Latest Sidon News & Updates

Tehran, March 6 (IANS) Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday said that “some countries” have begun “mediation efforts” to resolve the ongoing conflict with the United States and Israel which also led to the assassination of country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, last week.”Some countries have begun mediation efforts. Let’s be clear: we are committed to lasting peace in the region yet we have no hesitation in defending our nation’s dignity and sovereignty. Mediation should addre…

Tel Aviv, Jan 6 (IANS) Israel has carried out airstrikes on multiple Hezbollah and Hamas sites in Lebanon, including the country’s third-largest city, Israeli and Lebanese sources said.Video footage circulating on social media showed heavy destruction and a large cloud of smoke rising over the coastal city of Sidon following an Israeli strike at around 1 a.m. on Monday (local time). The strikes also continued till early Tuesday.Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said the strike destroyed a…

Jerusalem, Dec 22 (IANS) The Israeli military carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Monday, saying it targetted Hezbollah sites. “The IDF (Israel Defence Forces) struck several Hezbollah terrorists in the area of Sidon in southern Lebanon,” a military spokesperson said in a statement.On Friday, the two sides held talks again as part of a security dialogue, focusing on Hezbollah’s disarmament and the return of residents to their homes in Lebanon’s southern border villages, according to Is…