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The Lebanese army will present a comprehensive plan to the government next week aimed at ensuring exclusive state control over weapons, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Tuesday, Anadolu reports. “The course of exclusive state authority over weapons, the extension of its power, and its monopoly over decisions of war and peace has begun, and there is no turning back,” Salam said during a meeting with US envoy Tom Barrack and his accompanying delegation. A statement by Salam’s office said his discussions with the US delegation dwelt on Lebanon’s domestic situation and the outcomes of the delegation’s regional tour. Salam thanked the US for its ongoing support of the Lebanese army and called for expanded financial and military assistance, describing the institution […]

The head of the UN agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on Tuesday slammed the Israeli government’s policy of denying the famine in Gaza as “shameful”, Anadolu reports. Speaking to the press at a seminar held in Santander, northern Spain, Philippe Lazzarini said: “There is a famine right now in Gaza. This is a man-made famine driven by political and military will.” Lazzarini said Gaza is facing a situation that has “hit rock bottom” in humanitarian terms, adding that the failure of the international community to heed warnings about the famine is “shameful.” “Gaza today is like hell. People are not only dying under bombardments, they are dying of hunger, and even when they go out to look for food, they are […]

US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack on Tuesday sparked outrage in Lebanon after describing the behavior of journalists as “animalistic” during a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Beirut, Anadolu reports. “Please be quiet for a moment,” Barrack told reporters. “The moment this starts becoming chaotic, like animalistic, we’re gone. So, you want to know what’s happening? Act civilized, act kind, act tolerant, because this is the problem with what’s happening in the region.” His remarks triggered swift condemnation from Lebanese officials and media organizations. In a statement, the Lebanese presidency said it “regrets the statements made from its platform by one of its guests today.” While stressing “absolute respect for human dignity in general,” the presidency reaffirmed its appreciation […]

The 7 October 2023 assault on Israel tore through one of the most fortified borders in the world and left its vaunted military humiliated. Hamas, with its ragtag arsenal and tunnels carved through sand, brought a nuclear-armed state to its knees. This was not just a tactical ambush. It was an existential reckoning. Israel, armed with the most sophisticated surveillance and weaponry on earth, was blindsided. Technology became its prison, not its shield. Drones, satellites, and AI-fed command centers could not read intent, could not decipher silence, could not see into the minds of men willing to die. As Ehud Yaari confessed, “Israel very likely had sufficient intelligence to anticipate a Hamas attack, yet was still unprepared. Technological superiority did […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday evening encouraged settlers to continue their attacks on Palestinian citizens in the occupied West Bank, while hinting at its imminent annexation under Israeli sovereignty. Netanyahu made his remarks during a ceremony marking the approval of 17 new settlements in the West Bank, according to Israel’s Channel 7. Speaking about the daily assaults carried out by settlers against Palestinians, he said: “The entire people of Israel trust the heroism of our sons.” He added: “From Judea and Samaria [the biblical term for the West Bank] and from all parts of the Land of Israel, we are protecting this land.” Alongside the ongoing war in Gaza, the Israeli army and settlers in the West Bank, […]

Hamas has denied reports claiming that Khalil al-Haya, a member of the movement’s political bureau, was targeted in an assassination attempt in Turkiye. Palestinian media outlets quoted Hamas sources as saying that the circulating claims were “false rumours” falling within what they described as the psychological and media warfare waged by the occupation against the Palestinian people and their leaders. The sources affirmed that such “failed attempts” will not undermine people’s trust in their leadership, nor will they change the firm positions that Dr al-Haya and his colleagues have demonstrated throughout years of resilience and defiance. They added that “rumours are the weapon of the weak” and stressed that Palestinians have become accustomed to emerging from such campaigns more steadfast […]

The Palestinian Resistance Movement, Hamas, has strongly condemned the Israeli occupation forces’ latest raid on the city of Ramallah, the administrative center of the Palestinian Authority located in the central occupied West Bank. Hamas described the raid as a full-fledged crime that embodies a destructive and exterminating approach, according to Quds Press. In a statement released on Tuesday, Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi characterised the ongoing assaults by the Israeli army across West Bank governorates and the barbaric attacks in Ramallah as clear indicators of the occupation’s malicious intent to tighten its control over the region.  He specifically highlighted the targeting of banks, money exchange offices, and civilian facilities as evidence of this nefarious agenda. “Attacking civilian infrastructure and storming commercial […]

Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syria’s interim president, has firmly denied any affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood, asserting that he has been “the most harmed” by ISIS.  In an interview published Tuesday in the Kuwaiti newspaper An-Nahar, he expressed his view that both nationalist and Islamic ideologies have failed to deliver positive outcomes in the region. Al-Sharaa emphasised that any aspirations for secession within Syria will remain “mere dreams,” stating that viable solutions with the Kurdish population and the Druze minority of Sweida can only emerge within the context of national unity.  READ: Saudi Arabia denounces Israeli incursions into Syria, affirming support for Damascus “All solutions with the Kurds and Sweida can be discussed, with the exception of secession,” he said and stressed that […]

The Lebanese presidency has expressed regret over the “inadvertent” comments made by the US Special Envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, during a press conference, emphasising its respect for journalists and media representatives. “The Lebanese Presidency regrets remarks made inadvertently from its podium by one of its guests,” the presidency posted on X. This statement came just hours after Barrack faced backlash in Lebanon for describing journalists’ behaviour as “animalistic” during the event at the presidential palace in Beirut. As reporters shouted questions following Barrack’s meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, the envoy, who also serves as US Ambassador to Turkey, called for silence, stating, “We’re going to have a different set of rules… Please be quiet for a moment. The […]

A new opinion poll has shown that a large majority of Israelis believe there are “no innocents in Gaza”, at a time when Tel Aviv has been waging a war of extermination against Palestinians for nearly 23 months, most recently targeting journalists working for international news agencies. The survey, conducted by the aChord Centre, a research institute affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem between, 11 and 13 August with the participation of 912 Israelis, revealed that 76 per cent of respondents said there are no innocents in Gaza, reflecting a notable increase in extremist views within Israeli society.  It also found that 63 per cent of Israelis, including most voters of the ruling coalition, consider the return of all captives […]