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Journalists who tried to get close to the burnt-out vehicle were driven back by onlookers who insisted that they were not welcome
US drone strike kills Iran-backed militia leader in Baghdad
BAGHDAD — A senior commander of an Iran-backed militia has been killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad.A leader of Kataib Hezbollah and two of his guards were in a vehicle when it was targeted in the east of the Iraqi capital. All three of them died.The Pentagon said the commander was responsible for directing attacks on American forces in the region.The US has linked the militia to a drone attack in Jordan that killed three US troops last month.In the wake of that attack, Kataib Hezbollah said it was suspending attacks on American troops to prevent "embarrassment" to the Iraqi government.Wednesday night's drone raid happened in Baghdad's Mashtal neighborhood, sparking several loud explosions.It was a precise strike on a moving vehicle in a busy street and the car was...
February 08, 2024

US drone strike kills Iran-backed militia leader in Baghdad

Hamas is demanding the full withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza in a counteroffer to a US and Israel-backed ceasefire proposal
Hamas responds to ceasefire offer with 135-day truce plan
LONDON — Hamas has laid out a series of demands, including exchanging hostages for Palestinian prisoners and rebuilding Gaza, in response to an Israel-backed ceasefire proposal.The armed group wants a full withdrawal of Israeli forces and an end to the war after three 45-day truce phases.The offer is likely to be unacceptable to Israel's prime minister, who has called for "total victory" in Gaza.The question is whether a middle ground can be reached to move the process on.Hamas's response is a counteroffer to a ceasefire proposal backed by Israel and the US and mediated by Qatar and Egypt - details of which have not been made public.According to a draft of the Hamas document seen by the Reuters news agency, it suggests:A first 45-day pause in fighting during which all...
February 07, 2024

Hamas responds to ceasefire offer with 135-day truce plan

Police officers stand guard outside the Caglayan courthouse after a shooting in Istanbul on Tuesday
Attackers killed during assault on main courthouse in Istanbul
ISTANBUL — Two attackers have been killed in an attempted assault at the main courthouse in Istanbul on Tuesday, the Turkish interior minister said on X.The deceased attackers were a man and a woman, according to Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya. He said they were members of the Marxist-Leninist armed group the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front.Six people, including three police officers were injured in the attack, the minister said.The assault took place at the Caglayan Courthouse just before midday Istanbul time.The Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front, known as the DHKP-C, has previously carried out attacks in Turkey, including in 2015 when armed members took hostage and killed a prosecutor at the same courthouse. — CNN
February 06, 2024

Attackers killed during assault on main courthouse in Istanbul

Sezai Karabas stands on the rubble of his former home in Islahiye, Gaziantep province, southern Turkey
Earthquake survivors in Turkey struggle to rebuild their lives one year on
ISTANBUL — Five days after a devastating earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria last year, the world witnessed a miracle: Sezai Karabas and his 6-year-old daughter Sengul were pulled out of the rubble of his collapsed apartment block in Gaziantep province without a scratch.He may have looked like the luckiest man on earth, but he didn’t feel that way. His wife Rukiye and 4-year-old son Mehmet had died.“On one hand you feel happiness, on the other, you feel sadness. I didn’t know if they made it out, but deep down I knew they probably hadn’t,” Karabas said. As he tried to explain his miraculous survival to CNN, Sengul played with her cousin atop the partially cleared rubble of their former home in the city of Islahiye.They survived by pure luck. They were in...
February 06, 2024

Earthquake survivors in Turkey struggle to rebuild their lives one year on

Smoke billows from Gaza during Israeli bombardment last month
Israeli soldiers struggle to square political views with the realities of war
JERUSALEM — Amos Shani Atzmon says he doesn’t blame Palestinians in Gaza for hating Israel right now.“They have really good reasons. When you see cities on fire and are getting bombed ... I had one close friend killed in Gaza and I am thinking about the people whose entire families died in bombing,” he said.An Israel Defence Forces (IDF) reservist, Atzmon, 26, was called up just hours after Hamas launched its brutal attack on Israel, murdering around 1,200 people and kidnapping 253 others.Israel swiftly retaliated to the October 7 assault with a massive aerial bombardment campaign, followed by a ground operation. More than 27,000 people have been killed in Gaza since, according to the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry in the enclave. According to UN agencies, 400,000 Gazans are at...
February 05, 2024

Israeli soldiers struggle to square political views with the realities of war

The scale of devastation is proof of Israel's indiscriminate bombing in Gaza
Western officials in protest over Israel's Gaza policy
LONDON — More than 800 serving officials in the US and Europe have signed a statement warning that their own governments' policies on the Israel-Gaza war could amount to "grave violations of international law".The "transatlantic statement", a copy of which was passed to the BBC, says their administrations risk being complicit in "one of the worst human catastrophes of this century" but that their expert advice has been sidelined.It is the latest sign of significant levels of dissent within the governments of some of Israel's key Western allies.One signatory to the statement, a US government official with more than 25 years' national security experience, told the BBC of the "continued dismissal" of their concerns."The voices of...
February 02, 2024

Western officials in protest over Israel's Gaza policy

President Joe Biden speaks at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday
Biden issues executive order targeting violent Israeli settlers in the West Bank
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden issued an executive order targeting violent Israeli settlers in the West Bank whom he has said have undermined stability in the area, a US official and source familiar with the matter told CNN.The new directive, first reported by Politico, will impose sanctions on several individuals accused of having participated in the violent acts.The order targets four individuals accused of directly perpetrating violence or intimidation in the West Bank, a senior administration official said, including people accused of initiating and leading a riot; setting buildings, fields and vehicles on fire; assaulting civilians and damaging property.The State Department announced the names of the Israelis targeted by the executive order, which blocks their financial assets and...
February 02, 2024

Biden issues executive order targeting violent Israeli settlers in the West Bank

US troops on patrol in Syria earlier this month
US approves plan to strike Iranian targets in Syria and Iraq, officials say
WASHINGTON — The US has approved plans for a series of strikes on Iranian targets in Syria and Iraq, officials have told the BBC's US partner CBS News.The strikes would take place over a number of days, officials say, and weather conditions will likely dictate when they are launched.It comes after a drone attack killed three US soldiers in Jordan, near the Syrian border, on Sunday.The US has blamed an Iranian-backed militia group for the attack.The Islamic Resistance in Iraq - which is believed to contain multiple militias that have been armed, funded and trained by Iran's Revolutionary Guards force - has said it was responsible for the strike.Iran has denied any role in the attack which injured 41 other US troops at the military base.While US officials have pledged to respond to...
February 01, 2024

US approves plan to strike Iranian targets in Syria and Iraq, officials say

Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea have slowed down international trade, raising fears of supply bottlenecks
Houthis claim to have hit US container ship in the Red Sea
SANAA — The Houthi movement in Yemen says it has struck a US merchant ship in the Red Sea in a fresh attack targeting commercial shipping.It named the ship as the KOI, which it said was US-operated.Maritime security firm Ambrey said a vessel operating south of Yemen's port of Aden had reported an explosion on board but it did not name the ship.Meanwhile, the US has launched new air strikes in Yemen, targeting 10 drones reportedly being set up to launch.According to Reuters news agency, the KOI is a Liberian-flagged container ship operated by UK-based Oceonix Services. The same company's fleet includes the oil tanker Marlin Luanda, which was damaged by a missile on Saturday.The Houthis regard all Israeli, US and British ships as legitimate targets following Israel's war on...
February 01, 2024

Houthis claim to have hit US container ship in the Red Sea

The mother of this newborn baby did not live long enough to name her
Injured, hungry and alone — the Gazan children orphaned by war
GAZA — Born amid the horrors of the war in Gaza, the month-old baby girl lying in an incubator has never known a parent's embrace.She was delivered by Caesarean section after her mother, Hanna, was crushed in an Israeli air strike. Hanna did not live to name her daughter."We just call her the daughter of Hanna Abu Amsha," says nurse Warda al-Awawda, who is caring for the tiny newborn at the al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.In the chaos caused by the ongoing fighting and with entire families almost wiped out, medics and rescuers often struggle to find carers for bereaved children."We have lost contact with her family," the nurse tells us. "None of her relatives have shown up and we don't know what happened to her father."Children, who...
January 31, 2024

Injured, hungry and alone — the Gazan children orphaned by war

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