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Foreign Press: Predictions of Iranian and Hezbollah Retaliation Against Israel

Recent Israeli killings of key figures in Iran-backed groups have sparked tensions and led to predictions of imminent Iranian retaliation before August 15. The deaths of Hezbollah's Fouad Shokr and Hamas' Ismail Haniyeh, respectively, have prompted strong reactions from both groups. Iran has vowed revenge for the assassination of Haniyeh on its ...

Twelve Soldiers Killed in a Suicide Attack in Northwestern Syria

Twelve Syrian soldiers were killed on Wednesday by an Al-Qaeda linked group in northwest Syria, according to a war monitoring organisation, the highest such death toll in the region this year. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said "12 members of the regime forces, including an officer, were killed following suicide attacks ...

Three Israelis Killed in West Bank Shooting Near Jordan Border

A truck driver shot dead three Israeli guards at a border crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan Sunday before being "eliminated", Israel's military said, as it pounded Hamas targets in Gaza. The rare attack at the Allenby Bridge crossing comes amid soaring violence in the West Bank with major Israeli raids and attacks by ...

Houthis Urge Tel Aviv Residents to Evacuate to South After Missile Strike

The Houthis issued an announcement on Sunday warning the residents of Tel Aviv, in central Israel, that the area had become an active war zone, urging them to evacuate to a "humanitarian zone" in the Negev desert. Earlier in the day, a missile triggered a rush to shelters in central Israel on Sunday, a rare incident that caused no casualties but ...

Tuesday's Pager Attack: The Situation on Wednesday Morning

Following Tuesday's unprecedented pager attack, the situation at AUBMC seems calmer today. Caretaker Minister of Public Health Firas Abiad toured multiple hospitals, assessing the situation firsthand. Abiad is scheduled for a press conference at the Ministry of Public Health at 1 PM.

UNIFIL Vehicles Attacked in Tyre

Youths attacked UNIFIL’s Malaysian Battalion vehicles in Tyre’s al-Hosh district on Wednesday afternoon, causing damage to some of the vehicles and the destruction of others. The youngsters were forced to retreat after the Lebanese Army and Intelligence interfered to break up the attack, and the patrol members were then taken out of the ...

World's Reactions to the Death of Hassan Nasrallah

Following Hezbollah's announcement of the death of its leader Hassan Nasrallah, declarations multiplied around the world. Israel The Israeli military said on Saturday that the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, one of its "greatest enemies," made the world safer, but that the group's remaining senior members would still be ...

Senior Iran Guards General Killed in Israel Lebanon Strike

A senior general in Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon alongside Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, state media reported Saturday. General Abbas Nilforoushan, deputy commander of Guards operations, "was killed in Israel's attack on Lebanon that assassinated the Hezbollah chief," said the official IRNA ...

France Calls on Israel to Stop Lebanon Strikes

France on Saturday called on Israel to stop striking Lebanon, as the killing of the head of Hezbollah sparked fears of a widening war in the Middle East. Speaking with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Paris wanted "an immediate halt to Israeli strikes in Lebanon" and was "opposed to any ground ...

Six Killed in Separate Attacks in Sistan-Baluchistan

At least six people were killed on Tuesday in separate attacks in the restive southeastern region of Iran, state media reported. “Four people, including three military personnel, were killed in a terrorist attack in Bent,” a small town in southern Sistan-Baluchistan, the official IRNA news agency said. It also reported that two police ...