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2025-01-11 22:39
Syrian intelligence says it foiled ISIL attempt to blow up Shia shrine
Syrian authorities have foiled an attempt by ISIL (ISIS) fighters to blow up a revered Shia shrine in a Damascus suburb, state news agency SANA reported.
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2025-01-11 22:39
Who’s afraid of America first?
To many countries in Europe, the return of Donald Trump to the White House is seen as a momentous, almost apocalyptic, shift that is likely to disrupt alliances and upend economic relations. Meanwhile, American adversaries such as China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia anticipate that the incoming administration will mark an opportunity to advance their anti-Western agendas. Yet there is another region of the world, one that includes many U.S. allies, partners, and friends, that views Trump’s return more calmly.
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2025-01-11 22:19
By Shahrokh Saei
Waterloo on the horizon: Israeli military on brink of collapse
TEHRAN- The fundamental reason behind Israel’s inability to avert the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, has remained the major elephant in the room.
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2025-01-11 22:17
By Wesam Bahrani
Iraq’s Hashd al-Shaabi faces smear campaign
TEHRAN – Amid fluid regional developments, a media-driven propaganda campaign has been waged against Iraq’s Hashd al-Shaabi, also known as the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU).
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2025-01-11 22:14
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Will US, co-conspirators force Israel to leave from Lebanon’s lands after appointing Aoun?
SOUTH LEBANON - On his first working day after being elected president, President Joseph Aoun called for binding parliamentary consultations next Monday to name the prime minister-designate to form the next government.
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2025-01-11 21:19
Israel’s campaign in Syrian border area prompts fears it plans to stay: NY Times
Israeli soldiers have raided Syrian border villages, prompting nervous residents to huddle in their homes. They have captured the country’s highest peak, have set up roadblocks between Syrian towns and now overlook local villages from former Syrian military outposts.
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2025-01-11 20:49
Lebanese PM meets Syria’s new leader in Damascus
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati met on Saturday the head of Syria’s administration Ahmad Al-Sharaa at the People's Palace in Damascus.
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2025-01-10 22:22
Yemeni army targets US aircraft carrier in Red Sea
Yemen's Ansarullah movement said in a statement on Friday that it has launched a missile attack on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the northern Red Sea and has fired three bomb-laden drones at Tel Aviv.
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2025-01-10 22:16
By Xavier Villar
Israel’s internal guide: A voluntary confession of violations in Gaza?
MADRID - Recently, Israeli media revealed an internal document that has sparked international controversy. It is a guide designed to instruct Israeli soldiers on how to evade potential detentions abroad due to their involvement in military operations in Gaza, which have been classified by various international organizations as war crimes.
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2025-01-10 22:15
By Xavier Villar
Joseph Aoun’s election as Lebanese president ends two-year political stalemate
MADRID- The Lebanese Parliament has elected the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Joseph Aoun, as the country’s new president, bringing an end to a presidential vacancy that had lasted for more than two years. The election, held in the midst of a severe economic crisis and deep internal political tensions, is considered a crucial step towards stabilizing Lebanon.
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2025-01-10 22:06
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Hezbollah’s sudden endorsement of Aoun’s election is a political victory
BEIRUT - In the second round on Thursday, Hezbollah and the Amal Movement decided to back electing Joseph Aoun as Lebanon’s president, ending the two-year presidential impasse.
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2025-01-10 22:04
By Shahrokh Saei
Charity begins at home: LA wildfires rage as US funds Gaza genocide
TEHRAN- The administration of US President Joe Biden is under fire over its handling of the devastating wildfires which continue to rage across Southern California.
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2025-01-10 22:01
By Wesam Bahrani
The Lancet: Deaths from Israeli attacks in Gaza undercounted by 41 percent
TEHRAN – Research published in The Lancet reveals significant underreporting of the Gaza death toll due to the US-backed genocidal Israeli war.
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2025-01-09 22:50
Ansarallah leader says Israel unable to intercept Yemen’s hypersonic missiles
The leader of the Ansarallah movement has praised Yemen's recent strikes on Israel, saying they showed the occupation regime is incapable of intercepting and shooting down Yemen’s hypersonic missiles.
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2025-01-09 21:45
Gaza death toll tops 46,000
More than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Thursday, with no end in sight to the 15-month conflict, AP reported.
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2025-01-09 21:28
Polish president asks govt. not to arrest Netanyahu for war crimes at Auschwitz ceremony
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has urged the government not to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should he attend the Auschwitz anniversary event later this month, according to his office.
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2025-01-09 21:19
Pope calls situation in Gaza ‘very serious and shameful’
Pope Francis has stepped up his recent criticisms of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, calling the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave “very serious and shameful”.
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2025-01-09 19:01
General Joseph Aoun elected Lebanon’s 14th president
After more than two years of presidential impasse following the end of former President Michel Aoun's term, the Lebanese Parliament elected Army Commander Joseph Aoun as the 14th President of the Lebanese Republic.
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2025-01-08 21:50
ICIR: Obliteration of healthcare system in northern Gaza puts civilians at grave risk
GENEVA (ICRC) – Repeated hostilities in and around hospitals have obliterated the healthcare system in northern Gaza, putting civilians at an unacceptably grave risk of going without life-saving care.
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2025-01-08 21:49
ICRC president urges sustained humanitarian assistance to Lebanon
BEIRUT (ICRC) – Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), visited Lebanon, where humanitarian needs remain immense following the latest escalation of hostilities.
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2025-01-08 21:43
By Shahrokh Saei
Gaza: A living hell fueled by American weapons
TEHRAN- Since Israel launched its war of genocide on Gaza in October 2023, United Nations agencies have frequently raised the alarm about the dire humanitarian situation in the besieged Palestinian territory.
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2025-01-08 21:41
By Wesam Bahrani
Israeli soldiers continue to die in Gaza
Ex-Israeli Vice PM Ramon says Gaza war "represents a resounding strategic failure"
TEHRAN - More than 460 days after the U.S.-backed Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, the Palestinian resistance fighters continue to kill Israeli soldiers.
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2025-01-08 21:40
By Sondoss Al Assad
Wide political division over Lebanese presidential candidate
BEIRUT - On the eve of the session to elect the Lebanese president, it seems that General Joseph Aoun, the candidate of the international quintet will fail not only in the first round as he doesn’t obtain the required 86 parliamentary votes, but also in the second round, which requires 65 votes. It is because his election will require a constitutional amendment in his capacity as commander of the Lebanese army.
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2025-01-08 12:06
Trump will not rule out force to take Panama Canal, Greenland
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump refused on Tuesday to rule out using military or economic action to pursue acquisition of the Panama Canal and Greenland, part of a broader expansionist agenda he has promoted since winning the Nov. 5 election.
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2025-01-07 22:37
Protests in New York in support of Gaza hospital director
Protesters gathered in New York City on Monday to call for the release of a prominent doctor in Gaza arrested by Israeli forces.
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2025-01-07 22:37
Israeli soldier faces war crimes complaint in Argentina over Gaza actions
The Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom has reported that a fresh complaint has been filed in Argentina against an Israeli soldier accused of committing war crimes in Gaza.
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2025-01-07 22:37
Hamas condemns Palestinian Authority attack on resistance groups
Hamas has denounced the Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces for shooting at a vehicle carrying three resistance fighters in Attil, north of Tulkarm.
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2025-01-07 22:32
By Shahrokh Saei
Bibi's bubble bursts: Israeli PM cutting his nose to spite his face
TEHRAN- Israel’s ambitious plans in the Gaza Strip have gone up in smoke in the wake of the regime’s inability to meet its objectives.
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2025-01-07 22:30
By Wesam Bahrani
Undeterred Yemen expands operations
TEHRAN – Yemeni forces continue to militarily pressure the Israeli regime and its staunchest ally, the United States, to end the genocidal war being waged on the people of Gaza.
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2025-01-07 22:29
By Sondoss Al Assad
Foreigners seeking to elect president instead of the Lebanese
BEIRUT - Amidst the ongoing concerns about the future of Syria and before the expiration of the sixty-day truce, Lebanon is witnessing a session to elect the President of the Republic on Thursday. So far, there is no internal consensus on the candidate, while external pressure is mounting to elect Lebanese Army Commander General Joseph Aoun.