Iran-Backed Houthis Warn Shipowners in New Phase of Red Sea Campaign
By Renee Maltezou and Jonathan Saul
ATHENS/LONDON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - On a warm spring night in Athens, shortly before midnight, a senior executive at a Greek shipping company noticed an unusual email had landed in his...
Israel Reinforces Military Presence in Lebanon, Vows Retaliation for Iran Attack
By Ari Rabinovitch and Maya Gebeily
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Israel said on Wednesday eight of its soldiers were killed in combat in south Lebanon as its forces thrust into its northern neighbour in a campaign...
Israel Military Says Iran Attack Will Have Consequences
JERUSALEM, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Iran's missile attack on Tuesday was serious and will have consequences, Israel's military spokesperson said, declining to specify how and when Israel would respond.
Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said he was not aware of...
Palestinian Commander Targeted in Israeli Strike in Lebanon, Sources Say
Oct 1(Reuters) - An Israeli strike in Lebanon early on Tuesday targeted Mounir Maqdah, commander of the Lebanese branch of the Palestinian Fatah movement's military wing, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, according to two Palestinian security officials.
Maqdah's...
In Address to Iran, Netanyahu Says Nowhere in Middle East Out of Israel’s Reach
JERUSALEM, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Iranians on Monday that there was nowhere in the Middle East beyond Israel's reach, three days after Israel's military killed the leader of Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
Netanyahu, speaking...
Lebanon PM Ready to Implement 2006 Deal on Hezbollah’s Armed Presence South of Litani...
BEIRUT, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The Lebanese government is ready to fully implement a UN resolution that had aimed to end Hezbollah's armed presence south of the Litani River as part of an agreement to stop...
Israeli Strikes Kill Hamas Leader in Lebanon and Three Palestinian Leaders in Beirut
By Maya Gebeily, Laila Bassam and Muhammad Al Gebaly
BEIRUT, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Hezbollah's deputy leader Naim Qassem, in his first public address since Israel assassinated the group's chief Hassan Nasrallah last week, said the movement...
Iran Will Not Leave Israel’s Acts Unanswered, Says Foreign Ministry
DUBAI, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Iran will not leave any of "the criminal acts" of Israel unanswered, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said on Monday, referring to the killing of Hezbollah's chief and an Iranian Guard deputy commander in...
ANALYSIS: Nasrallah’s Death Is Major Blow to Iran
By Ahmad Rafat
Israel’s killing of Hassan Nasrallah, the Secretary General of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, has dealt a significant blow to the so-called “Axis of Resistance,” which was established by the Islamic Republic of Iran in...
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Says Militant Groups Will Go on Confronting Israel
DUBAI, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday that the killing by Israel of an Iranian Revolutionary Guards deputy commander in Beirut was a "horrible crime" that would not go unanswered.
Brigadier...
