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The United Nations Special Representative for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, expressed concern about the current situation in the Middle East, calling it “on the brink of an inevitable disaster.” She emphasized that “it is not an exaggeration” to say that there is no military solution that can ensure security for either …

The Israeli military has called on civilians in Lebanon to leave areas where Hezbollah operates, warning that they will soon “launch extensive precision strikes” against the Iranian militant group across the country, after identifying plans for large-scale rocket attacks against Israel. The warning from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) comes …

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted a large-scale airstrike campaign across Lebanon on September 21 and 22.[i] The IDF announced on September 21 that it targeted over 400 rocket launchers, thousands of rocket barrels, and other military infrastructure in at least two waves of airstrikes across southern Lebanon.[ii] An Israeli …

Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander in an airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday, sharply escalating the year-long conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed group. The target was Hezbollah’s operations commander Ibrahim Aqil, who served on the group’s top military body. Aqil was killed alongside members of Hezbollah’s elite …

Over the past two days, the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah has been targeted with an attack as sophisticated and audacious as it is brutal, with the devices in their own pockets turned into deadly weapons. On Tuesday, hundreds of pagers distributed by Hezbollah to its members and associates in Lebanon …

With heavy guns, Israeli soldiers barged into Al Jazeera office in Ramallah and ordered it shut down. The raid was in the early hours of the morning, Sunday. Troops raided the office with one soldier reading out an order to Al Jazeera Bureau Chief Waleed Al Omari. The soldier said: …

The situation in Syria remains highly volatile and complex, with various conflicts and tensions continuing to unfold across the country. In northern Syria, Turkish-occupied areas are experiencing rising tensions between mercenary groups over orders to disband and shift control, leading to military mobilizations. Meanwhile, the resurgence of ISIS has been …

Israel says the Syrian regime, aided directly by Iran, has established a secret plutonium production facility in Deir-ez-Zor as part of an undisclosed nuclear project. The head of Israel’s atomic energy agency, Moshe Edri, has accused the Syrian regime of constructing a facility in Deir-ez-Zor to produce radioactive plutonium, with …

Recent events in Syria and Lebanon highlight escalating tensions and the deteriorating humanitarian situation across the region. The UN human rights chief has called for immediate de-escalation following devastating pager explosions in Lebanon and Syria, which killed at least 12 civilians and injured thousands. The attacks, reportedly orchestrated by Israel, …

This news roundup covers a series of developments related to the ongoing conflicts in Syria and its neighbouring regions. In Lebanon and Syria, Hezbollah members and others were wounded in a coordinated attack involving exploding pagers, which officials suspect was carried out by Israel. Meanwhile, the persistent use of torture …