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September 2024
Hezbollah responds as Israeli air strikes kill 558
Media: Israel killed at least 558 people, including 50 children and 94 women, in air strikes it conducted across Lebanon since September 23. At least 1,835 Lebanese people were wounded in the attacks, Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health said. In response, Hezbollah launched a volley of missiles targeting Israeli airbases. Read More
Thousands flee as Lebanon death toll in Israeli attacks crosses 500
Daily Sabah: Tens of thousands were fleeing southern Lebanon on Tuesday as the death toll from Israeli airstrikes there crossed 500 after the country's deadliest day in decades. After some of the heaviest cross-border exchanges of fire since hostilities flared in October, Israel demanded people in Lebanon to evacuate homes and other buildings. Read More
Gazans fear being forgotten as Israel-Hezbollah clashes heat up
Daily Sabah: Amid the intensifying conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, Palestinians in Gaza are left questioning the future of their struggle after enduring nearly a year of devastating war. They are petrified that international concern has been diverted and that a dark possibility looms: abandonment. The families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza have the same worry. Nezar Zaqout, one of some 1.9 million Palestinians forced to flee their homes since Israel launched its brutal military campaign, said he fears the fighting across the Israel-Lebanon border will overtake interest in the abysmal living conditions in Gaza and efforts to negotiate a cease-fire. Read More
How Israel’s Hezbollah strike reflects on Gulf security dynamics
Daily Sabah: Israel's strikes on Hezbollah and the regional instability shake Gulf nations' U.S. reliance and push them to seek new alliances. Read More
Death toll from Monday's Israeli air strikes on Lebanon surges to 492
Al Jazeera: Israeli air raids hitting mostly southern and eastern Lebanon have killed at least 492 people and wounded at least 1,645, according to the country’s health ministry, in the deadliest day of conflict in Lebanon since its 1975-90 civil war. The ministry said the death toll on Monday included at least 35 children, 58 women and two medics as the bombardments hit homes, medical centres, ambulances and cars of people trying to flee. Israeli warnings and air strikes on Lebanon raise fears of regional escalation into full-scale war. Read More
Fears of ‘Imminent Catastrophe’ Mount as Hezbollah Hits Back Amid Israeli Airstrikes
Common Dreams: Fears of an all-out Middle East war mounted Sunday as Hezbollah fired more than 100 rockets into Israel, whose military continued bombing targets in southern Lebanon while moving troops, tanks, and other equipment toward the northern border. Read More
Day 353 of Gaza genocide: 41,455 killed, 95,878 injured by 'Israel'
Al Mayadeen: Over the past 24 hours, the Israeli occupation forces committed three massacres against Palestinian civilians and families in Gaza, killing 24 and injuring 60 others, as the Israeli occupation persists in its relentless bombardment of various areas across Gaza for the 353rd day. Many victims are still trapped beneath the rubble as the IOF hinder and obstruct the work of Gaza's Civil Defense and rescue teams. Read More
Most recent Israeli bombing of a school-turned-shelter is latest crime against Gaza’s displaced people
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor: Palestinian Territory – The Israeli bombing of another school sheltering displaced people in Gaza City’s southern Zeitoun neighborhood on Saturday morning, killing more than 20 Palestinians at once, is the latest possible war crime committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip. Read More
Biden hosts Quad meeting directed against China
WSWS: Over the weekend, US President Joe Biden hosted a leaders’ meeting in Delaware of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad), a de facto alliance of the anti-China military powers in the Indo-Pacific—America, Japan, India and Australia. As with all such gatherings, the meeting was couched in platitudes about “development” and “cooperation” in the Indo-Pacific. Biden administration officials claimed that the Quad was not directed against any particular country. Those assertions were refuted in a “hot mic” moment that exposed the real thrust of the alliance. Read More
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan: If you remember this man, your faith in peace will never die
by Bharat Dogra: These are difficult times for those who believe firmly in creating a world based on peace. Every day the world appears to be drifting more and more towards conflicts and even the threat of the third world war. In these difficult times it is a source of strength and sustenance if we remember those who have made the most important contribution at world level to peace with justice. One such truly great person whose contribution to the path of peace and peaceful, non-violent resistance to injustice will never be forgotten is Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, more popularly known to his followers as Badshah Khan. Badshah means king, but this great man did not rule by force, he ruled with love over the hearts of his countless admirers. Read More
Hezbollah announces initial response to Israeli massacres in Lebanon
Al Mayadeen: The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah, carried out three operations this morning against targets in occupied Palestine in response to the massacres committed by "Israel" this past week against Lebanese civilians. Hezbollah targets the Israeli Rafael Advanced Defense Systems military-industrial complex in an initial response to the massacres committed by the occupation in various Lebanese areas this past week. Read More
Hezbollah fires dozens of heavy rockets at Israeli airbase, Haifa
Al Mayadeen: Heavy barrages of rockets were launched from South Lebanon toward areas in the southern extremities of northern occupied territories, marking one of the deepest rocket attacks on Israeli targets since the start of the Battle of Al-Aqsa Flood. Heavy barrages of rockets were launched from Lebanon toward occupied Palestine, targeting Israeli sites and areas on Sunday. Read More
Hezbollah reveals specs of newly-deployed Fadi-1, Fadi-2 heavy rockets
Al Mayadeen: The Military Media unit of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon released a video detailing the specs of the Fadi-1 and Fadi-2 rockets that were launched early Sunday by Hezbollah during its three operations that targeted the Israeli Ramat David military base and airport and the Rafael military-industrial complex, north of the occupied city of Haifa. Read More
All eyes on battlefield; open-ended battle is on: Hezbollah Deputy SG
Mayadeen: Last night's operations were merely a downpayment in the open tab battle, indicated Sheikh Naim Qassem, Hezbollah's Deputy Secretary-General, referring to the Lebanese Resistance group's targeting of the Israeli Ramat David military base and airport and the Rafael military-industrial complex, north of the occupied city of Haifa, with dozens of Fadi-1, Fadi-2, and Katyusha rockets. Read More
Sri Lanka elects Marxist Dissanayake as president to save economy
Mayadeen: Sri Lankans elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake as their new President on Sunday, entrusting him with combatting corruption and strengthening the country's fragile economic recovery following its worst financial crisis in decades. Dissanayake has secured 5.6 million votes, or 42.3% of the total, a major improvement from the 3% he garnered in the 2019 presidential election. Read More
From Indian Ocean to Aden, Turkish navy boosts strategic presence
Daily Sabah: Focused on five key areas including energy, maritime trade routes, global economy, security of the Black Sea and Eastern Mediterranean, Türkiye aims to bolster its deterrent capabilities and protect its national interests. Enter the Turkish Naval Forces Command, now enhanced with locally-made weapons and vessels. The Turkish navy is strengthening its role in global and regional security by expanding its operations in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden, contributing to the strategic and commercial security of the region. Read More
37 killed, 16 missing in Israeli aggression on Beirut Southern Suburb
Al Mayadeen: The number of casualties from the Israeli aggression on the Southern Suburb of Beirut has risen to 37, including children and women, announced the Public Health Emergency Operations Center, affiliated with the Lebanese Ministry of Health, on Saturday. Read More
Day 351 of genocide in Gaza: 41,391 martyrs, 95,760 injuries
Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported that 50 martyrs have been killed in the past few hours due to Israeli bombings and raids on the Gaza Strip, as the genocidal war enters its 351st day. Martyrs are being recovered from multiple areas across the Gaza Strip due to the relentless Israeli bombardments. Read More
Yemen possesses highly advanced arsenal
Al Mayadeen: Touching on Yemen's military capabilities, Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, the leader of the Ansar Allah movement emphasized that the country possesses a highly advanced arsenal, unmatched by many nations, with its missile capabilities being a key symbol of this development and effectiveness. Read More
UAE hides weapons behind aid to fuel conflict in Sudan: NYT
Al Mayadeen: The United Arab Emirates is escalating a clandestine operation under the guise of the Red Crescent to funnel money, weapons, and, now, powerful drones to combatants raging throughout the nation, according to authorities, internal diplomatic cables, and satellite pictures obtained by The New York Times. Human Rights Watch has found evidence of Emirati-supplied weaponry on the battlefield, including Serbian-made missiles fired from an unidentified drone initially delivered to the UAE. Read More
Hezbollah showers Israeli military sites in North with 200+ rockets
Al Mayadeen: Hezbollah's Resistance fighters pound Israeli military sites with a guided missile and barrages of Katyusha rockets in support of Gaza and in response to Israeli assaults on Lebanese villages. Read More
Israel bombs southern suburb of Beirut
Al Mayadeen: The Israeli occupation forces launched an aggression on a residential building in the Lebanese capital's southern suburb. The sounds of explosions ripped through Lebanon's capital Beirut on Friday as a strike targeted a residential building in the city's southern suburb. Read More
Erdogan says Lebanon attacks underlines need to cut foreign dependence
TRT World: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that pager and walkie-talkie "cyber-terrorism" in Lebanon this week has underscored the need to produce more defense equipment within the country. "We are making every effort to reduce our foreign dependence in the defense industry and not to be dependent on anyone in this field," he said on Friday, speaking at a gendarmerie ceremony in Istanbul. Read More
Lebanon blasts show urgency of onshoring technology. Türkiye agrees
TRT World: As the world watched in horror the explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon in a series of attacks blamed on Israel, the immediate focus shifted to the vulnerability of countries which import electronics. Türkiye's Minister of Industry and Technology, Mehmet Fatih Kacır, was perhaps the most senior official anywhere to spell out what the governments were thinking in the immediate aftermath of the attacks. "This incident has once again demonstrated how vital our national technology drive is," he said. Read More
Kremlin says Russian intelligence analyzing deadly explosions in Lebanon
Anadolu Agency: The Kremlin said Friday that Russian special services are closely monitoring the pager explosions in Lebanon and will take appropriate action. "This is a matter of significant interest to our intelligence services, and they will carry out their responsibilities," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters at a news conference in Moscow. Read More
Pager blasts in Lebanon: Russia calls for global regulation to limit IT giants' power over digital tech
Anadolu Agency: Russia is calling on the global community to adopt legally binding international mechanisms to prevent IT giants from abusing their control over digital technologies, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Friday, expressing concern over two waves of communication device blasts in Lebanon. Read More
Türkiye leads global drone exports, surpassing US and China
TRT World: Report shows Türkiye accounted for 65 percent of drone sales, with China taking up 26 percent, and the US just eight percent since 2018. Read More
New warfare era: Israelis weaponize consumer goods in terror attacks
Al Mayadeen: The Israeli occupation indiscriminately targeted Lebanese civilians and Hezbollah members alike in a terrorist attack the likes of which have never been seen before. Any organization, military, or leadership that seeks security without foreign meddling will resort to Russia, China, or the like for more secure devices free from tampering. Read More
Death toll from Israeli terror attack rises to 37; 3,000 injured
Al Mayadeen: Lebanese caretaker Minister of Health Firas Abiad announced on Thursday that the death toll from the telecommunication device explosions over the past two days has risen to 37, with 2,931 people injured. Read More
From Hungary to Japan, Israeli terror ploys threaten global security
Al Mayadeen: The case has involved multiple entities in various countries so far, including Taiwan, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Japan, pointing to the complexity of the premeditated Israeli terrorist activities. Read More
Turkiye warns against escalation risk following pagers attack
Al Mayadeen: The recent deadly pager explosions in Lebanon are part of "Israel's" wider regional strategy and mark a deliberate escalation of the situation, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan cautioned on Thursday. Read More
Russia says Hezbollah pager explosions were designed to ‘provoke a major war’
Anadolu Agency: Russia said the organizers of the attack were “deliberately seeking to incite a large-scale armed confrontation, seeking to provoke a major war in the Middle East.” Read More
How Israel managed to explode devices in attack on Hezbollah
TRT World: Experts discuss the possible ways Israeli operatives could have intercepted the devices en route to Lebanon and booby-trapped them for the shock attacks. Read More
At least 37 people were killed and more than 3,250 injured
Yeni Safak: At least 37 people were killed and more than 3,250 injured Yeni Safak: At least 37 people were killed and more than 3,250 injured on Tuesday and Wednesday in wireless device explosions that targeted thousands of pagers and Icom wireless units used by members of the Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah and medics across Lebanon, according to the Health Ministry. Read More
US, Israel coordinated on device explosion attacks in Lebanon
Anadolu Agency: The U.S. and Israel coordinated regarding the detonation of wireless communication devices used by the Lebanese group Hezbollah. According to KAN, the official Israeli broadcasting channel, there was coordination between Israel and the U.S. concerning the explosions that rocked Lebanon. Read More
New intelligence technologies emerge: Israel’s pager attack on Hezbollah
Daily Sabah: Israel’s cyber attack on Hezbollah marks a new era in warfare, blending intelligence with deadly technology. Read More
Bombs in Our Pockets: Will We Submit?
Ersin Çelik: We can’t simply label the explosions of beepers in Lebanon as "cyberattacks." Various horrifying scenarios will undoubtedly be written about Israel's unimaginable methods. According to recent news from American media and expert opinions on social media, the shocking impact of the beepers exploding on Hezbollah members is spreading across the globe exactly as Israel intended. Read More
Israel's pager attacks amount to war crimes, terrorism: Nasrallah
Al Mayadeen: Israel violated red lines by detonating thousands of communications devices, in terrorist attacks that amount to war crimes, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said Thursday. Calling the attacks "war crimes," Nasrallah said Israel not only targeted Hezbollah members but also civilians. Read More
Türkiye reviews communication device security following Lebanon blasts
TRT World: Ankara has implemented additional measures for cases where third parties are involved in the procurement or production of devices, a Turkish official said. Read More
Does the Israeli and US War on Palestine have another Name than Insanity?
Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja: “Hell on Earth” – warns the conscientious global community from all spectrum of reason with more than 41,000 civilian massacred, more than 91, 355 injured, more than 16,000 children and women still buried under rubble and unaccounted for, and the rest of humanity under continuous bombardment by the Israeli warmachines supported and aided by the US supplied weapons of mass destruction. Read More
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8 Martyrs, 2,750 injured in Lebanon Pager explosions: Health Ministry
Al Mayadeen: Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad has confirmed that 9 martyrs have been killed so far as a result of the explosion of pagers on Tuesday, noting that 2,750 people were injured, including about 200 in critical condition, in 100 hospitals. Read More
Day 347: 41,252 killed, 95,497 wounded in Gaza
Al Mayadeen: The number of Palestinians killed in Gaza on the 347th day of the ongoing Israeli genocidal war has risen to 41,252 with 95,497 people wounded, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said on Tuesday. In its daily report, the ministry mentioned that Israeli occupation forces committed three massacres in Gaza, killing 26 people and wounding 84 others in just 24 hours, not counting those killed in the newest massacres. Read More
Civil Defense in Gaza releases 24-hour statistics report
Al Mayadeen: The Civil Defense in Gaza reported on Monday statistics of the number of martyrs in the past 24 hours under the Israeli occupation in the Strip. In the Northern Governorate, three martyrs were reported as a result of Israeli bombardment targeting a group of civilians near the al-Nada Towers in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza. Read More
'Israel' kills another journalist in Gaza, death toll rises to 173
Al Mayadeen: Another Palestinian journalist has been killed by "Israel" in Gaza, the government media office announced, bringing the death toll to 173 journalists killed by the occupation since October 7. Abdullah Shakshak was a journalist who worked for multiple Arab media outlets. He was killed in the city of Rafah on Sunday afternoon when an Israeli military quadcopter conducted an airstrike. Read More
Hamas prepared for long war with Israel: Yahya Sinwar
Daily Sabah: Hamas is prepared for a long war of attrition against Israel, the leader of the Palestinian resistance movement said Monday, as he congratulated Houthi rebels in Yemen for their missile strike on Israel. "We have prepared ourselves to fight a long battle of attrition," the Hamas leader said, asserting that Iran-aligned groups in Gaza, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen would "break the will of Israel" after the Houthis hit central Israel in a rare missile attack on Sunday. Read More
Türkiye remembers Prime Minister Adnan Menderes, victims of 1960 coup
Daily Sabah: Dignitaries and family members of late Prime Minister Adnan Menderes and his two ministers convened in Istanbul on Tuesday to mark the 63rd anniversary of their execution by a military junta. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya and others laid flowers on the graves of Menderes, Foreign Minister Fatin Rüştü Zorlu and Minister of Finance Hasan Polatkan in Istanbul. Polatkan and Zorlu were hanged on Sept. 16, 1961, one day before Menderes was hanged after a lengthy trial. Read More
42nd commemoration of Sabra and Shatila massacre
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: September 16, 2024 marks the 42nd anniversary of one of the most brutal and least remembered acts of violence in modern history: the massacre of the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Lebanon. Tellingly, on the night of 14/15 September 1982 the Israeli chief of staff Raphael Eitan flew to Beirut where he went straight to the Phalangists' headquarters to coordinate the September 16, 17 massacre. Beginning on September 16, 1982, Lebanese Phalangists'militia, operating under the direction of Israeli forces, massacred, wounded, and left homeless thousands of defenseless men, women, and children in the Sabra and Shatila Palestinian refugee camps. The indiscriminate killing was carried out methodically over the course of two days until the morning of September 18. By the end of this campaign of violence and terror, between 1,300 and 3,500 civilians—mostly Palestinians and Lebanese. Read More
Iran’s supreme leader expresses concern over the treatment of Muslims in Gaza, India, Myanmar
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has expressed concern over the treatment of Muslims in Myanmar, Gaza, India. Ayatollah Khamenei said in a social media post on Monday Muslims cannot be oblivious to the suffering of their brethren in India, Myanmar, and Gaza. "The enemies of Islam have always tried to make us indifferent with regard to our shared identity as an Islamic Ummah," he wrote. The number of Palestinians killed in Gaza on the 347th day of the ongoing Israeli genocidal war has risen to 41,252 with 95,497 people wounded, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said on Tuesday. Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar continue to face harassment, oppression and persecution. In February 2024, Amnesty International released a detailed report saying that Indian authorities targeted the homes, businesses, and places of worship of Muslims using bulldozers. Read More
Missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels strikes Israel for 1st time
Daily Sabah: A missile fired by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi rebels struck Israel for the first time Sunday when it dropped on an uninhabited area, causing no injuries. Air raid sirens had sounded in Tel Aviv and across central Israel moments before the missile landed at around 6:35 a.m. local time (3:35 a.m. GMT), sending residents running for shelter. Loud booms were heard, which the military said came from missile interceptors. Read More
Sayyed al-Houthi warns enemies: 'What is coming is far greater'
Al Mayadeen: The leader of the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement, Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, confirmed that today's operation, which was carried out with a high-tech missile, succeeded in bypassing all the enemy's defense systems, despite covering a distance of about 2,040 km. Addressing the million-man marches across Yemen on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, Sayyed al-Houthi confirmed that the operation was carried out by the Yemeni missile force using a new advanced home-grown missile, affirming that "it is part of the fifth phase of escalation [against the Israeli enemy]." Read More
Yemen preparing for extended war with 'Israel': Exclusive
Al Mayadeen: Yemeni sources told Al Mayadeen that Yemen will not limit itself to a single target, reaffirming to "Israel" that Yafa [Tel Aviv] is not secure, urging it to take the threat seriously. The Israeli narrative regarding Yemeni military operations should not be trusted, the sources said.The same sources told Al Mayadeen that Yemen is preparing for an extended war with "Israel" using multifaceted tactics, and is enhancing its strategic military capabilities with this long-term perspective in mind. Read More
Bayraktar TB3 UCAV to start tests from TCG Anadolu 'soon'
Daily Sabah: Türkiye's new unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), Bayraktar TB3, tailored for the country's first aircraft carrier is expected to start its trials from the carrier "soon," Baykar’s chairperson of the board and CTO Selçuk Bayraktar said on Sunday. Read More
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