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WFP: 2mn in Gaza remain without food, shelter, water

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Gaza War

In a statement shared on the WFP’s X account, the agency highlighted the immense challenges faced in delivering life-saving aid in Gaza, saying, “Despite our best efforts to provide life-saving aid, it is impossible to meet people’s needs in the current scenario of conflict, insecurity and restrictions.”

The WFP emphasized the urgent need for a ceasefire, stating that it has come “too late” for the people of Gaza, with daily life completely disrupted.

“Life is on pause for over 2 million people without access to food, water, shelter,” the organization added.

The WFP said that international aid organisations were unable to access the besieged Strip and deliver aid for millions of Palestinians in Gaza.

The programme also reiterated its call for a ceasefire, stressing it was “long overdue”.

Israel launched a large-scale ground offensive in northern Gaza on Oct. 5, allegedly to prevent Hamas from regrouping. Palestinians, however, accuse Israel of aiming to occupy the area and forcibly displace its residents.

Since the Oct. 7, 2023, cross-border attack by Hamas, Israel has killed nearly 45,500 victims in Gaza, leaving the enclave in ruins.

Last month, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.

Iran’s envoy says Oman’s FM to visit Tehran soon

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Oman's Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr al Busaidi

Iran’s envoy to Muscat announced in a post on his X account that the foreign minister of Oman will be visiting Iran in the near future.

The ambassador said that amid the regional developments and at the beginning of 2025, the Omani foreign minister’s trip to Tehran will mark a new stage in Iran-Oman relations.

A new round of regional cooperation between Iran and its neighbors will kick off, Mousa Farhang added, describing the relations between Iran and Oman as a perfect model of ties based upon trust and sincerity.

Turkey says ‘neutralized’ over 3,000 terrorists in 2024

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Turkey Blast

As part of these counterterrorism efforts, “3,038 terrorists were neutralized, 1,330 caves/shelters were destroyed, and 2,450 weapons and more than 910,000 pieces of ammunition were seized,” the ministry said on social media.

It added that 107 terrorists surrendered during the course of the year.

The Turkish Armed Forces is continuing its operations with “unconventional, unpredictable, swift and continuous” execution principles, following a strategy to eliminate terrorism at its source, it noted.

Türkiye’s efforts to completely remove terrorism continue with “great determination,” the ministry stressed.

Turkish authorities use the term “neutralize” to imply the terrorists in question surrendered or were killed or captured.

In its 40-year terror campaign against Türkiye, the PKK — listed as a terrorist organization by Türkiye, the US, and EU — has been responsible for the deaths of over 40,000 people, including women, children, infants and the elderly. The YPG, which also uses the name PYD, is its Syrian offshoot.

Yemen’s Houthis say shot down 13th MQ-9 Reaper drone

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US Drone

Yahya Saree said that the drone was shot down while it was carrying out missions in the Bayda governorate, an area located between the cities of Sanaa and Aden. He added that the drone was shot down using a “locally-made surface-to-air missile”.

According to the Houthis, this is the 13th drone that the group has shot down since the Israeli war on Gaza began last October.

With each drone costing approximately $31m, that would mean that the total cost of the downed drones is more than $400m.

US Central Command has yet to comment on the statement from the Houthis.

Since November 2023, the Houthis have launched nearly 100 attacks on ships in the Red Sea, actions they say are in solidarity with Palestinians suffering under Israel’s war on Gaza, which has killed more than 45,400 people and wounded at least 107,900 Palestinians.

The Houthis have said they will stop their attacks if Israel’s war on Gaza stops.

Iran’s health minister calls for  swift UN action to halt Israel’s attacks on Gaza medical centers

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Kamal Adwan hospital

Zafarghandi made the plea in a letter to Secretary General of the United Nations António Guterres on Saturday following the Israeli regime’s raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital, which put the last major health facility in North Gaza out of service.

The Israeli military on Friday stormed Kamal Adwan Hospital, torching large sections and ordering hundreds of people to leave. The attacks continued on Saturday.

Gaza’s Ministry of Health said on Friday that contact had been lost with staff inside the hospital in Beit Lahiya, which has been under siege and heavy pressure from Israeli forces for weeks.

On Saturday, it announced that Israeli forces arrested Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of the hospital, and other staffers.

In his letter, the Iranian health minister condemned Israel’s savage raids on the hospital in recent days and also the regime’s airstrike on Sana’a International Airport at a time when Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and his entourage were waiting for a flight at the airport.

Zafarghandi said the attacks were a continuation of the Israeli regime’s blatant violence and an indication of its total disobedience to international rules and treaties.

He added the world has witnessed the Israeli regime’s frequent deadly attacks on medical facilities, healthcare personnel, and aid workers in Gaza in violation of all international regulations since it launched the war on the besieged Palestinian territory in October 2023.

However, international organizations and circles have failed to show an effective reaction so far, he emphasized.

The Iranian minister called on the UN chief to take a serious stance and make prompt and practical efforts to create convergence among international institutions in condemning the continuation of the occupying regime’s attacks.

The Israeli regime’s war of genocide in Gaza has so far claimed the lives of over 45,400 people, mostly women and children.

Iranian newspaper critiques “foreign policy failures, misjudgments on Syria”

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The newspapet lamented that Iran’s numerous foreign policy failures stem from a lack of utilizing competent and experienced advisors in the field.

The article pointed to “the deception Iran faced from Russia and Turkey” during the Syrian crisis, noting that despite being present in various regions of Syria, Iran failed to realize the Syrian army had been “bought off by foreign powers”.

The editorial criticized Iran’s reliance on the Astana meetings, where hollow assurances from Russia and Turkey led to misguided policies. The Astana mechanism involving Iran, Russia and Turkey among others, was meant to peacefully resolve the Syrian crisis.

The editorial also revealed that during the collapse of the Syrian government, when President Bashar Assad was preparing to flee to Moscow, Iran advised him to remain, misled by its own media’s unrealistic analysis.

“This disconnect meant that as terrorists approached the gates of Damascus, decision-makers remained oblivious to the unfolding realities,” it wrote.

The piece also reflected on previous missteps with the Taliban, highlighting how Iran had provided extensive support to the group, only to receive nothing in return.

The paper questioned when the Iranian government would acknowledge the urgent need for a serious reassessment of its policies and strategies, calling for a thorough evaluation of its foreign relations and intelligence apparatus.

Suicide bombing targets police officers in Iran’s south, leaving one dead, another injured

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Crime Scene

According to the Hormozgan Social Police Department, the attack took place when a suicide bomber detonated explosives remotely as two police officers, including Captain Mojtaba Shahidi, Chief of Police Intelligence, were exiting their vehicle.

The incident unfolded around 7 PM in front of the Police Intelligence building, located near the Bandar-e Lengeh prison.

As Captain Shahidi stepped out of the car, the bomber approached and detonated the explosives, causing significant injuries. Captain Shahidi suffered fatal wounds to his head, face, neck, and chest from shrapnel, ultimately succumbing to his injuries.

Another officer accompanying him, Commander Javad Chatr, sustained injuries to his head and face and was quickly transported to the hospital, where he is currently undergoing surgery. The suicide bomber was killed in the blast.

Authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the attack.

Taliban says hit ‘several points’ in Pakistan in retaliation for deadly attacks

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IFP Media Wire
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Taliban

The statement from the defence ministry on Saturday did not directly specify that Pakistan was hit, but said the attacks were conducted “beyond the ‘hypothetical line’” – an expression used by Afghan authorities to refer to a border with Pakistan that they have long disputed.

“Several points beyond the hypothetical line, serving as centres and hideouts for malicious elements and their supporters who organised and coordinated attacks in Afghanistan, were targeted in retaliation from the southeastern direction of the country,” the ministry added.

Asked whether the statement referred to Pakistan, ministry spokesman Enayatullah Khowarazmi stated: “We do not consider it to be the territory of Pakistan, therefore, we cannot confirm the territory, but it was on the other side of the hypothetical line.”

Afghanistan has for decades rejected the border, known as the Durand Line, drawn by British colonial authorities in the 19th century through the mountainous and often lawless tribal belt between what is now Afghanistan and Pakistan.

No details of casualties or specific areas targeted were provided.

There had been no official response from the Pakistani authorities on the attacks.

A security source told the AFP news agency that at least one Pakistani paramilitary soldier was killed and seven others wounded in cross-border exchanges of fire with Afghan forces.

Sporadic clashes, including with heavy weaponry, erupted overnight between border forces on the frontier between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan and Khost province in Afghanistan, officials from both countries said.

The incidents come after Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities accused Pakistan of killing 46 people, mainly women and children, in air strikes near the border this week.

Islamabad announced it had targeted hideouts of fighters along the border, while Afghan authorities warned on Wednesday they would retaliate.

The neighbours have a strained relationship, with Pakistan saying that several attacks on its territory have been launched from Afghan soil – a charge the Afghan Taliban denies.

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) – which shares a common ideology with its Afghan counterparts – last week claimed a raid on an army outpost near the border with Afghanistan, which Pakistan said killed 16 soldiers.

“We desire good ties with them [Afghanistan] but TTP should be stopped from killing our innocent people,” Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said in a cabinet address on Friday.

“This is our red line.”

Pakistan had hoped for good relations with the Taliban after the group’s 2021 takeover of Afghanistan – and for attacks by TTP in Pakistan to be controlled.

But the relationship has deteriorated amid the uptick in violence.

More than 950 Pakistanis, including security personnel and civilians, have been killed in 2024 alone.

Syrian new rulers says cracking down on ‘remnants’ of former gov’t

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IFP Media Wire
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The official Syrian news agency SANA reported on Saturday that authorities were conducting “a large-scale sweep operation” near the city of Latakia on Syria’s northwestern coast.

The push — in an area where al-Assad enjoyed support from the Alawite community — came in response to “reports about [the] presence of elements linked to remnants of Assad’s militias”, SANA said in a post shared on social media.

The operations also were being carried out in Homs, Aleppo and on the outskirts of Damascus.

The authorities announced the security operation has focused on soldiers and Syrian army officials associated with al-Assad and his brother, Maher al-Assad, a powerful former military commander.

They have issued an ultimatum to those people to hand over weapons to the new administration.

The push comes days after 14 police officers were killed in what the authorities said was an “ambush” by forces loyal to al-Assad in the Tartous governorate, another area on Syria’s western coast.

Interior Minister Mohammed Abdul Rahman had promised on Thursday to crack down on “anyone who dares to undermine Syria’s security or endanger the lives of its citizens”.

Syrian opposition groups led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) took control of the country earlier this month after a rapid offensive that ousted al-Assad after more than two decades in power.

A political transition is under way, with Syria’s new de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa – who headed HTS and previously had ties to al-Qaeda – holding talks with a number of Arab and Western diplomats in recent days.

Several countries have urged al-Sharaa to ensure that religious and ethnic minorities will be protected amid some recent tensions and fears that any unrest could negatively affect Syria and the wider region.

Meanwhile, Lebanese officials and a war monitor said Lebanon expelled approximately 70 Syrian officers and soldiers on Saturday, returning them to Syria after they crossed into the country illegally via informal routes.

Many senior Syrian officials and people close to the al-Assad family fled the country to neighbouring Lebanon after al-Assad was toppled on December 8.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a London-based monitor, reported that Syrian military personnel of various ranks had been sent back via Lebanon’s northern Arida crossing.

SOHR and a Lebanese security official told the Reuters news agency that the returnees were detained by the new Syrian authorities after crossing the border.

Leopard, cub spotted in Gilan’s Hyrcanian forests

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IFP Editorial Staff
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leopards

Hamzeh Ashouri said the discovery was made possible through the relentless efforts of the Rudsar Environmental Protection Unit rangers, local community support, and the security agents in the region.

Ashouri highlighted that the sighting, captured while the leopard and its cub were feeding, indicates the successful conservation efforts and the rich biodiversity in the area.

He noted an increase in valuable species such as leopards, bears, wild goats, and eagles in recent years, thanks to the collaboration between local communities and dedicated rangers.

The return of the leopard, a key predator in the ecosystem, signifies favorable habitat conditions and an abundance of prey, including herbivores and rodents, said the official.

Ashouri also mentioned that local communities have been educated on how to coexist with the predators, ensuring ongoing monitoring and protection of their habitats by wildlife experts and rangers.

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