Tensions surge as Israel conducts retaliatory attacks on Iran’s military sites
Israel bombed military targets in Iran on Saturday, killing at least two soldiers, fulfilling a vow to avenge a missile barrage and stirring fears of […]
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Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah and the whole Shebang, by Osmund Agbo
In the land where the Zagros Mountains meet the horizon and vast deserts tell tales of ancient times lies a country historically known as Persia. […]
Gaza war escalates as Hezbollah launches rocket attack on Israel
Lebanon’s Hezbollah said it launched more than 200 rockets and explosive drones at Israeli military positions on Thursday as tensions have soared amid the almost […]
Islamic Jihad spokesman sets conditions for release of Israeli captives
Abu Hamza, the spokesperson for Al-Quds Brigades, the military arm of Islamic Jihad, has conveyed a message to Israel stipulating the terms for the release […]
Israel strikes Gaza again as negotiators struggle for truce
Israel struck targets in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after seizing the main border crossing with Egypt, where negotiators were working to make good on […]
Israel deploys tanks to Rafah, seizes vital crossing
Israel sent tanks into Rafah in southern Gaza, seizing control of the border crossing with Egypt on Tuesday, an operation the United Nations said denied […]
When it comes to Israel, it’s never “America first”, by Osmund Agbo
In March 2014, about two years prior to the 2016 United States presidential election, all roads led to the Venetian, a 5-star resort in the […]
Starvation used as ‘war arm’ in Israel – EU
The European Union foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, has told the United Nations Security Council that “starvation is being used as a war arm” by […]
On Nigeria’s criminal abdication of responsibility on the Gaza crisis, by Muhammad Al-Ghazali
While studying for my postgraduate degree in International Relations at ABU in its glorious years, we were inundated with factual narratives of how the mid […]
Hamas antitank strikes show depth of ‘powerful’ arsenal facing Israel
Where once Israeli forces faced stones and molotov cocktails thrown by Palestinians, they now confront weapons such as laser-guided missiles and antitank
Israel troops encircle Gaza as US top diplomat, Blinken visits for resolutions
On Friday, as top US diplomat Antony Blinken arrived in Israel for a visit centered on “concrete steps” to minimize Palestinian civilian losses, Israeli ground troops surrounded Gaza City in their ongoing war with Hamas. Ahead of Blinken’s arrival, Israel’s military said on Thursday it had “completed the encirclement” of the narrow Palestinian territory’s largest city — signalling a […]
Gaza: Humanitarian crisis deepens as Israel commences ground invasion
According to the New York Times, the Israeli military appears to have launched an unannounced invasion of Gaza, deploying troops inside the enclave in what appears to be the longest and most extensive ground assault since Hamas launched cross-border strikes on October 7. Troops advanced into the northern part of the enclave on Friday evening, accompanied by a massive aerial and artillery bombardment and remained there on […]
Egypt okays 20 humanitarian aid trucks into Gaza – Biden
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has agreed to open the Rafah crossing into Gaza to allow a first batch of around 20 humanitarian aid trucks […]
Biden set to Visit Israel as Gaza ground offensive looms
President Joe Biden will make a landmark trip to Israel on Wednesday, a show of “ironclad” support as Washington tries to prevent the escalating war […]
Death tolls rise sharply as Israel continues onslaught on Gaza
The death toll from five days of ferocious fighting between Hamas and Israel rose sharply overnight as Israel kept up its bombardment of Gaza Wednesday […]