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Lebanon says Israeli air strike hits target in east
1 day ago · Lebanon's state media said an Israeli air strike targeted the Baalbek region in the east of the country before dawn on Wednesday, branding it a "violation" of the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.. The truce went into effect on November 27 after more than a year of hostilities that began with the outbreak of the war in the Gaza Strip. ...
Israeli army presence led to killing of 6 Gaza captives: probe
2 days ago · The Israeli army said on Tuesday it had concluded that military operations in southern Gaza likely led to the killing of six captives in August.. In late August, after troops found the six captives' bodies in an underground shaft in Rafah, the military said they were killed just before soldiers reached them.
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Dec 16, 2024 · The New Arab covers a wide range of news, including politics, culture, and human interest stories from the Arab world.
Lebanese army takes over three bases held by Palestinian groups
5 days ago · The Lebanese army on Saturday announced that it had taken control of three strategic bases in eastern Lebanon, previously held by armed Palestinian factions that had close ties to the former Syrian regime. It comes less than two weeks after Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was ousted following a ...
Israeli strike kills 8 in Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp
6 days ago · An Israeli airstrike killed at least eight Palestinians in an apartment in Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza strip on Friday, medics said.. Palestinian health officials told Reuters that Israeli military strikes across the enclave had killed a total of 15 people on Friday.. US diplomats met with Syria's new ruler on Friday, and an official told AFP that outside powers seek assurances ...
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6 days ago · Asaad al-Shibani has been named Syria's new foreign minister, who led the political department of a rebel group in Idlib.
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Dec 17, 2024 · Western powers are looking to establish contact with Syria's new rulers, aiming to avoid Iraq- or Libya-style chaos after the fall of the Assad regime.
Israel's new war front in Lebanon has no clear off-ramp
Sep 25, 2024 · There has recently been an alarming escalation of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict. On 23 September, Lebanon experienced its deadliest day since the end of its civil war (1975-90), with more than 560 people killed and another 1,800 injured in a single day by Israeli airstrikes in the country's south and east.. Hezbollah maintains that it will continue fighting Israel until there is a ceasefire in ...
Western nations urge Sudan warring sides to let in aid
Oct 19, 2024 · Western countries including Britain, the United States, France and Germany on Friday urged both sides in war-torn Sudan to let in "urgently required" aid to millions of people in dire need.. War has raged since April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) under the country's de facto ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by his former deputy ...