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Mahmoud Abu Wafah, the highest-ranking Hamas security official in the territory, has reportedly been killed. (File photo)
Israel launches 'extensive strikes' on Gaza with at least 220 killed
GAZA — The Israeli military says it is carrying out "extensive strikes" in the Gaza Strip, with the Hamas-run health ministry reporting that at least 220 Palestinians have been killed.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it was targeting what it called "terror targets" belonging to Hamas.Mahmoud Abu Wafah, the deputy interior minister in Gaza and the highest-ranking Hamas security official in the territory, has reportedly been killed in a strike.This is the largest wave of airstrikes in Gaza since the ceasefire began on 19 January. Talks to extend the Gaza ceasefire have failed to reach an agreement.Many people were having their pre-dawn meal, due to it being the holy month of Ramadan, when explosions started in Gaza, witnesses say.More than 20 Israeli war planes flew...
March 18, 2025

Israel launches 'extensive strikes' on Gaza with at least 220 killed

Donald Trump
Trump warns Iran will face 'dire' consequences unless Houthi attacks stop
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has warned Iran that it will face "dire" consequences if Yemen's Houthis continue to attack international shipping lanes.He said the Iranian leadership would be held responsible for "every shot fired by the Houthis", which have long been backed by Tehran. The group later said it had targeted a US aircraft carrier three times in the past two days.The Houthis first tried to attack the USS Harry S Truman in the Red Sea on Sunday following deadly US strikes on Yemen.The Pentagon said it had struck 30 targets in Yemen since Saturday, in the biggest US military operation in the Middle East since Trump returned to the White House.Trump posted on his Truth Social platform on Monday: "Every shot fired by the Houthis will be...
March 18, 2025

Trump warns Iran will face 'dire' consequences unless Houthi attacks stop

A member of the Syrian forces near a military vehicle as it heads toward the Syrian-Lebanese border in Qusayr, Syria, on Monday
Lebanon and Syria agree to ceasefire after cross-border attacks kill 10
DAMASCUS — The defense ministers of Syria and Lebanon agreed to a ceasefire on Monday, Syria’s state-run SANA news agency reported, after cross-border attacks left 10 dead and more than 50 wounded.The two officials also agreed to strengthen coordination and cooperation between their countries, according to SANA.The agreement follows an escalation of tensions between Beirut and Syria’s new government. In the past two days, cross-border attacks have killed three Syrians and seven Lebanese, according to the two governments, with 52 people being wounded on the Lebanese side.On Monday, Syria shelled Lebanese villages on the border after three Syrians died in the northern Lebanese town of Qasr, according to the Lebanese military, which said its forces responded to the attack.The Syrian...
March 18, 2025

Lebanon and Syria agree to ceasefire after cross-border attacks kill 10

People gather at the site of a house hit by a strike in Saada, Yemen, March 16, on Sunday
Fifty-three killed in US strikes on Yemen, Houthis say
SANAA — Yemen's Houthi rebels say there have been fresh US strikes against them, with the number of dead rising to 53, including five children.Targets in the Al Jaouf and Hudaydah areas were hit early on Monday, according to the rebel group, while the US Central Command said its forces had continued operations.The US launched what it called a "decisive and powerful" wave of air strikes on Houthi targets on Saturday as part of efforts to stop Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea.Washington says some key Houthi figures are among the dead, but the group has not confirmed this.Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi said his militants would target US ships in the Red Sea as long as the US continued its attacks on Yemen.Updating an earlier death toll, Houthi health ministry...
March 17, 2025

Fifty-three killed in US strikes on Yemen, Houthis say

A Houthi supporter holds a mock missile during a protest marking Jerusalem Day in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen, April 5, 2024
Houthis respond to Trump's airstrikes with ballistic missile attacks on US aircraft carrier
SANAA — The Houthis announced that they launched an attack comprising of 18 ballistic and cruise missiles, along with drones, targeting the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier and its accompanying warships in the northern Red Sea on Sunday.Houthi military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree stated that the attack was a response to more than 47 US airstrikes — ordered by US President Donald Trump — on rebel-controlled areas in Yemen, including the capital Sanaa and the province of Saada, which borders Saudi Arabia.“The Yemeni Armed Forces will not hesitate to target all American warships in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea in retaliation for the aggression against our country,” Saree declared.Both Washington and the Houthis have warned of further escalation following the US...
March 17, 2025

Houthis respond to Trump's airstrikes with ballistic missile attacks on US aircraft carrier

Ronen Bar, chief of Israel's domestic Shin Bet security agency
Netanyahu moves to fire the head of Israel’s internal security service
TEL AVIV — After months of tension, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he would seek to remove the chief of the Shin Bet security service, Ronen Bar.Netanyahu met with Bar and informed him that he would propose his removal to the government this week, the prime minister’s office said on Sunday.Netanyahu is believed to have majority support in government to remove Bar, but the move could be subject to appeals by Israel’s Supreme Court.In a statement, Bar said that he intends to fulfill certain responsibilities before leaving his position.“The duty of trust owed by the head of the Shin Bet is first and foremost to the citizens of Israel – this perception is what underlies all of my actions and decisions,” Bar said, “The Prime Minister’s expectation of a...
March 17, 2025

Netanyahu moves to fire the head of Israel’s internal security service

The Bushehr nuclear power plant is Iran's first commercial nuclear reactor
China hits out at ‘threats of force’ on Iran as Trump pushes for new nuclear deal
HONG KONG — China, Iran and Russia called for diplomacy over “pressure and threats” and an end to “all illegal unilateral sanctions” following talks on Tehran’s nuclear program on Friday in Beijing, Chinese state media said.The meeting, attended by the three countries’ deputy foreign ministers, comes as Beijing aims to position itself as a power broker on the urgent international security issue, just days after US President Donald Trump said there were two ways to handle Iran: a deal or “militarily.”“The relevant parties should be committed to eliminating the root causes of the current situation and abandon sanctions pressure and threats of force,” China’s Executive Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu said Friday, according to Chinese state media.Countries face pressure...
March 14, 2025

China hits out at ‘threats of force’ on Iran as Trump pushes for new nuclear deal

Syria's president Ahmad Al-Sharaa, center, prepares to sign a temporary constitution for the country in Damascus
Syria's president signs temporary constitution amid ongoing conflict
DAMASCUS — Syria's president on Thursday signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under his group's rule while promising to protect the rights of all Syrians for five years during a transitional phase.The nation's rulers came to power when the former Islamist insurgent group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, overthrew longtime President Bashar al-Assad in a lightning offensive last December. Since then, they have struggled to exert authority across much of Syria, which remains territorially divided and riven by violence.Former HTS leader Ahmad al-Sharaa is now the country's president. His appointment was announced after a meeting of the armed groups that joined the overthrow of al-Assad, who also agreed to repeal and replace the country's old...
March 14, 2025

Syria's president signs temporary constitution amid ongoing conflict

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has rejected the idea of negotiations with the US over its nuclear program
High stakes as China hosts Iran and Russia for nuclear talks
SINGAPORE — Almost a decade since world powers sealed a historic deal to limit the Iranian nuclear program, this is a crunch moment for Iran and the international community.The country is now closer than ever to being able to make a nuclear bomb.And the agreement — designed to prevent Iran developing a nuclear weapon — expires later this year."It's a real fork in the road moment," says Dr Sanam Vakil of the London-based think tank Chatham House. "Without meaningful and successful diplomacy we could see Iran weaponize or we could see a military strike against the Islamic Republic."The deal, painstakingly negotiated over nearly two years under Barack Obama's presidency, imposed restrictions on Iran's nuclear activities in return for relief from sanctions...
March 14, 2025

High stakes as China hosts Iran and Russia for nuclear talks

A photo shared by Breaking the Silence, an organization that provides a forum for Israeli soldiers to speak out and verifies their testimony, shows a soldier guarding a Palestinian prisoner, hands bound. Image blurred at source
Israel acknowledges possible use of Palestinian civilians as human shields in Gaza operations
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military is investigating soldiers’ use of Palestinian civilians as human shields during operations in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told CNN on Tuesday night.This is the first time the military has acknowledged that there is “reasonable suspicion” to believe soldiers forced civilians to take part in military operations.CNN has reported on Israeli soldiers forcing civilians in Gaza to enter potentially booby-trapped houses and tunnels in order to avoid putting troops in harm’s way.“In several cases, the Military Police Criminal Investigation Division opened investigations after reasonable suspicion arose regarding the use of Palestinians for military missions during the operations,” the IDF said.The military would not confirm how many...
March 13, 2025

Israel acknowledges possible use of Palestinian civilians as human shields in Gaza operations

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