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Lebanon says Israeli strike in south kills 12 medics

Lebanon says Israeli strike in south kills 12 medics

An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon killed a dozen medical staff at a clinic, Lebanese health authorities said Saturday, after Iran-backed Hezbollah's leader said his group was ready for a long confrontation with Israel. Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war last week when the Tehran-

Kharg Island bombed, Trump says US to escort ships through Hormuz soon

Kharg Island bombed, Trump says US to escort ships through Hormuz soon

President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States had heavily bombed military targets on Iran's oil hub Kharg Island and the US Navy would soon begin escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. Several top Iranian officials joined a defiant pro-government rally in Tehran, meanwhile, marching

Drone strike kills French soldier in Iraqi Kurdistan

Drone strike kills French soldier in Iraqi Kurdistan

A drone strike killed a French soldier in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, France's armed forces ministry said on Friday, after President Emmanuel Macron confirmed the country's first military death in the Middle East war. Arnaud Frion, 42, was killed in a drone strike and

Marc Racicot: Costs of U.S. bravado in Iran are enormous and insufferably predictable

The Trump presidency, for far too much of the time, bears more resemblance to a lawless syndicate than to an honorable governmental administration. The repetitive commission of war crimes on the high seas and in Venezuela, the threats to resort to force against Greenland, one of the United States’ closest

Trump vows intense strikes as Iran war heads into third week

Trump vows intense strikes as Iran war heads into third week

President Donald Trump said in an interview aired Friday that American forces would strike Iranian targets "very hard" in the coming days, signaling an intensification of the US-Israeli campaign as the war in the Middle East approaches its third week. Washington and its ally launched the offensive

FBI probes Michigan synagogue attack as targeted violence, antisemitism

(The Center Square) – An armed attacker rammed a vehicle into a Michigan synagogue and school Thursday before being shot and killed by the temple’s security staff in what the FBI is investigating as a targeted act of violence against the Jewish community. The attack occurred at Temple Israel in

'Never forget': Ivory Coast commemorates 2016 jihadist attack on resort

'Never forget': Ivory Coast commemorates 2016 jihadist attack on resort

Ivory Coast on Friday commemorated the 19 victims of a jihadist attack on a popular beach resort a decade ago. Three attackers wielding assault rifles stormed the beach at Grand-Bassam, popular with foreigners and 40 kilometres (25 miles) east of the main city of Abidjan, on March 13, 2016