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Hezbollah source says contact ‘lost’ with top figure Hashem Safieddine

BEIRUT — A high-level Hezbollah source said on Saturday that contact with Hashem Safieddine, widely touted as potentially the group’s next leader, had been lost following Israeli strikes this week. “Contact with Sayyed Safieddine has been lost since the violent strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs” early on Friday, the official told AFP. “We don’t know […]

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Eliminated over 2000 military targets, 250 Hezbollah terrorists in last four days: Israel Defense Forces

TEL AVIV — The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said on Friday that it has eliminated 2000-plus military targets and 250 Hezbollah terrorists since it began targetted and demarcated ground operations in southern Lebanon, four days ago. “Directing fire and intelligence of the divisions and the Northern Command, five commanders at the level of the brigade, […]

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“Islamic governments should be in solidarity with each other”: Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei in Friday sermon

TEHRAN — Iran’s Supreme leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in his first address in five years to a Friday gathering, defended the “legal and legitimate” missile attack by Iran on Israel and called for “Muslim unity.” After leading prayers at the Imam Khomeini’s Grand Mosalla in central Tehran, Khamenei in his sermon stated that Iran […]

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US, European nations root cause of problems in West Asia: Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

TEHRAN — Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has called the United Nations and other European nations the root cause of the problems in West Asia, Iran-based IRNA reported. While addressing a group of Iranian elites and top students in Tehran on Wednesday, he stressed that the cause of the problem–which results in conflicts, wars, […]

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Iran missiles target Mossad headquarters, Israeli air base housing F-35 fighter jets, claims Iranian media report

TEL AVIV — Iran late on Tuesday fired ballistic missiles targeting two military bases of Israel and the headquarters of Mossad, Israel’s intelligence service, claimed Iranian state television, citing Mohammad Bagheri, Iran’s top military officer. Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Mohammad Bagheri, told Press TV that the Nevatim air base, […]

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Israel’s military claims killing of over 20 Hezbollah members during Nasrallah’s assassination

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military has said that it killed more than 20 Hezbollah militants of varying ranks in its strikes in Beirut, during which the group’s top leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, was also assassinated. According to a statement from the military, among the others killed were Ibrahim Hussein Jazini, director of Nasrallah’s security unit, […]

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“Will no longer be able to terrorize world:” Israel confirms killing of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah

TEL AVIV — Israel has confirmed the killing of top Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in the airstrikes carried out by the Israeli military in Beirut. In a statement, the Israel Defence Forces said, “Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorize the world.” The IDF said that alongside Nasrallah, the commander of Hezbollah’s so-called […]