Retaliation in sight: Hezbollah to target “heart of Tel Aviv”

TEHRAN- Hezbollah's Secretary-General Naim Qassem said on Wednesday that the resistance movement will retaliate the recent deadly Israeli strikes on the Lebanese capital by targeting the “heart of Tel Aviv”.

US vetoes another Security Council resolution seeking Gaza truce 

The United States on Wednesday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution aimed at calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, marking the fourth time that Washington has used its veto power to block a ceasefire resolution at the international body since Israel's war on Gaza began in October 2023, Middle East Eye reported.

Ukraine fires UK-made Storm Shadow missiles at targets inside Russia for first time

Ukraine has fired UK-made Storm Shadow missiles into Russia for the first time since the beginning of the conflict, the Guardian understands according to multiple sources.

By Noura Erakat, Josh Paul, Charles O. Blaha, and Luigi Daniele

There is no victory in Gaza

The current war in Gaza is not an isolated conflict that began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas militants launched an attack inside Israel. Framing the war this way, as John Spencer does in a recent article in Foreign Affairs (“Israel Is Winning,” August 21, 2024), invites many dubious assertions about Israel’s purported progress toward its war aims and its supposed efforts to protect civilians. And it accepts without question the Israeli government’s official position that “Israel is fighting Hamas terrorists, not the Palestinian population,” as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared in a speech in January. To simplify the conflict to a fight between Israel and Hamas is to ignore the on-the-ground realities that indicate Israel is waging an indiscriminate war on all Palestinians.

Israel has killed nearly 17,500 children in Gaza

Israel has killed 17,492 children in Gaza since declaring war on the Palestinian territory in October last year, that’s according to a report published by the Government Media Office in Gaza.

Ukraine fires US missiles on Russian territory, Putin lowers nuclear threshold

Ukraine used US ATACMS missiles to strike Russian territory for the first time on Tuesday, Moscow said, in an attack regarded by Russia as a major escalation on the war's 1,000th day.

By Sondoss Al Asaad

Diplomatic aggression against Lebanon mounts 

BEIRUT - Caution prevails regarding the future of the ceasefire negotiations coinciding with the tour of the US presidential envoy Amos Hochstein in Beirut. 

By Dirk Kurbjuweit

End of the West

Donald Trump's return to the White House shows that liberal democracy has failed. It proved unable to provide a coherent structure to the post postwar era.

Prague pro-Palestine protest: Czechs condemn complicity in carnage

People held a rally in the capital of the Czech Republic at the weekend to express support for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in the face of Israel’s genocidal war on the enclave. 

Trump loyalists accuse Biden of trying to start WWIII with Ukraine missile move

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Donald Trump Jr have accused President Joe Biden of trying to start World War III after he gave Ukraine the green light to use US-supplied long-range supersonic missiles to strike inside Russia for the first time.

Pope Francis calls for investigation into 'genocide' in Gaza

Pope Francis has called for an investigation into allegations by experts about “genocide” in Gaza.

Biden allows Ukraine to use long-range US weapons in Russia: officials

President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use powerful long-range American weapons inside Russia, according to two US officials familiar with the decision, as North Korean troops deploy in support of Moscow’s effort.

‘Blame yourself’: Trump’s election hasn’t dampened pro-Palestine activists’ anger at Democrats

For Democratic pro-Palestinian activists, Donald Trump’s reelection delivered a bitter vindication.

Israeli strike kills Hezbollah media chief

TEHRAN- Israel’s killing machine operates relentlessly in Lebanon as more civilians and officials fall victim to the regime’s airstrikes.

Hezbollah media spokesman assassinated in Israeli strike: report

An Israeli airstrike targeting the office of Syria's Ba'ath Party in central Beirut on Sunday noon has killed Hezbollah media chief Mohammad Afif, local TV channel al-Jadeed reported