Jan 13, 2024. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Yemen's
Houthi rebels, who vowed to retaliate against US and British strikes early
Friday against key military sites, have built up a significant arsenal,
including cruise missiles and drones.
Egypt has expressed its concern over the
escalation of military operations in the Red Sea region following the
airstrikes carried out by US and British forces in Yemen.
Foreign Minister Israel Katz slammed Turkish
President Tayyip Erdogan in an X, formerly Twitter, post on Friday afternoon,
as Turkey backed South Africa’s accusations of genocide at the International
Court of Justice, the Jerusalem Post reports.
Turkish
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan hosted Somalia's acting Foreign
Minister Ali Mohamed Omar for talks in the capital Ankara on
Thursday.
A report
published in Iran on Wednesday revealed the growing trend of womb renting, or
surrogacy, in the country amid cries about human rights violation.
Palestinian factions announced today that they
have downed an Israeli intelligence drone over Khan Yunis. This development
comes amidst heightened tensions in the region.
An official source denied what media reports claimed about any Egyptian-Israeli cooperation regarding the Salah al-Din/ (Philadelphia) axis, stressing that such reports are completely untrue, al Qahera news channel reported on Monday.
Just over a week after Oct. 7, while Israel was
still reeling from one of the worst security failures in its history, U.S.
President Joe Biden landed in Tel Aviv with a warning: Don’t repeat America’s
mistakes.
A member of
the Houthi Supreme Political Council, has said that the ship sailing through
Bab-el-Mandeb Strait have to declare that they have no connection with Israel.
Iraq is
working to establish a bilateral committee to end the presence of the US-led
coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS) in the country, its prime minister
said on Friday while condemning a deadly American drone strike on a pro-Iran
militia in Baghdad the previous day.
Jan 6,
2024. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Lebanon’s
Iranian-backed Hezbollah group said on Saturday it had fired rockets at Israel
and its arch-foe said it had struck a “terrorist cell” in retaliation, as top
US and EU diplomats visited the region to seek ways to halt spillover from the
war.
In a video
press conference on 4 January 2024 Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of US
Naval Forces Central Command, US 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces (CMF),
gave a positive assessment of Operation ‘Prosperity Guardian’, which was
launched by the US military to protect merchant ships in the Red Sea region.
The White
House is worried that the conflict in Gaza could expand to other parts of the
Middle East and is drawing up plans for a possible US response if that happens,
Politico has reported, citing informed officials.
An
unidentified, one-way attack drone struck Harir Air Base northeast of Erbil at
4:29 p.m. and caused an explosion, with possible damages and casualties unknown
at this time, according to the Kurdistan Region Counter Terrorism Directorate
(CTD).
Iraqi officials on Thursday accused the U.S. of escalating tensions in Iraq
after a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad killed the militia leader of an
Iranian-backed group.
Jan 3,
2024. Posted by Balkan
Periscope - Hellas
In recent
weeks, the term "Philadelphia Axis" has surfaced amidst the ongoing
conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, with the declared goal of
eliminating the Hamas movement.
The
Yemeni-based Houthis declared on Wednesday that they had targeted a vessel
named " CMA CGM TAGE," claiming it was en route to Israeli ports.
As Israel carries out its continuous campaign in Gaza, the recent announcement of withdrawing troops has gained attention. It is being reported that the decision to discharge five combat brigades has received support from the United States.
Jan 2,
2024. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
An Israeli
drone strike on a Hamas office in southern Beirut on Tuesday killed Saleh
al-Arouri, deputy head of the group’s politburo and a founding commander of its
military wing, a Hamas spokesperson told Rudaw.