"International Conflict Watch – Tensions Rise in Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza"

حمله هوایی رژیم صهیونیستی به لاذقیه سوریه

به گزارش خبرگزاری مهر به نقل از الجزیره، رژیم صهیونیستی از زمان سقوط دولت مرکزی سوریه و بی ثبات شدن این کشور به طور پیوسته در حال هدف قرار دادن مراکز استراتژیک نظامی و انبارهای تسلیحاتی این کشور است.

بر این اساس، در جدیدترین دور از توحش صهیونیست ها در سوریه، منابع محلی از وقوع انفجارهای شدید در لاذقیه خبر می دهند.

خبرگزاری روسی اسپوتنیک تایید کرد انفجارهای رخ داده در لاذقیه به دلیل حملات جنگنده های ارتش رژیم صهیونیستی بوده است.

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حمله هوایی رژیم صهیونیستی به جنوب لبنان

به گزارش خبرگزاری مهر به نقل از خبرگزاری ملی لبنان، جنگنده‌های دشمن صهیونیستی جمعه شب شهرهای بنی حیان و مرکابه در جنوب این کشور را بمباران کردند.

در همین حال منابع رسمی لبنان زخمی شدن یک شهروند این کشور در روستای بنت جبیل در جنوب لبنان بر اثر اصابت گلوله نظامیان ارتش رژیم صهیونیستی را تکذیب کردند.

در این زمینه خبرگزاری آناتولی ترکیه از نقض چندین باره توافق آتش بس با لبنان توسط رژیم صهیونیستی خبر داد و افزود: ارتش رژیم صهیونیستی روز جمعه ۱۱ مورد نقض آتش بس با حزب الله انجام داد که مجموع موارد نقض آتش بس از زمان اجرایی شدن این توافق در ۳۸ روز پیش تاکنون به ۳۶۴ مورد رسیده است.

بر اساس این گزارش، نقض توافقنامه آتش بس توسط رژیم صهیونیستی روز جمعه در بیروت، مناطق مرجعیون و بنت جبیل در استان نبطیه در جنوب و منطقه صور در استان جنوبی انجام شده است.

این تخلفات شامل بمباران و سوزاندن منازل، بستن جاده ها، عملیات گشت زنی با مسلسل و پرواز پهپادها بوده است.

در بیروت و حومه جنوبی آنکه پایگاه‌های حزب الله قرار دارد، از ساعات صبح جمعه پروازهای مداوم یک پهپاد اسرائیلی در ارتفاع پایین مشاهده شد و در منطقه مرجعیون نظامیان ارتش رژیم صهیونیستی راه بین شهرک‌های کفرکلا و برج الملوک را با سیم‌های فلزی مسدود کردند.

در همین منطقه ارتش رژیم اشغالگر اسرائیل به عملیات بمباران خود در شهرک کفرکلا و در اطراف شهرک بنی حیان ادامه داد.

همچنین نظامیان ارتش رژیم صهیونیستی دو خانه را در شهرک بنی حیان پس از تفتیش به آتش کشیدند و زمین‌های صحرایی که از سمت غربی شهر به صحرای سلوقی می‌رسد را با بلدوزر تخریب کردند و مسیر بنی حیان به سوی وادی سلوکی را با موانع خاکی بستند.

نظامیان رژیم اسرائیل عملیات گشت زنی گسترده‌ای را با مسلسل‌های سنگین و متوسط در منطقه بین شهرک‌های بنی حیان و طلوسه انجام دادند و در منطقه بنت جبیل، پروازهای زیاد پهپادهای رژیم صهیونیستی مشاهده شد.

بر اساس گزارش آناتولی، در منطقه صور، بولدوزرهای رژیم صهیونیستی به تخریب منازل شهر ناقوره ادامه دادند و پهپادهای این رژیم نیز از صبح تا بعد از ظهر بر فراز شهر صور در ارتفاع کم به پرواز درآمدند.

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نروژ: حمله به بیمارستان های غزه محکوم است

به گزارش خبرگزاری مهر به نقل از الجزیره، وزارت خارجه نروژ با صدور بیانیه ای توحش صهیونیست ها در حمله به مراکز درمانی در غزه را محکوم کرد.

این وزارتخانه در بیانیه ای که در این باره در شبکه اجتماعی ایکس (توییتر سابق) منتشر کرد، تاکید دارد: اکنون نیازمند اقدام فوری در رابطه با بازگرداندن فعالیت به بیمارستان ها در شمال غزه و استقرار قوانین بین المللی بشردوستانه در این منطقه هستیم.

این بیانیه می افزاید: حفاظت از سیستم بهداشت و درمان منجر به نجات جان انسان ها می شود. ما نگرانی خود در این باره و حمایت از بیانیه سازمان جهانی بهداشت را در شورای امنیت سازمان ملل ابراز داشتیم.

وزارت خارجه نروژ تاکید دارد: کارکنان حوزه درمان، بیماران، و بیمارستان ها اهداف مشروع جنگی به شمار نمی روند. ما از گزارش ولکور تورک، رئیس شورای حقوق بشر سازمان ملل در شورای امنیت حمایت می کنیم.

این بیانیه در پایان حمله به مراکز غیرنظامی به ویژه بیمارستان ها و مراکز درمانی در غزه از جمله بیمارستان کمال عدوان در شمال این باریکه از سوی نظامیان صهیونیست را محکوم کرد. نروژ در دهه ۹۰ میلادی کوشید طی مذاکرات اسلو به مناقشه میان فلسطینیان و اسراییل پایان بخشد. گرچه این مذاکرات در نهایت با ترور اسحاق رابین، نخست وزیر وقت رژیم صهیونیستی به بن بست رسید، اما نروژ همچنان به تلاش های خود برای به رسمیت شناختن کشور فلسطین در میان کشورهای اروپایی ادامه داده و حامی بشردوستانه ملت فلسطین محسوب می شود.

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Victories in fight against ISIL indebted to Gen. Soleimani

“The triumph over terrorism is an achievement attained by martyred commanders, which we must safeguard. Our victories were due to the support of the Islamic Republic of Iran, especially martyr Soleimani,” Falih al-Fayyadh said on Thursday evening in Tehran.

He was speaking at a ceremony in commemoration of the Iranian anti-terror commander, PMU deputy Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and their companions who were assassinated in a US drone strike near Baghdad International Airport in January 2020.

Fayyadh stressed that the fallen anti-terror commanders were the architects of victory over Daesh.

“We are commemorating the martyrdom of those, who sacrificed their lives for the sake of Iraq’s sovereignty and unity, and notched up an outstanding victory.

“The support we received from the Islamic Republic of Iran was very influential from the very beginning,” the PMU chief pointed out.

Fayyadh explained that Hashd al-Sha’abi is the unifying force of the Iraqi nation, and is acting under the auspices of the religious authority.

The PMU, he said, is an official force under the orders of Iraqi prime minister and commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Mohammed al-Sudani, and its activities are confined within the frontiers of Iraq.

Fayyadh emphasized that the relationship between the Popular Mobilization Units and the Baghdad government is at its “highest level.”

“Our mission is to convey a message of peace and love for those who extend a hand of friendship to us from a position of equality. But we will be a thorn in the side of our enemies,” he said.

Fayyadh also stated that the flag of resistance will remain high in Gaza and Lebanon, adding, “We lost the jewel of the resistance, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, but our hope is in his brethren and sons who will continue his path.”

Hashd al-Sh’abai (PMU) fighters played a major role in the liberation of Daesh-held areas in the country.

Back in November 2016, the Iraqi parliament approved a law giving full legal status to the PMU fighters. It recognized the PMU as part of the national armed forces, placed the forces under the command of the prime minister, and granted them the right to receive salaries and pensions like the regular army and police forces.

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Iran slams suspected ISIL-linked deadly attack in US

Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei delivered the condemnation in a statement on Friday.

On New Year”s Day, a truck driver plowed his vehicle into a crowd in New Orleans in the state of Louisiana, causing the fatalities and injuring more than 30 others.

A probe is investigating a possible link between the incident, during which the driver, who used to be in the US Army, was reportedly flying a flag belonging to the ISIL Takfiri terrorist group.

Baghaei reaffirmed the Islamic Republic’s principled position of denouncing terrorism in all its forms and representations no matter the place of its perpetration and those behind it, PressTV reported.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman condoled with the survivors.

The suspect in the tragedy, identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, who was once deployed to Afghanistan, allegedly displayed the flag from his vehicle before barreling into the crowd in the French Quarter.

The victims were celebrating the arrival of 2025, when the attack occurred at approximately 3:15 a.m.

Witnesses described scenes of bodies and blood, and victims crying on the ground after the truck had passed. “The best way I can describe it is truly a war zone,” one witness said.

Investigators found weapons and a potential explosive device in Jabbar’s truck. Additionally, two suspected explosive devices were located in the French Quarter and were safely neutralized by the FBI.

Among the injured were two police officers, who were shot during an exchange of gunfire with Jabbar, who was ultimately killed by police.

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Israel strikes Syria”s Latakia

Since the fall of the central government of Syria and the destabilization of the Arab country, the Zionist regime has been continuously targeting its strategic military centers and weapons depots.

Local sources reported early on Saturday that several huge explosions hit Latakia.

The Russian news agency Sputnik confirmed that the explosions in Latakia were due to the attacks of the Israeli army fighter jets.

There were no immediate reports of possible casualties.

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Iran summons Italian envoy over illegal detention

Amadei was summoned by Director General of Western Europe of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Majid Nili on the continued detention of Mohammad Abedini.

Abedini, a co-founder of an Iranian company, and Mehdi Sadeghi, an employee of an American semiconductor manufacturing company, were accused of violating US export laws.

The detention of Abedini is an illegal act that was carried out upon the US Administration”s request and in line with the political and hostile goals of the country to hold Iranian citizens hostage, Nili said.

He added that this move not only harms the long-standing relations between Iran and Italy, but also contradicts the principles and standards of international law, including the rules of human rights, and can be a form of arbitrary detention.

He urged Italy to reject US hostage-taking policy, which is contrary to international law, especially human rights, to pave the grounds for Abedini”s release as soon as possible, and to prevent the US from harming the bilateral relations between Tehran and Rome.

The United States judicial authorities claimed that the equipment sent by these individuals to Iran was used in a drone attack in Jordan on January 28, 2024, which resulted in the deaths of three American soldiers and injuries to 47 others.

Abedini, who resides in both Switzerland and Iran, was arrested in Milan, Italy, at the request of the US administration. Sadeghi is an Iranian national with American citizenship who lives in Massachusetts.

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US forces prepare to build 1st military base in Syria”s Raqqa

Syrian sources added that Washington has taken its first steps to build an advanced military base in Raqqa without being subjected to any attacks or protests from elements under Jolani”s command.

Since three weeks ago, the US forces have been reorganizing their ranks in 10 bases in Syria and transferring military personnel and equipment from Iraq to this country.

These sources stated that the US special forces have been stationed in a military base affiliated with the Syrian army on the outskirts of Raqqa.

It was reported a few days ago that the US special forces known as Delta entered Raqqa through the Al Waleed border crossing in Iraq to be stationed in a sub-base.

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Russia urges Israel to end Gaza hostilities immediately

Russia’s Representative at the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya noted that Israel’s blockade of the Palestinian enclave and attacks had caused a humanitarian crisis, damage to medical infrastructure and mass displacements.

“We are extremely concerned about the ongoing attacks on civilian facilities. The number of refugees amounts to millions, while the healthcare system in the [Gaza] Strip has almost been destroyed,” the Russian diplomat said as he backed the proposal put forward by the World Health Organization (WHO) to evacuate patients to southern Gaza, TASS reported.

Israel waged a genocidal war on the besieged Gaza on October 7, 2023, after the Palestinian Hamas Resistance group carried out a historic operation against the occupying entity in retaliation for the regime’s 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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Al-Qassam Brigades destroys four Israeli Merkava tanks

Al-Qassam Brigades announced early on Saturday that it had destroyed the tanks during operations in the eastern part of the city of Jabalia, using strong explosives.

The group said it had targeted another Israeli Merkava armored vehicle with an anti-tank missile in the west of the Jabalia Refugee Camp.

The city of Jabalia and its refugee camp are located in the north of the Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, Al-Qassam Brigades said in another statement that its fighters had targeted the city of Netivot in the southern Israeli-occupied territories with Q18 missiles.

Al-Qassam fighters also targeted an Israeli Apache helicopter with a SAM missile in the east of Al-Bureij refugee camp, the central Gaza Strip. They said the operation was conducted with the cooperation of the al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees.

Palestinian Resistance groups have been fighting the Israeli regime to defend the Gaza Strip in the face of relentless attacks that have left the enclave in ruin and mostly killed women and children. According to the Gaza Health Ministry, 45,658 Palestinians have lost their lives in the 15-month-old war.

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Turkish warplanes launch fresh attacks on Syria

Informed sources told Sputnik that the northeastern suburbs of Aleppo region in northern Syria were heavily attacked by Turkish fighters.

According to the reports, Turkey targeted the positions of the US-backed SDF elements.

The attacks took place after an extensive reconnaissance operation carried out by the Turkish drones in the region, the sources added.

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Five killed in Israeli airstrike on Khan Yunis in S Gaza

Strikes were also delivered on residential houses in the Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone, leaving seven people wounded, the Qatari-based Al Jazeera television channel reported.

A tent camp near the Al Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza also came under bombardment.

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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Biden notifies Congress of $8 billion arms sale to Israel

The State Department has notified Congress “informally” of an $8 billion proposed arms deal with Israel that will include munitions for fighter jets and attack helicopters as well as artillery shells, two sources with direct knowledge tell Axios.

This will likely be the last weapons sale to the Tel Aviv regime the Biden administration approves.

It comes amid claims from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his supporters in recent months that Biden had imposed a silent “arms embargo” on Israel.

Some Democrats pushed the administration to condition arms sales to Israel based on Israel”s handling of the war effort and the humanitarian situation in Gaza, but Biden declined to do so.

This is a long-term agreement, according to the sources. Some production and delivery of the munitions can be fulfilled through current US stocks, but the majority will take one or more years to deliver.

The sources said the arms sale — which needs approval from the House and Senate foreign relations committees — includes AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles for fighter jets to defend against airborne threats, including drones.

The sale also includes 155mm artillery shells and Hellfire AGM-114 missiles for attack helicopters.

The proposed deal also includes small diameter bombs, JDAM tail kits that turn “dumb bombs” to precision munitions, 500-lb warheads and bomb fuzes.

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VIDEO: Anti-Zionism Jews hold rally in US to support Gazans

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VIDEO: Anti-Zionism Jews hold rally in US to support Gazans

TEHRAN, Jan. 04 (MNA) – Thousands of anti-Zionism Jews took to the streets of New York City to condemn the crimes of the Zionist regime in the Gaza Strip.

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زنگ خطر آنروا درباره اوضاع کودکان غزه

به گزارش خبرگزاری مهر به نقل از خبرگزاری شهاب، آژانس امداد رسانی و کاریابی برای آوارگان فلسطین زنگ خطر را برای کودکان به صدا درآورد.

آنروا اعلام کرد: در غزه هشتاد درصد از خانواده ها حداقل یک کودک بی غذا دارند.

این آژانس امداد رسانی بیان کرد: بیش از ۹۶ درصد از کودکان و زنان باردار و شیرخواران غذای کافی ندارند.

همچنین آژانس امداد و اشتغال سازمان ملل برای آوارگان فلسطینی (آنروا) هشدار داد که زمان برای جلوگیری از اعمال احتمالی ممنوعیت فعالیت این آژانس در اراضی اشغالی در حال گذر است؛ ممنوعیتی که مانع ارائه خدمات به میلیون‌ها آواره فلسطینی خواهد شد.

آنروا همچنین تأکید کرد که سازمان ملل برنامه‌ای برای جایگزینی این آژانس ندارد.

آنروا از کنست رژیم صهیونیستی خواست تا از تصمیم خود برای ممنوعیت فعالیت آنروا عقب‌نشینی کند.

از سوی دیگر مرکز حقوق بشری اروپا مدیترانه ای اعلام کرد: جان حسام ابوصفیه رئیس بیمارستان کمال عدوان به علت شکنجه در خطر است و جامعه جهانی برای آزادی آن باید فوراً وارد عمل شود.

این در حالی است که کاخ سفید اعلام کرد: ما اطلاعاتی درباره سرنوشت حسام ابوصفیه رئیس بیمارستان کمال عدوان نداریم.

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Damascus airport to start operating international flights

“We announce we will start receiving international flights to and from Damascus International Airport from Tuesday,” Mr Al Saliby told official news agency Sana.

“We reassure Arab and international airlines that we are in the process of fully rehabilitating Aleppo and Damascus airports with the help of our partners so that they will be able to receive flights from all over the world,” Mr Al Saliby said.

Flights were suspended at Damascus International Airport following the collapse of the government of Bashar Al Assad.

Qatar Airways announced on Thursday it will resume flights to the Syrian capital Damascus after nearly 13 years, starting with three weekly flights beginning on Tuesday.

The Qatari national carrier “is pleased to announce the resumption of three weekly flights to Damascus, Syria, from 7 January 2025,” it said in a statement.

It hailed a “significant step in reconnecting the region”, about a month after Islamist-led rebels toppled Syria”s longtime ruler Bashar Al Assad, capping more than a decade of civil war.

“Qatar Airways is working closely with relevant authorities to ensure that all necessary safety, security and operational standards are met ahead of the relaunch,” the airline said.

Qatar was the second country, after Turkey, to reopen its embassy in the Syrian capital following the overthrow of the Assad government on December 8.

Doha was one of the main backers of the armed rebellion that erupted after Assad”s government crushed a peaceful uprising in 2011. Unlike several of its neighbours, Qatar had remained a stern critic of Mr Al Assad and did not renew ties with Syria despite its return to the Arab diplomatic fold last year.

Source: Marzieh Rahmani

Iran’s Armed Forces to hold combined drill in coming days

The combined and joint exercise of the Armed Forces will start in the coming days in various regions of the country and Persian Gulf azure water.

According to the scheduled program, the intelligence, defensive, and offensive units of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and Basij Force will also begin Payambar-e Azam (the Great Prophet-19) Drill within the framework of a new combined format.

Based on the annual scheduled plan of the Armed Forces, this year”s military exercises will be held in a combined, joint format and compatible with the enemy’s new threats.

Improving coordination and synergy in the defensive and offensive capabilities of the Armed Forces and field exploitation of new military equipment to counter enemy threats are among the main goals of this combined and joint exercise.

Source: Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem

Gunmen from Nigeria kill 5 Cameroonian soldiers, MP says

It is the latest in a series of attempts to seize territory in the area.

Aka Martin Tyoga, MP for the district of Akwaya in southwestern Cameroon, where the incident took place, told Reuters the attack happened early on Friday, when hundreds of armed Fulani herdsmen crossed the border from Taraba state in Nigeria to attack a military post.

He said it was a retaliation after Cameroonian soldiers killed several herdsmen the day before.

Agwa Linus, traditional ruler of Bakinjaw, said the attackers also burnt down his home.

“This is not the first time they are attacking – it”s very unfortunate,” he said.

Source: Marzieh Rahmani

Resistance detonate house infiltrated by soldiers in Jabalia

The operation, which was carried out with the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades” al-Amoudi Brigade, showed resistance fighters rigging a house with a 155mm Howitzer shell, left behind by the Israeli enemy, which was detonated after a group of enemy soldiers entered the house, Al Mayadeen reported.

In a related context, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced on Friday that it had destroyed four Israeli Merkava tanks using several highly explosive devices along the advance axis east of Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip.

In another statement, the Qassam Brigades reported targeting a Merkava tank with a Shawaz explosive charge east of Safatwi Street, west of the Jabalia camp.

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