US officials entered the surging conflict between Israel and Lebanon Monday, imposing sanctions on a Lebanese bank linked to Hezbollah./ It came as Israel identified what it said were the leaders of an Iran-backed Hezbollah tech project which has prompted a series of air strikes./ Tensions in ...
Fighters with the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah party parade in a suburb of Beirut in May 2019 (AFP Photo/Anwar AMRO)/ Washington (AFP) - The United States on Thursday announced sanctions in Lebanon and Oman aimed at shutting down financing to the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah and the Palestinian ...
The U.S. designated Lebanon-based Jammal Trust Bank a "global " Thursday over its ties to the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group, one day after it slapped sanctions on networks it claimed facilitated "tens of millions of dollars' worth" of activities that benefited Iran’s military and regime./ ...
Lebanon’s central bank said it would guarantee all “legitimate deposits” in the newly sanctioned Jammal Trust Bank, which on Friday rejected U.S. allegations that it helps to fund Iran-backed Hezbollah./ FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks following a meeting of the UN ...
WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department on Thursday targeted a Lebanese bank the Trump administration calls the “bank of choice” of Hezbollah, Iran’s proxy in Lebanon, as part of a maximum pressure campaign against Tehran. The U.S., in partnership with Oman, also announced sanctions against four ...
17PM [Updated: Fri Aug 30, 2019 04:18PM ]/ People walk past a branch of Jammal Trust Bank in the Beirut's Hamra street on August 30, 2019, in the Lebanese capital. (Photo by AFP)/ The administration of US President Donald Trump has imposed sanctions on a Lebanon-based bank and its subsidiaries ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ FILE - French aircraft carrier The Charles de Gaulle docks at Subic Bay port, a former U.S. Naval base northwest of Manila, Philippines, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Joeal Calupitan, File)/ French President Emmanuel ...
The Israeli prime minister claims "Iran is being decimated" in the war/ Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel "acted alone" in attacking an Iranian gas field, as tensions mount over strikes on energy infrastructure across the region./ Israel hit Iran's South Pars - part of ...
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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ Oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)/ The image above shows ports blocked and available currently in the ...
Khaled Bani Odeh's parents and two youngest brothers were shot dead in front of him as they drove home/ Warning - this article contains a graphic description of a shooting./ In the few moments of silence after the shootings, before he was dragged from the family car, 12-year-old Khaled Bani Odeh ...
Throughout his two terms in office, US President Donald Trump has not been shy to criticise – even to attack – Washington's Nato allies./ But his latest suggestion – that failing to secure the Strait of Hormuz would be "very bad for the future of Nato" – implies an understanding of the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ FILE - University of Florida students make their way through a crosswalk near the campus landmark Century Tower in Gainesville Fla. (AP Photo/Rob C. Witzel, file)/ GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The University of Florida says it's ...
Palestinians gathered to mourn the deaths of the family in Tammoun/ A Palestinian husband and wife, and two of their young children, have been shot and killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank./ The Bani Odeh family were travelling in their car in the town of Tammum, in the northern ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a working lunch at the Shield of the Americas Summit, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)/ WASHINGTON (AP) — The State ...
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