War

Jerusalem (EFE).- The main leaders of the Israeli opposition participated in a large protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in Tel Aviv on Saturday, calling on voters to remove Netanyahu from power, thus restoring «hope,» three days before Israel’s general election. Organized by the families of former Gaza hostages,...

By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv (EFE).- Ukraine has started displaying the presence and movement of Russian drones and cruise missiles on an official live map inside the Air Alert app, as the country adapts to near-constant attacks designed to disrupt its economy and ordinary life. When the air-raid siren sounds in...

Moscow, (EFE).- Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, announced on Friday that Russian forces had captured the Ukrainian stronghold of Dobropilia, located in the Donetsk region. «The Central Group of Forces has liberated Dobropilia, one of the enemy’s key strongholds on the advance toward...

Sanaa, (EFE).- Yemen’s Houthi rebels accused forces loyal to the internationally recognized government, backed by Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday of executing Houthi members captured during Monday’s clashes on the Yemeni coast near the Bab al-Mandab Strait in the southern Red Sea. The National Human Rights Authority, controlled by the Houthis,...

Cairo (EFE).- Naim Qassem, the leader of Hezbollah, reaffirmed on Sunday that the Lebanese movement will not disarm until Israeli troops withdraw from the occupied areas in southern Lebanon as part of their ground offensive launched after the outbreak of war in the country on Mar. 2. «We support the...

By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv (EFE).- The ongoing Ukrainian counter-offensive near Lyman is disrupting Russian plans to seize control of the entire Donetsk region and its key bastions, Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, while the Ukrainian situation on the front continues to improve. The village of Shandryholove, located north of Lyman, became the...

Moscow, (EFE).- Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged on Thursday that Russian companies are contributing, whether by paying to defend their facilities against Ukrainian drone attacks or by donating to the state budget to cover social spending. «I want to thank the business community, including my colleagues here today, for this...

By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv (EFE).- In an attempt to make its air attacks on Ukraine more damaging, Russia is increasing the use of jet-propulsion drones and the Banderol, a hybrid of missile and drone, while continuing strikes around the clock. The use of slower Shahed-136 drones and Kh-101 cruise missiles...

By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv (EFE).- As the Parliament returns to work on Tuesday, thousands of protesters across Ukraine continue to demand the reinstatement of Mykhailo Fedorov as Defense Minister and clearer communication from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on his unfinished leadership reshuffle. More than a month after Fedorov’s dismissal and...

By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv (EFE).- Ukraine is urgently seeking solutions as Russia’s blockade of Odesa ports chokes grain exports at the peak of the harvest, despite efforts to scale up alternative routes. In the first 12 days of August, Ukraine exported only 590,000 tonnes of grain, about 30% of the...

Jerusalem (EFE).- From burning two mosques in occupied West Bank villages to forcing Palestinian women to give birth in ambulances due to military roadblocks, the terror instilled by Israeli settlers continues to escalate, while the Israeli military vows to ramp up its offensive in the area. The situation in the...

​Washington, Jul 8 (EFE).- The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) launched new attacks against Iran on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump declared the end of the truce between the two countries. “At the direction of the Commander in Chief, US Central Command forces have started conducting additional strikes against Iran...