Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, Secretary-General of the Cairo-based Arab League (AL) Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit called on the international community on Monday to support Lebanon in the face of the Israeli offensive and its impacts, particularly the attacks on civilian areas. In a statement, the chief of the Arab League expressed solidarity with Lebanon and its … Read more
Born in 1960, Lebanon (which was considered an idyllic and veritable heaven on earth), Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah grew up in a predominantly Armenian Sub-urb known as Bourj Hammoud, near the capital Beirut. After his primary education, he was moved from his native place to Najaf, nearly 1100 kilometres away, as Najaf is famous for Shia … Read more
Beirut: Amid calls for a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office in a statement denied that the country has agreed to a ceasefire with Hezbollah. “It is an American-French proposal, which the Prime Minister has not even responded to,” said the statement from Netanyahu’s office. It added that he had … Read more
Turkey’s flag carrier, Turkish Airlines, and the country’s low-cost carrier, Pegasus Airlines, have cancelled their flights to and from Lebanon due to heightened risks, local media reported on Tuesday. The decision comes in response to Israel’s air strikes on Lebanon, affecting flights to and from Beirut scheduled for Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported quoting the … Read more
A top Iranian military commander has said his country had, some time ago, hit 12 Israeli vessels north of the Indian Ocean and elsewhere in response to Israel’s attacks on 14 Iranian ships, according to state media. Hossein Salami, chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), made the remarks on Saturday during a … Read more
In yet another incident of Israeli aggression in war-torn Gaza, Israeli military on Saturday evening launched an airstrike on a school that was sheltering displaced Palestinian families. This incident marks the second time in just one hour that Israeli forces targeted the same location, leading to significant casualties among civilians including children, bringing the total … Read more
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said on Saturday that IDF fighter jets hit military targets of the Houthi rebels in Al Hudaydah Port in Yemen, sparking huge fires and causing casualties. The attack comes in response to the hundreds of attacks carried out against Israel in recent months. Videos emerging online show the port engulfed in … Read more
The walkout occurred during a special session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva, where the Israeli representative was addressing the gathering (Photo Screengrab) Amid a speech by an Israeli official at the International Labour Conference in Geneva, dozens of delegates walked out of the meeting. The walkout occurred when the Israeli official responded to … Read more
Over 1,000,000 people have been displaced from Rafah Over a million people have been displaced from Rafah (in the Southern Gaza strip) where a humanitarian crisis is taking place. The violence, marked by Israeli air strikes and ground invasions, has forced civilians to flee, Al Jazeera reported. As the situation in Rafah deteriorated due to … Read more
