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Jumblat worried about Hezbollah warmongering, says country can't eat rockets

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat on Tuesday urged Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah to avoid a war with Israel, as he called for electing a new president who has a “clear program.” “There are rockets but will the Lebanese eat rockets?” Jumblat said in an interview on LBCI television. “We tell (Hezbollah chief) Sayyed […]

More Israeli bombs on Gaza

Israeli aircraft struck Hamas sites in Gaza early on Sunday in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave, the military said, as a recent rise in cross-border violence tests a fragile truce that ended fierce fighting in May. Sanctioned by Hamas, the Islamist armed group that rules Gaza, Palestinian groups said on Saturday […]

BREAKING NEWS - New round of Israeli attacks on Gaza

Israeli warplanes bombed Hamas sites in Gaza in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave that caused brush fires in southern Israel, its military said early on Tuesday. There were no immediate reports of casualties in the air strikes that targeted what the military said was a weapons production facility and a rocket […]

Egypt begins reconstruction drive in Gaza

Egypt has sent a convoy of engineers and building equipment to Gaza to begin reconstruction in the Palestinian enclave after the recent Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Egyptian state television reported on Friday. Dozens of bulldozers, cranes and trucks flying Egyptian flags lined up along the border to begin crossing into the Gaza Strip, television pictures showed. Palestinians […]

US blocks Security Council decision, China objects, Biden 'expresses' support for ceasefire

The United States on Monday again prevented the United Nations Security Council from issuing a public statement on worsening violence between Israel and Palestinian militants as the White House said it was pursuing "quiet, intensive diplomacy." For the past week Washington, a strong ally of Israel, has been isolated on the 15-member council over its […]

US dispatches envoy to clam down Israelis, Palestinians; energy sector hit

Israel killed a Hamas commander and vowed no let-up in its Gaza barrages on Wednesday as Palestinian militants rained rockets far across the border and Washington dispatched an envoy to try to calm their most intense hostilities in years. At least 65 people have been killed in Gaza since violence escalated on Monday, according to […]

Lavrov slams April strikes on Syria

The strike that the US, Great Britain and France carried out on Syria on April 14 showed the nature of actions some states have been taking in the country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Slovakia’s Pravda newspaper. "As for allegations that the Syrian government had used chemical weapons, no evidence […]

Syria's Ghouta residents 'wait to die' as bombs fall

Residents of Syria’s eastern Ghouta district said they were waiting their “turn to die” on Wednesday, amid one of the most intense bombardments of the war by pro-government forces on the besieged, rebel-held enclave near Damascus. At least 10 people died in one village and more than 200 were injured early on Wednesday. At […]

Australia to end airstrikes in Iraq and Syria following victory over Isis

The defence minister, Marise Payne, has announced Australia will scale back its operations in the fight against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The country’s six super hornets will head home from the Middle East, marking the end of Australia’s airstrike operations. Payne said the decision follows discussions with the Iraqi government and other allies. “I want […]

US takes aim at Daesh in Yemen for first time

The United States said it launched its first attack on Daesh’s deadly Yemen branch on Monday with a series of nighttime air strikes that residents said targeted two villages and killed several people. Unmanned US drones launched around 12 missiles at militant positions in Yakla and Al Abl in southern Al Bayda province, according to […]

U.S. May Begin Airstrikes Against ISIS in Philippines

The Pentagon is considering a plan that allows the U.S. military to conduct airstrikes on ISIS in the Philippines, two defense officials told NBC News. The authority to strike ISIS targets as part of collective self-defense could be granted as part of an official military operation that may be named as early as Tuesday, said […]

Saudi-Led Airstrikes Hit Public Bus in Aden Killing at Least 20 Yemeni Civilians

SANAA: Witnesses and officials in Yemen say a Saudi-led airstrike hit a public bus on a highway north of the southern city of Aden, splitting the vehicle in half and killing at least 20 civilian passengers. They said Thursday that airstrikes also hit a family traveling in a private car and a farmer driving a […]

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