MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin is to meet Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian for talks Friday at a forum in the Central Asian country of Turkmenistan, a senior aide said on Monday. Yury Ushakov, Putin’s aide on foreign policy, told journalists the leaders will meet in Ashgabat while attending an event celebrating a Turkmen poet. “This … Read more
DOHA: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Qatar on Wednesday for bilateral talks and a summit at which he said he hopes to enlist Asian countries’ help in preventing what he called “Israeli crimes” in the Middle East. Starting his first trip to Qatar as president, Pezeshkian criticised Israel over the killing of Hamas leader … Read more
BEIJING: China calls on the international community, especially major countries with influence, to play a constructive role and avoid further turmoil in the Middle East, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday. On Oct. 1 Beijing time, Israel launched ground offensive in southern Lebanon. In the early morning of Oct. 2, Iran launched military … Read more
TEL AVIV: The Israeli military confirmed on Tuesday that missiles had been launched from Iran towards Israel, prompting the country’s Home Front Command to issue life-saving guidelines for residents across multiple regions. Dozens of explosions boomed across Jerusalem on Tuesday night as air raid sirens rang out, AFP journalists reported. “A short while ago, missiles … Read more
The United States is sending the USS Georgia guided missile submarine to the Middle East and is speeding up the transit to the region of the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group, equipped with F-35C fighters “in light of escalating regional tensions,” the Pentagon said Sunday. In a conversation with Israeli Defense Secretary Yoav Gallant, … Read more
Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, the former commander of U.S. Central Command, predicted on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” Sunday that Lebanese Hezbollah could soon be involved in the border conflict with Israel. “I think we are hours, maybe days — not weeks — away from Lebanese Hezbollah entering this fight.” largest non-state military entity … Read more
The White House says Israel-Hamas cease-fire talks are “close,” amid fears of a widening Middle East war following high-profile assassinations of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders. Israel launched a rare airstrike on Lebanon’s capital of Beirut on July 30, killing Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr, a close advisor to Hezbollah’s secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah. A day later, the … Read more
Israeli strikes early Sunday killed 18 people in Gaza, including four who were sheltering in a tent camp for displaced Palestinians inside a hospital complex, while a stabbing attack carried out by a man who police say was a Palestinian militant killed two people in a Tel Aviv suburb. Tensions have soared following nearly 10 … Read more
The fallout from the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran has left the Middle East on edge, with fears that Israel’s long-running hostilities with Iran and its proxies could intensify into a wider war. Debora Patta reports from Jerusalem.