tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203269652024-02-19T19:47:20.770+03:00ORIENTBilad al-Sham بلاد الشامDr. Yasin ATLIOGLUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665726726649305477noreply@blogger.comBlogger13721125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326965.post-90248829887181277872023-11-17T19:22:00.001+03:002023-11-17T19:22:13.689+03:002006 yılındaki Hizbullah ile 2023 yılındaki Hizbullah arasındaki fark - Şarkul Avsat<p><span style="background-color: white;"> <span style="color: #343434; font-family: open-sans; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;">Halid Hamade</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343434; font-family: open-sans; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 20px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;">Hamas’ın 7 Ekim’de düzenlediği Aksa Tufanı operasyonuyla Gazze duvarını aşarak İsrail yerleşimlerine saldırması üzerine gözler, Hizbullah gruplarının işgal altındaki Celile’ye doğru bir sınır ihlali yapacağı beklentisiyle Güney Lübnan’a çevrildi.</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343434; font-family: open-sans; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 20px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;">Gazze savaşçılarının ve Lübnan ile diğer ülkelerdeki Hizbullah tabanının Hizbullah’ın Gazze’deki savaşa müdahalesinin kaçınılmaz olduğuna dair kanaati, Direniş Ekseni gruplarının defalarca dile getirdiği ‘meydanların birliği’ ilkesine dayanıyordu. Dayanaklardan bir diğeri de Hizbullah Genel Sekreteri Hasan Nasrallah’ın birçok kez Hizbullah’ın savaşı İsrail içlerine doğru taşıyabileceğini belirtmesiydi.</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343434; font-family: open-sans; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 20px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;">Düzensiz çatışmalar, Şeb’a Çiftlikleri’nde başladı ve sonrasında tüm sınırlara yayıldı. Ancak bunlar, özellikle ABD’nin Tahran’ın Aksa Tufanı operasyonuna müdahalesine dair herhangi bir delilin olmadığını belirtmesinin ardından Tahran’ın Gazze’deki savaşa dair gerçek tutumunun ne olduğu yönündeki sorulara cevap bulmak için yeterli olmadı. Dışişleri Bakanı Hüseyin Emir Abdullahiyan tarafından Beyrut’a ve sonrasında birçok başkente yapılan ziyaretlerde sergilenen İranlı tutumu, ABD tutumuyla karşı karşıya geldi. Bu tutum ayrıca, Gazze’de olup bitenlere verilecek tepkinin düzeyini belirlemekten sorumlu Hizbullah liderliğindeki Direniş Ekseni gruplarına desteğini de vurguladı. </span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343434; font-family: open-sans; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 20px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;">Her ne kadar Gazze’de şiddetin tırmanacağı konusunda uyarsa ve bir bölge patlaması olabileceğine işaret etse de İran’ın tutumları, İsrail’in Gazze’yi yakıp yıkması karşısında herhangi bir İranlı tepki göstermeden devam etti.</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343434; font-family: open-sans; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 20px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;">Ekim’de Gazze’deki operasyonların başlangıcından itibaren Hizbullah ile İsrail ordusu arasında her gün çıkan sınır çatışmalarının son derece koordineli ve disiplinli saha kısıtlamalarıyla yönetildiği görüldü. Bu, her iki tarafça da hedef alınan bölgelerin iki kilometreyi aşmayan sınırlı derinliğine bakılınca açıkça görülüyor. Sadece doğrudan askerî noktaların hedef alınmasına ve uygun mermi ve mühimmat kullanımında kontrollü olunmasına dair ortak bir sınır ötesi taahhüt de bunu ortaya koyuyor. Bu da operasyonların ritminin, İran ve ABD tarafından ABD’nin Tahran’a ve İran’ın da Gazze’ye yönelik tutumuyla örtüşecek şekilde yürütülen siyasi angajman kurallarının saha uygulamasından başka bir şey olmadığı sonucunu veriyor. </span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 20px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #343434; font-family: open-sans;"><a href="https://turkish.aawsat.com/arap-d%C3%BCnyasi/4674536-2006-y%C4%B1l%C4%B1ndaki-hizbullah-ile-2023-y%C4%B1l%C4%B1ndaki-hizbullah-aras%C4%B1ndaki-fark">https://turkish.aawsat.com/arap-d%C3%BCnyasi/4674536-2006-y%C4%B1l%C4%B1ndaki-hizbullah-ile-2023-y%C4%B1l%C4%B1ndaki-hizbullah-aras%C4%B1ndaki-fark</a></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: #e9f2ef; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343434; font-family: open-sans; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 20px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></p>Dr. Yasin ATLIOGLUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665726726649305477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326965.post-42098620250120718022023-11-17T19:15:00.001+03:002023-11-17T19:15:06.345+03:00Lebanese Resistance targets Israeli military sites - Al-Mayadeen<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: var(--read-col); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b>The Lebanese Islamic Resistance announced that it has targeted a gathering of Israeli occupation soldiers near the Al-Tayhat Triangle, confirming direct hits.</b></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--read-col); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 3rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;">Hezbollah announced in a statement, "In support of the steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in solidarity with their courageous and honorable resistance, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance [In Lebanon] targeted, at 10:30 on Friday, November 17, 2023, a gathering of Israeli occupation soldiers near the Tayhat Triangle with appropriate weapons, achieving direct hits."</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--read-col); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 3rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--read-col);">Additionally, the Islamic Resistance also announced in a separate statement that it had targeted a gathering of Israeli occupation soldiers</span><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--read-col);"> </span><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/lebanese-resistance-targets-two-israeli-sites-along-the-bord" style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0px !important; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;">near the "Marj" outpost</a><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--read-col);"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--read-col);">and another gathering near the "Ramim" barracks causing direct injuries. The Islamic Resistance also targeted the Israeli site of al-Malikiyah.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 3rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif;"><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/lebanese-resistance-targets-israeli-military-sites">https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/lebanese-resistance-targets-israeli-military-sites</a></span></span></p>Dr. Yasin ATLIOGLUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665726726649305477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326965.post-27257160160498996622023-11-17T19:12:00.006+03:002023-11-17T19:12:50.456+03:00Hezbollah fires rockets at IDF posts on Lebanon border; army returns fire - The Times of Israel<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: "pt serif", serif; font-size: 18px;">A number of rockets have been fired by the Hezbollah terror group from Lebanon at Israeli army positions on the border, close to the northern communities of Malkia and Menara.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #121212; font-family: "pt serif", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There are no reports of injuries in the attacks.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #121212; font-family: "pt serif", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The IDF says it shelled the sources of the fire with artillery.</p><div id="gpt-passback" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #121212; font-family: "pt serif", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #121212; font-family: "pt serif", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 26px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Additionally, the IDF says fighter jets hit a number of Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon, including a weapons depot.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #121212; font-family: "pt serif", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It adds that troops also hit a terror cell in southern Lebanon that was preparing an attack near the northern village of Arab al-Aramshe.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #121212; font-family: pt serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hezbollah-fires-rockets-at-idf-posts-on-lebanon-border-army-returns-fire/">https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hezbollah-fires-rockets-at-idf-posts-on-lebanon-border-army-returns-fire/</a></span></span></p>Dr. Yasin ATLIOGLUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665726726649305477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326965.post-13300293782091593632023-11-17T19:11:00.005+03:002023-11-17T19:11:30.892+03:00Israeli army strikes locations near Syria's Damascus: State media - AA<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-family: GothamNarrow-Book; font-size: 17px;">The Israeli army early Friday struck missiles on several locations near the Syrian capital Damascus, the Syrian SANA news agency reported.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: GothamNarrow-Book; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">The Israeli attack was launched from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, according to a military source quoted by the agency.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: GothamNarrow-Book; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Most of the Israeli missiles were intercepted but some caused material damage, it added.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: GothamNarrow-Book; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">There have been a spate of attacks in the region since the Oct. 7 Hamas offensive in Israel.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #212529; font-family: GothamNarrow-Book;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-army-strikes-locations-near-syrias-damascus-state-media/3056186">https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-army-strikes-locations-near-syrias-damascus-state-media/3056186</a></span></span></p>Dr. Yasin ATLIOGLUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665726726649305477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326965.post-40949523051151181082023-11-17T19:10:00.006+03:002023-11-17T19:10:38.250+03:0058 attacks on US bases in Iraq, Syria since Oct. 17: Pentagon - Yeni Şafak<p> <span style="background-color: #f9f7f7; font-family: Inter, sans-serif;">The US Department of Defense on Thursday said its military bases in Iraq and Syria were attacked 58 times since Oct. 17.</span></p><p class="ys-paragraph-node" fragment="5d5b37a58a" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: #f9f7f7; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; margin: 1.2rem 0px 0px; position: relative;">In a press briefing, Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said the attacks have so far left more than 50 US troops lightly injured.</p><p class="ys-paragraph-node" fragment="befba01c04" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: #f9f7f7; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; margin: 1.2rem 0px 0px; position: relative;">"All of our service members who have been injured have all returned to duty," Singh said.</p><p class="ys-paragraph-node" fragment="e95a091718" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: #f9f7f7; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; margin: 1.2rem 0px 0px; position: relative;">She added that 31 of the attacks occurred in Syria and 27 in Iraq.</p><p class="ys-paragraph-node" fragment="15b101c2d2f" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: #f9f7f7; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; margin: 1.2rem 0px 0px; position: relative;">Singh noted that the US troops responded with airstrikes on command-and-control centers, weapons storage facilities and military training areas for Iran-backed groups.</p><p class="ys-paragraph-node" fragment="15b101c2d2f" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: #f9f7f7; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.2rem 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/58-attacks-on-us-bases-in-iraq-syria-since-oct-17-pentagon-3673578">https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/58-attacks-on-us-bases-in-iraq-syria-since-oct-17-pentagon-3673578</a></span></p>Dr. Yasin ATLIOGLUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665726726649305477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326965.post-62990836520805210222023-11-17T19:09:00.001+03:002023-11-17T19:09:01.745+03:00Israel-Hezbollah border skirmishes - Naharnet<p> <span style="color: #464647; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em;">Israeli warplanes and artillery bombed Friday the outskirts of the Lebanese border towns of al-Jebbayn, al-Labbouneh, Aitaroun, Yarine, Dhaira, Mays al-Jabal, Blida Houla, Tayr Harfa, Aita al-Shaab, Rab Tlatine, al-Taybe, Rmeish, and Wadi Mozlem.</span></p><p class="desc" style="color: #464647; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">Israel had shelled overnight with heavy and flare shells al-Naqoura, Blida, al-Khiam, Borj al-Moulouk, Kfarshouba, and Kfarhamam.</p><p class="desc" style="color: #464647; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">Hezbollah for its part targeted a group of Israeli soldiers near al-Taihat and other groups of soldiers near al-Marj post, the Ramim Barracks, al-Dhaira, and Yir'on, "inflicting casualties." It also targeted the Malkia post.</p><p class="desc" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #464647; font-family: Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19.2px;"><a href="https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/301597-israel-hezbollah-border-skirmishes-latest-developments">https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/301597-israel-hezbollah-border-skirmishes-latest-developments</a></span></span></p>Dr. Yasin ATLIOGLUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665726726649305477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326965.post-4102989868661134192023-11-17T19:07:00.006+03:002023-11-17T19:07:58.910+03:00Who is army chief candidate on whom parties have agreed? - Naharnet<p class="desc" style="color: #464647; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">There are currently three candidates for the army chief post but one of them has the highest chances, a media report said on Friday.</p><p class="desc" style="color: #464647; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">“His appointment has been settled in principle and he enjoys the acceptance of all political parties and has close ties to foreign forces,” the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper quoted informed sources as saying.</p><p class="desc" style="color: #464647; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">“A meeting was held Wednesday evening between parties concerned with the file and an agreement was reached on naming an army commander instead of postponing the retirement of the incumbent chief,” the daily added, citing “credible reports.”</p><p class="desc" style="color: #464647; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">“The candidate has been informed of the decision and he has met with (Speaker Nabih) Berri and a number of officials, who put him in the picture of their deliberations,” the newspaper said.</p><p class="desc" style="color: #464647; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">The candidate was also “one of the military figures who were visited by a U.S. delegation that discussed the situation of the military institution,” Nidaa al-Watan added.</p><p><span style="color: #464647; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em;">Al-Akhbar newspaper meanwhile said that the Free Patriotic Movement has three candidate for the army chief post: Intelligence Directorate chief Tony Qahwaji, Elie Akl and Maroun Qbayati.</span></p><p><a href="https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/301611-who-is-army-chief-candidate-on-whom-parties-have-agreed">https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/301611-who-is-army-chief-candidate-on-whom-parties-have-agreed</a></p>Dr. Yasin ATLIOGLUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665726726649305477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326965.post-712505751256883312023-11-17T19:06:00.005+03:002023-11-17T19:06:45.489+03:00The Army air defenses repel Israeli aggression on the surroundings of Damascus - SANA<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Damascus, SANA- The army air defenses repelled an Israeli missile attack that targeted a number of points in the surroundings of Damascus.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">“At around 2:25 a.m. Friday, the Israeli enemy carried out an aerial attack from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting a number of points in the surroundings of Damascus,” a military source said in a statement to SANA.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">The source added that the Army air defense forces responded to the missile aggression and shot down most of them, saying the damage was limited to materials.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><a href="https://www.sana.sy/en/?p=320437">https://www.sana.sy/en/?p=320437</a></span></p>Dr. Yasin ATLIOGLUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665726726649305477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326965.post-80718770176217994082023-11-17T19:05:00.005+03:002023-11-17T19:05:49.750+03:00Israeli enemy shells with artillery villages and towns in southern Lebanon - SANA<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Beirut, SANA- The Israeli enemy targeted on Friday the towns of Naqoura and Aita al-Shaab and their neighboring areas in southern Lebanon.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Lebanese National News Agency reported that the Israeli enemy shelled in the morning the outskirts of the towns of Naqoura and Alma al-Shaab, and at night it shelled the outskirts of the towns of Aita al-Shaab and Ramiya, as well as the enemy aircraft raided on Thursday the vicinity of Naqoura town and Jabal al-Labouneh.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">During the dawn hours, Israeli artillery targeted the areas of al-Harj, Tal al-Nahhas and Aaziyyeh on the outskirts of Kafr Kila town, in addition to the outskirts of al-Dhahira town, the agency noted.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">The Lebanese agency added Enemy reconnaissance aircraft also flew until this morning, while enemy flares filled the skies of the western and central sectors.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><a href="https://www.sana.sy/en/?p=320447">https://www.sana.sy/en/?p=320447</a></span></p>Dr. Yasin ATLIOGLUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665726726649305477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326965.post-85043041133726534582023-11-16T19:26:00.001+03:002023-11-17T19:27:18.975+03:00Israel caused 37% of Lebanon's forest fires in 2023 - L'Orient Today<p> <span style="color: #1b1a1a; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">BEIRUT — Lebanon's caretaker Minister of the Environment, Nasser Yassin, claimed on Thursday that "774 hectares of land, including 296 hectares of forest" were incinerated this summer as temperatures rose, before the Israeli army began on Oct. 8 to drop phosphorus bombs in southern Lebanon. The attacks by Israel are responsible for numerous forest fires, according to remarks reported by state-run National News Agency (NNA).</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1b1a1a; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 32px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;">Israel's use of phosphorus has burned 460 hectares of forests and orchards, "which constitutes 37% of the areas affected by fires in 2023," the minister added.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1b1a1a; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 32px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;">The use of white phosphorus bombs by the Israeli army in southern Lebanon is causing a large number of fires, but also represents a danger to human health, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, which published recommendations in early November for the treatment of people affected by contact with this chemical.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 32px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #1b1a1a; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><a href="https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1357672/israel-caused-37-of-lebanons-forest-fires-in-2023.html">https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1357672/israel-caused-37-of-lebanons-forest-fires-in-2023.html</a></span></span></p>Dr. Yasin ATLIOGLUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665726726649305477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326965.post-57361856159464784732023-11-16T19:18:00.001+03:002023-11-17T19:19:57.458+03:00Lebanese army leadership doubts grow after talks fail - Arab News<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">BEIRUT: An emergency meeting by the Lebanese caretaker Cabinet on Thursday failed to extend the term of Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Joseph Aoun, whose mandate ends in 55 days.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;">Aoun is also a possible presidential candidate.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;">A fresh political statement is expected to be released as the military situation remains tense on Lebanon’s southern border with Israel.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;">Hezbollah has targeted Israeli sites, including the Misgav Am, Bayad Blida, Metula, Asi, and Harmon areas, as well as the Yiftah barracks.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;">The group also targeted an Israeli ground force gathering on Karantina hill near the Hadab Yaron site with “appropriate weapons and achieved direct hits.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;">Israeli forces responded with aerial bombardment of Lebanese border villages, towns, plains and forests using phosphorus missiles.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: playfair display, serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.arabnews.com/node/2410181/middle-east">https://www.arabnews.com/node/2410181/middle-east</a></span></span></p>Dr. Yasin ATLIOGLUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665726726649305477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326965.post-69803886667034267602023-11-16T19:17:00.005+03:002023-11-16T19:17:38.591+03:00Israeli army fighter jets strike Hezbollah targets in Lebanon - Al-Arabiya<a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2023/11/16/Israeli-army-says-gained-control-of-Gaza-harbor-used-by-Hamas" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Pro Regular", serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-style: dotted;">Israeli fighter jets</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #151515; font-family: "Source Serif Pro Regular", serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"> carried out strikes on Iran-backed </span><a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2023/11/13/US-defense-chief-warned-Gallant-about-Israeli-military-actions-in-Lebanon-Report" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Pro Regular", serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-style: dotted;">Hezbollah</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #151515; font-family: "Source Serif Pro Regular", serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"> targets in Lebanon, the Israeli military said on Thursday.</span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #151515; font-family: "Source Serif Pro Regular", serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #151515; font-family: "Source Serif Pro Regular", serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;">“The targets included a number of military posts from which Hezbollah terrorists operated. In addition… [Israeli army] soldiers struck a terrorist who was operating in Lebanese territory, adjacent to the area of Shlomi in northern Israel,” the Israeli army said in a statement.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #151515; font-family: "Source Serif Pro Regular", serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #151515; font-family: "Source Serif Pro Regular", serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;">Earlier, the Israeli army said: “An anti-tank missile was launched from Lebanon toward the area of Shlomi in northern Israel. In response, the [Israeli army] struck the Hezbollah launch post from which the missile was fired.”</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #151515; font-family: "Source Serif Pro Regular", serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><span style="color: #151515; font-family: Source Serif Pro Regular, serif;"><a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2023/11/16/Israeli-army-fighter-jets-strike-Hezbollah-targets-in-Lebanon">https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2023/11/16/Israeli-army-fighter-jets-strike-Hezbollah-targets-in-Lebanon</a></span></span></div>Dr. Yasin ATLIOGLUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665726726649305477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326965.post-22827169450814666692023-11-16T19:10:00.004+03:002023-11-16T19:10:30.165+03:00Jumblat defends al-Rahi after attacks by pro-Hezbollah activists -Naharnet<p> <span style="color: #464647; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em;">Druze leader Walid Jumblat on Thursday defended Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi after he was attacked on social media by pro-Hezbollah journalists and activists.</span></p><p class="desc" style="color: #464647; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">“We condemn any domestic inflammatory remarks, especially against Patriarch al-Rahi, during this extraordinarily dangerous period in the history of Lebanon and the region,” Jumblat said in a post on the X platform, formerly Twitter.</p><p class="desc" style="color: #464647; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">“Internal unity is above any consideration,” he added.</p><p class="desc" style="color: #464647; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">Al-Rahi had on Wednesday said: “Our people in the South are leaving their homes and this means further poverty, that’s why we have asked our parishioners to offer sums of money and to present Sundays’ trays (of donations) to our people who are coming from the southern towns.”</p><p class="desc" style="color: #464647; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">Since October 8, thousands of residents have fled the southern border towns amid daily clashes between Israel and Hezbollah against the backdrop of the war in Gaza.</p><p class="desc" style="color: #464647; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">Al-Rahi’s remarks infuriated some pro-Hezbollah activists, including al-Manar reporter Ali Shoaib and al-Mayadeen reporter Ali Murtada, who launched vehement attacks and insults against al-Rahi on their social media accounts.</p><p class="desc" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #464647; font-family: Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19.2px;"><a href="https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/301579-jumblat-defends-al-rahi-after-attacks-by-pro-hezbollah-activists">https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/301579-jumblat-defends-al-rahi-after-attacks-by-pro-hezbollah-activists</a></span></span></p>Dr. Yasin ATLIOGLUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665726726649305477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326965.post-45658944392199642972023-11-16T19:09:00.002+03:002023-11-16T19:09:13.786+03:00Hezbollah targets Israeli posts after 'preemptive' strikes on south - Naharnet<p class="desc" style="color: #464647; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">Israeli warplanes and artillery bombed Thursday morning several border towns including al-Khiyam, al-Naqoura, al-Labbouneh, Aita al-Shaab, and Marjeyoun's plain, in strikes described as preemtive.</p><p class="desc" style="color: #464647; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">Israel later shelled Kfarkela, Ramia, Odeisseh, Markaba, Beit Leef, Dhaira, Alma al-Shaab, Houla, Mays al-Jabal, Mhaibib, Aitaroun and other border towns after Hezbollah targeted several Israeli posts including al-Assi, Miskav Am, al-Marj, al-Bayyad, Metulla, and the Yiftah barracks.</p><p><span style="color: #464647; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em;">The Israeli army said its fighter jets attacked Hezbollah military positions and a fighter who was operating in Lebanese territory near Shlomi.</span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/301586-hezbollah-targets-israeli-posts-after-preemptive-strikes-on-south">https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/301586-hezbollah-targets-israeli-posts-after-preemptive-strikes-on-south</a></h4>Dr. Yasin ATLIOGLUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665726726649305477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326965.post-60265984319825937872023-11-15T22:26:00.006+03:002023-11-15T22:26:48.795+03:00Hizbullah, İsrail’in elektronik ekipmanlarını hedef alıyor - Şarkul Avsat<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"> <span style="color: #343434; font-family: open-sans; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Hizbullah, İsrail elektronik ekipmanını bombalama savaşına yeniden başladı. İsrail ordusu ise bunları onarmaya ve sınır bölgelerine yerleştirmeye çalışıyor. Elektronik ekipmanların bulunduğu direkleri kaldırmaya çalışan vinçler hedef alınırken sınır bölgesindeki gerilim ise artıyor. Meclis Başkanı Nebih Berri, ‘bölgede İsrail savaşının ateşini körüklemenin tehlikeleri’ uyarısında bulundu.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343434; font-family: open-sans; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 20px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;">Karşılıklı bombardımanın doğu, orta ve batı olmak üzere üç kesimi kapsaması nedeniyle güney cephesi 14 Kasım’da sabahtan bu yana sakinleşmedi. İsrail güçleri ağır toplar ve insansız hava araçlarıyla fırlatılan füzeler kullanırken, Hizbullah ise güdümlü füzeler ve havan topları kullandı. Hizbullah’a bağlı medya, partinin daha önce yok ettiği elektronik cihazları yeniden takmak için sınır bölgelerinden birinde bulunan dört vinçten birinin hedef alındığını gösteren bir video yayınladı.</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343434; font-family: open-sans; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 20px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;">Hizbullah 8 Ekim'den bu yana, sınır bölgesindeki 42 İsrail bölgesinde elektronik ekipman içeren 105 direği hedef aldı. Bombalamanın ilk haftasındaki görüntülere göre operasyona ‘düşmanın gözlerinin oyulması’ adı verildi. İsrail ordusu, geçen haftadan bu yana sütunları ve ekipmanı yeniden kurmaya çalışıyor. Bu durum üzerine Hizbullah ise yeni hedefler belirliyor.</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343434; font-family: open-sans; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 20px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;">Birleşmiş Milletler Geçici Barış Gücü (UNIFIL) Komutanı General Aroldo Lazaro, dün yaptığı açıklamada, Güney Lübnan'da gerilimin arttığı uyarısında bulundu. Geçici Başbakan Necib Mikati ve Meclis Başkanı Nebih Berri ile görüşen Lazaro, “Güneydeki durum ve daha kapsamlı, daha şiddetli düşmanlık potansiyeli konusundaki derin endişemi dile getirdim. UNIFIL'in öncelikleri artık gerilimin tırmanmasını önlemek, sivillerin hayatını korumak ve bunu başarmaya çalışan barış güçlerinin güvenliğini sağlamaktır.</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 20px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #343434; font-family: open-sans;"><a href="https://turkish.aawsat.com/arap-d%C3%BCnyasi/4670401-hizbullah-i%CC%87srail%E2%80%99-elektronik-ekipmanlar%C4%B1n%C4%B1-hedef-al%C4%B1yor">https://turkish.aawsat.com/arap-d%C3%BCnyasi/4670401-hizbullah-i%CC%87srail%E2%80%99-elektronik-ekipmanlar%C4%B1n%C4%B1-hedef-al%C4%B1yor</a></span></span></p>Dr. Yasin ATLIOGLUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665726726649305477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326965.post-53427492354400801272023-11-15T22:24:00.003+03:002023-11-15T22:24:14.675+03:00‘Scorched earth policy’: Will Lebanon be compensated for Israel’s environmental crimes? - L'Orient Today<p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #1b1a1a; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Since Oct. 15, a week after the start of clashes between Hezbollah and Israel on the southern border, the Israeli Army has burned Lebanese forests, olive groves and other agricultural land, often with white phosphorus bombs. This military practice has been described as a "scorched earth policy" by caretaker Minister of Environment Nasser Yassin. Last week, Yassin announced Lebanon's intention to "lodge a documented complaint" against the attacks, which are prohibited by international law and have already destroyed 4.6 million m2 of woodland, 20 hectares of olive groves and 20 hectares of century-old olive groves (some 40,000 olive trees).</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1b1a1a; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 32px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Who can submit such a claim and to which legal bodies? Given the ongoing financial crisis, and the government’s inability to compensate farmers for their losses, what chance does Lebanon have of receiving reparations for the chemical attacks? We asked Rizk Zgheib, Associate Professor of International Law at Saint Joseph University (USJ).</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1b1a1a; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 32px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;">Q- When is a strategy described as a "scorched earth policy?"</b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1b1a1a; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 32px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">A- This is a military tactic whereby one side involved in a conflict deliberately destroys another's resources, means of production or the surrounding environment. When such destruction is intentional rather than collateral damage, it is a violation of international humanitarian law.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1b1a1a; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 32px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;">Q- Israel has not ratified Protocol III of the UN Convention on Certain </b>Conventional Weapons, prohibiting the use of white phosphorus.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1b1a1a; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 32px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">A- Nevertheless, its [Israel’s] use [of white phosphorous] still violates customary international humanitarian law, especially as it is indiscriminately and disproportionately aimed at civilians, rather than military targets.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 32px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1b1a1a; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><a href="https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1357336/scorched-earth-policy-will-lebanon-be-compensated-for-israels-environmental-crimes.html">https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1357336/scorched-earth-policy-will-lebanon-be-compensated-for-israels-environmental-crimes.html</a></span></span></p>Dr. Yasin ATLIOGLUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665726726649305477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326965.post-29735252759949309602023-11-15T22:19:00.003+03:002023-11-15T22:19:20.206+03:00Abbas İbrahim, ‘arenaların birliği’ olgusunu savundu - Şarkul Avsat<p><span style="background-color: white;"> <span style="color: #343434; font-family: open-sans; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Lübnan Kamu Güvenliği eski Genel Müdürü Tümgeneral Abbas İbrahim, yaralı Filistinlilerin tedavi için Mısır'a götürülmesi ve Gazze Şeridi'ne insani yardım girişi karşılığında yabancıların Gazze'den çıkarılmasına ilişkin anlaşmada ‘mütevazı bir rol’ oynadığını açıkladı.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343434; font-family: open-sans; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 20px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;">İbrahim, Al Majalla ile gerçekleştirdiği röportajda İran ve müttefiklerinin, Gazze'de ‘Hamas'ın parçalanmasını önlemek’ de dahil olmak üzere askeri müdahale için ‘kırmızı çizgiler’ belirlediğini söyledi. “Arenaların birliği askeri bir gerçekliğe dönüşecek” diyen İbrahim, ABD'nin Akdeniz'e iki uçak gemisi göndermesinin İsrail'i ‘daha fazla çılgınlığa’ sürükleyeceğine inandığını belirtti. İbrahim ayrıca ‘insani bir anlaşma’ sağlamak amacıyla İtalya ve Katar'a yaptığı ziyaretlere ilişkin de bilgi verdi.</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343434; font-family: open-sans; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 20px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;">Şarku’l Avsat’ın Al-Majalla’dan aktardığına göre İbrahim, röportajda gizli arabuluculuklara da değindi. Geçtiğimiz yıllarda Suriye Devlet Başkanı Beşşar Esed ile ABD yönetimi arasındaki arabuluculuk da bunlardan biri. Dönemin ABD Başkanı Donald Trump'ın Şam'a gönderdiği elçilerin Suriye Ulusal Güvenlik Büro Başkanı Tümgeneral Ali Memlük’le görüşmesi için düzenlenen ziyaret ile Fransız İstihbarat Direktörü’yle görüşülmesi için Suriye'nin başkentinde gerçekleştirilen temaslar da bu gizli arabuluculuklar kapsamında gerçekleşti.</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343434; font-family: open-sans; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 20px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;">İşte Al Majalla’nın, Lübnan'daki duruma ve siyasi geleceğine değinen Lübnan Kamu Güvenliği eski Genel Müdürü Tümgeneral Abbas İbrahim'le gerçekleştirdiği röportajın ilk bölümü:</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343434; font-family: open-sans; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 20px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><em style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">- Gazze Şeridi’ne yardım götürülmesi ve yaralıların tedavi edilmesi karşılığında yabancıların bölgeden Mısır’a geçirilmesi anlaşmasında rol oynadınız mı?</span></em></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343434; font-family: open-sans; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 20px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;">Evet. Hem çifte vatandaşlığa sahip Filistinlilerin Gazze Şeridi'nden çıkarılmasında hem de Gazze Şeridi'nde tedavi edilemeyen yaralı Filistinlilerin tedavi için Mısır'a nakledilmesinde mütevazı bir rol oynadım. Maalesef İsrail'in yolları, geçitleri ve güzergahları bombalaması anlaşmanın tamamlanmasını sekteye uğrattı.</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 20px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #343434; font-family: open-sans;"><a href="https://turkish.aawsat.com/arap-d%C3%BCnyasi/4670406-abbas-i%CC%87brahim-%E2%80%98arenalar%C4%B1n-birli%C4%9Fi%E2%80%99-olgusunu-savundu">https://turkish.aawsat.com/arap-d%C3%BCnyasi/4670406-abbas-i%CC%87brahim-%E2%80%98arenalar%C4%B1n-birli%C4%9Fi%E2%80%99-olgusunu-savundu</a></span></span></p>Dr. Yasin ATLIOGLUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665726726649305477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326965.post-21412994123870902832023-11-15T22:16:00.007+03:002023-11-15T22:16:58.450+03:00Lübnan kamuoyu ülkenin savaşa dahil olmamasını istiyor - Şarkul Avsat<p><span style="background-color: white;"> <span style="color: #343434; font-family: open-sans; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Lübnan ile İsrail arasındaki güney cephesi karşılıklı gerilime tanık oluyor. Hizbullah, İsrail ordusunun onarmaya ve sınır bölgelerine yerleştirmeye çalıştığı elektronik ekipmanları bombalamaya devam etti. Hizbullah, elektronik ekipmanların bulunduğu sütunları kaldırmaya çalışan vinçleri hedef aldı. Bu durum Lübnan Meclis Başkanı Nebih Berri’yi “İsrail savaşının yangınlarının bölgede yayılmasının tehlikelerine” karşı uyarıda bulunmaya itti.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343434; font-family: open-sans; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 20px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;">Karşılıklı bombardıman güney Lübnan’daki üç bölümü (doğu, orta ve batı) kapsadı. İsrail güçleri ağır toplar ve insansız hava araçlarıyla (İHA) füzeler kullanırken, Hizbullah güdümlü füzeler ve havan topları kullandı.</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343434; font-family: open-sans; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 20px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;">Birleşmiş Milletler (BM) Lübnan Geçici Barış Gücü (UNIFIL) Komutanı Aroldo Lazaro, tırmanışın yoğunluğunun artmasına ve “daha geniş ve daha şiddetli saldırıların patlak verme olasılığına” karşı uyarıda bulundu. Lazaro “UNIFIL’in şu anki öncelikleri gerilimi önlemek, sivillerin hayatını korumak ve bunu yapmaya çalışan barışı koruma güçlerinin emniyetini ve güvenliğini sağlamaktır” dedi.</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343434; font-family: open-sans; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 20px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;">Lübnan Meclis Başkanlığı tarafından yapılan açıklamada, Lazaro ile görüşmesi sırasında Berri “düşman İsrail’in sivilleri, medya mensuplarını ve acil sağlık görevlilerini tekrar tekrar hedef alarak saldırganlığını aşırı bir şekilde tırmandırmasının, Güney Lübnan’ın derinliklerine doğru saldırılarını genişletmesinin ve Lübnan başkenti Beyrut’u tehdit etmesinin; BM’nin 1701 sayılı Kararı ve angajman kurallarıyla temsil edilen uluslararası meşruiyete bağlılık çağrısında bulunan uluslararası toplumun ve Arap dünyasının tutumlarının aksine, İsrail’in savaş ateşinin bölgede yayılması tehlikesini artırdığını” söyleyerek uyarıda bulundu.</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 20px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #343434; font-family: open-sans;"><a href="https://turkish.aawsat.com/arap-d%C3%BCnyasi/4670431-l%C3%BCbnan-kamuoyu-%C3%BClkenin-sava%C5%9Fa-dahil-olmamas%C4%B1n%C4%B1-istiyor">https://turkish.aawsat.com/arap-d%C3%BCnyasi/4670431-l%C3%BCbnan-kamuoyu-%C3%BClkenin-sava%C5%9Fa-dahil-olmamas%C4%B1n%C4%B1-istiyor</a></span></span></p>Dr. Yasin ATLIOGLUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665726726649305477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326965.post-16534356640992916352023-11-15T22:08:00.004+03:002023-11-15T22:08:26.805+03:00Lebanon’s struggling hospitals could collapse if war escalates, doctors fear - Arab News<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">MARJAYOUN, Lebanon: From his office overlooking the border with Israel, Dr. Mounes Klakesh can hear the thump of artillery rounds and air strikes landing on nearby Lebanese towns. The increasing frequency of those strikes has the staff of his small hospital on edge.</span></span></p><br style="box-sizing: inherit; content: ""; display: block; font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">“We’ve already had to treat 51 people wounded by explosions in the last month or so. Seventeen of those died, or arrived dead. More than that and we’d be overwhelmed,” Klakesh said.</span></div><br style="box-sizing: inherit; content: ""; display: block; font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-align: justify;" /><span style="font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Klakesh, director of the Marjayoun Hospital in southern Lebanon, said it serves nearly 300,000 people in the area. It has 14 emergency beds and struggles to operate because of a lack of staff and, crucially, lack of fuel.</div></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; content: ""; display: block; font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-align: justify;" /><span style="font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The hospital runs on generators 20 hours a day and has to pay up to $20,000 a month for the fuel. “None of that money comes from the government anymore. We rely on what funds the hospital has from one week to the next,” Klakesh said.</div></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; content: ""; display: block; font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-align: justify;" /><span style="font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">If the fuel runs out, the hospital closes. “We can’t just switch off part of the hospital.”</div></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; content: ""; display: block; font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-align: justify;" /><span style="font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Dozens more public hospitals are in a similarly precarious state. Lebanon’s economic collapse in 2019 left them barely able to cope in peacetime.</div></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; content: ""; display: block; font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-align: justify;" /><span style="font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Now, an escalating conflict on the southern border with Israel is pushing the health care sector into a new crisis. Doctors worry the latest Middle East war could stretch it beyond breaking point.</div></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; content: ""; display: block; font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-align: justify;" /><span style="font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Fighting broke out here after Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas went to war in the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7.</div></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; content: ""; display: block; font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-align: justify;" /><span style="font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, has fired rockets at Israeli troops and Israel has bombed and shelled areas along the border in increasing attacks that are fueling concerns of a widening conflict.</div></span></span><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: playfair display, serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.arabnews.com/node/2409341/middle-east">https://www.arabnews.com/node/2409341/middle-east</a></span></span></div>Dr. Yasin ATLIOGLUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665726726649305477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326965.post-74599718921138389952023-11-15T22:06:00.001+03:002023-11-15T22:06:10.666+03:00Missile strikes end lull on Lebanon border - Arab News<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">BEIRUT: Missile warning sirens sounded in the Israeli settlements of Kiryat Shmona and Margaliot on Wednesday afternoon, ending an 18-hour period of cautious calm on the border with Lebanon.</span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit; content: ""; display: block; font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-align: justify;" /><span style="font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Israeli media reported that about 20 missiles fired from Lebanon toward the Galilee region fell near Kiryat Shmona.</div></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; content: ""; display: block; font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-align: justify;" /><span style="font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Hezbollah said that it struck the Israeli Defense Forces’ Ramim barracks with missiles, achieving “direct hits,” and also targeted Israeli military sites in Ruwaizat Al-Alam in the Kafr Shuba hills.</div></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; content: ""; display: block; font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-align: justify;" /><span style="font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Israel’s Channel 14 television channel reported that drones crossed into the Zar’it area on the border with Lebanon.</div></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; content: ""; display: block; font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-align: justify;" /><span style="font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Israeli forces directed artillery fire at areas between Khiam, Ebl Al-Saqi, and the outskirts of the towns of Hula, Rab El Thalathine, Markaba, Burj Al-Muluk, and Labouneh, south of Naqoura.</div></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; content: ""; display: block; font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-align: justify;" /><span style="font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">An explosion from an Israeli Iron Dome interceptor missile echoed in the skies above the Khiam Plain.</div></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; content: ""; display: block; font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-align: justify;" /><span style="font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Confrontations were confined to the area south of the Litani River.</div></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; content: ""; display: block; font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-align: justify;" /></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "playfair display", serif, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Suggestions that the lull in clashes between Hezbollah and the Israeli army was linked to meetings between UNIFIL’s mission head Maj. Gen. Aroldo Lazaro Saenz and Lebanese political leaders on Tuesday were rejected by one source, who told Arab News: “This matter has nothing to do with what is happening on the ground. The southern front moves in line with field developments in the Gaza Strip.”</span> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.arabnews.com/node/2409476/middle-east">https://www.arabnews.com/node/2409476/middle-east</a></span></p>Dr. Yasin ATLIOGLUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665726726649305477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326965.post-7345053983957511062023-11-15T22:04:00.003+03:002023-11-15T22:04:22.824+03:00Lebanon releases suspected Hezbollah member accused of killing Irish UNIFIL peacekeeper - Al-Monitor<p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Noto Sans", Times, serif; font-size: 18px;">BEIRUT — Reports about the release of the main suspect in the killing last year of an</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Noto Sans", Times, serif; font-size: 18px;"> </span><a href="https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/06/lebanons-hezbollah-denies-links-suspects-killing-un-irish-peacekeeper" style="color: #0076c0; font-family: "Noto Sans", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Irish peacekeeper</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Noto Sans", Times, serif; font-size: 18px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Noto Sans", Times, serif; font-size: 18px;">in southern Lebanon are raising controversy, as tensions escalate between Israel and Hezbollah along the Lebanon-Israel border.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Noto Sans", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Lebanon’s military court released on bail Mohamad Ayyad, who had been detained since December 2022 over his involvement in the killing of Pvt. Sean Rooney, the local Nidaa al-Watan paper reported on Wednesday.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Noto Sans", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Rooney was killed and another seriously injured when two UNIFIL armored vehicles came under small arms fire in the southern village of al-Aqbiya, a Hezbollah stronghold. In June, the first military investigation judge, Fadi Sawan, charged Ayyad with murder, along with four other suspects who remain at large.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Noto Sans", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Hezbollah has denied any links to the five suspects. The paramilitary group and the Lebanese army have yet to comment on the report.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Noto Sans", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">The Irish Defense Department said it was aware of the reports on Ayyad’s release.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Noto Sans", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">“The Department has engaged a Lebanese legal firm to represent the interests and concerns of the Irish government at the court hearings, and they will be in contact with the court today to establish the circumstances of Ayyad’s reported release,” a Defense Department spokesman said in a statement.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Noto Sans", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Reports of Ayyad’s release come as 334 Irish soldiers prepare to join UNIFIL’s 123rd battalion in southern Lebanon.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Noto Sans", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">UNIFIL has patrolled the border with Israel since its establishment in 1978 following the withdrawal of Israeli forces that briefly invaded Lebanon. The mission was amended several times over the years. In 2006, the UN Security Council strengthened UNIFIL’s mandate following the war that Israel and Hezbollah fought for more than a month. Today, some 10,500 peacekeeping forces patrol the area.</p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Noto Sans, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/11/lebanon-releases-suspected-hezbollah-member-accused-killing-irish-unifil">https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/11/lebanon-releases-suspected-hezbollah-member-accused-killing-irish-unifil</a></span></span></p>Dr. Yasin ATLIOGLUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665726726649305477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326965.post-45436386755695424882023-11-15T21:52:00.004+03:002023-11-15T21:52:29.005+03:00Border clashes intensify after relatively calm morning - Naharnet<p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #464647; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em;">Israeli drones and artillery bombed Wednesday several southern towns including Markaba, Rab Tlatine, al-Khiyam, Tayr Harfa, al-Jebbayn, Yarine, Blida, Kfarkela, Jabal Blat, Aita al-Shaab, Yaroun, Houla, al-Labbouneh, Marwahine, Rmeish, Odeisseh, al-Bustan, al-Naqoura, Mays al-Jabal, Kfarshouba and al-Dhaira.</span></p><p class="desc" style="color: #464647; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Hezbollah for its parts targeted several Israeli posts including the Ramim barracks, the Rwaisat al-Alam post on the occupied Shebaa Farms, Berket Risha, Jabal al-Tiyarat, and Jal al-Alam, "inflicting casualties", amid reports of a volley of rockets launched from Lebanon, which activated alert sirens in Kiryat Shmona, Margaliot and Misgav Am. These Israeli towns have been largely evacuated of civilians. Israeli reports said the volley of rockets has landed in open areas in the Kiryat Shmona region.</p><p class="desc" style="color: #464647; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Also on Monday, an Iron Dome interception missile exploded over the Khiam plain and another one exploded over Zar'it on the Israeli side.</p><p class="desc" style="color: #464647; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Since the Palestinian militant group Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel from Gaza, Lebanon's southern border has seen intensifying tit-for-tat exchanges, mainly between Israel and Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, stoking fears of a broader conflagration.</p><p class="desc" style="color: #464647; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">At least 88 people have been killed in Lebanon since hostilities began: more than 60 Hezbollah fighters, 13 other combatants including from Palestinian groups, and 10 civilians, according to a revised AFP tally.</p><p class="desc" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #464647; font-family: Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19.2px;"><a href="https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/301547-border-clashes-intensify-after-relatively-calm-morning">https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/301547-border-clashes-intensify-after-relatively-calm-morning</a></span></span></p>Dr. Yasin ATLIOGLUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665726726649305477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326965.post-53435385032588821752023-11-15T21:51:00.001+03:002023-11-15T21:51:10.554+03:00Geagea says border clashes not in Lebanon's interest -Naharnet<p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #464647; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em;">Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea stressed the need for a two-state solution as "Palestinians cannot remain without a state."</span></p><p class="desc" style="color: #464647; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">In a meeting Wednesday with United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Joanna Wronecka, Geagea said that the border skirmishes between Israel and Hezbollah in the south do not serve anyone, "especially Lebanon and its people."</p><p class="desc" style="color: #464647; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">As he called anew for the implementation of U.N. resolution 1701, Geagea warned against involving the Lebanese army in "adventures and experiments with uncertain results."</p><p class="desc" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #464647; font-family: Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19.2px;"><a href="https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/301550-geagea-says-border-clashes-not-in-lebanon-s-interest">https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/301550-geagea-says-border-clashes-not-in-lebanon-s-interest</a></span></span></p>Dr. Yasin ATLIOGLUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665726726649305477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326965.post-65832885997038702042023-11-15T19:16:00.001+03:002023-11-17T19:17:56.945+03:00Hezbollah vows to defeat Israeli regime if Gaza war expands - IRNA<p><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #212529; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.8px;">Tehran, IRNA- Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement vows it will deploy “all the power” at its disposal to defeat the Israeli regime if the war against the Gaza Strip spills over to other fronts.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.4px; text-align: justify;">“We are not afraid of Israel, and if it decides to wage war against Lebanon and Hezbollah, we will confront it with all the power we have to overturn this regime,” Sheikh Naim Qassem, Hezbollah’s deputy secretary general, said on Wednesday.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 1.9; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">“When a war is initiated by the Israeli regime against us, we have no choice but to defend ourselves with all our might,” he added. “In any war against the occupying regime, we can emerge victorious.”</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 1.9; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">Sheikh Qassem did not say whether a war was likely to break out in Lebanon at this point, but warned that a broader conflict hinged on the actions taken by the Israeli regime.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 1.9; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">The Hezbollah official blamed the occupying Israeli regime for triggering the Operation Al-Aqsa Storm by the Hamas resistance movement on October 7.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.9; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #212529; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.4px;"><a href="https://en.irna.ir/news/85292556/Hezbollah-vows-to-defeat-Israeli-regime-if-Gaza-war-expands">https://en.irna.ir/news/85292556/Hezbollah-vows-to-defeat-Israeli-regime-if-Gaza-war-expands</a></span></span></p>Dr. Yasin ATLIOGLUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665726726649305477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326965.post-20180275484367456442023-11-14T19:18:00.001+03:002023-11-16T19:20:00.285+03:00Lebanon: Israeli Strike an Apparent War Crime - HRW<p> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Freight Text W01", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px;">(Beirut) – An unlawful </span><a href="https://www.hrw.org/middle-east/north-africa/israel/palestine" style="--text-opacity: 1; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Freight Text W01", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.4s; transition-property: color, background-color;">Israeli</a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Freight Text W01", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px;"> strike on a family in a car on November 5, 2023, should be investigated as an apparent war crime, Human Rights Watch said today. The attack killed three girls and their grandmother and wounded their mother.</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Freight Text W01", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px;">The family had been traveling from south </span><a href="https://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa/lebanon" style="--text-opacity: 1; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Freight Text W01", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.4s; transition-property: color, background-color;">Lebanon</a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Freight Text W01", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px;"> to Beirut in the late afternoon, following heavy shelling by Israeli forces in the area earlier that day, Samir Ayoub, the girls’ uncle, said in a televised </span><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-civilian-killed-in-anti-tank-missile-attack-from-lebanon-amid-escalation/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="--text-opacity: 1; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Freight Text W01", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.4s; transition-property: color, background-color;" target="_blank">interview</a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Freight Text W01", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px;"> the night of the attack. Ayoub, a journalist, was traveling in a separate car in front of the car that was hit.</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Freight Text W01", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px;">“This attack by Israeli military forces that struck a car carrying a family fleeing violence shows a reckless disregard for civilian life,” said </span><a href="https://www.hrw.org/about/people/ramzi-kaiss" style="--text-opacity: 1; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Freight Text W01", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.4s; transition-property: color, background-color;">Ramzi Kaiss</a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Freight Text W01", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px;">, Lebanon researcher at Human Rights Watch. “Three young girls and their grandmother have lost their lives, our investigations show, as a result of the Israeli military’s failure to distinguish between combatants and civilians. Their killing is a violation of the </span><span aria-label="Explain glossary term laws of war" class="onomasticon onomasticon-cursor-default" data-once="enable_tooltips" data-tooltip="The body of international law applicable during armed conflicts that regulates how wars are fought, including rules that minimize harm to civilians and civilian structures and to captured and injured soldiers and fighters. The laws of war can be found in treaties like the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and in customary humanitarian law. They apply to both government forces and non-state armed groups." style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-style: solid solid dashed; border-top-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: "Freight Text W01", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 18px; position: relative; transition: all 250ms ease 0s;" tabindex="0" title="laws of war (International Humanitarian Law)">laws of war</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Freight Text W01", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px;">, and Israel’s allies, like the US, should respond to this apparent war crime by demanding accountability for this unlawful strike.”</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Freight Text W01, Georgia, Cambria, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/11/14/lebanon-israeli-strike-apparent-war-crime">https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/11/14/lebanon-israeli-strike-apparent-war-crime</a></span></span></p>Dr. Yasin ATLIOGLUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665726726649305477noreply@blogger.com