese, and aid groups warn of a humanitarian crisis

Hundreds of thousands of people in Lebanon have fled their homes since Israel issued mass evacuation orders and ramped up its airstrikes on the militant group Hezbollah

The Independent UK

'We're caught between Israel & Hezbollah': Beirut prof who lost 2 colleagues in bombing, on war’s toll

Two professors were killed in a bombing at Beirut's Lebanese University, leaving faculty like Habib Al-Badawi deeply shaken. He described daily life on campus as overtaken by anxiety, with routines fraught with uncertainty due to the ongoing conflict. Despite the immense psychological toll, he noted people finding ways to support…

The Times of India

Thousands of leaflets dropped over Beirut urge disarming Hezbollah

Residents in Beirut reported thousands of leaflets dropped over several neighborhoods, calling on Lebanese people to remove the weapons of Hezbollah and warning against turning Lebanon into an arena for Iran’s proxy forces.

Euronews

The Latest: US hits Iran with intense strikes as Iranian air campaign drives oil prices higher

As American and Israeli strikes pound the Islamic Republic and Iran attacks Persian Gulf shipping and energy infrastructure with no sign of an end to the war, oil prices have soared back above $100 a barrel

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Photos of a central Beirut district struck by Israeli bombs

Israel's military bombed a busy residential and commercial district in central Beirut after issuing a warning for residents to evacuate, saying it was targeting Hezbollah sites. The strikes hit a building in the Bashoura district twice, in the closest attack to downtown since the start of the war on Iran…

The Independent UK

Israel threatens to take Lebanese territory as it ramps up Beirut bombing in escalating war

ON THE GROUND: As the US-Israeli war with Iran continues to spread, Lebanon’s capital city has become the latest target. Chief international correspondent Bel Trew reports from Beirut on a city under fire

Euronews

Lebanon's displaced face soaring rent, tepid state response and fears of all-out war

Hundreds of thousands flee southern Lebanon after Hezbollah fires on Haifa, facing chaotic evacuations, profiteering landlords and limited state aid.

Euronews

Aftermath of Israeli air strikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs

Destroyed buildings and rubble-strewn streets were seen in Beirut’s southern suburbs after overnight Israeli strikes targeting Hezbollah positions, according to the Israeli military.

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The Independent UK

‘Unprecedented’ crisis in Middle East could ‘spin out of control’ warns WHO

As the bombing continues across Iran, Lebanon and the Gulf states, a World Health Organisation chief tells chief international correspondent Bel Trew in Beirut how she fears the conflict could lead to chemical, nuclear or radiological war

Euronews

Oil prices soar past $100 a barrel amid Iranian attacks on commercial ships

The latest attacks marked an escalation in Iran’s campaign aimed at generating enough global economic pain to pressure the United States and Israel to end the war that started 12 days ago. But there were no signs that the conflict was subsiding.

The Guardian - UK

Israel strikes Beirut and orders south Lebanon evacuation as conflict mounts

Latest order comes after Hezbollah and Iran launch attack on more than 50 targets including Israeli military bases

The Conversation

Dahiyeh: the Beirut suburb at the heart of an Israeli military doctrine

Over the ten days of the renewed conflict in the Middle East, Beirut’s southern district of Dahiyeh has been targeted by Israel, which is looking to deal a knockout blow to Hezbollah. It’s not the first time the area has been bombarded. Dahiyeh was bombed by Israel during its 2006…

Radio France Internationale

France triples emergency aid to Lebanon as more than 700,000 displaced

France will send 60 tonnes of aid to Lebanon this week, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on Wednesday, announcing an increased relief shipment as the country faces growing humanitarian needs.

Evening Standard

British ships in Gulf 'legitimate targets', warns Iran as three vessels hit in Strait of Hormuz in 24 hours

Tehran’s warning comes as Donald Trump says the US ‘not finished yet’ in its war on Iran

The Independent UK

The Latest: Iran fires at Gulf states as Australia grants asylum to women on Iranian soccer team

Iran fires missiles and drones across the Gulf including oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and a ship off the coast of the Emirates

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