BEIRUT (AA) – At least 10 people were injured in an Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon, the Health Ministry said, as fears continued to grow of a full-blown war between Israel and Hezbollah. Three of the injured were in serious condition following the attack that targeted the town of Abbasiyyeh in Tyre city, the […]
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Visiting US envoy Amos Hochstein warned that the clock was ticking for a Gaza cease-fire that could also help end 10 months of cross-border exchanges between Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Israel. His Lebanon trip came a day before cease-fire negotiations between Hamas and Israel resumed, with top diplomats scramblin...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army Tuesday claimed to have downed two drones fired from Lebanon toward northern Israel. In a statement, the Israeli army said it intercepted one drone over the Kiryat Shmona settlement in the Galilee area. Another was hit in Lebanese airspace before crossing into Israel, the military statement claimed. No i...
The US is set to release $3.5 billion to Israel for the purchase of American weapons. The funds are from a $14.1 billion supplemental bill passed in April. The State Department notified Congress of the decision on Aug. 8. The funding comes as Israel faces potential backlash from Iran and Hezbollah following its recent military […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the deployment of a guided missile submarine to the Middle East, the Pentagon said Sunday. In a phone call with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Austin reiterated the US’s commitment to take “every possible” step to defend Israel, the Pentagon said in a stateme...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Batoul and her family have been scrambling to secure housing outside Beirut’s southern suburbs where an Israeli strike killed a senior Hezbollah commander last week, but spiking demand has sent prices soaring. Many in the southern suburbs — a packed residential area known as Dahiyeh which is also a Hezbo...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that “no one should escalate” the conflict in the Middle East and Washington has communicated that message directly to Iran and Israel. “No one should escalate this conflict. We’ve been engaged in intense diplomacy with allies and partners, commun...
BEIRUT (AA) – Two members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group have been killed in clashes with the Israeli army along the Lebanese-Israeli border. In separate statements, Hezbollah identified the fighters as Ali Jamal al-Din Jawad and Ali Ghaleb Shuqair, which they said were killed “on the road to Jerusalem,” in reference to Hezboll...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned foreign ministers from the G7 countries Sunday that attacks by Iran and Hezbollah on Israel could come “as early as Monday” in retaliation for the assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh and senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr, according to a report...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies expressed “deep concern” Sunday over the rising tensions in the Middle East. The foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, the US and the High Representative of the European Union in a statement indicated their “deep concern at [&...
