KABUL (SW) – While the conflict in Gaza persists between Israeli forces and Hamas, the situation in the region has intensified with Yemen’s Houthi launching missile attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea. In response, the United States and its allies have initiated military actions against the Houthi group, further escalating tensions in the region.
MONITORING (SW) – An Israeli missile strike on Syria’s capital Damascus on Saturday killed four members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, including the head of the force’s information unit in Syria, a security source in the regional pro-Syria alliance told Reuters.
KABUL (SW) – The foreign ministers of Iran and Pakistan have reached a consensus to alleviate tensions, paving the way for the return of their ambassadors to the host countries.
MONITOIRNG (SW) – On Friday, the UN Women’s agency said that two mothers are killed every hour in Israel’s war on Gaza.
KABUL (SW) – Cenk Unal, the Turkish ambassador in Kabul, has stated that his country will not permit any political or military actions against the Islamic Emirate in Turkey.
MONITORING (SW) – North Korea has conducted a test of its underwater nuclear weapons system in a protest against this week’s joint military drills by South Korea, the United States and Japan, state media KCNA said on Friday.
KABUL (SW) – The Iran-Pakistan security meeting is set to be held in Pakistan on Monday, January 15, to review the security situation and threats from Afghanistan, Iranian media reported.
MONITORING (SW) – Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired an anti-ship cruise missile toward an American destroyer in the Red Sea on Sunday, but a U.S. fighter jet shot it down in the latest attack roiling global shipping amid Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
MONITORING (SW) – The war in Gaza entered its 100th day on Sunday with no end to the carnage in sight.
KABUL (SW) – In a devastating incident on Thursday, January 11, an explosion rocked the Dasht-e Barchi area in the western part of Kabul, resulting in two fatalities and injuring 12 individuals.
MONITORING (SW) – The United States and Britain carried out strikes from the air and sea against Houthis military targets in Yemen overnight in response to the movement’s attacks on ships in the Red Sea, a regional widening of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
MONITORING () – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday ruled out a cease-fire in his country’s war with Russia, saying the Kremlin’s forces would use the pause to rearm and regroup before overwhelming Kyiv’s troops.
