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Security & Justice
Southern Lebanon Endures Massive Damage: 40,000 Homes Leveled Across 37 Towns
Israeli forces have systematically destroyed entire neighborhoods in southern Lebanon, leveling more than 37 towns and wiping out over 40,000 residential units, according to Lebanon's National News Agency.
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Gaps in Coastal Radar Enabled Israeli Raid in Batroun, Army Commander Says
Lebanon’s army chief, General Joseph Aoun, detailed to Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati how Israeli forces likely exploited gaps in the country's coastal radar system during the recent raid carried out in Batroun. The briefing comes as Lebanese officials seek answers on how Israel’s elite Shayetet 13 unit carried out the landing undetected.
Monday, November 4, 2024
Opinion
The Emptying of Baalbek Is a Moment to Take Stock
“Large numbers of people continue to flee their homes every day, as Israel’s military operations in Lebanon have been going on unabated.” These disturbing words could be from almost any news report about Israel’s invasion of its northern neighbour over the past month. However, they can be found in a report by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre issued on July 27, 2006.
Saturday, November 2, 2024
A Future Without Hezbollah
At the end of September, when Israel’s campaign to destroy Hezbollah was reaching its height, I met one of the group’s supporters in a seaside café in western Beirut. He was a middle-aged man with a thin white beard and the spent look of someone who had not slept for days. He was an academic of sorts, not a fighter, but his ties to Hezbollah were deep and long-standing.
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Sports
Tottenham Forward Son Heung-min Crowned Asia’s International Player of the Year
Tottenham forward Son Heung-min was crowned as Asia’s International Player of the Year for the fourth time by the Asian Football Confederation at its annual awards ceremony Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Real Madrid Launch Investigation into Racist Insults After El Clasico Defeat
Real Madrid has launched an investigation into racist insults directed at players during Saturday’s 4-0 home loss to Barcelona in LaLiga, it said on Sunday.
Monday, October 28, 2024
Sunday 21 January 2024 17:28:34
A Russian Plane Crashes in Northeastern Afghanistan
A Russian plane with six passengers on board crashed in a mountainous area in northeastern Afghanistan, according to Agence France-Presse, citing Russian authorities who opened an investigation into the circumstances of the accident.
A statement issued by the Russian air traffic control agency Rosaviatsia said: “On the night of Saturday, January 20... contact was lost with a Falcon 10 aircraft registered in the state registry of civil aircraft of the Russian Federation and its trace disappeared from surveillance screens... while it was... In Afghan airspace."
The agency explained that "preliminary information indicates that there are six people on board, including four crew members and two passengers."
The agency stated that this private twin-engine plane was “manufactured by the French company Dassault Aviation in 1978. It is owned by an individual and the Athletic Group LLC.”
It revealed that the plane was conducting a flight for medical purposes between Gaya (India), Tashkent (Uzbekistan) and Zhukovsky (Russia), noting that “search operations are underway to find it.”