Israel Lebanon attacks
UK govt sanctions Iranian military chiefs after Israel attack.
Updated 15 Oct, 2024 10:19am
Says Iran was “fully prepared for a war situation ... but we do not want war, we want peace".
Updated 14 Oct, 2024 11:28am
Fifteen peacekeepers suffer from skin irritation, other ailments after shelling.
Updated 14 Oct, 2024 07:42am
People of south Lebanon warned not to return to their homes; UNIFIL refuses to leave positions.
Published 13 Oct, 2024 07:57am
Review bilateral relations, discuss regional, international developments; Pak-Saudi defence forum discusses challenges to regional security.
Published 12 Oct, 2024 10:53pm
Lebanon asks UN to seek immediate truce; Israel targets head of Hezbollah’s security apparatus.
Published 12 Oct, 2024 07:27am
Three Gaza hospitals told to evacuate; airstrike targets senior Hezbollah figure in Beirut; Israeli forces fire on UN peacekeepers.
Updated 11 Oct, 2024 07:37am
Sindh governor receives them at Karachi airport, according to state media.
Updated 09 Oct, 2024 05:15pm
Cabinet okays PM’s Relief Fund for Palestine and Lebanon; Ahsan Iqbal to lead relief operations.
Published 09 Oct, 2024 08:36am
UN officials warn Beirut may face same "spiral of doom" as Gaza, seek urgent action to stop conflict.
Published 09 Oct, 2024 08:24am
Says "Nasrallah’s replacement, and the replacement of the replacement" killed.
Updated 09 Oct, 2024 10:52am
It was rewarding to read Seymour Hersh’s piece on Hassan Nasrallah, not least because the American journalist happens to be Jewish.
Updated 08 Oct, 2024 09:43am
Two Israeli troops killed in "border-area combat"; around 100 Israeli jets hit 120 targets in Lebanon; Hezbollah hits base of Israeli intel unit.
Updated 08 Oct, 2024 10:13am
The fate of the Middle East hangs in the balance with Iran and Israel set on a collision course.
Updated 07 Oct, 2024 09:53am
Using the Oct 7 attacks as an excuse to wage endless aggression on Middle East, Israel has crossed all red lines.
Updated 07 Oct, 2024 09:07am
Smoke clouds hang over city as Lebanese capital experiences "heaviest bombing so far" on Sunday.
Updated 07 Oct, 2024 07:54am
Pro-Palestine supporters gather across Europe, Africa, Australia and the Americas; US urged to stop providing weapons, aid to Israel.
Updated 07 Oct, 2024 10:56am
Hajizadeh, 62, has headed the Guards aerospace unit since its creation in 2009.
Updated 07 Oct, 2024 11:18am
While the Middle East and parts of West Asia appear poised on a knife-edge, the Pakistani political landscape may well be shaped this month too.
Updated 06 Oct, 2024 09:20am
“The purpose of my trip to Damascus is to continue consultations regarding the developments in the region,” Araghchi says.
Updated 06 Oct, 2024 08:26am
Hezbollah fires rockets at an air base in Israel’s north; Tel Aviv says it "struck at fighters inside a mosque” in southern Lebanon.
Published 06 Oct, 2024 07:50am
Lebanon says over 2,000 killed by Israeli aggression in around one year.
Updated 05 Oct, 2024 10:15am
At least 46 people die in Israeli strikes over 24 hours; IDF claims striking intel HQ in Beirut.
Updated 04 Oct, 2024 09:46am
With the US and UK egging on Israel, instead of reining in their rabid ally, it is difficult to foresee a negotiated denouement of this conflict.
Updated 03 Oct, 2024 07:17pm
Fighting turns south Beirut into ghost town; Tehran, Tel Aviv issue dire warnings to each other.
Updated 03 Oct, 2024 09:35am
Antonio Guterres calls for ending "sickening cycle of escalation".
Published 03 Oct, 2024 08:12am
Regional tensions escalate amid the Gaza conflict, raising fears of a wider regional war.
Updated 02 Oct, 2024 11:43pm
Hezbollah is at heart a guerrilla movement, and though it may be severely degraded, its cadres on the ground are not likely to be deterred.
Updated 02 Oct, 2024 09:13am
Prophecies are not needed. It does not take much looking around to note that the world is undergoing exceptional mayhem.
Updated 02 Oct, 2024 09:24am
Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters retaliate with anti-tank rockets.
Published 02 Oct, 2024 08:12am