Archive for October 4, 2024
Ukraine says Russia attacked its critical infrastructure with 19 drones
The Ukrainian air force said on Friday that Russia attacked critical infrastructure in the country with 19 drones overnight. Air defences shot down nine drones, with seven more likely impacted by electronic jamming, it said in a statement, without saying what happened to the other three. Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said an apartment building was…
Read MoreWeakened Hezbollah expected to return to traditional guerilla warfare tactics
Hezbollah declared a “divine victory” in the month-long 2006 war after successfully ousting Israeli forces from Lebanon. And the Iran-backed group is once again facing off with its arch-enemy – but under very different circumstances. “We want [Israeli soldiers] to enter Lebanese territory (…) if they come to us they are welcome, because what they…
Read MoreRussia has decided ‘at highest level’ to remove Taliban from terrorist list, TASS reports
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday that a decision to remove the Taliban from a list of terrorist organisations had been “taken at the highest level”, the state TASS news agency reported. The decision needs to be followed up with various legal procedures in order to make it a reality, President Vladimir Putin’s special representative…
Read MoreIsraeli Airstrikes Rock Southern Suburbs Of Beirut And Cut Off A Key Crossing Into Syria
Israel carried out a series of massive airstrikes overnight in southern suburbs of Beirut and another that cut off the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria. The new wave of strikes came after Israel warned people to evacuate communities in southern Lebanon that are outside a United Nations-declared buffer zone, as the yearlong conflict…
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