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Syrian journalist Safaa Ahmad, was killed in Israeli airstrikes on Damascus early Tuesday. Ahmad was killed in an attack which also left three civilians dead and nine others wounded, according to locals news outlets. "The Israeli enemy launched air aggression using warplanes and drones from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting multiple sites in Damascus," the official news agency SANA reported. AFP correspondents heard four rounds of heavy bombardment over about 30 minutes, resonating across the Syrian capital. In Mezzeh, a neighborhood housing Syrian security offices and embassies, an AFP correspondent saw two mini-buses burnt to ashes. A local resident, 57-year-old Abu Mohammad, living in a hit building, recounted: "We heard a strong blast that threw me out o...

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the “biggest terrorist after Adolf Hitler” as the Jewish leader has turned Palestine and Lebanon into “gas chambers”. Mehbooba had earlier condemned the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Israeli airstrikes and cancelled her election campaign for a day to extend support to the people of Lebanon and Palestine. “The International Criminal Court has given a verdict against Netanyahu. This (attacks in Lebanon) incident has proved that he is really a criminal who has killed thousands of persons in Palestine and is now doing the same in Lebanon. No condemnation is enough,” Mehbooba told PTI Videos. Terming Netanyahu as “the biggest terrorist after Hitler”, the former chief minister said...

Tensions escalated in Karachi on Sunday evening as police fired tear gas and protesters hurled stones during a rally condemning Israel's killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and its ongoing bombardment of Lebanon. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across Pakistan following Hezbollah’s announcement on Saturday that its long-time chief had been killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, according to AFP. In Karachi, the protest saw a significant turnout, including women and children, with participants chanting slogans against Israel and the United States, a key ally of Israel. The Karachi Police stated that the rally was organized by the religiopolitical party Majlis Wahdat Muslimeen (MWM). “The rally was set to begin at the PIDC intersection, then proceed towar...

Hezbollah has confirmed the killing of its leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in Friday Israeli attack on Beirut. One day after Israel’s airstrike targeted Hezbollah’s central headquarters in Beirut’s Dahiyeh district on Friday, the IDF had said that the strike lead to the death of Hezbollah chief, Syed Hassan Nasrallah. The IDF also announced that the strikes by Israel killed Ali Karaki, the Hezbollah commander of the southern front, along with several other Hezbollah leaders. “Almost 32 years after co-founding the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah, its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed, alongside Ali Karaki, Hezbollah’s commander of the southern front, as well as other Hezbollah commanders,” Jerusalem Post reported. The recent attacks on Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah...

One day after Israel's airstrike targeted Hezbollah's central headquarters in Beirut's Dahiyeh district on Friday, the IDF has said that the strike lead to the death of Hezbollah chief, Syed Hassan Nasrallah. The IDF also announced that the strikes by Israel killed Ali Karaki, the Hezbollah commander of the southern front, along with several other Hezbollah leaders. "Almost 32 years after co-founding the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah, its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed, alongside Ali Karaki, Hezbollah's commander of the southern front, as well as other Hezbollah commanders," Jerusalem Post reported. While Hezbollah has not issued a statement, Israeli officials have on Saturday morning confirmed that Nasrallah was present at the time. Iranian Press TV claimed tha...

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that he does not personally care about the "Palestinian issue," according to a report from The Atlantic. The report, which details Washington's negotiations in the Middle East following the outbreak of war in Gaza, revealed that the crown prince made the statement during a meeting in al-Ula, Saudi Arabia, in January 2024. During the meeting, which focused on potential normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel amid the ongoing conflict, Blinken asked if the Saudis could tolerate Israeli forces re-entering Gaza periodically. Mohammed bin Salman reportedly replied, "They can come back in six months, a year, but not on the back end of my signing something like this." H...

Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a nuclear warning to Western powers today, responding to what he described as a potential "massive" airstrike on Russia. His remarks follow rising tensions over the use of UK-supplied cruise missiles by Ukraine to target locations deep within Russian territory. Putin's warning came after an urgent meeting with Moscow’s top security officials to discuss Russia’s nuclear deterrence capabilities. The warning underscores growing concern in Moscow regarding Western nations, particularly the UK and the US, allowing Ukraine to utilize long-range missiles against Russia. Last week, the UK reportedly cleared Ukraine to use its Storm Shadow cruise missiles in strikes on Russian soil. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer held discussions with US President...

Israeli airstrikes have led to a devastating day in Lebanon, with at least 274 people killed, as reported by Lebanon’s health ministry. The attacks, part of an escalating conflict driven by Lebanon’s steadfast support for Palestine, mark the deadliest assault since the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah. Over a thousand people have been injured as the bombardments intensified across southern regions, sending thousands of families fleeing in panic. The violence, ignited in part by Hezbollah’s rocket attacks launched in solidarity with Palestine since October, escalated on Monday. Israel targeted Hezbollah strongholds in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley, aiming to dismantle the group’s missile capabilities. Hezbollah retaliated with rocket fire, triggering air raid sirens...

The Islamic State killed five pro-Palestine fighters affiliated with Hezbollah in Syria, a war monitor reported. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) stated that the fighters, part of the linked to Hezbollah, were ambushed by ISIS cells in the desert region between Ithriya and Khanaser in the central Hama province. An unspecified number of Hezbollah-aligned fighters were also injured during the assault. Hezbollah, along with other pro-Iran factions, often is referred as “the Axis of resistance,” particularly in the context of its broader political stance as a pro-Palestine movement. SOHR did not specify when this attack occurred. In a separate incident, three members of the pro-government National Defense Forces were injured in the al-Tabni desert area in ...

Late Wednesday, explosions from electronic devices, including walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah, killed at least 20 people and injured over 450 across southern Lebanon and Beirut’s suburbs, according to the health ministry. This follows a similar incident a day prior involving pager explosions that killed 12 and injured nearly 3,000. One explosion occurred near a Hezbollah funeral for victims of the earlier blast. The group has accused Israel of tampering with the pagers, though the devices were manufactured by a Budapest-based company. Each pager reportedly contained explosive material with a remote detonator. In response, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced a "new phase" of conflict, focusing the military efforts on the northern front with Lebanon. He emphasized...