Israel struck Hodeida port in Yemen
ALBAWABA - A Houthi security official said on Monday that Israeli air forces attacked Yemen's Hodeida port.
© 2000 - 2025 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com)
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Al Bawaba
5 hours ago
- Al Bawaba
Suspicious ISIS sleeper cell movements reported in Syria
ALBAWABA - Reports of ISIS secret groups getting back to work have made the unstable security situation in al-Hol camp in northeast Syria even worse. Officials at the camp say that the wives of jailed ISIS fighters in the "migrant section" have started acting like the Hisba morals police again, attacking aid facilities and setting them on fire. Getting worse Inside the Camp: Jihan Hanan, the head of the camp, reported that three relief centers had been broken into, stolen, and burned down recently, which meant that aid groups had to stop their work. Stones were also thrown at relief workers. "These groups were targeted even though they were directly helping the women in that section," Hanan told Asharq al-Awsat, adding that locals are turning down help more and more. About 34,000 people live in the camp, which is Syria's biggest. There are 13,000 Iraqi refugees, 15,000 Syrians who had to leave their homes, and more than 6,000 foreign women and children with ties to ISIS. Women have also been beaten by other inmates in the migrant area, and radical messages have been written on walls and wagons. A woman was taken to the hospital after being hit in the head with something sharp. #عاجل كشفت الرئيسة المشتركة لإدارة مخيم الهول عن وجود تحركات لمرتزقة في قسم المهاجرات بمخيم الهول،تقوم بعمليات حرق وتخريب ضد مراكز إنسانية،واعتداءات جسدية تقودها ما تسمى "الحسبة"وسط انتشار شعارات مرتزقة داعش،محذرة بأن ما يجري عمل منظم تقوده خلايا المرتزقة في الداخل والخارج#سوريا — Roj news☀️ (@Ssam2103) August 1, 2025 An attack by the SDF and the Coalition is aimed at ISIS leaders. Hanan warned that secret groups are getting together again with help from outside sources and getting women in the camp to work together to carry out planned strikes. To fight back, the U.S.-led alliance helped the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in a big raid on Wednesday. The raid led to the arrest of Mahmoud Safi (Abu al-Baraa), who is said to be in charge of ISIS's secret groups' troops. Abdul Razzaq Mahmoud al-Salama, also known as Abu Abdurrahman, was found to be a recruiter whose job it was to teach children the religion and run secret study groups.
Al Bawaba
7 hours ago
- Al Bawaba
Iran jails senior official over comment on Sinwar
ALBAWABA - A story from Israel's Channel 12 says that an Iranian judge has given Abdolreza Davari, a former top Interior Ministry official, six months in jail for posts on social media that were critical of the late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Also Read Israeli airstrikes pound southern Lebanon Davari is famous for making controversial comments online about Iran's political elite. He used to work as an adviser to the interior minister and as deputy head of the official state news agency. The case started with a post Davari made on X (now Twitter) in September 2024. It made fun of Sinwar's reasons for attacking Israel and suggested that the two might have been working together. He wrote that Sinwar had learned Hebrew while being locked up in Israel and was acting as a go-between for Palestinian inmates and Israeli officials. Davari also said that the attack raised "serious question marks," saying that it looked like it was started without consulting with the leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah in Lebanon, or Iran. The post was taken down later. In addition to giving Davari a six-month jail term, the court also fined him money, took away his phone, and told him he couldn't use any social media sites. Davari is also being investigated in a different case because of things he said about a past head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization. This makes his legal problems even worse. The decision shows that the Iranian government is becoming more strict about public criticism and opposition, especially when it comes to important people in the region like Sinwar, whose death earlier this year is still being felt all over the Middle East.
Al Bawaba
11 hours ago
- Al Bawaba
Netanyahu gambles on his last chance to prevent the collapse of his rule
Published August 1st, 2025 - 08:51 GMT ALBAWABA - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in danger of losing his weak government, so he has promised to slowly take over parts of the Gaza Strip if Hamas doesn't agree to end the fighting within days. The move comes as his minority government, which has only 50 seats now that ultra-Orthodox parties quit, faces growing problems within the country and pressure from other countries. Haaretz says the takeover plan seems to be less about security and more about making friends with far-right groups. In particular, it seems to be an attempt to make Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich happy, since his Religious Zionism party has threatened to leave the government if aid keeps coming into Gaza. Netanyahu told his security cabinet about the plan on July 28. Hamas would have a short time to agree to a halt, and if they didn't, Israel would start taking over land, starting with buffer zones and then moving north. According to Channel 12, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer gave the plan to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Netanyahu said the White House showed approval. President Trump, on the other hand, was not at the meeting. According to political expert Wissam Afifa, the move was a "political gamble." He said that Netanyahu is using annexation as a bargaining chip to keep his government together instead of a real security plan. Netanyahu has been quietly told by Smotrich that he will judge him "by actions, not words." Meanwhile, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called for Hamas to be destroyed, Gaza to be fully occupied, and a lot of Palestinians to be forced to leave their homes. The world cares about the two-state solution again. Is it too late? 'Canada condemns the fact that the Israeli government has let the situation deteriorate in Gaza to this extent,' said Prime Minister Mark Carney. Opinion piece @ishaantharoor — Ashis Basu 🇨🇦 (@BasuAshis) August 1, 2025 Other far-right and Likud lawmakers have asked the defense minister to let people visit the borders of Gaza, calling it the "heartland of Israel." Some even said that "just as much as Tel Aviv does," Gaza is part of Israel. The language shows that divisions are rising in Netanyahu's government, where far-right ministers are using the war to push for extreme territory goals. Observers say that the danger of annexation shows that Israel's war goals have changed from beating Hamas to taking control of more land. After almost two years of war, famine, and siege, Gaza is now being talked about by the government as land that should be added to Israel, not just as a security problem. According to researcher Firas Yaghi, the move is part of a larger plan for the United States and Israel to work together to change the area. He said that annexation could reduce the size of Gaza, force many of its people to move, and make security plans like those in the West Bank. But Afifa called the plan a "admission of failure" because it shows that Israel can't do what it says it can do, which is to end Hamas's rule or get the prisoners back. He said that instead, Hamas could use the fear of annexation to get people around the world to oppose Israel's war and see it as an attempt to take over more land. Effects on the law and relations Any attempt to take over Gaza would have very bad legal effects. Under Israeli law, land that has been seized cannot be given back without the approval of 80 Knesset members or a national vote, which have never happened before. Some people in Israel have also said that the plan is not possible. A minister told Haaretz that annexation was "not on the agenda." Avi Issacharoff, a security expert, called the threat "one of the dumbest empty threats I've heard" and said it would cause a backlash around the world without putting any pressure on Hamas. On a global level, support for recognizing Palestine as a state is growing. Before the UN General Assembly in September, nine countries are expected to say they recognize the Palestinian Authority. French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer have both said they will recognize the Palestinian Authority if Israel does not change its mind. Legal experts say that any transfer would be against international law because Gaza is still controlled land even though Israel left it in 2005. The International Court of Justice has said that East Jerusalem, Gaza, and the West Bank are all controlled areas that are governed by the UN. © 2000 - 2025 Al Bawaba (
