BEIRUT (AA) – Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Naim Qassem has said that the group will elect a new leader “as soon as possible.” “We will choose a secretary-general as soon as possible according to the party’s structure,” Qassem said in a televised speech. “The choices will be easy,” he added. Hezbollah Secretary-General H...
ANKARA (AA) – Former President and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has once again said that his Democratic rival Kamala Harris is “mentally impaired.” According to CNN, despite criticism from many Republicans urging caution in making such remarks, Trump has maintained a pattern of derogatory statements about Harris throughou...
LEBANON (AA) – Hamas said Monday that Israel assassinated its commander in Lebanon in an airstrike that hit his home in the El-Buss refugee camp in southern Lebanon. In a statement, Hamas said: “We mourn the martyrdom of Fateh Sharif, Hamas commander in Lebanon and member of the movement’s leadership abroad.” Sharif as well as […]...
BEIRUT (AA) – Israeli forces launched early Monday an airstrike on Beirut’s Kola area, marking the first attack inside the Lebanese capital since the conflict with Hezbollah started last October. According to an Anadolu correspondent, an Israeli drone targeted a fifth-floor apartment in a building on the road connecting Beirut with Rafik...
HOUSTON, US (AA) – The death toll stood at 93 Sunday night in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which tore a path of destruction through the southeastern US, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Coast. That number could climb higher in the coming days, as hundreds of missing persons reports have been filed […]
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov urged Israel on Saturday to abandon “essentially terrorist methods of settling political scores” as he commented on the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Lavrov said at a news conference in New York that he had the impression that Israel is trying to provoke Ira...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US Department of State updated on Saturday its travel advisory for Lebanon, asking the families of diplomats to leave the country. The advisory said it ordered the departure of non-mission-employed eligible family members (EFMs) and authorized departure for mission-employed EFMs and non-essential US direct hire employ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden said the Israeli killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut was “a measure of justice” and reiterated the US support for Israel against Hezbollah. In a statement, Biden said Nasrallah and Hezbollah were responsible for killing hundreds of Americans over a four-decade reign of ...
LONDON (AA) – The UK Foreign Ministry has issued an urgent call for all British nationals in Lebanon to leave the country as soon as possible, citing growing concerns over the region’s deteriorating security situation. In a statement, the ministry emphasized the immediate need for British citizens to secure seats on the next availa...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Yemeni Houthi group has claimed to have attacked three US warships in the Red Sea as they were reportedly sailing to support Israel. In a statement, the Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the group had fired “23 ballistic and winged missiles and a drone” at “three US destroyers” in the ...
