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The Algerian airline suspended flights to and from Lebanon until further notice. Jerusalem: Concerns over a wider conflict in the Middle East have prompted international airlines to suspend flights to the region or to avoid affected air space. Below are some of the airlines that have adjusted services to and from the region: AIR ALGERIE…
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Biden believes there can still be a diplomatic resolution between Israel and Hezbollah. Washington: US President Joe Biden believes there can still be a diplomatic resolution to escalating tensions between Israel and Hezbollah following a series of pager and walkie-talkie bombings, his spokeswoman said Thursday. “He believes it’s achievable,” Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told a…
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that settlers in the north will “return to their homes” Tel Aviv, Israel: In Israel’s first reaction since thousands of blasts rocked Lebanon over two days, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s defence minister has announced that the “centre of gravity” of the Middle East conflict is “moving north”. In a…
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Kamala Harris called on Tuesday for an end to the Israel-Gaza war. Philadelphia: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris called on Tuesday for an end to the Israel-Gaza war and said that Israel must not reoccupy the Palestinian enclave once the nearly year-old conflict comes to an end. Speaking in Philadelphia to the National Association…
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“Benjamin Netanyahu is standing in the way of the ceasefire deal,” Congressman Ami Bera told NDTV The Arab nations have, for the first time ever, agreed to recognise Israel as a country, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being “frustrating” as he has not accepted a ceasefire deal that would ensure the return of…
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Beirut: Eight people have died and more than 2,750 injured, many grievously so, in Lebanon in a synchronised detonation of pagers targeting US-designated terror group Hezbollah. Iran’s state media reported that its Ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, has also been wounded in the incident. The explosions happened at around 3:30 pm local time in Lebanon (6…
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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant in Tel Aviv. File photo | Photo Credit: REUTERS srael on Tuesday (September 17, 2024) expanded its stated goals of the war in Gaza to include enabling residents to return to communities in northern Israel that have been evacuated due to attacks by Iran-backed Hezbollah…
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Egypt on Tuesday. Washington: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Egypt on Tuesday to discuss a Gaza ceasefire and release of hostages with Egyptian officials, the State Department said. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Washington and mediators Qatar and Egypt have for months sought to…
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The war has caused extensive destruction and has led to the displacement of approximately 90% of Gaza’s population, which totals 2.3 million.. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Palestinian officials say Israeli airstrikes on Monday (September 16, 2024) killed 16 people in the Gaza Strip, including five women and four children. A strike flattened a home…
Israel-Gaza war has been going on since October 7 (File) A senior Hamas official told AFP on Sunday that the Palestinian Islamist movement had ample resources to continue fighting Israel despite losses sustained over more than 11 months of war in Gaza. “The resistance has a high ability to continue,” Osama Hamdan told AFP during…
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