Middle East
Potential new Hezbollah leader out of contact, Lebanese source says
The potential successor to slain Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has been out of contact since Friday, a Lebanese security source said on Saturday, after an Israeli airstrike reported to have targeted him
Carnage in Gaza / Mothers struggle to care for newborns
Gazan mother Rana Salah cradles her one-month-old daughter Milana in her arms in a sweltering tent for the displaced, and speaks of the guilt she feels for bringing her child into a world of war and suffering.
Israel readying response to Iran’s attack
Israel was preparing a military response to Iran’s missile attack this week that heightened fears of a wider regional war, an Israeli official said yesterday, as fighting raged in Lebanon and Gaza.
Lebanon conflict pushes Gaza truce out of focus
Palestinians fear the crisis in Lebanon is diverting the world’s attention from Gaza, where Israeli strikes killed dozens more people this week, and diminishing already dim prospects for a ceasefire a year into an offensive that has shattered the enclave.
Lebanon invasion / How might Israel strike back against Iran?
Israel has sworn it will retaliate for Iran’s missile barrage on Tuesday, which involved more than 180 ballistic missiles and was largely thwarted by Israel’s air defense systems. Below are some ways Israel, backed by the United States, could strike back.
Iran’s allies will keep fighting Israel
Iran’s supreme leader yesterday vowed in a rare address that his allies around the region would keep fighting Israel, as he defended his country’s missile strike on its arch-foe.
US President Biden does not believe there will be 'all-out-war' in Middle East
U.S. President Joe Biden said he did not believe there is going to be an "all-out war" in the Middle East, as Israel weighs options for retaliation after Tehran's largest ever assault on its arch-enemy.
Israel strikes Beirut, south Lebanon
Israel’s military urged residents of more than 20 towns in south Lebanon to evacuate their homes immediately yesterday as it pressed on with incursions after suffering its worst losses in a year of fighting the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah.
Israel, Gaza militants trade cross-border fire
Israel and Gaza militants traded cross-border fire yesterday, renewing deadly violence a day after Israeli strikes killed 15 people in the Palestinian territory.
Syria’s Assad receives Saudi invitation
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received an invitation to next week’s Arab summit in Saudi Arabia, the presidency said yesterday, the first such invitation since the country’s war began. The pan-Arab body had suspended Damascus in November 2011
12 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza
Israel launched pre-dawn air strikes on Tuesday against the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, its military announced, with the health ministry of the Hamas-controlled territory saying 12 people were killed.
Israel repatriates gun running Jordanian MP
Israel yesterday transferred a Jordanian member of parliament to Amman’s authorities, weeks after arresting him for attempting to smuggle pistols, rifles and gold into the occupied West Bank, officials said.
Iran says executes Swedish-Iranian dual national
Iran yesterday hanged Swedish-Iranian dissident Habib Chaab for “terrorism”, drawing condemnation from Sweden, in the Islamic republic’s latest use of the death penalty against dual nationals.
Israeli forces kill 2 in West Bank
Israeli troops killed two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank yesterday, the Palestinian health ministry said, as the army claimed to have targeted the perpetrators of a “shooting attack”.
Palestinian hunger striker dies in Israeli prison
Khader Adnan, who was affiliated with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, died in an Israeli prison today after an 87-day hunger strike, Israeli prison authorities said.
Saudi Arabia introduces e-visa, eliminating visa stickers for work, visits
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has introduced e-visa, eliminating visa stickers for work, visits, and transit
Iran’s Raisi slams US presence in Middle East
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi yesterday slammed the United States’ presence in the Middle East, as he hosted his counterpart from neighbouring Iraq for wide-ranging talks.a
Israel strikes wound 3 civilians in Syria
Three civilians were wounded yesterday in Israeli air strikes near the Syrian city of Homs, state media reported, with a war monitor saying a Hezbollah munitions depot was hit.