Amman: Lebanese Hezbollah militants attacked a Syrian rebel-held town alongside Syrian troops on Sunday and Israel threatened more attacks on Syria to rein the militia in, highlighting the risks of a wider regional conflict if planned peace talks fail.
Activists said it was the fiercest fighting in Syria's two year-old civil war involving Hezbollah, a Shi'ite group backed by Iran which they said appeared to be helping President Bashar al-Assad secure a vital corridor in case Syria fragments.
Speaking from Qusair near the border with Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, activist Hadi Abdallah said Syrian warplanes bombed the town in the morning and shells were hitting the town at a rate of up to 50 a minute. At least 32 people were killed.
"The army is hitting Qusair with tanks and artillery from the north and east while Hezbollah is firing mortar rounds and multiple rocket launchers from the south and west," he said....
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06:23 AM, May 20, 2013
Amman: Israel played down weekend air strikes reported to have killed dozens of Syrian soldiers close to Damascus, saying they were not aimed at influencing its neighbour's civil war but only at stopping Iranian missiles reaching Lebanese Hezbollah militants. Oil prices spiked above $105 a barrel, their highest in nearly a month, on Monday as the air strikes on Friday and Sunday prompted fears of a wider spillover of the...
06:10 AM, May 07, 2013
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made no mention at a public appearance on Sunday of Israeli air strikes on Syria in recent days but spoke pointedly about a commitment to keeping Israel secure. "(My father) taught me that the greatest responsibility we have is to ensure Israel's security and guarantee its future," he said, dedicating a highway interchange named after his late father, Benzion Netanyahu, a historian who died a...
07:09 AM, May 06, 2013
Beirut: Israel carried out its second air strikes in days on Syria early on Sunday, a Western intelligence source said, in an attack that shook Damascus with a series of powerful blasts and drove columns of fire into the night sky. Israel declined to comment, but explosions hit the city a day after an Israeli official said his country had carried out an air strike targeting a consignment of missiles...
01:28 PM, May 05, 2013
Beirut: The Lebanese Hezbollah's political council has said the group stands ready to engage in the fight to prevent Syria's collapse as well as being controlled by Israel and the US, a media report said. Ibrahim Amin al-Sayyed, head of the council, said the reason behind being involved in the Syrian crisis was that "we do not accept Syria being under control of this (Israeli-US) axis", Xinhua reported. He said...
10:07 AM, May 05, 2013
Beirut: Iran could hit US bases in the Middle East in response to any Israeli strike on its nuclear facilities even if American forces played no role in the attack, the leader of Lebanon's Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah said on Monday. "A decision has been taken to respond and the response will be very great," Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in an interview with the Beirut-based Al Mayadeen television....
09:00 AM, Sep 04, 2012
I don't think Iran or Hezbollah is behind the series of attacks that have targeted Israeli citizens and establishments in the last one week. I ...
04:53 PM, Feb 17, 2012
United Nations: Israel has lodged a complaint before the UN chief over the alleged terror campaign launched by Iran and its "proxy" Hezbollah against Israeli targets in recent weeks, including in India and Thailand. "This campaign bears the unmistakable fingerprints of the Iranian regime and the highest echelons of the Hezbollah leadership. "Their actions constitute a clear threat to security and stability of Lebanon, to the Middle East, and to...
08:29 PM, Feb 16, 2012
Bangkok: Israel accused Iran of waging a covert campaign of state terror that stretched this week from the Middle East to the heart of Asia after a bungled series of explosions led to the capture of two Iranian nationals in Bangkok. Authorities in Israel ratcheted up security at home and abroad following Tuesday's explosions in the Thai capital, escalating a confrontation over Iran's suspect nuclear program and raising fears of...
08:31 AM, Feb 15, 2012
New Delhi: Iranians residing in Delhi are being investigated in connection with Monday's attack on an Israeli embassy car that left four people injured, including a diplomat's wife. The Delhi Police has intensified checking of hotels in the Pahar Ganj area of Delhi while photo identities and passport copies of all Iranians have been taken by the police. Investigators have questioned a few people in connection with the blast, but...
12:56 PM, Feb 14, 2012
New Delhi: The preliminary investigation into the attack on the Israeli Embassy car in Delhi on Monday afternoon has ruled out the use of RDX. Sources say that the damage to the car was caused due to the fire and not because of the explosion. Investigators suspect that high quality sulphur-based compound was used in the attack. Sources say that the bomb was as big as a human palm or...
12:50 PM, Feb 14, 2012
New Delhi: Investigations into the explosion outside the Israeli embassy in Delhi's high-security area that left four people including a diplomat's wife injured, are on. Investigators are waiting for the Central Forensic Lab report, which will reveal the exact nature of the explosive used in the attack. But sources say the use of RDX or a nitrate-based compound hasn't been ruled out. The investigators are surprised that the fuel tank...
09:03 AM, Feb 14, 2012
New Delhi: Investigation into the the explosion outside the Israeli embassy in Delhi's high-security area that left four people including a diplomat's wife injured, is on. Sources have told CNN-IBN that an incendiary explosive device, which can itself start a fire, was used in the attack. Police said that such a sticking bomb has never been used in any terror attack in the country in the recent past. They said...
06:29 AM, Feb 14, 2012
Beirut: A key Hezbollah ally on Friday warned that an international indictment of members of the Islamic militant group in the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri could lead to new civil strife in Lebanon. A high-ranking Hezbollah militant was among four people named in an indictment by the UN-backed tribunal investigating Hariri's 2005 assassination. The Shiite group denies any role in the killing and has vowed never to...
01:33 AM, Jul 02, 2011
Beirut: Hezbollah and its allies rose to a position of unprecedented dominance in Lebanon's government on Monday, giving its patrons Syria and Iran greater sway in the Middle East. Lebanon Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced a new Cabinet dominated by the militant group and its allies after the country has operated for five months without a functioning government. The move caps Hezbollah's steady rise over decades from resistance group against...
02:16 AM, Jun 14, 2011
Blast at a Hezbollah member's home in Lebanon was caused by a shell. ...
09:44 AM, Oct 14, 2009
This Diwali will be not the same like yesteryear's. For the last few years, my mailbox was used to receiving a special Diwali greeting from a foreigner. But, that foreigner was not a just a mere acquaintance. He was a great writer, a fine philosopher, nice human being and above all a sort of Dronacharya who inspired many Eklavyas across the world. I won't be getting his greeting this year....
01:25 AM, Jul 18, 2008
Sydney: Hampshire and England opening batsman Michael Lumb has become the Sydney Sixers' first overseas signing for Australia's Twenty20 Big Bash league in January, according to the team. Lumb opened the batting for England in their successful T20 World Cup campaign where they defeated Australia in the final in Barbados in May last year. Lumb, a hard-hitting left-hander, played for Queensland in last year's Big Bash, scoring 137 runs in...
02:59 PM, Feb 14, 2008
A player can shoot at Israeli helicopters and ships and kill Israeli soldiers. ...
12:06 PM, Aug 19, 2007
The anti-government strike in Lebanon, which brought the country to a standstill on Tuesday, has been called off. ...
03:17 PM, Jan 24, 2007
