Three Hezbollah fighters killed in southern Lebanon
Three Hezbollah fighters have been killed in the village of Kfar Kila (district of Marjeoun) in southern Lebanon, as exchanges of fire between the Iran-backed group and the Israeli army continue...
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Lebanon presidential stalemate: Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai condemns linking election to Gaza ceasefire
Bechara al-Rai, the leader of the Maronite Church in Lebanon, has publicly criticized those who suggest that electing a head of state in Lebanon should be based on the cessation of hostilities in...
1 January 2024
Child among 8 killed in Syria clashes
Eight civilians, including a child, were killed Monday during exchanges of fire between the army and rebels in northwestern Syria, with 19 others wounded, a war monitor said. ...
1 January 2024
Israeli arrested for impersonating soldier in Gaza war
He fought for weeks alongside elite Israeli troops in Gaza and appeared in a frontline photograph next to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but Roi Yifrah now stands accused of impersonating a...
1 January 2024
Israel defence minister says some communities near Gaza can return soon
Some of the Israeli communities north of the Gaza Strip that were evacuated in the wake of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas will be able to go back in the near future as military operations progress,...
1 January 2024
US Navy ending aircraft carrier's Middle East deployment
The Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier will return to its home port, the US Navy said on Monday, ending its deployment to the eastern Mediterranean, which started in support of Israel after the...
1 January 2024
Hezbollah says three of its fighters killed in southern Lebanon
Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group said on its Telegram account on Monday that three of its fighters were killed in southern Lebanon. The statement gave no detail about how the three were...
1 January 2024
Israeli politician calls for Israel's army to control parts of southern Lebanon
A former Israeli defence minister, and right-wing opposition politician, Avigdor Lieberman, has called for the Israeli army to control parts of southern Lebanon, in order to create a security...
Olivia Le Poidevin, 1 January 2024
Israel's top court strikes down key govt legal reform
Israel's top court ruled Monday against a key component of the government's controversial legal overhaul, which challenged the powers of the judiciary and sparked mass protests....
1 January 2024
Israel troop pullback signals 'gradual shift' to lower intensity operations
Israel's decision to withdraw some troops from Gaza appears to be the start of a gradual shift to lower-intensity operations in the north of the Palestinian enclave, although there was still...
1 January 2024
Second Israeli minister calls for return of settlers to Gaza
An Israeli minister on Monday called for the return of settlers to Gaza and said Palestinians should be encouraged to leave, a day after similar remarks by another far-right politician....
1 January 2024
Israel to pull some troops from Gaza as war enters new phase
Israel is withdrawing some forces from Gaza to shift to more targeted operations against Hamas, and is partially returning reservists to civilian life to help the economy as the war looks set to...
1 January 2024
Iranian warship enters Red Sea
Iran's Alborz warship has entered the Red Sea through the strategic Bab al-Mandeb strait, Tasnim news agency reported Monday, at a time of heightened tensions over the globally important waterway....
1 January 2024
Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says war death toll hits 21,978
The health ministry in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip said Monday at least 21,978 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory since the war with Israel erupted on Oct. 7....
1 January 2024
Israel army warns Gaza war will continue throughout 2024
Israel warned the Gaza war will continue throughout 2024 as unrelenting strikes killed dozens in the Palestinian territory and Hamas fired a rocket barrage at the stroke of midnight. ...
1 January 2024
Saudi Arabia executes 170 people in 2023
Saudi Arabia executed 170 people in 2023, including four on New Year's Eve – an increase on the previous year, according to an AFP tally based on announcements by Saudi authorities....
1 January 2024
Tens of thousands hold anti-Israeli protest in Istanbul
Tens of thousands marched in Istanbul Monday to protest "murderer" Israel's war in Gaza and the killing of Turkish soldiers by outlawed Kurdish militants in Iraq. The...
1 January 2024
Iran executes five for armed robberies
Iran on Monday executed five people convicted of multiple "armed robberies and banditry which rendered roads unsafe and spread terror among people," the judiciary's Mizan Online website said. ...
1 January 2024
Iran releases Spaniard held for more than a year
Iran's embassy in Spain said Sunday that it had released the last Spanish national detained in the country, a tourist who was arrested shortly after he entered the country in Oct. 2022....
