President Joe Biden expressed unwavering support for Israel following an Iranian ballistic missile attack. Speaking at the White House, he said, “Make no mistake, the United States is fully, fully, fully supportive of Israel.” Biden noted that preliminary reports he had received indicated the attack was largely ineffective. He credited the Is...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s foreign minister threatened a “more severe response” if Israel retaliates against an Iranian missile attack on the country. “The operation has ended,” Abbas Araghchi said during phone calls with his counterparts from the UK, Germany and France, the state news agency IRNA reported. “If Israel decides to take retaliato...
BEIRUT (AA) – Hezbollah said Wednesday that its fighters clashed with an Israeli infantry force trying to infiltrate the town of Odaisseh in southern Lebanon. In a statement, the Lebanese group said it inflicted losses on the Israeli force and forced it to retreat. It marked the first direct clash between Hezbollah fighters and Israeli [&helli...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) — At least 40 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli army raid early Wednesday in the southern Gaza Strip. A source at the Gaza European Hospital told Anadolu that 32 killed Palestinians were brought to the hospital as a result of the Israeli shelling on Palestinians’ homes in areas in the […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to defend US personnel, allies and partners during a call Tuesday with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant following a missile attack by Iran on Israel. Austin and Gallant “expressed mutual appreciation for the coordinated defense of Israel” ag...
On Tuesday, as Israel initiated a ground invasion of Lebanon and Iran launched numerous ballistic missiles toward Tel Aviv and other targets, stocks of companies profiting from war surged. This mirrored the response on Wall Street nearly a year ago when Israel launched its assault on Gaza. Prem Thakker from Zeteo highlighted the stock performa...
Just hours after Israel launched a U.S.-backed military offensive in Lebanon, and less than a week after Israeli forces assassinated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Iran fired approximately 200 ballistic missiles into Israel on Tuesday. This has led to renewed calls for an immediate ceasefire across the region. Air raid sirens sounded acros...
ANKARA (AA) – Malaysia has “unequivocally” condemned Israel regime as it launched ground operations in Lebanon. “The Zionist Israel regime’s actions clearly violate security, stability as well as the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Lebanon, contravening the United Nations Charter and international law,” the Foreign Ministry said in a ...
BEIRUT (AA) — Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah has rejected Israeli claims about invading southern Lebanon and engaging in direct clashes with its fighters. “Israeli claims about invading Lebanon are lies,” Hezbollah spokesman Mohammad Afif said in a statement. “There were no direct clashes between Hezbollah fighters and Israeli occupation ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least three people have been killed and nine others injured in Israeli airstrikes targeting multiple sites in the Syrian capital, Damascus, according to the Syrian state news agency. “The Israeli enemy launched an aerial assault using warplanes and drones from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights, targeting seve...
