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Hans India
19 hours ago
- Politics
- Hans India
IDF delivers another blow to Hezbollah funding channels
Tel Aviv: Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on Wednesday announced that they have eliminated Haytham Abdullah Bakri, the head of the "Al-Sadiq" Currency Exchange, in South Lebanon. "Haytham Abdullah Bakri, the head of the Al-Sadiq Currency Exchange who operated with Hezbollah to transfer funds for Hezbollah terrorist activities, was eliminated by the IDF in southern Lebanon," the IDF posted on X. The IDF stated that this currency exchange functions as a fund storage and transfer mechanism for Hezbollah, for funds originating from the Iranian Quds Force. "These funds are used by Hezbollah for military purposes including purchasing weapons, manufacturing means, and providing salaries to operatives, and are diverted for terrorist purposes and to finance the continuation of Hezbollah's terrorist activities," said the IDF. The IDF detailed that Bakri consciously worked together with the terrorist organization Hezbollah, and transferred funds for their activities including military purposes, which again included purchasing weapons, production means and transferring salaries to operatives. The IDF had eliminated Behanam Shahriari, Commander of Unit 190 of the Iranian Quds Force, last week. Shahriari was assassinated in a targetted strike on his car when he was traveling in western Iran. According to the IDF, Shahriari exclusively handled and managed the mechanisms to maintain the flow of hundreds of millions of dollars, which was again channeled annually to the Quds Force and its branches. It added that Shahriari managed the mechanisms of the channels used for transferring money from the Quds Force to Hezbollah, through offsets between exchanges in Turkey, Iraq, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) along with Lebanese exchanges. He worked directly with Hezbollah and Hamas to supply weapons, rockets, and missiles that were being used against Israel. Analysts reckon that these two assassinations are a severe blow to the Iranian funding channels for Hezbollah.
Yahoo
22-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Intel's technology development chief Ann Kelleher to retire, sparking leadership overhaul ahead of 18A production start
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Dr Ann Kelleher, the executive vice president at Intel responsible for developing Intel's fabrication technologies since 2020, announced plans to retire sometime later this year after three decades at the company, Intel told Tom's Hardware. The announcement comes five months after the company had revealed a succession plan. Kelleher will stay on as an advisor. Kelleher will be succeeded by Naga Chandrasekaran, who will be responsible for the development and implementation of semiconductor manufacturing processes. Navid Shahriari will be responsible for various back-end operations, such as advanced packaging. Kelleher will serve as a strategic adviser on technology development and production. "As previously announced, Dr. Ann Kelleher plans to retire later this year following a distinguished career spanning over 30 years with Intel," a statement by Intel reads. "With a strong foundry leadership team in place and Intel 18A progressing well ahead of our first product launch and external customer tape-outs, this is a well-planned transition as we continue to advance our Foundry priorities in service to customers." Naga Chandrasekaran has been appointed to a newly established position as head of technology and operations at Intel Foundry, where he will oversee front-end process technology development and manufacturing. In this capacity, he will be in charge of both the Technology Development (TD) group and the Foundry Manufacturing and Supply Chain (FMSC) organization (which he has been overseeing since mid-2024). Chandrasekaran comes from Micron, where he was in charge of global technology development, advanced packaging, and emerging technology solutions. Intel says he played a key role in unifying technology development and production teams to function as a single, cohesive unit. With this appointment, Intel is looking forward to integrating TD and production under one leadership, possibly to ensure fast ramps, low defect density (high yields), and low performance variability. Navid Shahriari — who was meant to succeed Kelleher at Process Development (PD) — was named executive vice president and will lead a newly created organization focused on back-end chip production. In his new role, he will be overseeing the organization that includes Assembly Test Technology Development (ATTD), Die Manufacturing/Manufacturing Operations (DMO), Assembly Test Manufacturing (ATM), and C4 Wafer Sort operations. By putting Shahriari in charge of the organization, which spans from development to manufacturing, Intel is likely emphasizing advanced packaging/assembly as a strategic differentiator. That means Shahriari will focus on developing new multi-chiplet integration technologies and getting them from lab to fab as quickly as possible. Shahriari's new role ties back to his TD roots, so his deep experience in process engineering and technology development could be instrumental in guiding how advanced R&D translates into high-volume production. Ann Kelleher's departure marks a major shift in leadership as Intel is about to start production on its 18A process technology, which is Intel's first leading-edge node designed for both its own products and external customers. By now, Intel has probably completed all the R&D work not only for its 18A-P, 3-E, and 3-PT process technologies that will succeed 18A and expand applications for Intel 3 nodes, but has completed the majority of R&D milestones for 14A (1.4nm-class), the company's next-generation leading-edge manufacturing node. In fact, scientists and engineers at Intel are hard at work on post-14A fabrication processes. To summarize, Kelleher has set the stage for Intel's technology development for years to come. However, her succession plan announced last year will change significantly. Before Ann Kelleher leaves Intel later this year, she will serve as a strategic adviser to Intel Foundry and its differentiated technology development offerings, chiplet standards, and software, as well as U.S.- and Europe-based capacity. Ann Kelleher became the head of technology development at Intel in 2020 and completely rebuilt the whole organization to support Pat Gelsinger's extremely aggressive 5N4Y roadmap to develop five new production nodes in four years. Before that, she was responsible for Intel's worldwide manufacturing operations. Hence, she will advise on both technology development and production capacity.
