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Lebanon Files UN Complaint Over Israel's Incursion into the South

Lebanon's permanent mission to the United Nations in New York filed a complaint to UN Secretary-General António Guterres and the Security Council on Thursday, accusing Israel of violating its sovereignty in a military incursion that began on the night of October 1, 2024. The complaint follows Israel’s recent decision to launch a ground ...

France Condemns Israel's Declaration of UN Chief as "Persona Non Grata"

France on Thursday condemned Israel's move to declare UN chief Antonio Guterres "persona non grata", saying the decision was "unjustified." "France regrets the unjustified, serious, and counterproductive decision taken by Israel to declare the secretary general of the United Nations, Mr. Antonio Guterres, persona non grata," the French foreign ...

Biden Discussing Possible Israeli Strikes on Iranian Oil Facilities

President Joe Biden said he was discussing possible Israeli strikes on Iranian oil facilities, in comments that sent oil prices spiking Thursday just a month before the US presidential election. Biden told reporters at the White House, however, that he was not expecting Israel to launch any retaliation for Tehran's missile barrage on Israel ...

Iran Condemns European Criticism over Missile Attack

Iran on Thursday hit out at the G7 group of rich nations over criticism of its missile attack on Israel, while also condemning the group's call for more sanctions against the Islamic republic. Foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei, in a statement, condemned "the continued biased and irresponsible approach of this group", stressing the attack ...

Khamenei Says Iran’s Allies ‘Will Not Back Down’ in War with Israel

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, assured on Friday, with a rifle beside him, that Tehran's allies, notably Hamas and Hezbollah, will not "back down" against Israel, which "won't last much longer." The head of state was speaking in Tehran before thousands of people, three days before the first anniversary of Hamas' unprecedented ...

Iran Proxies: Sheer Folly

Bitterness, dismay, anger, and depression... The deep resentment often voiced publicly by Hezbollah supporters reflects the tragedy into which the pro-Iranian party forced Lebanon, against the country's will, a year ago. The Lebanese are acutely aware of being left to face the overwhelming Israeli war machine on their own. While this is not the ...

Surge in Violence: Israel-Hezbollah Fire Exchanges Result in Growing Casualties

Fire exchanges continued on Friday, with the southern suburbs of Beirut targeted by many violent and consecutive airstrikes. Earlier, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for “bombing a gathering of Israeli vehicles and soldiers in Saasaa using a heavy Burkan missile.” An Israeli air raid also struck the Al-Lailaki neighborhood in the southern ...

Israel’s Militarized Technology to Take on Hezbollah

  Israel's technological advancements during this war have surprised many. Following the incident where pagers and walkie-talkies belonging to Hezbollah members simultaneously exploded in various regions of Lebanon due to a remote attack, the assassination of the pro-Iranian faction's secretary-general, Hassan Nasrallah, on September 27, has ...

Who Was Hassan Nasrallah?

Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of Hezbollah since 1992, was killed on September 27, 2024, in the southern suburbs of Beirut as a result of an Israeli airstrike. Born in 1960 in Bourj Hammoud, Beirut, he played a pivotal role in shaping Hezbollah's political and military influence in the region.

LF: Time to Elect a President and Pull the Lebanese Out of This Catastrophe

The Lebanese Forces party strongly denounced the behavior of “certain politicians from the axis of resistance who have not changed their political positions, which have led Lebanon and its people to the current state” and who accuse “the LF of obstructing the election of a president.” In a press release issued on Friday, the LF also ...