Tag: Israel
Russia blames Israel for plane shot down by Syrian missile
MOSCOW: A Russian reconnaissance aircraft was shot down by a Syrian missile over the Mediterranean Sea, killing all 15 people on board, the Russian...
Russia says a military aircraft vanishes near Syria during Israeli, French...
MOSCOW: Russia’s defence ministry said early on Tuesday that one if its military aircraft with 14 people on board disappeared from radar screens over...
With Hezbollah in mind, Israel builds a new wall
ROSH HANIQRA: High in the hills above the Mediterranean, Israeli troops worked while soldiers from a country still technically at war with them peered...
Khamenei says US, Israel wage media war to discourage Iranians
DUBAI: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused the United States and Israel on Thursday of waging a media war to discourage Iranians, state...
No knowledge of Trump ordering Assad killed, says Israeli intelligence minister
JERUSALEM: Israel’s intelligence minister said on Wednesday he had no knowledge of close ally US President Donald Trump ever ordering the killing of Syria’s...
Israel signals it could attack Iranian weaponry in Iraq
JERUSALEM: Israel signaled on Monday that it could attack suspected Iranian military assets in Iraq, as it has done with scores of air strikes...
Israel welcomes end of US funding for UN Palestinian refugee agency
JERUSALEM: Israel welcomed Saturday a US decision to end funding for the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), accusing the organisation which supports some five...
Israel demolishes family home of Palestinian attacker
KAUBER, West Bank: The Israeli military on Tuesday demolished the family home of a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank who killed an...
Israel reopens people crossing with Gaza Strip
JERUSALEM: Israel reopened its only crossing for people with the Gaza Strip on Monday, a week after shutting it over violence along the border...
Trump cuts more than $200m aid to Palestinians
--State Dept official says funds, originally planned for programmes in West Bank and Gaza, would address 'high-priority projects elsewhere'
WASHINGTON: The United States is cutting more...
Israel rejects UN report on protecting Palestinians
UNITED NATIONS: Israel has rejected a report by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres outlining options for strengthening the protection of Palestinians in Israeli-occupied territories.
Israel's UN...
‘No one will be allowed to turn Kashmir into another Palestine’
Yasin Malik says state subject law is guaranteeing Kashmiris’ unique identity, right to self-determination
SRINAGAR: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik has...
Israel lets food, goods back into Gaza as Egypt pushes truce
GAZA: Israel allowed commercial goods back into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, in a sign of an easing of tensions as neighboring Egypt pursued...
Israeli minister confirms Netanyahu met Sisi over Gaza
JERUSALEM: Israel's finance minister confirmed on Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Egypt in May to discuss...
Philippine president to visit Israel
MANILA: Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte has accepted an invitation to visit Israel next month in a sign of improving ties, which had hit a...
Gaza protesters halt fire after deadly flare-up with Israel
GAZA CITY: Gaza militants halted fire Thursday after targeting Israel with some 180 rockets and mortars, provoking Israeli strikes across the enclave that killed...
Israeli strike kills two Hamas militants in Gaza
GAZA (Reuters): Israeli tank fire killed two Hamas militants in Gaza on Tuesday in a strike the Israeli military said was launched against a...