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BEIRUT/DAMASCUS: Israeli airstrikes killed four people in Lebanon and Syria on Wednesday, media and security sources said. One of the strikes killed a woman and a child in south Lebanon, sources said, days after Hezbollah vowed to inflict a price on Israel for killing civilians in the conflict across the Israeli-Lebanese border. The woman and girl were killed in the …

ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: As part of continuous relief assistance on government directions to quake-affected people of Turkiye and Syria, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Saturday sailed off another ship PNS Moawin with 550 tonnes of relief goods from Karachi. NDMA Chairman Lt Gen Inam Haider Malik, Turkish Consul Ge­­neral Jamal Sangu and Pakistan Fleet Commander Rear Admiral Faisal Abbasi witnessed …

A major earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck central Turkiye and northwest Syria on Monday, killing more than 500 people and injuring hundreds as buildings collapsed across the region, triggering searches for survivors in the rubble. The quake, which hit in the early darkness of a winter morning, was also felt in Cyprus and Lebanon.     “We were shaken like …

BAGHDAD: US diplomats and troops in Iraq and Syria were targeted in three rocket and drone attacks in the past 24 hours, US and Iraq officials said on Wednesday, including at least 14 rockets hitting an Iraqi air base hosting US forces, wounding two American service members. While there were no immediate claims of responsibility for the attacks — part …