Middle East
Southern Lebanon Border / Hezbollah pushes Israeli troops back
Hezbollah said yesterday its fighters had pushed back advancing Israeli troops in clashes along the length of the border, a day after Israel said it had killed two successors to the Lebanese movement’s slain leader.
Hezbollah’s military capability still intact
The deputy leader of Hezbollah said yesterday the Iran-backed group had moved beyond “painful blows” inflicted by Israel as Israeli forces began ground operations in the southwest of Lebanon, expanding its incursions into a new zone.
Israeli strikes endanger civilians on Lebanon-Syria border: HRW
Human Rights Watch yesterday said Israeli strikes near the main Lebanon-Syria border crossing were putting civilians at “grave risk” as they prevented them from fleeing and hampered humanitarian operations.
Iran air traffic resumes after suspension: state media
Flights have been operational again since 11:00 pm (1930 GMT) Sunday and were being "carried out in accordance with the flight schedule"
A year of Israel's invasion / Gaza still bleeds
Intensified Israeli airstrikes on Gaza yesterday killed dozens on the eve of the first anniversary of its offensive in the besieged territory that has killed nearly 42,000 Palestinians and left the enclave in ruins.
A year of israeli offensive in gaza / Palestinians wonder how to deal with tonnes of rubble
In the ruins of his two-storey home, 11-year-old Mohammed gathers chunks of the fallen roof into a broken pail and pounds them into gravel which his father will use to make gravestones for victims of the Gaza offensive.
Iran prepares plan to respond to any Israeli attack
Iran has prepared a plan to respond to a possible Israeli attack following the Islamic republic’s retaliatory missile strike against it last week, local media reported yesterday.
Israeli air attacks batter south Beirut
Israeli air attacks battered Beirut’s southern suburbs overnight and early yesterday in the most intense bombardment of the Lebanese capital since Israel sharply escalated its campaign against Iran-backed group Hezbollah last month.
Five Syrian soldiers killed in Israeli strike
An Israeli airstrike near Damascus airport killed five Syria soldiers yesterday, Syrian state media said. “The aggression led to the death of five soldiers and some material damage,” Syria’s official news agency Sana quoted a military source as saying.
Turkey targets joining SCO
President Tayyip Erdogan said he was targeting membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) for Nato-member Turkey, broadcaster NTV and other media said yesterday.
Crisis in Lebanon: 5 bank ‘heists’ in a day as people seek back frozen savings
Five Lebanese banks were stormed yesterday by depositors seeking to unlock frozen savings, the latest in a string of “heists” in the crisis-hit country. Lebanon
Co-op makes US-sanctioned states stronger
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi yesterday told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the cooperation among countries sanctioned by the United States will make them “stronger”.
Clash with Israeli forces: Palestinian teen killed
A Palestinian teenager was shot to the head yesterday during clashes with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. Uday Salah, 17, was killed in Kafr Dan,
Israeli soldier, 2 Palestinians killed in West Bank clashes
An Israeli soldier and two Palestinians were killed in pre-dawn clashes yesterday near Jenin in the occupied West Bank, an area hit by waves of recent deadly unrest.
Depositors in Lebanon hold up 2 banks with weapons to access own money
Two seemingly armed and desperate Lebanese depositors held up banks on Wednesday to force access to their own money, which has been blocked during a national financial meltdown.
Israel soldier, 2 Palestinians dead in overnight clashes in West Bank
An Israeli soldier and two Palestinians were killed in overnight clashes Wednesday near a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank, the army and the Palestinian health ministry said.
6 dead after migrant boat sinks off Turkish coast
Six people including children drowned when a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon destined for Italy sunk off the coast of southwestern Turkey, the Turkish coast guard said on Tuesday.
Syria may ‘return to larger-scale fighting’: UN
Syria’s simmering 11-year war is at risk of boiling up once again with a return to large-scale combat after several frontlines across the country flared up in