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Israel plans to double population on occupied Golan, cites threats from Syria

December 15, 2024 admin

An Israeli military vehicle rides by the ceasefire line between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Syria, as seen from Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, December 15, 2024 | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel agreed on Sunday (December 15, 2024) to double its population in the occupied Golan Heights while saying threats from Syria remained despite…

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Fall Of Syria And Its Impact On Power Balance In The Middle East

December 8, 2024 admin

Damascus: In a seismic moment for the Middle East, Islamist rebels in Syria announced President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster on Sunday after seizing control of Damascus, forcing him to flee and ending his family’s decades of rule after more than 13 years of civil war. The fall of Bashar al-Assad came as a major blow to…

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Lebanon ceasefire is first ray of hope in West Asia conflict: U.N. chief

November 28, 2024 admin

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres looks on during a joint statement with Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, in Sao Bento Palace, Lisbon, Portugal, on November 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon that took effect earlier on Wednesday (November 27, 2024) was…

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Israel says top Hezbollah commander Abu Ali Rida killed in Lebanon strike

November 4, 2024 admin

Smoke rises after a recent Israeli airstrike on Southern Lebanon. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Israeli military said on Monday (November 4, 2024) it had killed a top Hezbollah commander it accused of overseeing rocket and anti-tank missile attacks against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon. “Abu Ali Rida, the Hezbollah commander of the…

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Israeli airstrikes pound the eastern Lebanon city of Baalbek

October 31, 2024 admin

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Lebanon’s eastern city of Baalbek, in the Bekaa Valley, on October 30, 2024 | Photo Credit: AFP Israeli airstrikes pounded the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek on Wednesday (October 30, 2024), killing at least 19 people, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry and state-run news…

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Secretive Iranian military bases damaged in Israeli attack, satellite image shows

October 28, 2024 admin

An Israeli attack on Iran damaged facilities at a secretive military base southeast of the Iranian capital that experts in the past have linked to Tehran’s onetime nuclear weapons program and at another base tied to its ballistic missile program, satellite photos analyzed Sunday (October 27, 2024) by The Associated Press show. Some of the…

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Israel launches retaliatory strikes on military targets in Iran

October 25, 2024 admin

Representational image of rockets in the sky after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles towards Israel | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel launched airstrikes early Saturday (October 26, 2024) targeting what it described as military targets in Iran in retaliation for a ballistic missile assault on October 1, officials said. There was no immediate information…

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What PM Modi Said On Ukraine War During “Detailed Talks” With German Chancellor

October 25, 2024 admin

New Delhi: The Russia-Ukraine conflict was discussed in “considerable detail” during a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday, with New Delhi reiterating that it is “not neutral” in this conflict and remains on the “side of peace”, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said. The meeting between the two leaders…

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Macron says France will provide €100 million aid package to support Lebanon

October 24, 2024 admin

France’s President Emmanuel Macron listens to Lebanon’s Prime Minister caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, left, during international conference for Lebanon in Paris, Thursday, Oct.24, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP France pledged to provide a €100-million ($108-million) package to support Lebanon at an international conference Thursday, as President Emmanuel Macron said “massive aid” is needed to…

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Strike on Iran will show the world Israel’s might: Defence chief Yoav Gallant

October 23, 2024 admin

File picture of Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant | Photo Credit: AP Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told Air Force crews on Wednesday that after striking in Iran, the world will understand Israel’s might and its enemies will learn a lesson, according to a video and an X post published by his office. Israel has…

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