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Dec 17, 2024 | 
independent.co.uk | Tom Perry |Angus McDowall
A number of nations, including the UK, Germany and the EU has met or is planning meetings with new administration France has raised its flag at its Damascus embassy for the first time in 12 years and European Union officials prepared to engage with the new Syrian leadership, a sign of the growing contacts after Bashar al-Assad was ousted as president.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
independent.ie | Timour Azhari |Angus McDowall |Jonathan S. Landay |Tom Perry
Explainer: Who is Hashem Safieddine, claimed dead by Israel but seen as the future Hezbollah leader? Mourners carry a picture of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah (Hassan Ammar/AP)Timour Azhari, Angus McDowall, Jonathan Landay and Tom PerryToday at 08:57Hashem Safieddine, whose killing was confirmed on Tuesday by Israel's military in its confrontation with Hezbollah, is widely seen as Hassan Nasrallah's likely successor as head of the Iran-backed group.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
independent.ie | Maya Gebeily |Tom Perry |James Mackenzie
Fears of wider conflict as Israel and Hezbollah fightIsrael has inflicted heavy blows on Hezbollah, HamasMonday was deadliest day in Lebanon in decadesAn Israeli airstrike on Beirut killed a senior Hezbollah commander on Tuesday as cross-border rocket attacks by both sides increased fears of a full-fledged war in the Middle East. Israel's military said the airstrike on the Lebanese capital killed Ibrahim Qubaisi, who it said was the commander of Hezbollah's missiles and rocket force.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
independent.ie | Tom Perry
Explainer: What is Hezbollah and what is its role in Lebanon? Mourners carry the coffin of Hezbollah member Ali Mohamed Chalbi who was killed by pager blasts in Lebanon. Photo: ReutersWho are Hezbollah, the Lebanese group locked in a swiftly escalating conflict with Israel?
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
msn.com | Tom Perry |Sophie Wills
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
independent.ie | Tom Perry |Sophie Wills
LATEST | Hezbollah military commander killed as Israel bomb Beirut amid fears of war after pager attack injured thousandsPeople inspect the site of an Israeli strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon. REUTERS/Mohamed AzakirTom Perry and Sophie WillsToday at 19:03The Israeli military has announced that its airstrike on a neighbourhood of Beirut killed Ibrahim Akil, a senior Hezbollah military official. There was no immediate confirmation of his death from Hezbollah.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
msn.com | Tom Perry
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
independent.ie | Tom Perry
Lebanese health authorities reported that at least three people were killed and more than a dozen others wounded in an Israeli strike on the capital Beirut on Friday, the first such Israeli attack on the Lebanese capital in months. The Israeli strike came after Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with rockets and the region awaited the revenge promised by the militant group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah for this week’s mass bombing attack on pagers and walkie-talkies belonging to Hezbollah members.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
msn.com | Tom Perry
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
independent.ie | Tom Perry
New Israeli airstrikes, Hezbollah attack reported at borderIsraeli strikes late on Thursday were most intense yetU.N. Security Council to meet on Friday over attack on devicesUN Peacekeepers call for immediate de-escalationU.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon urged immediate de-escalation as hostilities rumbled on at the Lebanese-Israeli border on Friday, following Israel's most intense airstrikes in nearly a year of conflict with the Iran-backed Hezbollah.
