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The U.S. military has intercepted three drones aimed at commercial vessels in the Red Sea and neutralized seven land-based anti-ship cruise missiles, attributing these actions to the Houthi rebels backed by Iran in Yemen. For several months, the Houthis have targeted maritime traffic, continuing their assaults despite American and British efforts to diminish their capacity to threaten this crucial international …

Hezbollah announced on Saturday its forces had launched two Burkan rockets with heavy caliber at an assembly of Israeli soldiers on Cobra Hill in northern Israel, claiming to have achieved a “direct hit.” Subsequently, the group reported targeting Israeli soldiers near the Dhayra military base, also claiming successful hits. In retaliation, Israeli warplanes bombed a residential building in Blida, a …

A scheduled cabinet meeting was postponed on Friday due to a protest by retired military personnel who blocked the paths to the Grand Serail in downtown Beirut. The protesting retirees, gathering at Riad al-Solh Square, were advocating for better pensions and demanded that their grievances be addressed during the cabinet session. The meeting was initially convened to deliberate on the …

French President Emmanuel Macron and the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad, are set to convene on February 27, according to recent media disclosures. The gathering will also include the military leaders from France and Qatar, with Lebanon’s Army Commander, General Joseph Aoun, joining a segment of the summit. This meeting aims to deliberate on the security dynamics in …

A team from Israel, including the Mossad’s chief David Barnea and the head of the domestic Shin Bet security agency, Ronen Bar, landed in Paris on Friday to facilitate discussions aimed at establishing a ceasefire in Gaza, according to statements from an Israeli source. These discussions are a continuation of efforts to halt the ongoing conflict, highlighted by a ceasefire …

Hezbollah launched two suicide drones at the Upper Galilee Regional Council headquarters in Kiryat Shmona as a retaliation for a recent airstrike that resulted in the deaths of a Hezbollah member and two paramedics. This was part of a series of responses by Hezbollah to actions they attributed to Israel, including an earlier announced drone attack on a health facility …

In the past year, the scientific world made an announcement about the Sun’s expected peak activity in January 2024, highlighting an increasing trend in solar flares observed in recent months. The European Space Agency (ESA) shared a visualization on Friday (Feb 23), depicting the Sun’s activity from February 2021 to October 2023. This visualization illustrates the dynamic changes in the …

In a recent update, an Intuitive Machines flight controller remained hopeful about their lunar lander’s status, emphasizing, “it’s not dead yet.” They detailed how the lander’s inbuilt fault detection mechanism for communications would first attempt to power cycle the radios after 15 minutes of silence. If unsuccessful, it would switch to an alternative set of antennas after another 15 minutes, …