Washington, United States – AFP Iran’s massive aerial attack on Israel was a “spectacular and embarrassing failure,” the White House said Monday, after US forces helped shoot down most of the missiles and drones fired by Tehran. “I’ve seen reporting that the Iranians meant to fail, that this spectacular and ...
United Nations, United States – AFP Israel’s UN envoy on Sunday urged the Security Council to impose “all possible sanctions” against Iran after the Islamic republic’s unprecedented attack against Israel. “Today the council must take action (and) condemn Iran for their terror,” Ambassador Gilan Erdan t...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanese group Hezbollah said Monday several Israeli soldiers were killed and injured in a bomb explosion in southern Lebanon. The group said that its fighters had detonated several explosive devices at an Israeli force in Tal Ismail area near Lebanon’s border with Israel, leaving several soldiers killed and injured. There was no...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Humanitarian aid flowing into the Gaza Strip has seen a significant surge in recent days, said White House National Security spokesman John Kirby on Monday. In an interview with MSNBC on Monday, Kirby emphasized the aid’s crucial role in alleviating the dire humanitarian situation in the area. “The aid has inc...
Frankfurt, Germany – AFP Iran has taken the Middle East to the “edge of a precipice” with its attack on Israel, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Sunday. She said Tehran had “plunged an entire region into chaos” and asked all sides to show restraint, adding that the spiralling tensions needed to end.
London, United Kingdom – AFP British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Sunday that the world needed “calm heads to prevail” after Iran launched its first-ever direct attack on Israeli territory. “We’ll be working with our allies to de-escalate the situation,” Sunak told reporters in Downing Street. Sunak said ...
Jerusalem, Occupied Palestinian Territories — AFP Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has warned against any “reckless” Israeli retaliation to Tehran’s unprecedented missile and drone attack, as world leaders urged restraint. Iran launched its first-ever direct attack on Israeli territory, marking a major escalation of the ...
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...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Illegal Israeli settlers have resumed their attacks on Palestinian villages and towns in the West Bank. “The terrorist gangs of colonialists with the protection of the (Israeli) occupation army are closing the bridge of the village of Deir Dibwan, east of Ramallah,” the Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission sa...
