カテゴリー: Hezbollah
This blog is now closed – our live coverage continues hereCircling back to Donald Trump’s coming naval blockade, the US military said it would block all Iranian Gulf ports on Monday at 10am ET on Monday (5.30pm in Iran and 1400 GMT), effectively seizin…
This blog is now closed. Our live coverage continues hereA post about an hour ago on the Israel Defense Forces Telegram channel claimed that overnight, the IDF “identified a rocket launcher positioned and ready to launch toward the State of Israel in t…
Israeli PM says he will continue to attack Hezbollah ‘with full force’ after attacks that killed more than 300 peopleMiddle East crisis – live updatesBenjamin Netanyahu has said there is “no ceasefire in Lebanon” and Israel would continue “to strike He…
‘Largest coordinated strike’ against Hezbollah since war began prompts warnings Iran could pull out of ceasefireMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsrael has carried out its largest attack on Lebanon since its war with Hezbollah began, killing at least 2…
US defense secretary confirms US submarine sank Iranian warship; clerics in Tehran close to choosing Khamenei successor US-Israel war on Iran – live updatesThe US defence secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed that a US submarine sank an Iranian warship off …
China calls it unacceptable to ‘kill leader of sovereign state’, while South Africa questions ‘pre-emptive’ justificationMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe US-Israeli war on Iran has been condemned as illegal across much of the global south, with Chi…
China calls it unacceptable to ‘kill leader of sovereign state’, while South Africa questions ‘pre-emptive’ justificationMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe US-Israeli war on Iran has been condemned as illegal across much of the global south, with Chi…
US government buildings in Karachi and Baghdad targeted by crowds after killing of Ayatollah Ali KhameneiUS-Israel war on Iran – latest updatesAt least 22 people are dead following pro-Iran demonstrations in Pakistan in which hundreds of people marched…
Members of Jamaat-e-Islami clashed with Pakistan’s security forces in Karachi on Sunday after they were prevented from marching to the city’s US consulate to protest against the Israeli assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader, in Beirut…
Hsu Ching-kuang has denied his company manufactured the pagers used in the attack in Lebanon as hunt for origins of exploding devices continuesThe president and founder of the Taiwanese pager company linked to pagers used by Hezbollah has been question…
Israel planted explosives inside thousands of pagers imported by Hezbollah months before Tuesday’s unprecedented attack in Lebanon, according to sources cited by Reuters and US media. The Lebanese militant group blamed the major security breach on Isra…
Media spotlight shifted to Taiwan tech company Gold Apollo which has denied supplying the pagers that exploded across the Hezbollah network in LebanonPagers in deadly attack on Hezbollah ‘made in Europe’, as Middle East braces for reprisalsMiddle East …
Thousands of pagers detonated across the country and in Syria, killing 12 people and wounding almost 3,000Middle East crisis – live updatesHezbollah has vowed revenge for an unprecedented and deadly attack in Lebanon, with Israel accused of carrying ou…
As pockets of war multiply across region so does the risk that conflict becomes more contagious and intractableOn Thursday morning the Iranian news website Entekhab ran, without irony, the headline: “Taliban call on Pakistan and Iran to show restraint …
What to expect in Gaza, Ukraine, the US elections, China, Europe and the rest of the worldThe year 2024 will be a critical one. The future of Gaza and the West Bank may hinge in part on whether Donald Trump returns to the White House – as may the outco…