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
Hundreds of Tunisians rally in support of President
Hundreds of Tunisians demonstrated Sunday in a show of support for President Kais Saied and a series of extraordinary measures...Demonstrators gathered in the capital's central Bourguiba Avenue -- the epicenter of vast protests that toppled former leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011
Critics have warned that Saied's moves mark a shift towards autocracy, threatening the only democracy to have emerged from the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings
Lebanese expats vote in key parliamentary elections
Lebanese expatriates in 48 countries including France and the United Arab Emirates voted Sunday ahead of the May 15 parliamentary...The critical election comes amid an unprecedented financial crisis that has spurred a mass population exodus
The vote is the first since the onset of the economic crisis and the devastating 2020 port explosion in the capital Beirut
UN says some 12.3m Syrian children need aid
More Syrian children are in need than at any time since a devastating civil war erupted over a decade ago,...Syria's war is estimated to have killed nearly half a million people and displaced millions since it began with a brutal crackdown of anti-government protests in 2011
Children are among the most vulnerable and the UN warned they are bearing the brunt of the impact
Rebuild or resist Israeli occupation? Hamas’s dilemma year after Gaza war
A year after its devastating war with Israel, Hamas is faced with a dilemma: to keep up the armed struggle...More than 1,000 housing units and buildings in Gaza were damaged or completely destroyed by the Israeli bombardment.
Experts say Hamas leadership is trying to avoid further escalation and is encouraged by the decision of the current Israeli government to give more to Gaza in return for calm.
A chef who won’t give up on idea of co-existence
On May 4 of last year, star Israeli chef Uri Jeremias was at a meeting of inter-faith leaders where his...Nearly three decades earlier, Jeremias had opened Uri Buri in Acre's majority-Arab Old City
He has always employed Arab Muslims, several of whom are now among his most senior staff
Sharjah, Tunisia to cooperate on cultural heritage preservation
The Tunisian side highlighted the importance of joining forces with Sharjah, which will reflect positively on the efforts to protect...SIH Chairman Abdul Aziz Al Musallam and Tunisian Culture Minister Hayat Katat Al Garmazi recently met to discuss bilateral cooperation
They are said to have discussed tie-ups in the field of protecting tangible, intangible heritage, and heritage under water
Civilians leave Azovstal as Ukraine fears fresh Russia offensive
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that hundreds of people had been removed from the Azovstal steel plant in Azov, and...Earlier, Ukraine's defense ministry said Russia had resumed their assault on the Azovstal site, despite talk of a truce to help trapped civilians
Fighting continues on many other fronts, and Ukraine's defense ministry has said it has destroyed another Russian vessel in the Black Sea
Ukraine claims it sank Russia’s warship near Black Sea
The traditional parade of the Russian Black Sea fleet on May 9 this year will be held near Snake Island...Ukraine's defense ministry said in a statement an armed drone had destroyed a Serna-class landing craft
Earlier this month Ukraine said its drones destroyed two Russian patrol boats, also near Snake Island
North Korea fires submarine-launched ballistic missile
North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile Saturday, Seoul said, its second missile launch in three days, after the United...Pyongyang has dramatically ramped up its sanctions-busting missile launches this year
Satellite imagery indicates North Korea may also be preparing to resume nuclear testing
We oppose expansion of settlements in West Bank: State Dept
The US has said that it opposed Israel’s plans to build new settlements in occupied Palestinian territories after Israeli officials...The State Department’s deputy spokesperson, Jalina Porter, said that the US was aware of Israel’s decision to advance new West Bank settlements to May 12
Israeli officials told Biden administration officials that if no new building was approved in the settlements, the government could collapse
