Mena Today

As early as the 1980s, the U.S. intelligence community documented the ways in which Iran deployed chemical weapons for tactical delivery on the battlefield. 

Kenya will send 600 more police officers to Haiti next month to bolster an international anti-gang mission, President William Ruto said on Friday during a visit by the Haitian prime minister intended to speed up deployments to the force.

The United States expanded sanctions against Iran's petroleum and petrochemical sectors on Friday in response to an Iranian missile attack on Israel, the administration of President Joe Biden said.

French President Emmanuel Macron has once again called for an immediate halt to arms exports to the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, arguing that it is the only way to de-escalate the ongoing conflicts involving Israel, Hamas, and Hezbollah.

El Al Airlines saw a sharp decline of 6.13% on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange following the European Union's announcement that it was lifting its recommendation for European airlines to avoid flying to Israel.

The European Union is expected on Monday to impose sanctions on individuals and organisations over the Iranian transfer of ballistic missiles to Russia, a high-ranking EU official said on Friday.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati urged the United Nations on Friday to adopt a resolution for an "immediate ceasefire" in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, following more than a year of intermittent strikes along the border, which escalated into a full-scale offensive since September 23.

Most finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the BRICS group of countries did not attend a high-level meeting in Moscow on Friday ahead of a BRICS summit later this month, sending more junior officials instead, official documents showed.

Hezbollah is preparing for a long war of attrition in south Lebanon, after Israel wiped out its top leadership, with a new military command directing rocket fire and the ground conflict, two sources familiar with its operations said.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Oct. 19, where they will discuss the war in Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East, a German government spokesperson said on Friday.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has once again reiterated his hostile stance toward Israel, calling for an international halt to arms exports to the country. However, his statement is unlikely to sway global powers or alter the situation in the Middle East.

Israel's military chief and the head of its Shin Ben security agency held a security assessment inside southern Lebanon on Thursday, the military said on Friday.