BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanon has suspended in-person classes at schools in Beirut and surrounding areas after Israeli airstrikes hit the center of the capital, Minister of Education Abbas Halabi announced Sunday. Schools and higher educational institutions will be closed Monday and Tuesday in Beirut and Chouf, northern Metn, Baabda and Aley. Th...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Four Palestinians, including two children, were killed early Monday in an Israeli airstrike targeting their tent in an area designated by Israel as a “safe humanitarian zone” in the southern Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli warplanes struck the tent in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hamas mourned the death of Mohammad Afif, Hezbollah’s media relations chief, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike Sunday in Beirut. “The assassination of a political media figure will not silence the voice of resistance but will instead expose the deep moral chasm in which the occupation lies,” Hamas said in a […...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Israeli police arrested three people on Sunday over the launch of flash bombs on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home in northern Israel. Two flash bombs fell into the garden of Netanyahu’s home in Caesarea on Saturday. Neither Netanyahu nor his family were inside the house. No damage was reported. The Israeli public broadc...
ISTANBUL (AA) – In a major policy shift, outgoing President Joe Biden on Sunday authorized Ukraine to use American long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) for “limited strikes” within Russian territory, The Washington Post reported. The decision follows reports of North Korea sending troops to support Moscow’s war effort,...
BERLIN (AA) – German police detained several demonstrators in Berlin on Saturday during a protest against Israel’s attacks on Gaza. More than 1,000 people gathered in the German capital to express solidarity with Palestinians and protest Israel’s continuing attacks on Gaza. Carrying Palestinian flags, the crowd marched with banners readi...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Thousands of demonstrators gathered Saturday in Stockholm to protest Israeli actions in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, condemning Western governments for supplying weapons to Israel despite civilian casualties. The rally, held in the Odenplan area, was organized by several civil society groups and drew 2,000 participants. Proteste...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 50 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on a five-storey residential building in the Beit Lahia Project area of northern Gaza on Sunday morning. Medical sources told Anadolu that several people were trapped under the rubble. Since Oct. 5, Israel has launched a large-scale ground operation in northern Gaza, clai...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Sunday demanded the Group of 20 meeting recognize what he called Israel’s right to defend itself. In a statement on his X account, Saar also called for condemnation of Hamas and Hezbollah. Israel has killed nearly 43,800 people, mostly women and children, and injured over 103,600 […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A team of President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly compiling a list of former and current senior US military officers directly involved in the “disrespectful” withdrawal from Afghanistan to determine whether they could face court martial. Trump’s team is exploring the possibility of forming a commission to investi...
