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A source close to Hezbollah reported late Friday that Israel had conducted airstrikes on a convoy of trucks entering Lebanon from Syria. “Three Israeli airstrikes targeted a convoy of tanker trucks in the Hawsh el-Sayyed Ali area near the Syrian-Lebanese border, injuring one Syrian driver,” the source told AFP. This incident is part of a series of recent Israeli strikes …

An Israeli drone strike killed five people in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, as reported by the Palestinian press agency Wafa and other Palestinian sources. The Israeli military stated that the strike targeted a “terrorist cell” in the Tulkarem region. The director of Thabet Thabet Hospital in Tulkarem confirmed that “five martyrs” were brought to the hospital following “an …

An Al-Shabaab suicide bomber and gunmen attacked a busy beach in Mogadishu, Somalia, resulting in 32 deaths and numerous injuries, making it one of the deadliest assaults in recent months, police reported on Saturday. The al-Qaida-linked militants, who have been fighting against Somalia’s internationally supported federal government for over 17 years, have previously targeted the popular Lido beach area, frequented …

Air France and its low-cost subsidiary Transavia France have announced that their flights to Beirut will remain suspended until at least Tuesday due to “security” concerns in the region, according to Air France-KLM on Saturday. These airlines initially halted their flights to Beirut on Monday, following Israel’s vow of retaliation against Hezbollah, which it accused of launching rockets that killed …

The United States is deploying a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron, and additional warships to the Middle East in anticipation of possible Iranian retaliation for the recent killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has directed the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating …

The US decision to deploy warships and a fighter squadron to the Middle East represents one of the most significant movements of American forces to the region since the onset of the Gaza war. Initially, the Pentagon dispatched two carrier strike groups to the Middle East as a clear warning to regional militant groups to avoid escalating the conflict. This …

U.S. President Joe Biden has assured Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the United States remains dedicated to ensuring Israel’s security “against all threats from Iran,” according to the White House, following the killing of a top Hamas leader in Tehran. During the call, which included Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, Biden also stressed the “ongoing efforts to …

Mourners gathered at a mosque in Qatar on Friday to pay their respects to Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in Tehran in an incident attributed to Israel, escalating fears of an intensifying conflict. As the political leader of Hamas, Haniyeh had been pivotal in ongoing negotiations intended to halt the nearly ten-month conflict between his organization and Israel …