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- Israeli forces shoot down drone launched from Lebanon: IDF
- ISIS claims responsibility for twin suicide bombings in Iraq that killed over 30 civilians
- New images show aftermath of Israeli strikes on western Syria
- Israeli warplanes strike western Syria from Lebanese territory
Israeli forces shoot down drone launched from Lebanon: IDF
Published 2021-01-22 23:46:13 by News Desk in Israel, LebanonThe Israeli army said on Friday that it had downed a drone that had crossed the border from Lebanon. "The drone was monitored by the Israel Defense Forces throughout the incident," the military said in a statement. This comes on the back of another episode of escalation in the region earlier in the day as Syria's state media reported that the Syrian air defence systems repelled an Israeli rocket attack in Hama. The attack was reportedly launched from Lebanon's Tripoli city and left four people killed and another four injured, in addition to destroying three houses. Lebanon and Israel have... Read on ->
Tags: Israel, Lebanon
ISIS claims responsibility for twin suicide bombings in Iraq that killed over 30 civilians
Published 2021-01-22 12:28:44 by News Desk in IraqBEIRUT, LEBANON (12:10 P.M.) - The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) terrorist organization claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings in central Baghdad on Thursday that killed more than 30 civilians and wounded 100 more. In a statement released by their media wing, the terrorist group revealed that the two suicide bombers that targeted central Baghdad on Thursday were named Abu Yousif Al-Ansari and Mohammad Arif Al-Muhajir. The terrorist group boasted about killing the 30+ civilians, calling the victims "al-rafidah" (rejecters), a derogatory term used by the Islamic State to describe Shiite Muslim victims, who they claim are 'apostates' (murtad) of Islam.... Read on ->
Tags: Baghdad, Iraq, ISIS
New images show aftermath of Israeli strikes on western Syria
Published 2021-01-22 12:06:23 by News Desk in SyriaBEIRUT, LEBANOON (12:00 P.M.) - On Friday morning, at approximately 4:00 A.M. (Damascus Time), the Israeli Air Force launched a powerful attack from Lebanon's North Governorate on Syria's Hama Governorate. The attack targeted a number of military sites along the administrative border of Hama and Tartous, resulting in heavy damage to several buildings inside this west Syria governorate. According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), an entire family was killed during the attack, including two young children. SANA added that as many as four other civilians were wounded as a result of these strikes. The SANA report accused Israel... Read on ->
Tags: Hama, Syria
Israeli warplanes strike western Syria from Lebanese territory
Published 2021-01-22 11:37:36 by News Desk in Israel, SyriaBEIRUT, LEBANON (11:20 A.M.) - The Israeli Air Force launched a new round of strikes on Syria, targeting the Hama Governorate for the second time in thirty days. According to a field report from the Tartous Governorate, the Israeli warplanes fired several missiles from Lebanese territory, prompting the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) to activate its coastal air defenses. The report said the Syrian air defenses managed to intercept some of the missiles; however, a number of them still hit their targets in the western countryside of the Hama Governorate. The target of the Israeli strikes were military sites located along the... Read on ->
Tags: Hama, Israel, Lebanon, Syria
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