The Houthi militias have escalated their campaigns to recruit students from private schools in Sanaa, exploiting educational institutions to supply its battlefronts with new fighters and offset its ongoing human losses. The group is reportedly forcing students to attend military training courses while threatening school administrations with closure, fines, and other penalties. Educational sources in Sanaa told Asharq Al-Awsat that the group's so-called "Jihadist Department," in coordination with
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's camp has finished ahead of the opposition but remained well short of a majority, final results from Israel's general election showed, setting the stage for tough coalition talks or potentially another vote.
The Saudi-led coalition has successfully intercepted a drone launched by Yemen’s Houthi militia in the Makkah region. The coalition announced the destruction of the drone in a statement on social media.
US Senator Chris Murphy disclosed on October 28 that he was among the members of Congress recently briefed behind closed doors on the Trump administration’s discussions of a possible post-midterm assault on Iran, and he came away with a startling assessment: “Their plan is insane.” Murphy (D-Conn.), who recently traveled to Gulf countries to survey […]
TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) – The Yemeni Armed Forces announced late Thursday that they had conducted six military operations targeting various strategic sites across Saudi Arabia.
A vessel transiting outbound in the Strait of Hormuz continued its journey after earlier catching fire on Thursday, 25 nautical miles northeast of Oman’s Khasab, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said. The tanker was hit by a small boat with two explosive devices attached to its hull, causing blasts that sparked a fire in the tanker’s engine room that temporarily disabled the vessel, the UKMTO said on Friday. The crew were safe, there was no environmental impact
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition won the most seats in the general election but fell eight short of a parliamentary majority, final results showed Friday. Arab party groupings emerged as potential kingmakers, while allegations of foreign interference threatened to complicate efforts to form a government.
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing and far-right bloc emerged ahead of the opposition in the country's general election but fell well short of a parliamentary majority, according to final official results released early Friday, amid unsubstantiated claims by his Likud party that the vote had been "stolen." The Central Elections Committee said Netanyahu's coalition won 53 seats in the 120-member Knesset, with Likud remaining the largest single party with 27 seats. T
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party complained on Wednesday that this week's tumultuous election was “stolen by Arab parties that support terrorism and the elimination of the Jewish state.”
Halima Salman, 27, was convicted on Tuesday of joining the Islamic State and receiving military training in Syria, marking the first public conviction of a woman for joining ISIS by an American court. She now faces up to 10 years in prison.
A vessel transiting outbound in the Strait of Hormuz was on fire following an incident on Thursday, 25 nautical miles northeast of Oman’s Khasab, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said. The cause of the fire was unknown, and the status of the crew, extent of damage and environmental impact were also unknown, UKMTO said, citing a third-party report.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party and its allies won 53 seats in Parliament, falling short of the outright majority needed to form a government. The main opposition bloc, led by Gadi Eisenkot, won 48.
LONDON: Lebanon’s leaders are looking to US-mediated diplomacy in an effort to avert another war with Israel, even as Israeli forces remain in southern Lebanon and Hezbollah refuses to surrender its weapons. This leaves authorities in Beirut with little control over the decisions that could plunge the country back into conflict. Caught between Israeli demands for security guarantees and Hezbollah’s insistence that its arsenal is essential for efforts to resist occupation, the Lebanese government
Israel’s Arab parties have emerged as potential kingmakers after securing a record 19 seats in the Knesset, but turning their electoral gains into political influence may prove far harder than winning the votes. A surge in turnout among Palestinian citizens of Israel has complicated the calculations of rival blocs led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot, neither of which has an easy route to a governing majority. Exit polls on Tuesday night initially put Eisenkot’s anti-Netany
JERUSALEM: There was growing anger among Arab political parties in Israel on Thursday after unsubstantiated claims by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that unprecedented Arab gains in this week’s Knesset elections were driven by foreign funding. Parties representing Israel’s 21 percent Arab minority won 19 seats in the 120-member parliament, Netyanhu’s bloc won 53, and his main rival Gadi Eisenkot won 48 seats. The results mean that neither of the two main coalitions can form a government with
NEW YORK: Viral meningitis is spreading in the Gaza Strip, the UN warned on Thursday. Overcrowding, battered water and sanitation networks and shortages of essential treatments are driving up the risk of transmission across the enclave. Acute respiratory infections remained the most prevalent health condition reported in Gaza in September, UN associate spokesperson Shirin Yaseen said, citing a World Health Organization report. “To scale up services, we once more call for the lifting of restricti
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