Beirut, Lebanon — AFP A source within Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said Israel struck Sunday one of its buildings in Lebanon’s east, close to the Syrian border, as tensions soared after Iran directly attacked Israel. “The Israeli strike targeted an area… near Baalbek and targeted a two-storey building belonging to He...
Tehran, Iran — AFP Iran Sunday warned Israel not to retaliate militarily to an unprecedented attack overnight, which Tehran presented as a justified response to a deadly strike on its consulate building in Damascus. “The matter can be deemed concluded,” Iran’s mission to the United Nations said in a post on social media...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israel is closing schools nationwide over security concerns, military spokesman Daniel Hagari said on Saturday, after threats by Iran to retaliate for a deadly air strike on its Damascus consulate. There will be “no educational activities” when the school week begins on Sunday “in light of the...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Iran’s threat to carry out a retaliatory attack on Israel in reprisal for the bombing of its consulate in Damascus is “very credible,” the White House said Friday. “We still deem the potential threat by Iran here to be real, to be viable, certainly credible, and we’re watching it as closely...
Washington, United States – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has asked China’s foreign minister and other counterparts to use their influence to dissuade Iran from striking Israel, the State Department said Thursday. Blinken spoke by telephone to his Chinese, Turkish, Saudi and European counterparts “to make clear tha...
Tehran, Iran – AFP Iranians voted on Friday in elections for parliament and a key clerical body, amid fears of a low turnout. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has called for a strong turnout, was the first to cast his ballot, at a polling station in central Tehran, state television reported. Since the last elections, […]...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States said that Iran’s elections Friday are certain to be unfair, as the conservative establishment seeks to blunt boycott calls. “I have no expectation that Iran’s elections will be free and fair, and I suspect that a great number of Iranians have no expectation that those el...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US Coast Guard seized advanced weapons from Iran, destined for Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen in the Red Sea on January 28, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) has claimed. “The U.S. Coast Guard Sentinel-class fast-response cutter USCGC Clarence Sutphin Jr (WPC 1147), assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has called for the expulsion of Israel from the United Nations over its deadly war on Gaza as the country marked the 45th anniversary of its Islamic revolution with nationwide rallies. In a public address at the iconic Azadi Square in Tehran, Raisi said Iran proposes to […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s interior minister has rejected reports about the construction of a wall on the border with Afghanistan. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a Cabinet meeting in Tehran, Ahmad Vahidi said there is no plan to build a wall but to barricade the border. “There is no plan to build […]
