Iran claims Oct. 7 massacre was retaliation for Soleimani killing

Iran claims Oct. 7 massacre was retaliation for Soleimani killing

The October 7 massacre in southern Israel was a response to the 2020 assassination of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Qassem Soleimani, according to Al Jazeera citing an IRGC statement on Wednesday morning.  عاجل | الحرس الثوري الإيراني: عملية طوفان الأقصى كانت إحدى الردود على اغتيال قاسم سليماني — الجزيرة – عاجل (@AJABreaking) December … Read more

Iran warns Israel will pay after top IRGC commander killed in Syria

Iran warns Israel will pay after top IRGC commander killed in Syria

Iran vowed that Israel would “pay” for the killing of Sayyed Reza Mousavi, a senior commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in an alleged Israeli airstrike in the vicinity of the Syrian capital of Damascus on Monday. “Undoubtedly, the usurper and savage Zionist regime will pay for this crime,” Iranian President Ebrahim … Read more

Iraqi Shiite militia claims rocket attack on US base in Syria

Iraqi Shiite militia claims rocket attack on US base in Syria

Baghdad: An Iraqi Shiite militia has claimed responsibility for a rocket barrage on a US military base in Syria’s northeastern province of al-Hasakah. The militia, named Islamic Resistance in Iraq, claimed in an online statement on Tuesday that its fighters fired rockets on the al-Shaddadi military base and hit their targets, without giving further details, … Read more

US airstrikes in Syria are not a game-changer – analysis

US airstrikes in Syria are not a game-changer – analysis

The US carried out airstrikes in Syria targeting Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah overnight between December 25 and 26. The airstrikes are important. Iranian-backed groups have carried out at least 103 attacks against US forces in Iraq and Syria in the wake of the Hamas attack on October 7. These Iranian-backed groups have also targeted US … Read more

Israel expects response to killing of senior Iranian commander

Israel expects response to killing of senior Iranian commander

Israel is expecting a response on the northern front to the killing of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Sayyed Reza Mousavi in Syria, Israeli media reported on Monday evening, citing defense establishment officials. Earlier on Monday, it was reported that Mouasvi, a senior IRGC commander responsible for the military cooperation between Iran and … Read more

Mobile Clinic Serves Women in Remote Villages of Northeast Syria

Mobile Clinic Serves Women in Remote Villages of Northeast Syria

A new mobile clinic is providing much-needed medical services in northeast Syria and promoting awareness about female-related health issues in the war-torn country. VOA’s Jiro Mitani has the story from Derik, Syria, narrated by Sirwan Kajjo. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In … Read more

We are once again at war in the Middle East – POLITICO

We are once again at war in the Middle East – POLITICO

Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. It was February 1991, and the crew of the British frigate HMS Gloucester was scrambling, trying to knock out an Iraqi Silkworm missile heading toward the USS Missouri — a World War II-era battleship recommissioned by former United States President Ronald Reagan. The extreme jolt from the … Read more

Seven soldiers killed in landmine explosion in Syria

Seven soldiers killed in landmine explosion in Syria

Damascus: Seven soldiers were killed and 10 others wounded when a landmine tore into a military bus in Syria’s Homs province on Thursday, the media reported. According to the pro-government Sham FM radio, the landmine ripped through the military bus, which usually transports soldiers in and out of their workplace, near the T-3 oil field … Read more

Wish you weren’t here? World’s most dangerous countries to visit in 2024 – including South Sudan, Libya and Afghanistan – are revealed in new interactive global security map

Wish you weren’t here? World’s most dangerous countries to visit in 2024 – including South Sudan, Libya and Afghanistan – are revealed in new interactive global security map

South Sudan, Libya and Afghanistan are among the most dangerous countries on earth to visit in 2024, it has been revealed. That’s according to an annual interactive map that shows where travellers are most likely to face security threats based on the risk of political violence, social unrest, violent and petty crimes and, this year, … Read more

WATCH: IDF strikes Syrian military after rockets land in Israel

WATCH: IDF strikes Syrian military after rockets land in Israel

The IDF targeted a Syrian military position in response to launches toward Israeli territory, the IDF said on Monday evening. Earlier, Israeli media reported that three rockets fell in the Golan Heights after being fired from Syria. The IDF statement confirmed the media reports, noting that the rockets fell in open area, triggering an … Read more