US to send thousands more troops to Middle East | The National
WEB2 days ago · Washington. September 30, 2024. Live updates: Follow the latest news on Israel-Gaza. The US military is sending several thousand additional troops to the Middle East as it seeks to stop the current Israel -Hezbollah conflict from expanding into a broader regional war, the Pentagon said on Monday. The deployment will comprise “a few …
US military helped Israel intercept Iranian missiles | The ...
WEB1 day ago · October 01, 2024. Live updates: Follow the latest on Israel-Gaza. The US military helped Israel counter a barrage of Iranian ballistic missiles on Tuesday while Washington reaffirmed support for its ally as fears grew of a wider regional war. The Pentagon said Iran had fired about 200 ballistic missiles at Israel, about double the …
US special representative for Afghanistan to step down | The ...
WEB1 day ago · Thomas West, the US special representative for Afghanistan, announced on Tuesday that he is stepping down from the role, ending a three-year tenure that overlapped the Taliban's return to power in the country. Mr West was assigned to the job in October 2021, two months after the Taliban swept back to power as the Afghan army collapsed …
Israel's Lebanon invasion shows its deadly lack of restraint ...
WEB12 hours ago · Insight and opinion from The National’s editorial leadership. October 01, 2024. Within days of Hamas’s deadly attack on October 7, in which it killed more than 1,000 Israelis and took 230 hostages, people in Lebanon began to brace themselves for the possibility they would be pulled inexorably into the orbit of Israel’s wrath.
Disbelief and defiance in Beirut but critics say Hassan ...
WEB4 days ago · Since October, when Hezbollah announced it would wage a front against Israel in an attempt to pressure Israel into a ceasefire in Gaza, the Iran-backed group has maintained a steady, controlled war of attrition from Lebanon against Israel, despite suffering great losses, including the eradication of the vast majority of its leadership in …
'We are winning,' defiant Netanyahu tells UNGA | The National
WEB5 days ago · September 27, 2024. Latest updates: Follow our full coverage on the UN General Assembly. A defiant Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the UN General Assembly in New York on Friday, saying "we are winning", as Israel continues its war against Hamas in Gaza and as it carries out strikes in Lebanon. Dozens of …
US charges three alleged Iran operatives over Trump campaign ...
WEB5 days ago · Sara Ruthven. September 27, 2024. The US Justice Department unsealed criminal charges on Friday against three alleged Iranian operatives accused of involvement in the hack of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and the release of stolen information to media outlets. Masoud Jalili, Sayyed Ali Alghamiri and Yasar Balaghi were accused of ...