US Military Says it Destroyed 8 Houthi Drones in Red Seahttps://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5028520-us-military-says-it-destroyed-8-houthi-drones-red-sea
US Military Says it Destroyed 8 Houthi Drones in Red Sea
A Sea Viper missile is launched from HMS Diamond targeting a projectile fired by the Iranian-backed Houthis from Yemen, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo)
US Military Says it Destroyed 8 Houthi Drones in Red Sea
A Sea Viper missile is launched from HMS Diamond targeting a projectile fired by the Iranian-backed Houthis from Yemen, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo)
The US military said on Friday it successfully destroyed eight Houthi drones and two uncrewed surface vessels in the Red Sea in the past 24 hours.
The US military’s Central Command said in a statement that its forces had also successfully engaged a drone launched from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen and that Houthis had launched an anti-ship ballistic missile. There were no reports of damage or injury.
Aoun Vows to Tackle All Pending Issues between Lebanon and Syriahttps://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5100646-aoun-vows-tackle-all-pending-issues-between-lebanon-and-syria
10 January 2025, Lebanon, Baabda: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun waits to receive his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides at Baabda presidential palace. Photo: Marwan Naamani/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
Aoun Vows to Tackle All Pending Issues between Lebanon and Syria
10 January 2025, Lebanon, Baabda: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun waits to receive his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides at Baabda presidential palace. Photo: Marwan Naamani/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun stressed on Sunday the importance of cooperation to address all pending issues between Lebanon and Syria.
He received a telephone call from head of Syria’s new authorities Ahmed al-Sharaa, who congratulated him on his election as president on Thursday.
Aoun underscored the “fraternal relations that bind the Syrian and Lebanese people.”
The officials also stressed the importance of building and developing positive relations between their countries.
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati had visited Damascus on Saturday for talks with al-Sharaa.
The leaders stressed their keenness on building long-term strategic relations based on mutual respect and national sovereignty after decades of strained ties.
The trip was the first by a head of government to Syria since Bashar al-Assad was toppled by a sweeping opposition offensive on Dec. 8, and the first visit by a Lebanese premier to neighboring Syria in 15 years. Ties between Damascus and Beirut have often been fraught since they became independent states in the 1940s.
