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New Delhi: Israel has a right and duty to retaliate after Iran fired at least 180 missiles at it on October 1, the country’s Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, has said. In an interview during the NDTV World Summit on Monday, Mr Azar said Israel is keen on peace and stability in the region but…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Hezbollah that its alleged attempt to assassinate him and his wife was a “grave mistake” and anybody who tries to harm Israel’s citizens would pay a “heavy price”. Mr Netanyahu’s warning was seen as a response to a drone being launched towards his residence in the Israeli town…
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Does the highly volatile situation in West Asia put a premium on multipolarity? This question needs to be addressed beyond the foreign policy of America. For John Mearsheimer, a leading political scientist, the battle between Democrats and the Republicans is akin to a choice between “Tweedledum and Tweedledee”. It is the deep state that operates…
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Beirut, Lebanon: Israel’s military said a Hezbollah drone had killed four soldiers at one of its northern bases Sunday, as it expanded its bombardments of Lebanon and troops battled militants across the border. The attack on a military training camp in Binyamina, near Haifa, is the deadliest such assault on an Israeli base since September…
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Beirut, Lebanon: Lebanese militant group Hezbollah on Sunday aired an audio recording of its slain leader Hassan Nasrallah just over two weeks after an Israeli air strike killed him in southern Beirut. “We count on you… to defend your people, your families, your nation, your values and your dignity, and to defend this holy and…
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Jerusalem: Israel warned residents of south Lebanon “not to return” to their homes on Saturday as Hezbollah said it launched missiles across the border on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. In cities around Israel, markets were closed and public transport halted as observant Jews fasted and prayed. But with the country…
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It’s not every day a country dares to ignore the mighty America. Most nations know that defying the US President may result in a stern warning, maybe a bit of diplomatic cold shoulder or, in the worst-case scenario, a new set of sanctions. But then again, not every leader is Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli Prime…
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Jerusalem: The Israeli army said its forces dismantled a Hezbollah tunnel that crossed into the country’s territory, as its troops continued to carry out ground operations in southern Lebanon. “Tonight we reported that we located and dismantled a tunnel of about 25 metres long, which crossed the border fence about 10 metres … into Israeli…
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Beirut: Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said it had targeted an Israeli military intelligence base near Tel Aviv on Monday. The Iran-backed group said it fired “a salvo of rockets at the Glilot base of military intelligence unit 8200 on the outskirts of Tel Aviv”. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by…
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In an essay in Foreign Affairs magazine in October 2023, U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan wrote, “…Although the Middle East remains beset with perennial challenges, the region is quieter than it has been for decades… The Israeli-Palestinian situation is tense, particularly in the West Bank, but in the face of serious frictions, we have…