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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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KYIV: The US military has rushed its advanced anti-missile system to Israel and it is now “in place”, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. THAAD, or the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, is a critical part of the US military’s layered air defense systems and adds to Israel’s already formidable anti-missile defenses. “The THAAD system…
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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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New Delhi: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, architect of the group’s cross-border raids in 2023 that became the deadliest day in Israel’s history, was killed in combat, Khalil Al-Hayya, deputy Gaza Hamas chief and the group’s chief negotiator, said on Friday. Sinwar’s death, which follows Israeli assassinations of other Hamas leaders and commanders, will deal a…
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Cafes in bustling Central London are always full of tourists, of which many moneyed ones come from the Arab world. Once, I found myself deep in conversation with a young Saudi architect, who, in a moment of rare candour, shared his thoughts on what he termed the “slaughtering of Gazans” over the past year. “We…
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The Israeli military said around 50 projectiles were fired from Lebanon. Jerusalem: The Israeli military said around 50 projectiles were fired from Lebanon at the country’s north early Wednesday, without any reports of casualties. “Some of the projectiles were intercepted and fallen projectiles were identified in the area,” a military statement said, while Hezbollah said…
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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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Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the UN chief on Sunday to move peacekeepers deployed in south Lebanon out of “harm’s way”, saying Hezbollah was using them as “human shields”. His call to UN chief Antonio Guterres came a day after the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) repeated its refusal to…
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This comes following Iran’s unprecedented attacks against Israel on April 13. Washington: The Pentagon said Sunday it will deploy a high-altitude anti-missile system and its US military crew to Israel to help the ally protect itself from potential Iranian missile attacks. At the direction of US President Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin “authorized the…
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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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