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CNN
8 hours ago
- Politics
- CNN
Taiwan practices defense abilities in face of daily threats from China
The Taiwanese government is preparing for a war they hope will never happen. For the first time this year, Taiwan combined two major civil defense exercises, with the drills lasting ten days. These drills have included urban combat, mass casualty simulations, emergency supply drops and cyber defense that could be enacted if an invasion was to occur. CNN's Senior International Correspondent, Will Ripley, reports.
LBCI
9 hours ago
- Politics
- LBCI
Gaza civil defense says two killed in Israeli strike on church
Gaza's civil defense agency said an Israeli strike on a Gaza City church killed two people on Thursday, while Israel said it "never targets" religious sites and was investigating the incident. "Two citizens from the Christian community were killed as a result of injuries sustained in an Israeli strike on the Church of the Latin Monastery in the Old City, east of Gaza City, this morning," civil defense spokesman Mahud Bassal told AFP. The Latin Patriarchate confirmed the two deaths. AFP
Arab News
5 days ago
- Climate
- Arab News
Syria wildfires contained after 10 days
DAMASCUS: Syria's civil defense agency on Sunday said wildfires in the country's west, which have burned vast tracts of forest and farmland and forced evacuations, had been brought under control after 10 days. In a statement on Facebook, the agency said that 'with the spread of the fires halted and the fire hotspots brought under control on all fronts' on Saturday, teams on the ground were working to cool down the affected areas while monitoring any signs of reignition. The blazes in the coastal province of Latakia broke out amid an intense heatwave across the region. The UN humanitarian agency OCHA said they destroyed about 100 square kilometers of forest and farmland. As the fires raged, Syrian emergency workers faced tough conditions including high temperatures, strong winds, rugged mountainous terrain and the danger of explosive war remnants. This all comes in a country worn down by years of conflict and economic crisis. In a post on X, the Syrian minister for emergencies and disaster management, Raed Al-Saleh, said that with help from Turkish, Jordanian, Lebanese, Qatari and Iraqi teams, firefighters had 'managed to halt the spread of the fire on all fronts, which is the most important step toward containing the wildfires.' The 'situation is the best it has been in the past 10 days,' Saleh said late Saturday. 'There are still threats due to wind activity, but we are working to prevent any renewed expansion of the fires,' the minister added. The civil defense agency said rescue teams were carrying out 'operations to open pathways and firebreaks within the forests... in order to reduce the chances of fire spreading in case of reignition.' Authorities have not reported any casualties, but several towns in Latakia province have been evacuated as a precaution. Nearly seven months after the ousting of longtime ruler Bashar Assad, Syria is still reeling from more than a decade of civil war that ravaged the country's economy, infrastructure and public services. With man-made climate change increasing the likelihood and intensity of droughts and wildfires worldwide, Syria has also been battered by heatwaves and low rainfall. In June, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said that Syria had 'not seen such bad climate conditions in 60 years.'
Al Arabiya
5 days ago
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Gaza' civil defense says Israeli strikes kill at least 27
Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli air strikes on Sunday killed at least 27 Palestinians, including six near a water distribution point. Civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that Gaza City was hit by several strikes overnight and in the early morning, killing eight people "including children and women' and wounding others. An Israeli air strike hit a family home near Nuseirat refugee camp, south of Gaza City, resulting in '10 martyrs and several injured,' Bassal said. Another strike 'hit a potable water distribution point... in an area for displaced people west of the Nuseirat camp,' Bassal added, reporting 'six martyrs and several injured.' In the territory's south, three people were killed when Israeli jets hit a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians in the coastal Al-Mawasi area, according to the civil defense spokesman. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, which has recently intensified its operations across Gaza, more than 21 months into the war triggered by Hamas's October 2023 attack. The vast majority of Gaza's population of more than two million people have been displaced at least once during the war, which has created dire humanitarian conditions in the territory. Media restrictions in Gaza and difficulties accessing many areas mean AFP is unable to independently verify tolls and details provided by the civil defense agency and other parties.
LBCI
10-07-2025
- LBCI
Gaza civil defense says 23 killed in Israeli strikes
Gaza's civil defense agency on Thursday said that 23 people, including eight children, were killed in Israeli bombardments overnight on the Palestinian territory. The children were among 12 people who died in an air strike in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, agency official Mohammed al-Mughair told AFP. AFP
