Iran launches dozens of drones towards Israel
Iran has launched dozens of drones in the direction of Israel, Israeli media reported Saturday night, claiming that the unmanned aerial vehicles are expected to take several hours to reach their...
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Hamas rejects Israel's cease-fire response, sticks to main demands
CAIRO — The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has rejected an Israeli cease-fire proposal, saying on Saturday it had handed to mediators in Egypt and Qatar its response to the proposal it had...
Nidal al-Mughrabi, 13 April 2024
Biden cuts weekend trip short for urgent Middle East consultations
US President Joe Biden cut short a weekend trip to Delaware on Saturday for urgent consultations in Washington on the Middle East, the White House said, as tensions soar amid growing fears of an...
13 April 2024
Israel closes schools over security concerns: Army
Israel is closing schools nationwide over security concerns, military spokesman Daniel Hagari said on Saturday, after Iran threated to retaliate for a deadly airstrike on its Damascus...
13 April 2024
Jordan to temporarily close airspace, state media says
Jordan will temporarily close its airspace for several hours beginning at 11 p.m. (2000 GMT) to all incoming, departing and transit aircraft, state-owned Al Mamlaka news said on Saturday....
13 April 2024
Passengers rescued from fatal Turkey cable car accident after 23 hours
Rescue workers finished evacuating dozens of passengers trapped for 23 hours mid-air Saturday after a cable car accident in southern Turkey that killed one person. Ten...
13 April 2024
ISF arrests thief suspected of stealing electrical wires from empty south Lebanon houses
The Internal Security Forces (ISF) on Saturday said it had arrested a Lebanese man accused of stealing electric wires from empty houses and construction sites in south Lebanon, where many villages...
13 April 2024
Lebanese officials react to 1975 civil war anniversary amid tense security situation
Lebanese MPs on Saturday made remarks on the anniversary of outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War on April 13, 1975, amid a tense security situation in the country following the killing of Lebanese...
13 April 2024
Iraqi prime minister heads to Washington for Biden meeting
Iraq's Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani left Baghdad on Saturday for the United States, his office said, where he will meet with the US president as regional tensions flare. US President...
13 April 2024
Missing Israeli teen found dead in West Bank, military says
Israeli military and police said the body of a missing Israeli teenager who was likely killed in a Palestinian attack was found on Saturday in the occupied West Bank, in an incident that could...
13 April 2024
Lebanese Army arrests journalist Rami Naim following ready to 'fire at security forces' comment
The Lebanese Army on Saturday arrested journalist Rami Naim, who, during an interview broadcast Tuesday on the "Manchette el-Masa" show on the VDL radio station, claimed he was ready to fire at...
13 April 2024
Iran Guards seize vessel 'related' to Israel in Gulf: State media
Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Saturday seized a container ship "related to Zionist regime [Israel] in the Gulf," state media reported. "A container ship named 'MCS Aries'...
13 April 2024
'Most Syrians' in Lebanon will be 'deported,' Mikati says from Bkirki
Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Saturday that "most of the Syrians in Lebanon" will be "deported … when the international community recognizes" the existence of safe zones...
13 April 2024
Israeli war cabinet 'in favor of a response' to Iranian strikes, divided over timing and scale of retaliation: Live updates
21:57 Beirut Time This concludes our coverage for today. Be sure to check back in tomorrow for more live updates. Goodnight! 21:34 Beirut Time The majority of...
Niamh Fleming-Farrell, 13 April 2024
UKMTO receives report of incident 50nm northeast of UAE's Fujairah
CAIRO — The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Saturday that it had received a report of an incident 50 nautical miles northeast of the United Arab Emirates' Fujairah and authorities...
13 April 2024
Hunt for Israel teen resumes in occupied West Bank after settler attacks
The search for a missing Israeli teenager resumed Saturday in the occupied West Bank, where settler attacks on Palestinian villages have left at least one dead and dozens injured, sources on both...
13 April 2024
Dozens still stranded after deadly Turkey cable car accident
Forty-three people remained stranded in mid-air Saturday, hours after a pylon supporting cable cars collapsed outside the southern Turkish resort city of Antalya killing one person, rescue services...
13 April 2024
The Netherlands to close embassy in Tehran on Sunday as precaution
AMSTERDAM — The Netherlands will close its embassy in Tehran on Sunday as a precaution, the Dutch Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday, citing the rising tensions between Iran and...
13 April 2024
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The Art of Boo, 13 April 2024
Syrian state media: explosive device blows up car in Damascus
An explosive device detonated in a car in an upscale neighbourhood of Damascus, Syrian state media said on Saturday, quoting a police source. Security incidents, including...
