August 10, 2021 Middle Orient
Hamas welcomed the Hezbollah attack and said that it fully supports the “resistance in Lebanon” in its fight against “the Zionist aggression.” Several Palestinian factions praised Hezbollah over the weekend for firing rockets into northern Israel and vowed to continue launching incendiary balloons from the Gaza Strip. Earlier on Friday, …
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August 10, 2021 Middle Orient
“Israel will not accept shooting into its territory,” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned. Lebanon must rein in the terrorists shooting rockets at Israel, regardless of who they are, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said at the start of Sunday’s cabinet meeting. “The State of Lebanon and the Lebanese Army must take …
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August 10, 2021 Middle Orient
The recent events have been some of the most serious clashes between Israel and Hezbollah since the Second Lebanon War. Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah warned on Saturday night that recent clashes with Israel are a “very dangerous development” which has not happened since the Second Lebanon War, a day after …
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August 10, 2021 Middle Orient
“We are not seeking a war but we are ready for it and we do not fear it,” Nasrallah threatened. As Hezbollah fired its largest rocket salvo toward Israel in 15 years last week, it became clear that the border with Lebanon has turned into another front where days, if …
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August 10, 2021 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient, Pakistan, South East Asia, Turkey
On July 28, the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, who was on a two-day visit to India, emphasised that the Quad is not a military alliance, but an arrangement to spearhead regional cooperation and security while maintaining international rules and values. In a similar vein, the Indian External Affairs …
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August 10, 2021 Afghanistan, Eurasia
Both the United States and Britain issued advisories Saturday to their citizens, urging them to leave Afghanistan immediately using commercial flight options. “Given the security conditions and reduced staffing, the Embassy’s ability to assist U.S. citizens in Afghanistan is extremely limited even within Kabul,” a statement issued by the U.S. …
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August 10, 2021 Afghanistan, Eurasia, South East Asia
The city of Zaranj in Afghanistan’s Nimroz province has reportedly fallen to the Taliban, making it the first provincial capital the insurgents have captured as they step up offensives. “I can confirm… the city of Zaranj, provincial capital of Nimroz, has fallen to the Taliban,” Roh Gul Khairzad, the deputy …
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August 10, 2021 Middle Orient
In an incident the likes of which we’ve rarely seen before, Hezbollah personnel — fresh from launching rocket attacks into Israel — were intercepted at the weekend by enraged Druze villagers and taken into custody. Humiliatingly for Hezbollah, images of its top-secret rocket launcher — impounded in the back of …
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August 10, 2021 Middle Orient
Drone fragments recovered from the attack on an Israeli-linked oil tanker off the coast of Oman show Iran was behind the incident, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday citing a US military report. Photographs of drone parts and analysis of the proximity of the strikes to Iran, and the …
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August 10, 2021 Eurasia, South East Asia
China and North Korea have accumulated a significant arsenal of ballistic missiles. China is estimated to possess as many as 1500 short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) and 450 medium-range ballistic missiles. These missiles could target the United States and allied military bases in a Taiwan Strait confrontation. North Korea has close …
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