UN peacekeepers in Lebanon urge de-escalation after heavy airstrikes
UN peacekeepers in Lebanon urged immediate de-escalation as hostilities rumbled on at the Lebanese-Israeli border yesterday, following Israel’s most intense airstrikes in nearly a year of conflict with the Hezbollah.Israel’s military said on Thursday it had struck hundreds of Hezbollah rocket launchers that had been set to fire towards Israel, in what security sources in […]
19 Palestinians martyred in bombing of Gaza, Rafah cities
At least 19 Palestinians were martyred and others were injured in an Israeli occupation bombing that targeted Gaza and Rafah cities Friday.Local sources said at least 13 Palestinians were killed when Israeli warplanes bombed two houses in the Musbah area north of Rafah city, south of the Strip.hey noted that three other Palestinians were martyred […]
12 killed, 66 wounded in Israeli strike on south Beirut
Lebanon's health ministry Friday said an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs killed 12 people and wounded 66 others, nine of whom were in critical condition. Rescue teams were searching for people under the rubble of two buildings, the country's civil defence service said.Local broadcasters showed groups of people gathered near the site, and reported […]
Hunt for origins of Lebanon pager attack widens to Bulgaria, Norway
Supply chains investigated after deadly pager attackBulgaria opens probe after one company linkedWhereabouts of executives in Norway, Hungary unknownBulgaria and Norway became new focal points on Thursday of a global hunt for who supplied Hezbollah with the thousands of pagers that exploded in Lebanon this week in a deadly blow to the group.Security sources said […]
Hezbollah says targets Israeli intelligence base it blames for ‘assassinations’
Hezbollah said it launched Katyusha rockets at a north Israel intelligence base it blamed for targeted killings, claiming its first attack after Israel launched a deadly strike on the group's south Beirut stronghold.The Iran-backed group said its fighters had targeted ‘the main intelligence headquarters in the northern region responsible for assassinations… with volleys of Katyusha […]
Hezbollah handed out pagers hours before blasts – even after checks
Hezbollah had scanned, tested pagers for safety, sources sayGroup accelerated sweep of other devices after beeper blastsBatteries of walkie-talkies laced with explosive known as PETNHezbollah believes Israel detonated walkie-talkies to prevent discoveryLebanon's Hezbollah was still handing its members new Gold Apollo branded pagers hours before thousands of the devices blew up this week, two security […]
Three killed, 17 wounded in Israeli strike on south Beirut
Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs killed three people on Friday, with a source close to Hezbollah earlier saying a top commander was among the dead.’The Israeli enemy's strike on Beirut's southern suburbs led, according to a preliminary toll, to the killing of three people, and Lebanese hospitals have received […]
8 Palestinians martyred in Israeli airstrike on Nuseirat Camp in Gaza
At least eight Palestinians were martyred and four others were injured Friday in an Israeli airstrike targeted a house in the Tal Al-Nuwairi area in the Nuseirat refugee camp, the central Gaza Strip.Meanwhile, paramedics from the Palestinian Red Crescent reported that several injuries occurred when the Israeli occupation forces targeted a group of civilians with […]
Dubai Police Apprehend Reckless Driver and Impound Vehicle Speeding at 220 km/h
The General Department of Traffic at Dubai Police has arrested a driver and impounded his vehicle after he was caught More…
GCC inches towards Gulf economic citizenship
The Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) is inching closer towards achieving a consensus on the proposed unified definition of the Gulf national products, a move that ought to go long way in achieving Gulf ‘economic citizenship’ and advancing the region’s industrial sector.This was the crux of the fifth extraordinary meeting of the Undersecretaries of Ministry of […]