In escalation, Israel bombs Hezbollah-linked finance group
-Israel began bombing Lebanese branches of an association accused of financing the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement, Lebanese state media reported late...Geostrategy
Escalating Conflict: Israel strikes Hezbollah in Lebanon killing mayor war
Hezbollah claimed it destroyed an Israeli tank using a guided missile, while Israel reported killing Hezbollah leader Jalal Mustafa Hariri...Geostrategy
NCSC seeks to regulate Jordan’s cybersecurity market
AMMAN, JORDAN - National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) seeks to regulate the Kingdom's cybersecurity market by outlining and endorsing the...One of the NCSC's key measures focuses on issuing Cybersecurity Services Licensing System, its director said.
This would "effectively" contribute to strengthening and supporting Jordanian companies to enter the cybersecurity market.
Volunteers offer help to Arab-Israeli farmers amid Gaza war
Baqa al-Gharbiya, Israel--In Baqa al-Gharbiya, an hour's drive from Haifa, city folk have temporarily traded pens for boots to aid farmers...Many people, lawyers or teachers, have joined hands to help Arab-Israeli farmers in the harvest as there is a shortage of labor force because of the war
Volunteers were picking cucumbers, placing seedlings on stakes, and were preparing for the strawberry harvest when the rains interrupted them
Iran executes man convicted of spying for Israel: judiciary
According to human rights groups, including Amnesty International, Iran executes more people per year than any other nation except China....He was also found guilty of "collecting and providing classified information to the Mossad spy service with the aim of disrupting public order."
Iran has previously announced the arrests of alleged agents working for foreign countries, including Israel, its regional arch-foe
Israel troops kill 3 hostages mistaking them for ‘threat’
The Israeli army said that it had mistakenly identified three Israeli hostages as a threat, and fired, killing three of...The army identified the hostages as Yotam Haim and Alon Shamriz and Samer El-Talalqa
Its spokesman said the military "bears responsibility for everything that happened"
Lebanon parliament extends army chief’s job, avoiding vacuum
Around 80,000 Lebanese serve in the army, which is seen as a key pillar of the country's stability. The force...Parliament approved delaying the retirement of senior officers at the head of the military and security services for one year, Lebanon's official National News Agency said
Lebanon has been without a president for more than a year and its government is operating in a caretaker capacity as political deadlock paralyses decision-making
Israeli attack killed journalist in Gaza: Al Jazeera
The Qatari network had first reported that cameraman Samer Abu Daqqa and Gaza bureau chief Wael Al-Dahdouh were wounded in...The network said that following Samer's injury, he was left to bleed to death for over 5 hours
Al Jazeera held "Israel accountable for systematically targeting and killing Al Jazeera journalists"
IEA boss says COP28 bid farewell to fossil fuels
PARIS, FRANCE - While the UN's COP28 climate summit marked a pivot moment, when the world pledged to say "goodbye" to...It gave an unmistakable signal to investors that if you continue to invest in fossil fuels you may well have serious business risks
It gives a signal to the investors for clean energy that they may be more profitable than many people now believe they are.
Storm-1152: Vietnam-based creator of fake Microsoft accounts
Seoul, South Korea - Microsoft has seized the websites of a Vietnam-based group it alleges sold millions of fake accounts to...Storm-1152 is "the number one seller and creator of fraudulent Microsoft accounts", creating around 750 million to date, the company said Wednesday
Storm-1152 pursued a model called "cybercrime-as-a-service" or CaaS, acting as a provider to other criminal groups, Microsoft and Arkose said
France steps up Middle East effort with foreign minister’s Lebanon visit
There have been near-daily cross-border exchanges between Hezbollah, an Iran-backed Hamas ally in Lebanon, and Israel since the Palestinian group's...Along the Israel-Lebanon border violence has remained relatively limited, with 128 killed in total, including 90 Hezbollah combatants and at least 11 Israelis.
Israel's current objective is that Hezbollah forces move back from the border by 40 kilometers (25 miles), a Western diplomatic source in Beirut said.
Sullivan calls for Gaza transition, rejects long-term Israeli occupation
The US has suggested the internationally-recognized PA could play a role in governing Gaza after the war, though the Ramallah-based..."We do not believe that it makes sense for Israel, or is right for Israel, to occupy Gaza, reoccupy Gaza over the long term," Sullivan told journalists in Tel Aviv
"Ultimately the control of Gaza, the administration of Gaza and the security of Gaza has to transition to the Palestinians," he added
