Lebanese official media said an Israeli air strike Sunday had destroyed a mosque in the war-torn south, the latest attack as Israel intensified its bombardment campaign on the country in recent weeks. “At around 3:45 am (1245 GMT) enemy aircraft carried out an airstrike targeting the old mosque in the center of the village of…
A spokesman for UN peacekeepers in Lebanon Saturday said Israel had requested it leave its positions in south Lebanon where Israel is clashing with Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, but they had refused. They asked us to withdraw “from the positions along the Blue Line… or up to five kilometers (three miles) from the Blue Line,” UNIFIL spokesman…
The Israeli military ordered residents of 23 southern Lebanese villages on Saturday to evacuate to areas north of the Awali River, which flows from the western Bekaa Valley into the Mediterranean. The order, communicated via a military statement, mentions villages in southern Lebanon that have been recent targets of Israeli attacks, many of which are…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said it clashed twice with Israeli troops who attempted to infiltrate near a Lebanese border village on Sunday and claimed several other attacks overnight. Hezbollah fighters detonated explosive devices at Israeli soldiers and “clashed with them as they attempted to infiltrate” twice near the Lebanese village of Ramia, the group said, reporting…
Russia, Syria and Iran should take more effective measures to protect Syria’s territorial integrity, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said, when asked about Israel’s recent strike on Damascus. “We will defend an urgent and permanent peace in Syria…Israel is the most concrete threat to regional and global peace,” Erdogan said in an interview with Turkish media….
Dr. Reza Amiri Moghdam state in his message that the Islamic Republic of Pakistan has taken a pioneering and commendable initiative to declare October 7th as the Day of Solidarity with Palestine. This initiative could serve as a model for all countries, especially Muslim nations, to establish creative paradigms in order to annually commemorate the…
Hezbollah deputy leader Naim Qassem said in comments broadcast on Tuesday that his movement supports efforts to reach a ceasefire for Lebanon, but for the first time omitted any mention of a Gaza truce deal as a pre-condition to halting the group’s fire on Israel. Qassem said Hezbollah supported efforts by Speaker of Parliament Nabih…
An Afghan man was arrested in Oklahoma for allegedly plotting an election day “terrorist attack,” the US Department of Justice said on Tuesday. The man, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, living in Oklahoma City after entering the US in 2021 on a special immigrant visa, was plotting the attack in the name of ISIS, according to the…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Lebanon Tuesday it could face destruction “like Gaza” as Israel ramps up its ground offensive against Hezbollah along the southern section of the Lebanese coast. Netanyahu’s stark warning came as the Israeli military deployed more troops and urged civilians in coastal areas to evacuate. “You have an opportunity to save Lebanon before it…
US President Joe Biden is expected to hold a phone call on Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about any plans to strike Iran, Axios reported late on Tuesday, citing three US officials. “We want to use the call to try and shape the limitations of the Israeli retaliation,” a US official was quoted as…
Russia’s air defense units destroyed 47 Ukrainian drones targeting its west, the defense ministry said on Wednesday, while regional officials said the attacks caused no casualties. About 24 drones were downed over the southwestern border region of Bryansk, with the rest destroyed over the regions of Belgorod, Kursk, Rostov and Krasnodar and the waters of…
Hezbollah militants targeted Israeli soldiers near the Lebanese border village of Labbouneh with artillery shells and rockets on Wednesday, the group said in a statement, a day after Israel said it had killed two successors to Hezbollah’s slain leader. Sirens sounded in northern Israel on Wednesday, the Israeli military said, adding three Israeli military personnel…
Israeli strikes killed at least 12 Palestinians, including nine members of the same family, in northern and central Gaza, the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency WAFA reported early on Wednesday. The nine family members were killed in a strike targeting their apartment at the Shejaia neighbourhood in northern Gaza, WAFA said citing medics from Palestinian…
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te is escalating tensions with “sinister intentions”, China’s government said, ahead of a keynote speech Lai will give in Taipei that could set off a Chinese military response. Lai, who took office in May after winning election in January, is detested by China which calls him a “separatist”. Beijing claims democratically governed Taiwan as…
North Korea’s Army said it will completely cut off roads and railways connected to South Korea starting from Wednesday, and fortify the areas on its side of the border, state media KCNA reported. The announcement heralds a further escalation in activity close to the demarcation line separating the two Koreas, which had been rare in…
