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Lebanon could 'soon' see Israeli land, air blockade: minister
WEB14 hours ago · Lebanon could be faced with an Israeli-imposed land and air blockade, Public Works and Transport Minister Ali Hamieh said on Friday.. The statement was made after a meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, after he informed him of ongoing operations at all maritime, land, and air facilities in the country.. Hamieh's comments come after Israel on Friday struck the main international road to ...
Thousands flee northwest Syria frontline amid shelling
WEB15 hours ago · Thousands of people have fled areas around the frontlines of northwest Syria over fears that a new round of fighting will erupt between the regime and opposition groups.. Some 4,280 people have been displaced from areas on the frontline between Syria's armed opposition and regime in Idlib and Aleppo, according Enab Baladi, citing the Syria Coordination Response group.
Displaced, bombed, mourning: Lebanon braces for war
WEB3 days ago · Displaced, bombed, mourning: Lebanon braces for war. In-depth: In just a few weeks, life in Lebanon has dramatically changed. One million people are displaced, hundreds killed, and the country is bracing for war. Beirut - A map of Palestine and figures wearing black-and-white keffiyehs adorned flyers littered below an apartment building - its ...
At least 18 killed in Israeli strike on Tulkarm in West Bank
WEB1 day ago · At least 18 people were killed in the occupied West Bank refugee camp of Tulkarm, the Palestinian health ministry said late Thursday, following an Israeli air strike in the area. "Eighteen martyrs following the bombing of the Tulkarm camp by the occupation," the Palestinian health ministry said on its Telegram account.
Lebanese factions revive bid to fill presidency as Israel attacks
WEB2 days ago · The presidency is decided by a vote in Lebanon's 128-seat parliament [Getty/archive] Israel's offensive in Lebanon has prompted a renewed bid by some leading Lebanese politicians to fill a two-year-long presidential vacuum, an effort to revive the paralysed state as it grapples with an escalating conflict. Lebanon has not …
Iraq on high alert in anticipation of Israeli attacks
WEB3 days ago · Tensions are spreading across the Middle East following the assassination of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah by Israeli forces in Beirut last Friday. The Iraqi army, alongside Iran-backed militias, is now on high alert as concerns grow that Israel may expand its military operations into Iraq.. A critical meeting is anticipated at the residence of Grand Shia cleric Ayatollah Ali Al ...
PA condemns Israel 'heinous massacre' after Tulkarm strike
WEB1 day ago · The Palestinian Authority (PA) has slammed an Israeli airstrike on the Tulkarm Refugee Camp on Thursday night that killed at least 18 people, in one of the deadliest single attacks in the occupied West Bank in years.. PA Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa described the strike as a "heinous massacre" on his official account and called on the international community to stop Israeli actions in the ...
Analysis - The New Arab
WEBSep 25, 2024 · Israel's new war front in Lebanon has no clear off-ramp. Analysis: Israel's military escalation aims to return displaced Israelis to the north and decouple Hezbollah from a ceasefire in Gaza. It is a high-risk gamble. Giorgio Cafiero. 25 September, 2024.
Israel's new war front in Lebanon has no clear off-ramp
WEBSep 25, 2024 · The pager and walkie-talkie explosions. The nearly one-year-old Israel-Hezbollah conflict entered a new and dangerous phase with the explosion of thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies in Beirut, elsewhere in Lebanon, and Syria on 17 and 18 September. Israel did not officially claim responsibility for this operation but was undoubtedly behind ...