Middle East crisis highlights the White House’s diminished ability to exert pressure
Iran’s attack on Israel shatters hopes for a short-term ceasefire or truce
Iran’s attack on Israel shatters hopes for a short-term ceasefire or truce
The crisis in the Middle East deepens after the invasion of Lebanon and Tehran’s response. Some of the 200 projectiles launched by the Iranian regime hit inhabited areas, which had never happened before
Washington will have about 43,000 troops in the area once the new personnel arrive, according to Pentagon officials
The ground incursion, accompanied by air and artillery fire, consists of ‘limited, localized and targeted ground raids’ against Hezbollah targets in the border area. Lebanese troops withdrew five kilometers from the border. Israeli fighter planes also heavily bombed the southern suburbs of Beirut
The detonation of thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies and the killing of the Lebanese militia’s leaders clearly demonstrates Israel’s ability to turn the tables, thanks to its military and technological superiority, and undisputed support of the United States
Israel said it carried out a precise airstrike on Friday while the Lebanese militant group’s leadership met at their headquarters in Dahiyeh
Warplanes reduced four buildings to rubble by dropping bombs of up to one ton on what Israel called the ‘main headquarters’ of the Lebanese party-militia
The Israeli prime minister rejected UN dialogue initiatives and lashed out at Iran for sponsoring terrorism in the region from Gaza to Lebanon
Benjamin Netanyahu, who rejected the diplomatic initiative on Thursday, now recognizes Washington’s ‘indispensable’ role in advancing regional stability
The Israeli prime minister insists on proceeding on a war footing despite a US and French proposal to agree on a 21-day truce
Israel has launched a third round of strikes in the neighboring country after Hezbollah fired missile at Mossad’s headquarters near Tel Aviv
The IDF is replicating its Gaza strategy and forcing thousands of Lebanese families to flee amid intense bombardments against Hezbollah. Meanwhile, three ‘highly trained and motivated’ divisions transferred from the Strip await the order to invade
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said the strikes hit a forested area in the central province of Byblos, about 81 miles north of the Israeli-Lebanese border
The Israeli army is responding to the offensive by the Lebanese militia which fired dozens of rockets at the north of the country on Friday
The blasts come after at least 12 people were killed and some 2,800 wounded when pagers used by Hezbollah members detonated, an attack that has been blamed on Israel
The funeral commemorated Jewish soldiers killed in a war that Putin has launched to ‘denazify’ the country. The people at the ceremony agreed that if there is a fascist state, it is Russia
The death of the respected militant leader highlights the vicious cycle in the West Bank and the discrediting of Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority
The Asian country, a signatory to the Rome Statute, is obliged to arrest the Russian leader but the Kremlin issued a message of calm: ‘All the details of the president’s visit have been carefully prepared, of course’
The stoppage was halted by a court order on Monday afternoon for being ‘political’ and ‘unrelated’ to the issue for which it had been called: the return of the hostages still held in Gaza
Residents are calling for an open war with the Lebanese militia to neutralize the threat of daily rocket strikes
Known for his resilience, the prime minister is bouncing back in the polls, even though the country is less safe today and the invasion of Gaza has still not achieved its objectives
The discovery of polio in a baby born at the beginning of the war marks the first case of the virus in the Strip in 25 years, a sign of the impacts of overcrowding, water shortage, malnutrition, and forced displacement
A latent tension that has been simmering for decades has exploded and the escalation of violence has turned the region into a hotbed of geopolitical interest — but also, a much-needed source of learning
Negotiations resume in Doha on Thursday with the aim of defusing the promised responses from Tehran and Hezbollah to the assassinations of Hamas’ political leader and the Lebanese militia’s number two
The fundamentalist organization, which has not announced who will be installed as its new figurehead, has been replacing political and military leaders killed in Israeli operations inside and outside Palestine for four decades
The Palestinian fundamentalist movement and the Tehran regime accuse Israel, which has not made any official statement on the strike launched early Wednesday
Yuval Abraham, who has received death threats in his country, and Basel Adra presented ‘No Other Land’ at the Atlántida festival in Mallorca after it was awarded a Silver Bear at the Berlinale. ‘It’s very hard for us to be screening the film in Spain while the nightmare and attacks continue in Gaza’