57+ min ago   (1651+ words) Israel's demolition on Thursday of a tunnel network used by Hezbollah as a command center in southern Lebanon, near the border, represents a significant setback for the Iran-backed group. Experts said that while Hezbollah is far from defeated, the group…...

1+ hour, 4+ min ago   (920+ words) Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister, received on Sunday a phone call from Pakistan’s Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, with whom he discussed regional developments and diplomatic efforts to de-escalate tensions. Sharif…...

1+ day, 6+ min ago   (1464+ words) Lebanese President Joseph Aoun visited the country's south on Saturday, in a surprise trip to Nabatieh, a city close to the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge captured from Hezbollah and blown up by Israel. Official Lebanese media said he arrived in…...

7+ hour, 38+ min ago   (1623+ words) Syria on Saturday renewed its rejection of violations of its sovereignty and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s entry into its territory, as Israeli forces continued a weeklong escalation of artillery fire and incursions around Beit Jinn, on the slopes of…...

7+ hour, 55+ min ago   (1647+ words) A heated Palestinian debate erupted after Fatah Central Committee member Majed Faraj called on Hamas to apologize to the Palestinian people for what he described as the “catastrophe” that followed Oct. 7, 2023. Speaking to Fatah activists at a public gathering ahead…...

8+ hour, 32+ min ago   (1587+ words) Iraq’s Interior Ministry announced Saturday that authorities had seized 47 drones and 46 projectiles at an abandoned site in western Anbar province, believed to belong to an armed faction with a significant military presence in the area. The security development in Anbar…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1424+ words) The dollar held near its highest levels of the past week in Asian trading on Friday as renewed fears of energy supply disruptions in the Middle East pushed up bond yields and oil prices. The US dollar index, which measures…...

10+ hour, 26+ min ago   (1701+ words) Maritime trackers received new reports of an attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, adding to concerns about Iran-related threats to energy supplies. The British navy-affiliated agency UKMTO said it had a report of a projectile…...

9+ hour, 2+ min ago   (1121+ words) Iraqi authorities announced on Sunday a timeline to reopen three crossings with Iran, a day after closing them following a drone attack originating from their shared border on a Saudi pipeline. After the Friday night attack on the East-West pipeline,…...

10+ hour, 50+ min ago   (935+ words) Türkiye, the Yemeni Cabinet strongly condemned the drone attacks launched from Iraqi territory targeting the East-West oil pipeline in Riyadh and Madinah regions of Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday. In a statement, the Turkish ministry of…...