Lebanon has submitted a formal complaint to the U.N. Security Council against Israel’s repeated targeting of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Lebanon’s mission to the U.N. in New York filed the complaint under the instructions of Foreign Minister Abdullah Bou Habib to the U.N. Security Council and UN Secretary-General A...
ANKARA (AA) – Jordan’s foreign minister has said that the creation of a Palestinian state is the key to peace in the region. “Without the establishment of a sovereign state for the Palestinians, Israel will not achieve peace,” Ayman Safadi said at the Future of Palestine Conference in Ankara. He said Israel only brings destruction [&hell...
BEIRUT (AA) – Rescuers have recovered the bodies of three paramedics from under the rubble following an Israeli airstrike in eastern Lebanon. Israeli warplanes hit a facility of the Islamic Health Authority in Qilya Monday night, destroying the building and killing three paramedics inside. The state news agency NNA said that the bodies of the ...
BEIRUT (AA) – Four members of a family were killed in an Israeli strike on their home in southern Lebanon, local media reported. The state news agency NNA said a father, wife and their two sons lost their lives in the attack that targeted the town of Jarjouaa. The family’s house was levelled in the […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Naim Qassem has said that a Gaza cease-fire is the key to ending the current crisis. “We have the right to target any point in Israel after its violations in Lebanon,” Qassem said in a televised speech. “Rocket fire will continue.” “The solution is a cease-fire based on an […]...
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Qatar’s emir has accused Israel of deliberately expanding its aggression as part of a pre-planned agenda against Lebanon and the occupied West Bank. Speaking at the opening of an ordinary session of Qatar’s Shura Council in Doha, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani warned of escalating violence with potential consequ...
At least three people were arrested on Friday during a student-led walkout at the University of Chicago calling for an end to Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon. Just after 2:30 p.m., more than 150 students and some faculty walked out of class. This was to protest the university’s investments in weapons manufacturers supplying the […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iran has said that it has halted indirect negotiations with the US due to current regional tensions. Speaking during a visit to the Omani capital Muscat, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Oman has played a positive role in facilitating dialogue between Tehran and Washington, in which came to be known as […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has issued immediate evacuation orders for residents of 25 towns in southern Lebanon amid a huge air campaign on the country. Military spokesman Avichay Adraee asked residents of the targeted towns to leave their homes and move north of the Awali River. The list of the targeted towns include […]
BEIRUT (AA) – The Lebanese army has said that it had rescued 99 migrants, 98 Syrians and one Lebanese national, after two boats sank off its northern coast near Tripoli. In a statement, the army’s Directorate of Guidance said a naval patrol successfully carried out the rescue operation on Friday near the Ramkeen Island. Noting [&he...
