Turkey and any country should press Hamas on hostage – US

Turkey and any country should press Hamas on hostage – US

Turkey, like any other country, should pressure Hamas to release the Gaza hostages,  US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters amid speculation that Ankara could become a mediator for a hostage deal. “When it comes to using influence with Hamas to secure the release of hostages, we would welcome any country playing that … Read more

US optimistic about ceasefire chances, Israelis cynical

US optimistic about ceasefire chances, Israelis cynical

US special envoy Amos Hochstein urged Israel, Lebanon, and the Iranian proxy group Hezbollah to seize the opportunity before them and agree to a ceasefire that would end the war that has raged since October 8. “We have a real opportunity to bring this conflict to an end,” Hochstein told reporters in Beirut on … Read more

Uncertain Elbit, Rafael will join Vietnam arms expo after Reuters report

Uncertain Elbit, Rafael will join Vietnam arms expo after Reuters report

With Vietnam’s Defense Ministry telling Reuters that Israeli and Iranian defense companies will both appear at an arms expo in Vietnam in December, The Jerusalem Post got mixed signals about whether this will really pan out. According to Reuters, “Companies from Iran, Israel, China, Russia, and the United States will showcase military equipment at … Read more

Israel locates modern Russian arms in Hezbollah’s possession in Lebanon

Israel locates modern Russian arms in Hezbollah’s possession in Lebanon

IDF soldiers have come across several troves of Russian weapons in Hezbollah’s possession in southern Lebanon, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.  Some of the weapons were manufactured as recently as 2020, such as Kornet anti-tank missiles, which were transported from Russia, through Syria, and into southern Lebanon in recent years, the WSJ … Read more

Cultural experts urge UN to shield war-torn Lebanon’s heritage 

Cultural experts urge UN to shield war-torn Lebanon’s heritage 

Beirut —  Hundreds of cultural professionals, including archeologists and academics, called on the United Nations to safeguard war-torn Lebanon’s heritage in a petition published Sunday ahead of a crucial UNESCO meeting. Several Israeli strikes in recent weeks on Baalbek in the east and Tyre in the south — both strongholds of Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah … Read more

Israel-Lebanon talks advance as Hezbollah signals ceasefire flexibility

Israel-Lebanon talks advance as Hezbollah signals ceasefire flexibility

Significant progress has been made in talks to reach an agreement on the northern border. Senior Israeli officials estimate that Lebanon’s response to the proposed framework is expected in the coming days, against the backdrop of “positive signals” indicating the other side’s willingness to move toward a ceasefire agreement. According to sources familiar with … Read more

Documentaries of Dissent

Documentaries of Dissent

“No Other Land” and “Union” are films that Hollywood and corporate America don’t want you to see. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials … Read more

Spy satellite images leads to the site of a historic battle in Iraq

Spy satellite images leads to the site of a historic battle in Iraq

BEIRUT —  Declassified 1970s-era U.S. spy satellite imagery has led a British-Iraqi archeological team to what they believe is the site of a seventh-century battle that became decisive in the spread of Islam throughout the region. The Battle of al-Qadisiyah was fought in Mesopotamia — in present-day Iraq — in the A.D. 630s between Arab … Read more

Suspect held after firing shots near Israeli consulate in Istanbul

Suspect held after firing shots near Israeli consulate in Istanbul

Representative image (Photo: AFP) Istanbul: A suspect who fired a shotgun into the air near the Israeli consulate in Istanbul on Friday was apprehended in a special forces’ operation, local media reported. State-run TRT broadcaster stated that an unidentified individual approached the consulate building in the Levent neighbourhood on the European side of the city … Read more

Airstrike on Iran’s Parchin complex hampers nuclear bomb development

Airstrike on Iran’s Parchin complex hampers nuclear bomb development

The Israeli strike at the end of October on Iran’s military complex in Parchin significantly hindered Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear bomb, should it choose to do so, according to two senior Israeli officials. The sophisticated equipment destroyed in the attack was essential for shaping and testing plastic explosives that encase uranium in … Read more