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- Ethiopian army captures capital city of Tigray
- Nuclear scientist’s assassination part of US-Israeli plan to thwart Biden’s Iran reengagement: media
- Russian Su-27 intercepts US spy plane over Black Sea
- Israeli officer accused of taking hundreds of inappropriate photos of female soldiers
- Macron’s politicized tribute to legend Diego Maradona infuriates Venezuela
- Houthis warn Saudi Arabia: ‘No American or British weapon can protect you’
- Jordanian army thwarts 2 infiltrations from Syria
- ‘The end of Israel is approaching’: Iranian Quds Force commander
- King Salman not informed about Netanyahu’s secret visit to Saudi Arabia: Reuters
- Syrian and Russian warplanes strike ISIS positions in central Syria
- Israeli embassies on high alert after Iranian nuclear scientist’s assassination: media
- Turks must defend rights of Jerusalem ‘even with their lives’: Erdogan
- Iranian Supreme Leader vows avenge murdered nuclear scientist
- Rare video of Qassem Soleimani and assassinated Iranian nuclear scientist
- Turkish army launches new attack on northern Syria
- Hezbollah issues response to Iranian nuclear scientist’s assassination
- US aircraft carrier and warships move into Persian Gulf region
- Ethiopian army captures new city in rebel-held Tigray region
- US officials allegedly claim Israel is behind assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist
Ethiopian army captures capital city of Tigray
Published 2020-11-28 20:01:36 by News Desk in Africa, World-News
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:50 P.M.) – The Ethiopian army managed to enter the capital of the Tigray region, Mekele, as part of the final stage of military operations against the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front forces. The Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation quoted the Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed Ali, as saying that the government forces entered the capital city and were received well by the local population. The Ethiopian Army Chief of Staff, Berhanu Gula Febian, said in a statement posted on the army’s official Facebook page on Saturday evening that the Ethiopian federal forces had “completely taken control” of Mekele, the capital of… Read on ->
Tags: Ethiopia, Tigray
Nuclear scientist’s assassination part of US-Israeli plan to thwart Biden’s Iran reengagement: media
Published 2020-11-28 19:33:04 by News Desk in Iran, Israel
A report in The New York Times earlier cited three US officials as claiming that Israel was behind the assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in an attack near Iran’s capital Tehran on Friday. In the wake of the killing, Iran has said here were “serious indications of Israeli responsibility. The Friday killing of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who headed the Iranian Defence Ministry’s Organisation of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND), could be part of a plan by the US and Israel to put a spoke in the wheel of a projected Biden administration, writes Axios. The report claims the… Read on ->
Tags: Iran, Israel
Russian Su-27 intercepts US spy plane over Black Sea
Published 2020-11-28 18:50:08 by News Desk in World-News
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:40 P.M.) – On Saturday, the operations room of the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that a Russian Su-27 “intercepted an American reconnaissance plane over the Black Sea.” According to the data of the defense operations room, the Russian air monitoring means revealed an air target approaching the Russian border over the international waters of the Black Sea. The statement reads: “A Sukhoi-27 aircraft belonging to the air defense forces took off in order to identify the air target and prevent penetration of the Russian borders .. The Russian flight crew was able to identify the air target… Read on ->
Tags: Russia, US
Israeli officer accused of taking hundreds of inappropriate photos of female soldiers
Published 2020-11-28 18:38:17 by News Desk in Israel
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:10 P.M.) – The online newspaper, Ynet, revealed that an investigation is underway in the Israeli army over an officer who secretly took hundreds of inappropriate photos of female soldiers working with him. The newspaper said that Lieutenant Rom Abergil was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of recording and photographing female soldiers without their knowledge or consent at the Home Front Command base where he was serving. As part of the investigation against Lieutenant Abergil, investigators obtained a disturbing collection of more than 1,000 videos and photos of female soldiers, allegedly taken secretly by the officer over… Read on ->
Tags: IDF, Israel
Macron’s politicized tribute to legend Diego Maradona infuriates Venezuela
Published 2020-11-28 17:27:57 by News Desk in World-News
The Venezuelan government has taken issue with Emmanuel Macron’s politicized tribute to football legend Diego Maradona. In a statement released by the Elysee Palace on Wednesday, Macron opined that Maradona’s friendships with “Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez will taste like a bitter defeat,” because it was on the pitch that the footballer “made the revolution.” Reacting to Macron’s remarks on Twitter, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza suggested that while “Macron and his advisers wanted to deploy their poetic prose to send off the great Diego,” they ended up dishonouring his ideals and struggles. https://twitter.com/jaarreaza/status/1331955792321404929?s=20 “The only defeat is that of… Read on ->
Tags: France, Maradona, Venezuela
Houthis warn Saudi Arabia: ‘No American or British weapon can protect you’
Published 2020-11-28 16:58:45 by News Desk in Yemen
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:30 P.M.) – The Ansarallah Movement (Houthis) called on Saudi Arabia to stop the military operations of the Arab coalition that it leads in Yemen, and to reconcile with its neighbors, stressing that this is the way to stop the attacks on them, hinting at the group’s determination to launch new operations. The group’s spokesman, Muhammad Abdul Salam, said on Twitter, “There is neither an American nor British weapon nor any force capable of providing a protective umbrella for the Saudi aggressive regime,” referring to reports that the British government has deployed forces in Saudi Arabia to defend… Read on ->
Tags: Ansarallah, Houthis, Saudi, Yemen
Jordanian army thwarts 2 infiltrations from Syria
Published 2020-11-28 15:50:30 by News Desk in Middleeast, Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:30 P.M.) – On Saturday, the Northern Military Region in Jordan announced that it had thwarted two infiltration attempts to and from Jordanian lands, on one of its fronts with the Syrian territories, during the past 24 hours. A military source in the General Command of the Jordanian Arab Army confirmed that “the rules of engagement were applied,” which led to the arrest of the violators and their transfer to the competent security authorities. The source pointed out that the Jordanian Arab Army “will deal with full force and firmness, with any infiltration or smuggling attempt, to protect… Read on ->
Tags: Jordan, Syria
‘The end of Israel is approaching’: Iranian Quds Force commander
Published 2020-11-28 15:24:34 by News Desk in Iran, Israel
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) – The commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Ismail Ghaani, accused Israel of being behind the assassination of the prominent Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, promising that “the end of Israel is approaching.” “The enemy does not dare to go to war like men with Iran, but the end of Israel is approaching,” the official Islamic Republic News Agency quoted Ghaani as saying about Friday’s assassination. “This assassination is the last desperate attempt of international arrogance and thieves,” he added. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused Israel of assassinating Iranian nuclear scientist Fakhrizadeh…. Read on ->
Tags: Iran, Israel
King Salman not informed about Netanyahu’s secret visit to Saudi Arabia: Reuters
Published 2020-11-28 14:46:16 by News Desk in Gulf, Israel
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 P.M.) – The Reuters News Agency reported on Friday that Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz had not been informed of the alleged secret visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Saudi Arabia. In the report, the agency quoted a Saudi source with strong ties with those concerned, and a foreign diplomat in Riyadh, confirming that the Saudi monarch had not been informed of the alleged visit, which the Kingdom denied, noting that Riyadh is not expected to take steps to normalize relations with Israel as long as King Salman is still alive. The two sources described… Read on ->
Tags: Israel, Netanyahu, Saudi
Syrian and Russian warplanes strike ISIS positions in central Syria
Published 2020-11-28 13:47:48 by News Desk in Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:35 P.M.) – The Syrian and Russian air forces resumed their operations over central Syria this weekend, as their warplanes launched several airstrikes over the Islamic State’s (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) positions in the Badiya Al-Sham and eastern Hama regions. According to reports from the field, the Syrian and Russian warplanes began their strikes on the Islamic State’s hideouts in the desert region adjacent to the Al-Sa’an District of Hama. They would expand their strikes to the southern region of the Al-Raqqa Governorate, where they hit the Islamic State’s positions outside the historical town of Al-Resafa. The reports said the Syrian… Read on ->
Tags: ISIS, Russia, Syria
Israeli embassies on high alert after Iranian nuclear scientist’s assassination: media
Published 2020-11-28 13:30:57 by News Desk in Iran, Israel
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:10 P.M.) – The Israeli news channel N12 reported on Saturday that Israel has raised the state of alert at its embassies around the world after Iranian threats to retaliate for the killing of a nuclear scientist near Tehran. No further details were released by the news channel. Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the ministry does not comment on security issues related to its representatives abroad, Reuters reported. Iranian officials have already accused Israel of killing the nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh after gunmen ambushed his car on Friday. Iran’s Foreign Minister,… Read on ->
Tags: Iran, Israel
Turks must defend rights of Jerusalem ‘even with their lives’: Erdogan
Published 2020-11-28 13:15:11 by News Desk in Israel, Podcast, Turkey
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 P.M.) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that “the Turks must defend the rights of Jerusalem, even with their lives,” stressing that it is an “honor of the Islamic nation,” the Anadolu Agency reported. He said, “Let us all put our differences aside, and meet at the common denominator of Islam in the face of attacks on our sanctities.” The Turkish president continued, “We notice the rise of ideological extremism, which does not differ from the practices of ISIS or Gulen organization, but rather we see heads of state encouraging it.” Erdogan described what… Read on ->
Tags: Erdogan, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Turkey
Iranian Supreme Leader vows avenge murdered nuclear scientist
Published 2020-11-28 11:44:08 by News Desk in Iran
On Friday, top-ranking Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in the town of Absard near Tehran. Iran condemned Fakhrizadeh’s assassination as an act of terrorism, which Foreign Minister Zarif blamed on Israel. Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has strongly condemned the killing of Iranian nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, calling for the perpetrators of the crime to be punished. In a tweet, Khamenei added that the scientific work Fakhrizadeh was involved in will continue to be pursued. Nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the head of Iran’s research and innovation centre, was assassinated on Friday in a gun and bomb attack in… Read on ->
Tags: Iran, Khamenei
Rare video of Qassem Soleimani and assassinated Iranian nuclear scientist
Published 2020-11-28 11:22:27 by News Desk in Iran
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 A.M.) – On Friday evening, the Iranian media published a video clip documenting a meeting between the late commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Major General Qassem Soleimani, and the nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. The video, which was shared by RT Arabic, shows the two men speaking to one another on an undisclosed date in Iran. https://youtu.be/daUZBfqkqnc The head of the Research and Technology Center at the Ministry of Defense, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was assassinated on Friday, November 27, in an attack described by Tehran as a “terrorist operaation.” In a statement, the Ministry… Read on ->
Tags: Fakhrizadeh, Iran, Soleimani
Turkish army launches new attack on northern Syria
Published 2020-11-28 11:07:59 by News Desk in Syria, Turkey
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 A.M.) – The Turkish Armed Forces continued their campaign against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Friday night, as they heavily targeted the latter’s positions in the Al-Raqqa countryside. According to a field report from the Al-Raqqa Governorate, the Turkish army and their allied militants from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) heavily targeted the Syrian Democratic Forces’ positions near the key town of ‘Ain ‘Issa. The report said the Turkish army and their allies targeted the SDF’s positions for over an hour, prompting a short firefight on Friday evening. This latest attack by the Turkish army and… Read on ->
Tags: Raqqa, Syria
Hezbollah issues response to Iranian nuclear scientist’s assassination
Published 2020-11-28 10:19:59 by News Desk in Iran, Lebanon
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 A.M.) – The response to the assassination of the Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is in the hands of Iran, the Deputy Secretary-General of Hezbollah Sheikh Naim Qassem said in an interview with Al-Manar TV on Friday. Qassem said, “We condemn this sinful attack and believe that the response to this crime is in the hands of those concerned with Iran, but it is a title of honor and dignity, and we are not shaken by the assassinations.” He continued: “My condolences to Imam Ali Khamenei, the Iranian Ministry of Defense, the Revolutionary Guards and the Iranian people,… Read on ->
Tags: Fakhrizadeh, Hezbollah, Iran, Lebanon
US aircraft carrier and warships move into Persian Gulf region
Published 2020-11-28 09:56:38 by News Desk in Iran, Iraq, World-News
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:40 A.M.) – CNN quoted a Pentagon official as saying on Friday evening that the aircraft carrier, U.S.S. Nimitz, had moved to the Gulf region with other warships. The network reported that the transfer of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Nimitz to the Persian Gulf region, along with other warships, is taking place with the aim of providing combat support and air cover with the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq and Afghanistan by January 15. “Just In: The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is being moved back into the Persian Gulf region along with other warships to provide combat… Read on ->
Tags: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, US
Ethiopian army captures new city in rebel-held Tigray region
Published 2020-11-28 09:29:45 by News Desk in Africa, World-News
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:20 A.M.) – The Ethiopian army announced that it had taken control of the city of Wickro, about 50 km to the north of the city of Mek’ele, the capital of the rebel-held Tigray region. General Hassan Ibrahim said in a statement on Friday that the army forces “will take control of Mek’ele after several days,” adding that the army had taken control of several other cities, besides Wickro. On Thursday, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced that the army was beginning the “final stage” of the advance in Tigray, and pledged to protect civilians in the area…. Read on ->
Tags: Ethiopia, Tigray
US officials allegedly claim Israel is behind assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist
Published 2020-11-28 09:15:21 by News Desk in Iran, Israel
On Friday the Iranian Defence Ministry confirmed that a high-profile physicist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, had been assassinated in the north of Iran, in what is being treated as a terror attack. Tehran later added there were “serious indications of Israeli responsibility” in the elimination of its eminent nuclear scientist. A US official, along with two other intelligence officials, have claimed that Israel masterminded the assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in a terrorist attack near the capital Tehran on Friday, according to The New York Times. The report does not specify how much information the United States might have possessed in… Read on ->
Tags: Iran, Israel, US
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