UK Maritime Body Reports Hijacking Attempt of Vessel East of Yemen’s Aden
By Tala Ramadan and Nayera Abdallah
DUBAI, May 10 (Reuters) - The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) organization said on Friday it had received a report of a failed hijacking attempt of a vessel 195 nautical...
US Warning on Arms Supplies Prompts Israeli Defiance, Doubts
By James Mackenzie
JERUSALEM, May 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's announcement that he would withhold arms supplies if Israel went through with its assault of Rafah drew a defiant reaction on Wednesday alongside unease at...
Iran Regime-Backed Houthis Say They Targeted Ships in Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean
DUBAI, May 9 (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis targeted two ships, the MSC DEGO and the MSC GINA, in the Gulf of Aden using a number of ballistic missiles and drones, the group's military spokesman Yahya...
Syria Shoots Down Israeli Missiles Fired From Golan Heights
By Tala Ramadan
DUBAI, May 9 (Reuters) - Syrian air defences on Thursday shot down Israeli missiles fired from the Golan Heights towards Damascus' outskirts targeting a building in the countryside, Syria's defence ministry said.
Israel has been carrying out strikes...
Iran Regime-Backed Hezbollah Says Its Drone Hits Northern Israeli Town, Two Soldiers Killed
BEIRUT-JERUSALEM, May 6 (Reuters) - Hezbollah said on Monday it carried out a drone attack on an Israeli military position near the northern Israeli town of Metula. The Israeli military later confirmed two soldiers were killed...
Iran Regime-Backed Hamas Says Israel’s Rafah Evacuation Order Is a ‘Dangerous Escalation’
By Mohammed Salem and Nidal al-Mughrabi
RAFAH, Gaza Strip, May 6 (Reuters) - Israel told Palestinians to evacuate parts of Rafah on Monday in what appeared to be preparation for a long-threatened assault on Hamas holdouts in...
Iran Regime-Backed Iraqi Militant Group Claims Missile Attack on Tel Aviv Targets, Source Says
May 3 (Reuters) - The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a group of Iran-backed armed groups, launched multiple attacks on Israel using cruise missiles on Thursday, a source in the group said.
The source told Reuters the attack...
UN Aid Chief Warns Rafah Assault ‘On Immediate Horizon’
UNITED NATIONS, April 30 (Reuters) - United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths warned on Tuesday that despite global calls for Israel to spare Rafah in the Gaza Strip, "a ground operation there is on the immediate...
UAE-Iran Joint Economic Commission Convenes for First Time in 10 Years
DUBAI, April 30 (Reuters) - A rare United Arab Emirates-Iran joint economic commission will convene in Abu Dhabi from Tuesday to Wednesday, the Iranian Labour News Agency reported, as Tehran seeks to bolster economic ties with the Persian...
Residents of Northern Israel Brace for Possible All-Out War With Iran Regime-Backed Hezbollah
By Andrew MacAskill
HAIFA, Israel April 30 (Reuters) - Eli Harel was an Israeli soldier in his early thirties when he was sent into Lebanon in 2006 to battle fighters from the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah in a...
