BEIT LAHIA, Palestinian Territories: The director of north Gaza’s Kamal Adwan hospital and the territory’s civil defense agency said Israel conducted several strikes on Friday that hit the facility, one of the last functioning health centers in the area. “There was a series of air strikes on the northern and western sides of the hospital, […]
GENEVA: The escalation in fighting in Syria has displaced around 280,000 people in just over a week, the United Nations said on Friday, warning that numbers could swell to 1.5 million. “The figure we have in front of us is 280,000 people since November 27,” Samer AbdelJaber, head of emergency coordination at the UN’s World […]
BEIRUT/AMMAN: Thousands of people fled the central Syrian city of Homs overnight and into Friday morning, a war monitoring group and residents said, as militant forces sought to push their lightning offensive against government forces further south. The head of the Syrian faction leading the sweeping assault told CNN that his group — a former […]
CAIRO: Israeli military strikes killed at least 30 Palestinians overnight in the Gaza Strip, most of them in the Nuseirat camp at the center of the enclave, medics said on Friday after some tanks pulled back from an area they had raided. Medics said they had recovered 19 bodies of Palestinians killed in the northern areas […]
The violence has killed 242 people, according to a Syrian war monitor
LONDON: Progressive US Sen. Elizabeth Warren has criticized the Biden administration’s failure to punish Israel after Washington delivered an ultimatum last month on improving aid deliveries to Gaza. The Democratic senator endorsed a joint resolution of disapproval in Congress after the State Department said it would not take punitive action against Israel, The Guardian reported. […]
PARIS: French and Saudi officials gathered in Paris on Friday at the French foreign ministry for discussions about advancing the AlUla development initiative. The AlUla Committee, a joint initiative established under an intergovernmental agreement signed in April 2018, is the coordinating body for a range of ambitious projects being carried out by the Kingdom and […]
Prince Abdulaziz visited the Special Forces Command for Security and Protection in Riyadh to oversee the progress of operations
TEHRAN: Iran’s president said Sunday a potential ceasefire between its allies and Israel “could affect the intensity” of Tehran’s response to Israel’s recent strikes on Iranian military sites. “If they (the Israelis) reconsider their behavior, accept a ceasefire and stop massacring the oppressed and innocent people of the region, it could affect the intensity and […]
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s prime minister said US envoy Amos Hochstein had signalled during a phone call Wednesday that a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war was possible before US elections are held on November 5. “The call today with Hochstein suggested to me that perhaps we could reach a ceasefire in the coming days, before the fifth” […]
RIYADH: Saudi authorities on Tuesday condemned a decision by the Israeli parliament that prevents the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees from working in Israel and occupied East Jerusalem, describing it as a “flagrant violation of international law.” The criticism by the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs came a day after Israeli lawmakers […]
DAKAR, Senegal: Burkina Faso’s government unnecessarily exposed civilians to danger during a militant attack earlier this year, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Tuesday. In August, at least 100 villagers were killed by fighters from a militant group linked to Al-Qaeda in central Burkina Faso, in one of the deadliest attacks this year […]
GENEVA: Rape is widespread in Sudan’s civil war, a United Nations investigation said Tuesday, accusing paramilitaries especially of committing sexual violence on a “staggering” scale. Children are not spared the abuse, while women and girls are being abducted for sexual slavery, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan said in a new report. […]
JERUSALEM: Israeli lawmakers passed two laws on Monday that could threaten the work of the main UN agency providing aid to people in Gaza by barring it from operating on Israeli soil, severing ties with it and deeming it a terror organization. The laws, which do not immediately go into effect, signal a new low for […]
A ‘salvo of rockets’ was fired against the ‘Glilot base of the 8200 military intelligence unit’
TEL AVIV, Israel: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Tuesday on his 11th visit to the region since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. He is expected to meet with top officials as the United States looks to revive ceasefire efforts after the killing of top Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, but […]
Turkiye is estimated to have 14,000 citizens registered with its consulate in Lebanon
Cabinet was briefed on regional and international developments, expressed support for the people of Palestine and Lebanon
30 Israeli soldiers killed in last 24 hours on northern border with Lebanon, army announces
ABU DHABI: The UAE has condemned an attack that targeted the residence of its head of mission in Khartoum by a Sudanese army aircraft, which resulted in extensive damage to the building. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed that it would submit a formal letter to the League of Arab States, the […]
RIYADH: Lebanon’s Hezbollah deputy chief Naim Qasim appeared in a televised speech on Monday, telling Lebanese to be “reassured, victory is our ally, we need a bit of patience”. In his speech Qassem vowed to fight on, saying the group was prepared for a long war in his first speech since the leader, Hassan Nasrallah, […]
Images, videos show large balls of fire, smoke
Crown prince strongly condemns the “crimes of the Israeli occupation” against the Palestinian people
Beirut: Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said 20 of its members were killed, with a source close to the group telling AFP on Thursday that they had died in walkie-talkie blasts blamed on Israel the day before. The group sent separate death notices for each member from Wednesday evening to Thursday morning, saying they had been killed […]
WASHINGTON: The FBI said Donald Trump was the target of “what appears to be an attempted assassination” at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday, just nine weeks after the Republican presidential nominee survived another attempt on his life. The former president said he was safe and well. Palm Beach County Sheriff […]
BEIRUT: Israel dropped leaflets over a Lebanon border village Sunday urging residents to leave, state-run media said, but Israel’s military told AFP a brigade had taken the initiative without approval. It was the first time Israelis had told residents of south Lebanon to evacuate in 11 months of cross-border fire between Hezbollah and Israel over […]
DUBAI: United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has pardoned 57 locally based Bangladeshi nationals who were convicted in July after staging a protest, UAE news agency WAM reported on Tuesday. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed “has ordered a pardon for the Bangladeshi nationals involved in last month’s protests and disturbances across several emirates,” […]
Israel has killed more than 40,000 Palestinians, according to local health officials
Shipping firm Bahri says its tanker Amjad was not targeted in a Red Sea attack
ATHENS: A salvage operation to recover a Greek registered oil tanker stranded in the Red Sea after an attack by Houthi militants is expected to start in the coming days, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Friday. What was decided yesterday is an initial gameplan, of the operation starting in 48 hours,” […]
Two other Hamas gunmen who tried to escape the car they were all traveling in were killed by a drone