TEHRAN, Jun. 24 (MNA) – A huge wildfire in southeastern Turkey has killed and injured at least 90 people.
Yemen targets Israel-linked ships in support of Palestinians
Brigadier General Yahya Saree, spokesman for the Yemeni army, announced the operations in a statement on Sunday.
“The naval forces of our Armed Forces carried out a second targeting operation against the ship Transworld Navigator in the Red Sea, using an uncrewed surface boat, which led to a direct hit against the ship,” Saree said.
The Transworld Navigator had previously been attacked by Yemeni forces in the Arabian Sea with ballistic missiles on Saturday.
“The missile force of our Armed Forces carried out an operation targeting the ship Stolt Sequoia in the Indian Ocean with a number of cruise missiles, and the operation has successfully achieved its objectives,” he added.
Saree noted that the two ships were targeted after the companies owning them violated a ban enforced by the Yemeni Armed Forces on the entry of ships to ports in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The new operations follow a series of attacks by Yemeni forces on Saturday, targeting American and Israel-linked vessels, including a second hit on the US aircraft carrier Eisenhower.
“As part of retaliation for the American-British aggression against our country, the operations of the Yemeni Armed Forces forced the American aircraft carrier Eisenhower to leave the Red Sea,” Saree stated on Sunday.
He warned maritime companies to avoid doing business with Israel, adding, “Their ships will be directly targeted in the operation zone of the Yemeni Armed Forces regardless of their destination.”
Saree concluded by saying operations will continue until Israeli aggression against Gaza stops and the siege of the Palestinian territory is lifted.
Since October 7, 2023, when Israel began its war on Gaza, Yemen’s Armed Forces have targeted numerous Israel-linked ships or those heading to ports in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Nearly 37,600 Palestinians, most of them women and children, have been killed, and over 86,000 others injured in the Israeli military onslaught on Gaza.
Yemeni forces have also conducted operations against American and British vessels in response to attacks by the US and UK on Yemen, aiming to halt the Yemeni pro-Palestinian operations.
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Lebanon no battlefield for Israel to make up for its losses
“Repeated threats by Israel are a sign of helplessness and fear, not strength,” Sheikh Nabil Qaouk, deputy head of the executive council of Hezbollah, said in remarks carried by local media on Monday.
He asserted that these threats would have the opposite effect on Israel, instilling greater fear and anxiety among “Zionist settlers in the north and other occupied territories”.
The Hezbollah official asserted that Lebanon is strong and does not seek security from anyone. “What safeguards Lebanon is the power equations and surprises of the Resistance. The missiles and drones of the Resistance can reach their targets wherever they wish.”
Sheikh Qaouk emphasized that Lebanon will not be a place for Israel to compensate for its losses, but rather a battlefield where the Zionists will be defeated in case of a new war.
The Hezbollah official also highlighted the supportive fronts from Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen as factors that have changed the regional landscape of Resistance, strengthening the position of Gaza both politically and on the ground.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has recently threatened Hezbollah with an “all-out war” over the group’s support for Palestinian Resistance groups in Gaza.
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has said his movement is ready for any scenario, waning that no place will be spared in the Israeli-occupied territories in the event of a full-blown military confrontation.
Hezbollah and Israeli forces have exchanged fire almost every day since October 8, a day after the Israeli regime launched an ongoing genocidal war against Gaza.
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Iran's Acting FM meets S Arabia, Turkey, S Korea officials
Bagheri Kani met and held talks with Waleed El Khereiji, the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who was in Tehran to attend a meeting of the Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD).
Additionally, Bagheri Kani also met and held discussions with Burhanettin Duran, Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkey on the sidelines of the ACD summit in Tehran.
He also met and discussed with Chang Byung-wan, Deputy Foreign Minister of South Korea.
The Asia Cooperation Dialogue started its 19th ministerial meeting in the Iranian capital Tehran with the presence of dozens of delegations from Asian countries and international organizations as well as senior officials from the Iranian government on Monday.
Bagheri Kani opened the ACD summit at the Parsian Azadi Hotel in northern Tehran.
“We are proud to be hosting the ministerial summit of the ACD in Tehran and assume its (rotating) presidency,” said the diplomat in his opening speech at the summit.
He added that some 41 delegations of ministers and international organizations are participating in the meeting.
The ACD was established in 2002 in Thailand and is headquartered in Kuwait. A fundamental goal of the alliance is to consolidate Asia’s strengths and enhance its competitiveness on the global stage.
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Iraq-based Resistance group attacks Haifa
Issuing a statement, the Iraq-based Resistance group said that it had used drones to attack a vital military target in Haifa.
It said that the anti-Zionist operation was carried out in support of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in response to the crimes committed by the Tel Aviv regime in the besieged coastal enclave.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has conducted attacks on Israeli targets ever since the occupying regime started the genocidal war on Gaza in early October.
The Zionist regime has been waging an atrocious onslaught against the Gaza Strip, targeting hospitals, residences, and houses of worship after Palestinian Resistance movements launched a surprise attack, dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, on October 7.
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International Cartoon Contest boycott Genocide -2024
Themes:
Condemning the Israeli Regime’s Participation in the Paris 2024 Olympics
Denying the Israeli Regime’s Genocide and Racism
Criticizing America’s Double Standards on Palestine
Conditions:
• Each participant can submit a maximum of five works.
• Submitted works must not have previously won prizes.
• Cartoons and caricatures must be submitted in png or jpg format with a resolution of 300dpi and a length or width of 3000 pixels.
• Artists must submit their name, surname, postal address, email address, phone number, photo, and resoumr in a word file.
• Works can be submitted by email.
• Please use the following hashtag when sharing your artwork on social media: #OlympicsAgainstGenocide
Prizes:
• First Place: $2000 along with a gold medal and certificate of appreciation
• Second Place: $1500 along with a silver medal and certificate
• Third Place: $1000 along with a bronze medal and certificate
• Two $500 Special Prizes along with a certificate
Deadline: July 16, 2024
Email: olympicartoon@gmail.com
Through the joint collaboration of the five countries of Brazil, Malaysia, China, Venezuela, Turkey, Egypt, and Iran
Haifa comes under fresh joint attack by Yemeni forces, Iraqi fighters
Yemen’s Armed Forces and Iraq’s anti-terror fighters have carried out a fresh joint anti-Israeli operation, targeting the port of Haifa in the northern part of the occupied Palestinian territories.
The forces and Iraq’s Islamic Resistance, which is an umbrella group of anti-terror fighters, announced the operation in separate statements on Thursday.
The statement by forces said the attack had been carried out using “several cruise missiles.”
It identified the target in question as a “vital” spot at the port, and hailed that “the operation achieved its goal successfully.”
This is not the first time, when the port comes under such a joint operation.
The Armed Forces and the Iraqi fighters have been staging numerous anti-Israeli strikes, either separately or in cooperation with one another, since last October, when the Israeli regime began a genocidal war against the Gaza Strip.
At least 37,765 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have died as a result of the war that began following a retaliatory operation carried out by Gaza’s resistance groups.
The Iraqi Resistance’s anti-Israeli attacks have been mainly aimed at targets lying across the occupied territories.
The Yemeni forces have, however, expanded their strikes to include Israeli vessels and the vessels that head towards the ports of those territories.
Completing their statement, the Yemeni forces also said they had conducted another operation, targeting a ship, identified as “SEAJOY,” for sailing towards the occupied territories.
“The operation was carried out jointly by the drone air force, the missile force, and the naval forces, with a drone boat and several missiles and drones. The operation resulted in a direct and precise hit on the ship,” the statement noted.
It vowed that the forces would continue their operations in the Red and Arabian Seas as well as the Indian Ocean as long as the Israeli regime kept up the brutal military onslaught and a simultaneous siege that it has been enforcing against Gaza.
Hamas chief's sister among dozens killed in Israeli attack
The warplanes targeted the family home of Haniyeh in the Shati camp area near Gaza City, killing at least 10 people, including his sister. Reports said everyone killed in the strike was a member of the Haniyeh family.
The Palestinian WAFA news agency also reported that five civilians, including three children, were killed and several others injured after an Israeli airstrike hit a house in the al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza on Monday.
The report further said that 10 Palestinians lost their lives in an Israeli bombing of Bani Suhaila roundabout east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, the report added that an Israeli aerial assault killed two people and wounded several others in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
Also on Monday, Israeli fighter jets carried out a series of strikes on Gaza City’s Sheikh Ijlin neighborhood and Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.
Additionally, Israeli artillery targeted the northeastern Gaza city of Beit Hanoun while the regime’s tanks advanced into the southern areas of Rafah and set fire to several houses there.
Israel unleashed a genocidal war on Gaza on October 7, which has so far killed at least 37,626 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 86,098 others.
Seven months later, the occupying regime began a ground offensive in Rafah, home to displaced Palestinians who had fled from the rest of Gaza amid the bloody Israeli onslaught.
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BRICS to suspend admitting new members for a while
“By the overwhelming majority, the ten nations decided to ‘take a pause’ with new members to ‘take in’ the new members who have doubled the association,” he said at a meeting with the Speaker of Belarus’ Council of the Republic, or upper house of parliament, Natalia Kochanova.
“At the same time, we are working of categories of partner countries as stages ahead of a full-fledged membership. We will support our Belarusian friends as a number of other like-minded nations,” Lavrov, who is on an official visit to Minsk, said.
A meeting of the BRICS foreign ministers was held in Nizhny Novgorod on June 10 and 11. This was the first ministerial meeting following BRICS expansion in 2023 when Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE joined Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa as full-fledged BRICS members. About 30 more countries are interested in cooperating with the association in this or that format.
Russia took over the BRICS’ year-long presidency on January 1, 2024. Russia’s presidency features more than 250 various events, with a BRICS summit in Kazan in October 2024 being the central one.
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One in five Gazans facing extreme lack of food: WHO chief
“A high risk of famine persists across Gaza as long as the conflict continues. One in five people in Gaza experience an extreme lack of food. Almost all people in the Strip face high levels of acute food insecurity,” he wrote on the X social media platform.
The WHO chief emphasized that “only an end to the hostilities and immediate, unimpeded and sustained humanitarian access can reduce the risk of a famine occurring in the Gaza Strip.”
Israel waged its brutal war on besieged Gaza on October 7 after Hamas carried out an unprecedented operation against the occupying entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.
Israel has imposed a complete siege on the densely populated territory, cutting off fuel, electricity, food, and water to the more than two million Palestinians living there.
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