ISTANBUL (AA) – Lebanese civil defense teams came under fire while looking for people trapped under rubble of buildings destroyed by Israel, local media said. Lebanon’s official National News Agency said Israeli artillery shelling targeted civil defense teams in Naqoura while searching the rubble of destroyed buildings in the area. The teams w...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The bodies of 16 people have been recovered from under the rubble of destroyed buildings in southern Lebanon, local media said. Nine bodies were retrieved by Civil Defense teams in the town of Chamaa, six in Bayyada, and one in Naqoura, the state news agency NNA reported. The broadcaster said that efforts […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz has threatened to attack Lebanese state targets if a cease-fire deal with Lebanon collapses. “There will no longer be an exemption for the state of Lebanon,” Katz said during a visit to the border area with Lebanon. On Tuesday, at least 10 people were killed in overnight ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Lebanese army forces have been redeployed in the southern city of Tyre, marking the start of its redeployment in southern Lebanon. Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) said that the redeployment was meant to maintain security in the city and its surroundings. “It signals the start of the army’s redeployment in the [&he...
BEIRUT (AA) – Israel killed at least 10 people in overnight airstrikes in southern Lebanon, marking the deadliest violations of the cease-fire agreement reached last week, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Tuesday. A ministry statement said an Israeli strike killed six people and injured two others in the town of Haris in Bint Jbeil [...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The White House says that a nearly week-old cease-fire agreement in Lebanon is “largely” being respected after Hezbollah responded to a series of deadly Israeli strikes across the country in spite of the cease-fire deal. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby described Israel’s attacks since...
BEIRUT (AA) – Hezbollah targeted the Roueissat Al-Alam Israeli military post in the occupied Kfar Shuba hills, describing the action as a “preliminary defensive warning” in response to ongoing Israeli violations of the cease-fire agreement. In a statement, Hezbollah cited multiple breaches, including Israeli gunfire on civilians, airstri...
HAMA, Syria (AA) — Armed groups opposing Bashar al-Assad’s regime have captured eight more settlements in the Syrian province of Hama. The opposition forces, engaged in clashes with regime forces for six days, have made significant territorial gains, taking control of regional hub Aleppo, as well as areas south of northwestern Idlib prov...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN human rights office has urged all parties to respect the cease-fire reached between Israel and Lebanon while resolving differences related to implementation. Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence, during a UN press briefing in Geneva, underlined that the cease-fire in Lebanon is a “huge relief” for the millions who have...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Lebanese army says that it has begun assuming its missions in southern Lebanon, a day after a cease-fire deal with Israel. A military statement said that army units began to assume their missions in the south, the Bekaa region, and southern Beirut, including setting up checkpoints, opening roads, and detonation of [&hellip...
