International News Roundup 26 September 2024
The Resistance Strikes Back: Enemy drowning in Lebanon after Gaza
The enemy drowning in Lebanon after Gaza... and the losing options
Dhulfikar Daher
After waging a futile aggression on the Gaza Strip for a whole year, the Israeli enemy army returned to commit the same folly in Lebanon by sinking once again into a quagmire that it may know how to enter, but it certainly will not know how to get out of. This enemy, which calculates with a mind of hatred and decides with the doctrine of killing, revenge and arrogance, returned to launch a new aggression on Lebanon, unaware of what will happen to it as a result of the strikes of the Islamic resistance that has been directing concentrated missile salvos at it since the beginning of its aggression on Gaza.
There is no doubt that the Islamic Resistance has been raising the pace of its response since the enemy began escalating its aggression. As Al-Manar’s correspondent in southern Lebanon said in one of his live messages on air, “The Islamic Resistance is confronting the Israeli enemy in kind, and we see an escalation in the missile salvos towards the entity in terms of quantity, quality, and the choice of Zionist military bases that are being bombed.” The Resistance works with a calm and responsible mind, and it strikes where it should, in the required and appropriate manner and extent, without any rashness or excitement, even if the enemy sometimes directs harsh strikes: as happened with the bombing of the “Bagerrats” or by targeting martyred leaders such as the jihadist leaders Fouad Shukr and Ibrahim Aqil, or the enemy attacks civilians directly, especially women and children, without any regard for the sanctity of international laws and international humanitarian law.
What governs the resistance is how to respond to the enemy and deliver painful blows to any aggression, without being drawn into what the enemy might seek to drag it into. The resistance is the one that draws the rules and methods of response in place, time, quantity, type and style, which reflects, to this day, a high ability to control, dominate and manage the battle, contrary to what the enemy believes or seeks to achieve. This explains everything that has happened since the assassination of the martyr Sayyed Fouad Shukr (Sayyed Mohsen) and up to the assassination of the martyr leader Hajj Ibrahim Aqil (Hajj Abdul Qader), passing through the bombing of the tankers and targeting hundreds of young resistance fighters.
Here we can point out the high capabilities of the resistance, which have been proven by the facts and will undoubtedly be proven in the coming days. Despite the loss of senior leaders and the targeting of a significant number of our mujahid brothers, even though the majority of them were wounded and the largest number were treated and released from hospitals, with a smaller number whose wounds were severe and another number of martyrs, despite all of that, the work of the resistance and its continuation were not affected by the same pace of response. Rather, more than that, the resistance’s responses increased where they should have increased and were more painful for the enemy and influential in the course of the battle, as happened in the “Arbaeen Day” strike, up to targeting Tel Aviv with a “Qader 1” ballistic missile, passing through striking enemy headquarters with “Fadi 1 and Fadi 2” missiles, in addition to sending missiles and drones to different areas in the north and the depth of occupied Palestine or to the occupied Syrian Golan.
All of this confirms what is certain that we have a capable, powerful resistance that has a high sense of responsibility and insight, that knows what to do and how to respond in order to preserve the interests of its people, its homeland and its nation, and to deter the enemy, which some may try to deceive by exaggerating and magnifying its crimes and aggression and spreading rumors that it is achieving victories or some progress, but the facts prove that it is killing civilians and is trying to increase the pressure on Lebanon and the resistance to obtain any concession or retreat, and this has not and will not happen.
In the same context, the Zionist Channel 14 said, “We are at the beginning of the battle, and according to what we understand, (Mr.) Nasrallah has very important capabilities, and we very much hope that he will not show them to us.”
Based on all of the above, the enemy will realize with time that any of the goals it seeks will fail to achieve (whether related to removing the danger from its usurping entity and returning the settlers safely to the north without stopping the aggression on Gaza, or to weakening the resistance and other goals that are drawn in the imagination of the Zionists and those who stand behind them), and thus the enemy will find itself forced to retreat humiliated and stop the aggression or will find itself in a state of denial and fleeing further forward and will fall into the quagmire of the ground battle and the belief that the ground aggression may solve its problems and fulfill its dreams, and this means that the enemy will have entered the “deadly trap” with its feet, as this scenario is what the resistance and the men of God have been waiting for since the July 2006 war to teach the enemy unimaginable lessons and morals that will make it regret taking the decision to attack Lebanon.
In any case, the enemy will be the biggest loser from this aggression and will realize after a long wait that the upper hand in Palestine, Lebanon and the region belongs to the resistance, whose ally will be a resounding victory, God willing.
Leader: Hezbollah Carrying out Major Sacrifices, Will Emerge Victorious
Imam Khamenei added that “if the Zionist entity were capable of defeating the resistance in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon, it would not have committed massacres against civilians in front of the world.”
He emphasized the necessity for Muslims to reclaim Palestine and restore Al-Aqsa Mosque to its rightful owners.
In this war against Lebanon and Palestine, the Leader said, “the infidel and evil enemy has the most equipment and the US is behind him”.
“The Americans say they are not involved and have no information, they say the opposite. They both have information and are involved and they need the victory of the Zionist regime,” Imam said.
“For the upcoming elections, the current American government needs to show that it has supported the Zionist regime and had it win the war. Of course, they also need the votes of American Muslims, so they pretend that they are not involved.”
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Palestine
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Israeli warplanes massacre civilians in Gaza school
The Palestinian Civil Defense Authority in the Gaza Strip announced that 14 were martyred and 26 others were injured in an Israeli aggression at a school hosting displaced people in the northern part of the besieged territory.
According to the Civil Defense, Israeli occupation forces attacked the al-Faloujah school in the town of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, which hosts a camp set up for Palestinians forcibly displaced from their homes by the Israeli regime.
On the other hand, the Israeli military command announced that its Air Force raided the school on Thursday, admitting to yet another blatantly committed war crime.
Meanwhile, the Islamic Resistance Movement - Hamas pointed to a recent increase in the number of massacres committed by Israeli occupation forces in the past few days, saying that a lot of the strikes targeted centers hosting displaced Palestinians.
Gaza Death Toll Rises – Scores Killed, Injured by Israeli Strikes
Seven Palestinians were killed and several others injured on Thursday during Israeli airstrikes that targeted residential homes across various areas of the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers continued to clear land east of Khan Yunis.
The Palestinian Civil Defense Authority in Gaza reported that five Palestinians, including two children, were killed and several others wounded on Thursday after Israeli warplanes bombed a house belonging to the Al-Matari family in the Customs Police area, east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.
LIVE BLOG: Airstrike on Beirut | Massacre in Jabaliya | Sa’ar: Keep Bombing – Day 356
An entire family was killed in an airstrike that targeted a house in the town of Shaath in the Baalbek district in eastern Lebanon as the Israeli aggression continues.
Five Palestinians, including children, were killed in an Israeli bombardment that targeted a house east of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli politician Gideo Sa’ar said that reducing airstrikes in Lebanon in recent days is a grave mistake, and that continued and systematic activity is necessary to destroy Hezbollah’s capabilities.
625,000 school-aged Gaza children struggling with severe trauma: UNRWA
“While nearly 625,000 deeply traumatized girls and boys are out of school and living in the rubble in Gaza, many children in the West Bank suffer from escalating violence that disrupts their lives and education,” Lazzarini stated.
Israeli raids cause massive damage to roads, businesses in West Bank
The destruction primarily affected the cities of Tulkarm and Jenin, where two weeks of intense military raids began in late August.
'Israel' arrests 35 Palestinians in West Bank, total tops 10,900
The Israeli occupation forces seek to terrorize Palestinians on every front, launching widespread arrest campaigns in the West Bank amid unfolding aggression on Gaza.
1,200 Palestinians endure systematic torture in Israeli prisons
Since October, Israeli occupation forces have abducted thousands of Palestinians from Gaza, though the exact number of abductees remains unknown.
IOF bulldoze over 20 dunums, uproot hundreds of trees in al-Khalil
Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday bulldozed over 20 dunams of land, uprooted more than 600 trees, and demolished several agricultural structures and water wells belonging to Palestinian residents in the town of Beit Ula, west of occupied al-Khalil, the WAFA news agency reported.
Ibrahim al-'Adam, a member of the Beit Ula Municipal Council, mentioned that Israeli forces, accompanied by bulldozers and heavy machinery, stormed two areas west of the town, destroying more than 20 dunams of land and uprooting over 600 olive and fruit trees.
In addition, the occupation forces demolished multiple agricultural facilities, including five rooms used for farming, five wells, several plastic water tanks, retaining walls, and iron fences owned by local families.
According to the Palestinian official, the demolitions were carried out under the pretext that the areas are located in Area C, which makes up over 60% of the occupied West Bank and remains under full Israeli military and administrative control.
‘Action Now’ – UN Says One Million Palestinians in Gaza Need Urgent Shelter before Winter
A million people in the Gaza Strip are in need of shelter before winter, according to the UN special rapporteur on the right to housing.
Palestinian man builds house from mud and sandbags
New Front Opens – Resistance Roundup – Day 355
Though the Islamic Resistance in Iraq has been involved in the resistance to Israel’s genocide in Gaza from the early days of the war, they are now accelerating their attacks against Israeli targets, especially in the southern region.
Israeli forces call up two reserve brigades for 'operational missions'
In recent days, Hezbollah targeted some of "Israel's" most strategic military bases, inflicting major losses on the IOF, leading to calls for backup.
Hezbollah strikes cost 'Israel' over $1bn in 2 days
Hezbollah has inflicted significant losses on Israeli occupation forces in northern occupied Palestine by expanding its operations. According to Israeli media, these losses have cost the Israeli occupation an estimated 4 billion shekels ($1.07 billion) over the past two days alone.
In detail, the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) reported that the Israeli regime's strikes on Lebanon on Monday cost the entity some 650 million shekels ($173 million). Officials have underlined that if the airstrikes campaign on Lebanon protracts beyond 10 days, it would require the approval of an additional budget breach.
A reporter for the Israeli occupation's Army Radio stated, "There is no single area in Israel outside the combat zone during the past 24 hours, from Mount Hermon to the Arava Valley."
Israeli media also quoted a former official from the Shin Bet security service as saying, "The capability of Hezbollah to launch rockets towards central Israel should not be underestimated."
Hebrew media: Due to the security escalation and the cancellation of numerous flights by airlines to Lod Airport (Ben Gurion), ticket prices for flights between "Tel Aviv" and "New York" have reached $16,000.
Israeli settlers in Tel Aviv display signs everywhere insulting the Israeli minister of National security stating:
“FCK BNGVR” 🤣
Panic Attacks – 30% Increase in Israelis Seeking Psychological Help 🙄 🔗
Yemen
Al-Houthi pledges to stand with Lebanon in face of Israeli aggression
The struggles across the Arab World are linked, as the Israeli aggression on the people of Lebanon is the same aggression against the people of Gaza, Yemeni Ansar Allah leader Sayyed Abdul-Malik Badreddine al-Houthi said, underscoring the unity of struggles across the Arab World.
Sayyed al-Houthi highlighted "Israel's" long-standing record of violence in Gaza, which he described as unparalleled in its brutality but paired with consistent failure to achieve its strategic objectives.
Al-Houthi praised the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah's resilience, noting that despite the intensity of Israeli attacks, the movement remains strong, with its fighters and popular support at an all-time high.
"Hezbollah today, with its faithful fighters and strong, conscious popular base, is stronger than ever," he declared, emphasizing that the Israeli occupation's attempts to prevent Hezbollah from aiding Gaza and Palestine would not succeed.
The Yemeni leader criticized the United States, the United Kingdom, and Western nations for their unwavering support of the Israeli occupation, viewing the Israeli state as an extension of their colonial ambitions in the region.
Armed Forces Warn the Zionist Entity: Our Upcoming Strikes Will Be Fatal
Yemen, under its revolutionary and military leadership, is engaged in a war against the "trio of evil" — the United States, the United Kingdom, and Israel — due to Yemen's support for the Palestinian resistance in Gaza, where the population has been subjected to genocide for more than 11 months.
Yemeni Leaders Commemorate September Revolution, Vow to Continue Struggle for Sovereignty and Independence
The Government of Change and Construction held an event on Thursday to commemorate the anniversary of the September 26 Revolution in the capital, Sana’a.
During the event, Prime Minister Ahmed Al-Rahwi stated that Yemen's revolutionaries are fighting in the seas, oceans, and within the enemy's territory as a victory for the nation and its sacred causes. Al-Rahwi emphasized the importance of drawing lessons from the September Revolution to build a strong, sovereign, and independent Yemen.
Syria/Lebanon
23 Syrians martyred in massacre committed by Israeli enemy aircraft in Younine
Beirut, SANA- 23 Syrians, including children, were martyred in a massacre committed by Israeli enemy aircraft on Thursday as bombing a building in Younine town, northern Bekaa Valley.
Lebanese News Agency reported that the relief teams of the Younine Municipality, in cooperation with the Islamic Health Authority, Civil Defense, and the Red Cross, completed the rescue work and removed the rubble in the building that was targeted by Israeli enemy on Wednesday in Younine town on the international road near the gas station.
Mayor Ali Qusas, announced the recovery of the bodies of 23 Syrians, including children, from under the rubble of the destroyed building, in addition to 8 wounded, including 4 Lebanese.
Nisreen Othman / Manar Salameh
Eight people injured in Israeli bombing of a bridge at Lebanon-Syria border crossing
Homs, SANA-Several people were injured in an Israeli aggression that targeted the crossing bridge at Matraba crossing on the border with Lebanon in Homs countryside, which also caused material damage.
“During the regular work at the crossing, the Israeli enemy suddenly targeted arrivals from Lebanese territory on the crossing bridge between Syria and Lebanon, injuring eight personnel at the crossing”, Ayad Alloush, director of Matraba crossing, said in a statement.
Alloush pointed out that the aggression also caused material damage to the crossing point and its perimeter.
Fedaa al-Rahai
Sabbagh: Security Council inaction to deter Israeli occupation led to escalate its aggression against brotherly Lebanese people
New York, SANA-Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Bassam Sabbagh, stressed that the Security Council’s failure to take any action to deter the Israeli occupation encouraged it to escalate its aggression against the brotherly Lebanese people, which affirms its disregard for the UN Charter and international law and its insistence on expanding the scope of the genocidal war with American support.
“The Security Council held an emergency session a few days ago to deal with the Israeli cyber terrorist attack on the Lebanese, which led to the martyrdom of dozens of civilians and the serious injury of thousands of others, by the occupation entity’s using of civilian devices for mass murder,” Sabbagh said during a session of the UN Security Council on the situation in the Middle East.
“The failure of this Council to take any action to deter “Israel” has encouraged it to escalate its aggression against our brotherly Lebanon, where “Israel” has continued its brutal and violent bombardment for several days, resulting in the martyrdom of hundreds of civilians, and more than 500 people were martyred in one day, including women, children, media correspondents and relief workers, and causing a large displacement movement. “he added.
Sabbagh said that Israeli aggression against brotherly Lebanon confirms the Israeli entity’s disregard for the UN Charter and international law, and its insistence on expanding the scope of the genocidal war it is waging against the Palestinian people to include Lebanese territory.”
Sabbagh continued: “Syria condemns in strongest terms the shameful, barbaric Israeli aggression against brotherly Lebanon, and expresses its complete readiness to provide support and assistance to the Lebanese brothers in all sectors they need.
It stresses the need for the Security Council to take immediate and urgent action, now and not tomorrow, to condemn the multi-faceted Israeli aggression, stop the killing and destruction machine, and prevent “Israel” from igniting a comprehensive war in the region.
Assad vows Syria to assist people fleeing Israeli aggression
TEHRAN, Sep. 25 (MNA) – President Bashar al-Assad says the newly formed government of Syria will prioritize assistance to the people of Lebanon fleeing Israel’s barbarism.
The president issued a decree forming a new government under Prime Minister Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali on Monday.
Addressing the newly formed cabinet, Assad instructed the ministers on Wednesday that Damascus has to “stand by our friends in Lebanon in all fields and in all sectors, without exception and hesitation.”
“With the first hours of your work, the main focus of your work must be, during these hours and days, before all other priorities, how can we stand by our friends in Lebanon.”
All health services to be provided for free to arrivals from Lebanon _ Health Ministry
Damascus-SANA- The Ministry of Health issued a circular to the health directorates of Damascus Countryside, Homs, Tartous, Damascus, along with public hospitals, within the framework of responding to provide health services to arrivals from Lebanese territories.
Al-Dahhak : Syrian people are determined to build their future without any dictates imposed on them
New York, SANA – Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Qusay Al-Dahhak , said that building a future that meets peoples’ aspirations and guarantees the maintenance of international peace and security requires from some countries to abandon the past’s mentality and the ambitions of hegemony and colonialism, adding that the Syrian people are determined to build their future with their own free will without allowing any external parties to impose their dictates on them.
“This summit represents an important opportunity to evaluate our joint work and what has been achieved to build the aspired- for future that ensures fulfilling the Charter’s commitment to maintain international peace and security, avoid future generations the scourge of war, strengthen the bonds of cooperation and friendly relations among countries, and rise basic human rights” Al-Dahhak said Tuesday in a speech before the “Future Summit”, held at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
He added that the continued Israeli occupation of Arab lands in Palestine, Syria and Lebanon, crimes of genocide and ethnic cleansing perpetrated by its authorities, and the ongoing acts of aggression against Palestine, Lebanon and Syria, represent a serious and unacceptable violation of international law, principles and purposes of the United Nations Charter, and all human and civilized norms and values.
Non-Aligned Movement calls for ending Israeli aggression in occupied Palestine, Lebanon and Syria
New York, SANA- The foreign ministers of the member countries of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) called for ending the Israeli occupation aggression against Palestine, Lebanon and Syrian territory, and urged pressure on Israel to implement relevant Security Council resolutions and fully withdraw from the occupied Syrian Golan.
This position was announced in a political declaration adopted during the ministerial meeting of the Movement, held at the United Nations headquarters in New York, under the title: “Protection of civilians in armed conflicts, position and solidarity with the Palestinian people.”
The declaration condemned all measures taken by Israel occupation to change the legal, natural and demographic status of the occupied Syrian Golan, and its continued efforts to build and expand settlements throughout the occupied Palestinian territory and in the occupied Syrian Golan.
The Foreign Ministers also called for Israel to be forced to implement the relevant Security Council resolutions and to fully withdraw from the occupied Syrian Golan to the line of June 4, 1967.
They considered the repeated Israeli attacks on Syrian territory as a clear aggression against the territory of a sovereign State, and a flagrant violation of the provisions of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.
The ministers and heads of delegations of the Non-Aligned Movement affirmed their solidarity with the Palestinian people in the face of the genocide committed by “Israel”, and expressed their support for their inalienable rights to establish their independent state with Jerusalem as its capital.
During the meeting, Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Qusay Al-Dahhak , reaffirmed Syria’s support for the brotherly peoples of Palestine and Lebanon in their confrontation the Israeli murder machine.
He stressed the need to intensify efforts to stop the repeated Israeli acts of aggression on Syrian lands and countries in the region.
Shaza Qreima
Israeli regime launches an aggression on Beirut's Suburb
Just after Israeli warplanes struck a residential building in the Southern Suburb of Beirut, explosions were heard in the occupied city of Safad.
'Israel' committs massacres across Lebanon on fourth day of aggression
The Israeli occupation army conducts over 60 airstrikes on the Bekaa region in northeastern Lebanon throughout Wednesday night.
War on Lebanon: 70 killed, 400 injured by 'Israel'
At least 70 citizens were killed and 400 were injured in the expanding and intense Israeli aggression targeting several regions across the Lebanese South and Bekaa, according to a report issued by the Health Ministry in Lebanon.
Israeli aggression affects dozens of Lebanese towns, villages
The number of victims from the ongoing Israeli onslaught on Lebanon has risen to more than 51, with 223 injured, the country's Minister of Health Firass Abiad said on Wednesday. These figures are preliminary, with the number expected to increase as the Israeli occupation continues its attacks.
Lebanese city in ruins after Israeli strike
In response to the barbaric Israeli invasion of cities, villages and civilians, our mujahideen bombed the occupied city of Safed with eighty rockets on Thursday 09-26-2024.
The Islamic Resistance bombs dozens of Israeli sites and confronts two warplanes (more videos at link) (AR)
Qader-1: A glimpse into Hezbollah's ballistic missiles arsenal
Footage released by Hezbollah's Military Media revealed the specifications of the Qader-1 short-range ballistic missile, used in a historic strike on the Israeli Mossad's headquarters in Tel Aviv.
On Wednesday morning, the Islamic Resistance launched its first-ever ballistic missile strike on the Israeli intelligence agency's headquarters in the heart of the Israeli regime's metropolitan area.
Hezbollah bombs Israeli arms factory, forces fighter jets to withdraw
The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah announced Wednesday that its fighters launched rockets targeting a bomb material factory in Zikhron, occupied southern Haifa, using a barrage of Fadi-3 rockets.
For the second time on Wednesday, Hezbollah struck the settlement of Kiryat Motzkin with volleys of Fadi-1 rockets. Concurrently, Hezbollah's air defense units engaged two hostile fighter jets near the Lebanese towns of Houla and Mays al-Jabal to force them out of Lebanese airspace.
In its statements, Hezbollah emphasized that these operations were carried out in support of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and their Resistance, while also defending Lebanon and its citizens.
The Lebanese Resistance has expanded its strikes toward Israeli occupation military bases in northern occupied Palestine, landing precise and direct hits despite an unprecedented Israeli assault on various regions in the Bekaa Valley and southern Lebanon.
Israeli media reported that air raid sirens sounded in the settlements of Gonen, Lahavot Habashan, and Kiryat Shmona in the Houla Valley.
Hezbollah fighters also attacked the Ramiah military site, targeting intelligence-gathering equipment installed on it. Using the "appropriate weapons," Hezbollah fighters were able to destroy the hardware.
Later the Resistance fired large-caliber artillery shells at the Biranit barracks, dealing direct hits to the frontline site.
Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon 'death trap' set by Hezbollah: Ynet 🔗
Hezbollah still able to hurt 'Israel', has not used 10% of power: Ynet 🔗
No ceasefire in Lebanon 'until victory', 'Israel' says 🤡 🔗
Iran/Iraq
Islamic Resistance in Iraq attacks vital Israeli target in Eilat
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq stands in support of Gaza and Lebanon by attacking an Israeli target in the occupied city of Umm al-Rashrash (Eilat).
Hezbollah Brigades: The entity will pay double the price for the crime of targeting the civil resistance environment in Lebanon
In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful:
The exhaustion that the Zionist entity has been suffering from in confronting the men of the Islamic Resistance, Hezbollah, in Lebanon for more than eleven months has made it, with the motives of its criminal inclination, target the Lebanese in their civilian environment, which confirms the malice and baseness of the enemy, and its failure to confront the men in the field.
This crime against the Lebanese increases the mobilization, resistance and anger of the axis’s audience, and makes the brothers in Hezbollah stronger than ever, and the entity will pay double the price for this action.
We, in the Islamic Resistance, the Hezbollah Brigades, are putting all our capabilities in the hands of our brothers in Lebanon, and we are fully prepared to go with them to the end, sending fighters, equipment, and support, whether on the technical or logistical level.
Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian
is a POS and needs to go already. This man needs to go now. You can not negotiate with terrorists. 🤡 Iran has security agreements with Syria and Lebanon that he is just ignoring while civilians are being targeted by US and Israel. Who the fk voted for this man?
Pezeshkian: Iran pursuing political, economic diplomacy with world 🔗
Meanwhile Trump promises to nuke Iran as he runs for President of Israel 🦧
Martyr Ayatollah Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi the real Iranian President 🌹
Iran 🇮🇷 : Our youth are passionate about fighting against the Zionists.
Africa
Sudan’s Army Begins Major Offensive to Reclaim Capital Khartoum from Paramilitary Forces
Sudan’s army has launched a major offensive in the capital Khartoum to retake ground held by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a report says, more than a year after a deadly war broke out between the two sides.
The army of Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, the de facto ruler of the African country, on Thursday conducted airstrikes against RSF positions in Khartoum and north of the volatile city in its biggest such assault in months, Al Jazeera reported.
According to the report, the army has managed to take control of three main bridges, including two that connect the city of Omdurman with the capital.
Benin thwarts coup plot, top military commander arrested
Benin's prosecutors announced on Wednesday the arrest of three prominent individuals, including a commander of the presidential guard, on suspicions of plotting a "coup d'état" in the small West African nation.
The other two suspects in the alleged coup attempt are a former sports minister and a businessman closely associated with President Patrice Talon.
Elonm Mario Metonou, the special prosecutor at Benin's court for financial crimes and terrorism, revealed that the coup was scheduled for execution on Friday.
"It appears the Republican Guard commander in charge of the president's security was engaged by the minister Oswald Homeky and Olivier Boko in order to carry out a coup by force on September 27, 2024," the prosecutor said.
According to the court, Homeky was detained around 1:00 am on Tuesday while handing over six bags of cash, totaling 1.5 billion West African CFA francs (approximately $2.5 million), to the commander, Djimon Dieudonne Tevoedjre.
Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traore announced the country's desire to join BRICS.
Sierra Leone President Pleads For African Led Peace Initiatives
North America
Pentagon Chief warns of 'all-out war' as 'Israel' escalates in Lebanon 🔗
'Hands off Lebanon now!': US, Canada rally for aggression halt 🔗 (more videos at link)
USAID memo exposes Blinken's involvement in starving Palestinians
Blinken has ignored the recommendations of US humanitarian agencies and advisors in favor of presenting "Israel" as complying with US aid missions.
Palestine Action protesters defeat decades-long felony charges
Four Palestine Action protesters, dubbed the Merrimack 4, reduce their-decades long sentence after being involved in an extensive legal battle with Elbit Systems and the state of New Hampshire.
Missouri executes Marcellus Williams despite prosecutors' objections
Missouri executed 55-year-old Marcellus "Khaliifah" Williams on Tuesday, despite strong objections from prosecutors and civil rights advocates who supported his claims of innocence.
Williams was convicted of the 1998 murder of Lisha Gayle, a former reporter, despite there being no forensic evidence to support the charges.
Neither DNA ties to Williams was found at the crime scene nor the murder weapon, raising serious doubts about his guilt.
Williams was executed by lethal injection after years of legal battles and widespread calls to overturn his conviction.
Despite these doubts, Missouri's new Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey pressed forward with the execution, overruling local prosecutors who sought to have Williams’ conviction overturned.
Even the family of the victim, alongside several jurors, opposed his execution, adding to the controversy.
Central/South America
Colombia's Petro takes jab at Netanyahu, calls him 'criminal' at UNGA
Colombian President Gustavo Petro took a jab at Israeli occupation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday over the ongoing aggression on the Gaza Strip.
Since the start of the Israeli war on Gaza, Petro has been a fierce critic of the Netanyahu government, announcing in May that Colombia would sever ties with "Israel" and open an embassy in Ramallah in the Palestinian territories. In June, he confirmed that coal exports to the occupation entity would be suspended "until the genocide stops."
"It is in this inequality ... that we find the logic of the mass destruction unleashed by the climate crisis and the logic of the bombs dropped by a criminal like Netanyahu on Gaza," Petro indicated during his address to the UN General Assembly.
“When Gaza dies, all of humanity will die,” he expressed. “Today we have 20,000 dead children. Presidents laugh at this situation in the UN General Assembly.”
Mass Sao Paulo rally of eco-activists against Amazon deforestation
Europe
Finland requests $55 million from EU to bolster border with Russia 🔗
Homelessness reaches record highs among Ukrainians at home, abroad 🔗
German Green Party leaders resign over horrid local election results 🔗
UK depletes weapon stockpiles after supplying Ukraine 🔗
Asia/Australia/Oceania
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov says BRICS countries must play a role in reforming the current state of the world
Victory in Ukraine only way to solve West's interference: Lavrov 🔗
China conducts rare Pacific ICBM test launch as US grows more hostile 🔗
N Korea says US using Quad to justify anti-Pyongyang policy
TEHRAN, Sep. 25 (MNA) – North Korea on Wednesday denounced the US for violating the North's sovereign rights and trying to justify its hostile policy against Pyongyang by hosting the Quad summit with the leaders of India, Japan, and Australia.
Sri Lanka's new leftist leader dissolves parliament, calls elections
Anura Kumara Dissanayake disbanded the 225-member legislature late Tuesday, in which his once-marginal party had only three seats, and called an early election for November 14, over a year ahead of planned.
Country requires secure, affordable, sustainable energy – Pakistani Minister
Targeted bomb blast in Pakistan's Quetta injures 12 🔗
No, israel Does Not Have the Right to Self-Defense In International Law Against Occupied Palestinian Territory
By : Noura Erakat A state cannot simultaneously exercise control over territory it occupies and militarily attack that territory on the claim that it is “foreign” and poses an exogenous national security threat. In doing precisely that, Israel is asserting rights that may be consistent with colonial domination but simply do not exist under international …
I think this has to be one of the most extensive, jam-packed news round-ups ever, reflective of the age and times we're living through. I firmly believe the world will right itself in due course... But first the chaos and the destruction. Hard as that is to take.
I also have full faith in the Resistance and their commitment to justice and truth! ✊✊🇵🇸💚🇵🇸💚
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