Iran’s head of the judiciary said on Monday there should be no leniency or delay in issuing verdicts against those affiliated with Israel and the United States. “We must not delay or show leniency in executing final verdicts against those who, during wartime and unrest, committed crimes and were affiliated with the aggressor enemy,” said…
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon plans to withdraw most of its troops by mid 2027, its spokesperson told AFP on Tuesday, after the peacekeepers’ mandate expires this year. UNIFIL has acted as a buffer between Israel and Lebanon for decades and has been assisting the Lebanese army as it dismantles Hezbollah infrastructure near…
Türkiye has denied reports claiming that it is allowing crude oil shipments to Israel via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan, BTC, pipeline. The country’s Energy and Natural Resources Ministry, in a statement on Monday, said that companies using the BTC pipeline respect Ankara’s stance against trade with Israel and have refrained from any deliveries designated for Israeli ports….
Iran’s government has proposed to triple its military budget, its spokeswoman said Tuesday, as tensions with arch-rival Israel rise following recent tit-for-tat missile strikes. Government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani outlined the move that would see “a significant increase of more than 200 per cent in the country’s military budget” at a news conference in Tehran. She…
Israel has launched direct airstrikes against Iran. The attack is a high-stakes retaliatory one that could bring the Middle East closer to a regional war. The Guardian, UK reports that at least seven explosions were reported over Iran’s capital, Tehran, and nearby Karaj just after 2.30am local time on Saturday. Israeli jets were said to…
French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a halt on arms deliveries to Israel for use in Gaza, prompting swift criticism from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Macron told France Inter radio that “the priority is that we return to a political solution, that we stop delivering weapons to fight in Gaza”. At a summit…
Israel’s civil defence agency on Sunday ordered all schools in the country’s north closed following rocket fire by the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah and intensifying cross-border violence. The military’s Home Front Command said schools and other educational institutions and activities would not be permitted in the north until at least Monday at 6:00 pm (1500…
A Hamas leader in the West Bank died in Israeli custody, Palestinian authorities and the militant group said Friday.Mustafa Muhammad Abu Ara, 63, died after being moved from a prison in southern Israel to a hospital, according to a joint statement by the Palestinian Authority’s prisoners’ affairs body and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club watchdog.“We mourn…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has called for restraint from all sides involved in the fresh conflict in the Middle East. This is contained in a statement released by the spokesperson for Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Francisca Omayuli, on Sunday in Abuja. “The Federal Government of Nigeria joins other members of the international community…
A key member of Israel’s war cabinet has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of not telling the truth about the military goals in Gaza. Mr Netanyahu has publicly rejected the US push for a future Palestinian state and insisted the offensive would continue “until complete victory”. But Gadi Eisenkot said those advocating “absolute defeat” of…