World Feb 09 Netanyahu orders Palestinians in Gaza’s crowded Rafah evacuated ahead of expected ground invasion Shortly after midnight Friday, a residential building was struck near Rafah’s Kuwaiti Hospital, killing five people from the al-Sayed family, including three children and a woman. A second Rafah strike killed three more people.
World Feb 05 Several allied Kurdish fighters killed in drone attack on base housing U.S. troops in Syria In late January, a drone attack by an umbrella group of Iran-backed Iraqi militias killed three U.S. troops and wounded dozens more at a desert base in Jordan.
World Feb 03 What to know about the U.S. airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran-backed fighters The U.S. military has launched strikes on dozens of sites manned by Iran-backed fighters in western Iraq and eastern Syria in retaliation for a drone strike in Jordan in late January that killed three U.S. service members and wounded dozens.
World Feb 02 Hamas rules out key provisions to Gaza cease-fire proposal, but remains committed to see an end to fighting Hamas officials say the group is studying a proposed cease-fire deal that would include prolonged pauses in fighting in Gaza and swaps of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, but at the same time appeared to rule out some of its…
World Jan 20 At least 5 Iranian advisers killed by Israeli airstrike in Syria’s capital, officials say An Israeli strike on the Syrian capital on Saturday destroyed a building used by the Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, killing at least five Iranians, Syrian and Iranian state media reported.
World Jan 19 Top Israeli officials disagree over how to handle the war against Hamas in Gaza Israel’s offensive, one of the deadliest and most destructive military campaigns in recent history, has killed nearly 25,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health authorities, and uprooted more than 80 percent of the territory’s population.
World Jan 13 Netanyahu declares no one can halt Israel’s war to crush Hamas, including international court Israel will pursue its war against Hamas until victory and will not be stopped by anyone, including the world court, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a defiant speech Saturday, as the fighting in Gaza approached the 100-day mark.
World Jan 08 Slain Hezbollah commander fought in some of the group’s biggest battles, had close ties to leaders Wissam al-Tawil was a commander in Hezbollah's secretive Radwan Force, which is deployed along the border with Israel. He was killed Monday when a strike hit his SUV in his hometown.
World Jan 08 Israeli airstrike kills top Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon It's the latest in an escalating exchange of strikes along the border that have raised fears of another Mideast war as the fighting in Gaza exacts a mounting toll on civilians.
World Jan 06 Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel in retaliation for killing of top Hamas leader in Beirut Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets from Lebanon into northern Israel on Saturday, warning that the barrage was its initial response to the targeted killing, presumably by Israel, of a top Hamas leader in Lebanon’s capital earlier this week.