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Lebanon denounces Israeli attacks near its heritage sites
The Lebanese authorities denounced on Thursday Israeli attacks carried out near historical sites and monuments classified by Unesco in the south of the country.
The Lebanese Minister of Culture, Ghassan Salamé, “increased contacts with his counterparts around the world and relevant international organizations, in order to draw their attention to the considerable damage caused to archaeological sites and heritage districts” in the south of the country, indicated the Lebanese National Information Agency (Ani).
Ghassan Salamé particularly mentioned the ancient city of Tire and the Beaufort Castle, located in the district of Nabatiyé, emphasizing that“a large number of these sites benefit from reinforced protection from UNESCO, which makes it imperative to preserve them from any Israeli air or artillery attack”.
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam declared on X that “Nothing can justify the ongoing attacks against the regions of Tire and Nabatiyé, nor the destruction of their historical monuments”.
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US, Iran have made ‘a lot of progress’ toward deal, says JD Vance
The United States and Iran made “a lot of progress” towards an agreement but Donald Trump is not yet ready to approve it, US Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday.
“We are currently negotiating some wording. We have made a lot of progress”JD Vance told reporters. “We hope that we continue to make progress and that the president will be able to approve the agreement, but of course, that is still to be determined.”
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Iranian state television announces that an American plane was destroyed in Bushehr, Iran
Iranian state television announced that a US plane had been destroyed in Jam governorate, Bushehr province, citing Governor Massoud Tangestani. This information has not been confirmed by the United States.
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US imposes new sanctions on Iranian military oil
The United States announced Thursday that it had imposed new sanctions on the Iranian military oil trade, even though Washington and Tehran would have reached a provisional agreement to extend their ceasefire.
The Treasury Department announced it had sanctioned eight vessels involved in transporting Iranian crude oil and petroleum products to international markets. These ships included the oil tanker Flora, flying the flag of the Marshall Islands, the tanker Hauncayo, flying the flag of the Comoros, and the tanker Ill Gap, flying the Panamanian flag.
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Four ships trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz targeted by fire, Iran announces
Iranian armed forces carried out a missile launch from the south of the country
The Iranian armed forces carried out an operation to launch missiles from the south of the country towards specific targets, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Thursday morning, adding that the destination of the missiles was not yet known.
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Israeli strike on Beirut region kills woman, two children
An Israeli strike killed a woman and two children on Thursday in a town on the edge of the southern suburbs of Beirut, stronghold of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement, the Lebanese Health Ministry announced.
“The attack by the Israeli enemy against the town of Choueifat left three martyrs – a woman and her granddaughter, as well as a child of Syrian nationality – and 15 wounded, including three children and five women.”he said in a press release.
Earlier, the Israeli army said it had carried out a “target strikes” in the capital, without giving further details.
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The agreement between Washington and Tehran not finalized, according to an Iranian press agency
Iran’s Tasnim news agency, citing a source close to the negotiating team, said on Thursday that the text of a possible memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States had not yet been finalized.
The source said Tehran did not inform the Pakistani mediator that the text was complete and that it would inform the mediator and the public only when it is finalized, adding that Axios’ information was false.
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War in the Middle East: 3.2 billion euros in frozen credits, 847 million canceled, predicts Bercy
The Ministry of Action and Public Accounts announced Thursday that it wanted to freeze 3.2 billion euros in appropriations from the state budget and cancel 847 million euros to compensate for the cost of the war in the Middle East.
These approximately 4 billion euros in savings on the state budget are in addition to the 2.2 billion euros obtained thanks to the freezing of reductions in corporate social security contributions on low salaries announced last week, the minister’s office said during a telephone press briefing.
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Iran is rebuilding its missile arsenal, according to CNN
Iran is rebuilding its missile arsenal, according to satellite images analyzed by CNN.
The Israeli-American strikes had, however, put a large number of Iranian military installations out of service, and had destroyed the supply routes for launchers and munitions. But the Iranian regime has deployed bulldozers and dump trucks to restore access to military bases, according to CNN.
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The agreement framework would provide for “unlimited” access to the Strait of Hormuz
According to Axios, the agreement framework submitted to the American president provides that access to the Strait of Hormuz is “unlimited” during the sixty-day period, which notably implies that Iran removes all mines in the area.
Still according to the same source, the American blockade of Iranian ports would be lifted in proportion to the restoration of maritime traffic, and Tehran would be authorized to sell oil thanks to a suspension of American sanctions.
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EU confirms sanctions against extremist Israeli settlers
The European Union confirmed Thursday that it had taken sanctions against extremist Israeli settlers, guilty of violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. Four entities and three individuals were sanctioned due to “serious and systematic abuse” against these Palestinians, said a statement from the Council of the EU, which represents member states. This confirmation follows a political agreement of the 27 obtained during a meeting in May of their foreign ministers.
The Nachala organization and its director Daniella Weiss were sanctioned for encouraging and facilitating acts of violence, which led to the «déplacement forcé» of Palestinians, according to this press release. The Israeli NGO Regavim and its director Meir Deutsch were also the subject of these sanctions after having lobbied in favor of the “démolition” of Palestinian properties in the West Bank.
The other organizations and individuals targeted by the EU are the NGO Hashomer Yosh and its director Avichai Suissa, as well as the Amana association. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacted on May 11, denouncing “moral bankruptcy” of the EU. “While Israel and the United States do “Europe’s dirty work†by fighting for civilization against jihadist fanatics in Iran and elsewhere, the European Union has revealed its moral bankruptcy by drawing a false parallel between Israeli citizens and terrorists of Hamas”he declared, according to a press release from his office.
These measures, which provide for a freeze on assets in the European Union and a ban on entry into the EU, had been blocked for months by a veto from Viktor Orban’s Hungary.
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European stock markets end down
European stock markets mostly ended in decline on Thursday at the end of a session marked by contradictory information concerning the Middle East and by the rise in inflation in the United States.
Paris lost 0.23%, Frankfurt 0.34% and London 0.75% according to final data. Only Milan closed in the green, gaining 0.50%.
Washington threatens to sanction Oman if it cooperates with Tehran in the Strait of Hormuz
The American Minister of Finance threatened Thursday to sanction the Sultanate of Oman, an ally of the United States, in the event of cooperation with Tehran for the control of the Strait of Hormuz.
“The United States government will not tolerate any attempt to establish a toll system in the Strait of Hormuz.”wrote Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on X.
“Oman, in particular, must know that the US Treasury will relentlessly attack any actor involved – directly or indirectly – in the establishment of a toll in the strait, and that any complicit partner will be sanctioned”he added.
The United States and Iran have reportedly reached an agreement, but it must still receive final approval from Donald Trump
The United States and Iran have reportedly reached agreement on a 60-day memorandum of understanding to extend the ceasefire and launch negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program, but President Donald Trump is still expected to give final approval, Axios reported Thursday, citing two U.S. officials.
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Washington says it wants to prevent Iranian airlines from operating
A Donald Trump minister announced Thursday that the United States wanted to block the operations of Iranian airlines to increase pressure on the authorities in Tehran.
“We will cut off the access of the two Iranian airlines to landing sites, refueling and ticket sales,” Finance Minister Scott Bessent said in a message on the social network X.
Iran promises “firm response” in case of new US attack
The Revolutionary Guards, Iran’s ideological army, warned the United States on Thursday against “firm response” in the event of a new attack, after American strikes on the south of the country.
“If this action is repeated, the American army will be exposed to a firm response”wrote the Guardians in a press release published on their Sepah News site.
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Lebanon: Israeli strike on an apartment south of Beirut
An Israeli strike targeted an apartment south of Beirut on Thursday, a Lebanese military source told AFP, as Israel intensified its land and air operations against pro-Iranian Hezbollah.
“An Israeli strike targeted an apartment in Choueifat”indicated this source. AFP images show smoke rising above the town, located on the edge of the southern suburbs of the capital, a Hezbollah stronghold.
This is the second time that Israel has targeted a locality located south of the capital since the start of the ceasefire, which came into force on April 17 but which was never respected.
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The Israeli army announces having carried out a “targeted strike” in Beirut
The Israeli army announced Thursday that it had carried out a “target strikes” In Beirut, a Lebanese military source reported to AFP a strike on an apartment south of the capital.
L’armée “recently carried out a targeted strike in Beirut”said a military press release, without giving further details. Furthermore, at least 14 people died Thursday in other Israeli bombings in southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese authorities.
Supreme leader says US, Israel seek to ‘bring the nation to its knees’
Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said Thursday that the United States and Israel were seeking to “bring the nation to its knees”after the recent clashes between these countries and Iran, the most serious since the entry into force of a truce on April 8.
“The blind plan of the enemy (…) is to create division and destruction in order to compensate for its military defeats, and to bring the nation to its knees”indicated Mojtaba Khamenei in a written statement broadcast by state television.
Kuwait denounces “dangerous escalation” after strikes attributed to Iran
Kuwait on Thursday condemned drone and missile attacks that it attributed to Iran, amid renewed clashes between the United States and Iran threatening the fragile ceasefire in the Middle East war.
In a press release, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its “stronger condemnation of the Iranian criminal attacks targeting the territory of the State of Kuwait with missiles and drones, in a dangerous escalation”.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards had earlier announced that they had targeted an American base, without specifying which one, in retaliation for American strikes in recent days on southern Iran.
Former Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi dies in Riyadh
The former president of Yemen, Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, died Thursday in the Saudi capital Riyadh, where he had lived in exile since 2015, we learned from a source within the Yemeni presidency. Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, octogenarian, “died in the Saudi capital following a sudden health crisis“, declared this source, on condition of anonymity.
Elected in 2012, he took refuge in Saudi Arabia in 2015, driven out by the civil war between the Houthi rebels, supported by Iran, and government forces supported by Saudi Arabia. In 2022, he transferred his powers to a Presidential Council, based in Aden, the large city in the South. The country, where rebels control large areas including the capital Sanaa, has been experiencing a fragile lull since a truce negotiated by the UN in 2022.
Lebanon: 11 dead, including two children, in Israeli strikes in the south
Israeli strikes left at least eleven dead and 21 injured on Thursday, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, in the south of the country, where Israel designated a new “combat zone”.
A strike targeted a building in the town of Saida at dawn, killing five people, the ministry said. Another on a car traveling in the same region left six people dead, including two children and their parents.
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Oil rises with new strikes in the Middle East
Oil prices rose on Thursday, driven by renewed tensions in the Middle East after American strikes on a ground base in southern Iran and a response from Iran. Around 09:25 GMT (11:25 a.m. in Paris), the price of a barrel of Brent from the North Sea, for delivery in July, gained 2.06% to $96.23.
Its American equivalent, a barrel of West Texas Intermediate, for delivery the same month, rose 2.20% to 90.63 dollars. The prices of black gold are rising but they have not soared, remaining below the 100 dollar mark, because “the market continues to think a deal is on trackâ€estimate Arne Lohmann Rasmussen de Global Risk Management.
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Donald Trump threatens the “pulverizer” Oman
Donald Trump a menacé mercredi de “powder”Oman, an ally of the United States, apparently confusing the sultanate of the Arabian Peninsula with Iran. The American president also confused Iran and Venezuela during the same public intervention, during a cabinet meeting at the White House.
“Oman will behave like the others or they will have to be pulverized. They know it”he said, comments then republished as is on X by the State Department. He was questioned about possible future control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz by Oman and Iran, a scenario he rejected.
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Iran denounces ceasefire violations by the United States after strikes in the South
Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday strongly condemned what it called “violations» of the ceasefire by the United States after American strikes on the coastal town of Bandar Abbas, in the south of the country.
Iran will take “all necessary measures to defend its national sovereignty“, assured in a press release the spokesperson for the ministry, Esmaïl Baghaï, denouncing the “threatening rhetoric from American officials against Iran and several countries in the region», à la suite de déclarations de Donald Trump sur Oman.
European stock markets open lower after renewed tensions in the Middle East
European stock markets opened slightly lower on Thursday, reacting without excess to the renewed tensions between Iran and the United States which is resulting in a new rise in oil prices.
After a few minutes of trading, London fell the most sharply (-0.75%), followed by Paris (-0.29%) and Frankfurt (-0.22%). Milan kept its balance point (-0.02%).
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Israel: a soldier killed by an explosive Hezbollah drone
The Israeli army said Thursday that one of its soldiers had been killed the day before by a Hezbollah explosive drone near the border with Lebanon, bringing to 24 the number of deaths in its ranks since the beginning of March. Sergeant Rotem Yanaï, 20 years old, “fell during a military operation in northern Israel”indicated the army in a short press release.
She was killed by a Hezbollah explosive drone, an army spokeswoman told AFP. In total, 24 Israelis have been killed, including 23 soldiers and a civilian contractor, since the resumption of hostilities with Iran-backed Hezbollah in early March.
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It is in “no one’s interest” for the war to continue in Iran, declares the head of European diplomacy
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The head of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, said on Thursday that it was not in the interest “of no one†that the war between Iran and the United States continues at a time when Donald Trump raises the specter of a resumption of hostilities in the event of failure of negotiations.
“They find themselves, right now, in this very dangerous zone between war and peace, and it is in no one’s interest for this war to continue.”she declared during a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Limassol, on the island of Cyprus.
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Israel declares large part of southern Lebanon a ‘combat zone’
The Israeli army announced Thursday that it had struck the infrastructure of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement in Tyre, in southern Lebanon, after ordering the surrounding population to evacuate.
“Urgent alert to Lebanese residents, especially residents of Tire (…) for your safety, you must evacuate immediately and head north of the Zahrani River.”wrote Avichai Adraee, the spokesperson for the Israeli army, on social networks.
The army then confirmed, still on Telegram, that it had “started hitting Hezbollah infrastructure in the Tyre region”. The Lebanese National Information Agency (Ani) for its part reported that two series of Israeli strikes took place Thursday morning on the city and an area located to the east of it, hitting a building and causing a fire in Tyre.
On Wednesday, the Israeli army warned that it considered “combat zone” all Lebanese territory south of the Zahrani River, around forty kilometers from the border.
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Iran says it fired on four ships trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz
Iranian forces fired on four ships trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz, state television (Irib) reported on Thursday. “Four ships attempted to cross the Strait of Hormuz and enterthe Persian Gulf without coordination with security forces »wrote Irib on Telegram, specifying that the incident had occurred around 12:35 a.m. (11:05 p.m. in Paris), but without providing details on the type of ships or their nationality.
“They were warned, but when they ignored this warning, warning shots were fired at them, forcing them to turn back.”she added.
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Revolutionary Guards say they targeted US base in retaliation for strikes
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced Thursday that they had targeted an American base in retaliation for strikes carried out earlier by the United States in the south of the country, according to state television Irib.
The Kuwaiti army had indicated, a little earlier, that it was in the process of pushing back “enemy missile and drone attacks».
US carries out new strikes in southern Iran
The United States shot down four Iranian drones and carried out strikes on a ground base in the south of the country overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, the second American operation of this type this week.
Four attack drones which represented a “threat around the Strait of Hormuz” were shot down, a US official said, adding that the US military also struck “a ground control station in Bandar Abbas which threatened to launch a fifth drone”. “These actions were measured, purely defensive and carried out with the intention of maintaining the ceasefire.”said this official on condition of anonymity.
Iranian media previously reported that three loud explosions were heard near Bandar Abbas, a port city on the Strait of Hormuz, around 1:30 a.m. Thursday (midnight in Paris). During the night from Monday to Tuesday, Washington had already announced that it had bombed missile sites in the south, with Iran denouncing a violation of the ceasefire.
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The Middle East seems to have gone to war again. Despite the truce, the US military shot down four Iranian drones and carried out strikes against a ground installation in southern Iran. This is the second operation carried out by Washington of this nature since the start of the week. According to US officials, the destroyed drones represented a “threat around the Strait of Hormuz”.
In retaliation, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced Thursday that they had targeted an American base. Iranian forces also fired warning shots at four ships trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz.
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