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The blasts in Beirut began shortly after Israel’s Prime Minister wrapped up his speech at the United Nations General Assembly. Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah would continue – declaring “we are winning”. But there weren’t many delegations…

BEIRUT, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) — Israel launched an airstrike on a residential building in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Tuesday, local TV channel Al-Jadeed reported. TV footage showed smoke rising from the targeted, densely populated area. ■

BEIRUT, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) — Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Friday night mourned the acting commander of its Elite Radwan Force, Ibrahim Akil, who was killed earlier in the day by an Israeli airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs. ■

ADEN, Yemen, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — A Panama-flagged commercial vessel was struck by an explosive-laden drone boat off the coast of Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Thursday, a Yemeni naval official told Xinhua. The official said on…