U.S. Air Force General C.Q. Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is greeted upon arrival in Cairo, Egypt, August 25, 2024. REUTERS/Phil Stewart Purchase Licensing Rights ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT, Aug 26 (Reuters) – The near-term risk of a
Israel has said it carried out a wave of pre-emptive strikes across southern Lebanon to thwart a large-scale rocket and drone attack by Hezbollah. The Israeli military said fighter jets destroyed thousands of the Iran-backed armed group’s rocket launchers on
An Israeli Air Force war plane. File photo The Israeli military says its warplanes are hitting Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after detecting moves to fire missiles and rockets into Israel. “In a self-defence act to remove these threats, the IDF
Israel has carried out air strikes on the Houthi-controlled Red Sea port of Hodeidah in Yemen, a day after a drone launched by the group hit Tel Aviv. Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said his country aimed to send a message
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Friday that fighting between Israel and Hezbollah must not turn Lebanon into “another Gaza”, citing “bellicose rhetoric” and the exchange of fire in parallel with the fighting in the Gaza Strip, potentially triggering a wider
People gather near the damaged site after what Syrian and Iranian media described as an Israeli air strike on Iran’s consulate in the Syrian capital Damascus April 1, 2024. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights Israel targets Hezbollah weapons supplies in Syria:
JERUSALEM, June 9 (Reuters) – Israeli minister Benny Gantz announced his resignation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s emergency government on Sunday, withdrawing the only centrist power in the embattled leader’s far-right coalition amid a months-long war in Gaza. The departure
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in September 2023, just weeks before the outbreak of war Turkey has suspended all trade with Israel over its offensive in Gaza, citing the “worsening humanitarian tragedy” in
It took some six months for Congress to pass additional aid to Ukraine The US Senate has approved a $95bn (£76bn) foreign aid package that includes military support for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. President Joe Biden is expected to sign
After Iran’s unprecedented missile and drone attack on Israel on April 13, Jordan finds itself caught between the two enemies. Friday morning’s suspected Israeli strikes in central Iran have intensified fear that the country could be dragged into an escalation