Mideast News from WN Network

Muted Iran signals it will not retaliate against Israel 2024-04-19
AOL

Iran has signalled it has no plans to retaliate after it was attacked by Israel as it played down the strikes launched against it on Friday. The muted response to the limited Israeli attack is being seen as an effort by Iran to prevent tensions escalating into a full-blown regional conflict. The...

photo: AP / Vahid Salemi

Iran says it shot down drones as regional conflict escalates. How did we get here? 2024-04-19
CNN

An unclaimed aerial attack in central Iran on Friday comes fresh on the heels of tit-for-tat Iranian and Israeli strikes earlier this month, marking a potentially dangerous escalation of the Middle East conflict. Israel carried out the strike inside Iran Friday morning, a US official told CNN....

photo: AP / Eitan Hess-Ashkenazi

US veto stops UN from recognising a Palestinian state through membership 2024-04-19
GDN Online

The US yesterday effectively stopped the United Nations from recognising a Palestinian state by casting a veto in the Security Council to deny the Palestinian Authority full membership of the world body. The US says an independent Palestinian state should be established through direct negotiations...

photo: UN / Manuel Elías

Israel Retaliates Against Iran With Drones, According To Early Reports 2024-04-19
Huffington Post

A general view of Jerusalem, Israel Israel has reportedly retaliated against Iran, six days after Tehran launched its first-ever direct attack on the country. US officials told the BBC’s US counterpart, CBS News, that Israeli drones hit Iran early on Friday morning. Explosions were heard near the...

photo: AP / Ariel Schalit, FILE

Slow recovery as Dubai airport, roads still plagued by floods 2024-04-18
The Peninsula

Dubai: Dubai's airport, one of the world's busiest, witnessed major disruption for the third day in a row on Thursday after the heaviest rains on record drenched the United Arab Emirates. Emirates, Dubai's state-owned flagship airline, and sister carrier flydubai resumed check-ins after...

photo: AP / Christopher Pike

UN Security Council to vote on full Palestinian UN membership on Friday amid US opposition 2024-04-18
Press TV

The United Nations Security Council is slated to hold a vote on Friday concerning the Palestinian request for full UN membership, amid warnings by diplomats about the possibility of a US veto. The 15-member council is scheduled to hold a vote on Friday at 3 p.m. (1900 GMT) regarding a draft...

photo: UN / Loey Felipe

China and Indonesia Call for Immediate and Lasting Ceasefire in Gaza 2024-04-18
Time

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The Chinese and Indonesian foreign ministers called for an immediate and lasting cease-fire in Gaza after a meeting in Jakarta on Thursday, condemning the humanitarian costs of the ongoing war that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians. Indonesia’s Minister of Foreign...

photo: AP / Ismael Abu Dayyah

Iran, Israel and the potential for miscalculation 2024-04-18
Al Jazeera

The Middle East has been waiting with bated breath for Israel’s response to Iran’s attack last weekend as the spectre of regional conflict seems closer than ever. That spectre has waxed and waned since the war on Gaza began in October with the fear that it would spiral into a regional war, dragging...

photo: AP / Vahid Salemi

Germany Buries the Evidence of Complicity in Gaza Genocide: Nicaragua Exposes It 2024-04-17
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photo: AP / Tsafrir Abayov

Iraq’s dangerous balancing act between Iran and the US 2024-04-17
Al Jazeera

Four days ago, Iraq’s airspace had hundreds of projectiles fired from Iran flying through it towards Israel, caught in the crossfire of what many fear could be the opening salvoes of a regional war dragging in the United States. On Monday, Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani was in...

photo: AP / Alex Brandon