US Says Middle East War Not Inevitable, Seeks to ‘Take Temperature Down’
By Karen Lema
SUBIC, Philippines, July 31 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday he did not think a wider war in the Middle East was inevitable and that the United States was seeking...
Israeli Strike Targeted Head of Hezbollah Ops Room, Fate Unknown – 3 Security Sources...
BEIRUT, July 30 (Reuters) - An Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Tuesday targeted the head of the armed group Hezbollah's operations room, three senior security sources told Reuters, saying that his fate...
Israeli Officials Say They Want to Avoid All-Out War in Lebanon Retaliation
By Maayan Lubell and Maya Gebeily
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, July 29 (Reuters) - Israel wants to hurt Hezbollah but not drag the Middle East into all-out war, two Israeli officials said on Monday, as Lebanon braced for retaliation after...
Israel Cabinet Authorizes Government to Respond to Hezbollah Rocket Strike
By Avi Ohayon and James Mackenzie
MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights/JERUSALEM, July 28 (Reuters) - Israel's security cabinet on Sunday authorized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to decide on the "manner and timing" of a response to a rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights...
US Blames Hezbollah for Golan Heights Attack, Says It Doesn’t Want Escalation
By Simon Lewis, Kanishka Singh and Andrea Shalal
TOKYO/WASHINGTON, July 28 (Reuters) - The United States on Sunday blamed Lebanon-based Hezbollah for a rocket attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed 12 children and teenagers on a football field while raising the threat of...
Israel Says Hezbollah Rocket Kills 12, Including Children, at Football Ground, Vows Response
By Maayan Lubell, Maya Gebeily and Laila Bassam
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, July 27 (Reuters) - A rocket attack on a football ground in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killed 12 people including children on Saturday, Israeli authorities said, blaming Hezbollah and vowing to inflict...
Houthi Threat to Red Sea Shipping Is Growing, Says UN Envoy to Yemen
By Jonathan Landay
July 23 (Reuters) - Recent developments in the Red Sea and surrounding waterways suggest that the threat to international shipping from Yemen's Houthis is growing, U.N. Special Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg told the...
Israeli Warplanes Break Sound Barrier Over Beirut as Israeli-Iran Conflict Grinds On
BEIRUT, July 23 (Reuters) - Israeli warplanes broke the sound barrier over Beirut and other areas of Lebanon on Tuesday, Lebanese security sources and media reported, rattling nerves as the conflict between the Iran-backed Hezbollah and...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Intercepted UAE-Managed Tanker, IRGC Says
DUBAI, July 22 (Reuters) - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has intercepted a Togo-flagged, UAE-managed products tanker carrying 1,500 tons of marine gas oil, the IRGC and British security firm Ambrey said on Monday.
The vessel had...
Israel Shoots Down Missile Fired From Yemen After Striking Islamic Republic-Backed Houthis
JERUSALEM/CAIRO, July 21 (Reuters) - Israel said it shot down a missile launched from Yemen on Sunday and the Yemeni Houthi movement said it had fired several missiles at the Israeli city of Eilat after Israel's...
