Colombian Authorities Deport Two Hezbollah Operatives

Colombian Defense Minister Diego Molano (Reuters)
Colombian Defense Minister Diego Molano (Reuters)
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Colombian Authorities Deport Two Hezbollah Operatives

Colombian Defense Minister Diego Molano (Reuters)
Colombian Defense Minister Diego Molano (Reuters)

The Colombian authorities arrested and deported two members of the Lebanese Hezbollah who were spying on US and Israeli diplomats.

The Colombian Defense Minister Diego Molano said that the Hezbollah operatives attempted to carry out attacks against Israeli and US targets in Colombia.

Israeli intelligence (Mossad) confirmed that Hezbollah sent its agents to Bogota to carry out operations in retaliation for the assassination of Qasim Soleimani, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force commander.

Soleimani was killed in an airstrike in early 2020 carried out by a US drone near Baghdad International Airport.

In the wake of the assassination, Iran warned that US bases, ships, and forces would be potential targets for a response.

In turn, Hezbollah threatened, in the wake of Soleimani's assassination, to expel all US from the Middle East.

Earlier this year, Hezbollah Sec-Gen Hassan Nasrallah said Iran "does not need help" from its allies and would retaliate "when it decides so."

Nasrallah added that Tehran would not ask any other country or body to conduct a retaliatory strike on its behalf, stressing that Iran is a "strong country and will decide when and how to react.

"It does not need to rely on others."

Iran also threatened to attack Israel in retaliation for killing a prominent nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.



Russia Launches Drone Attack on Kyiv

This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Emergency Service on November 21, 2024 shows Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an air-attack, in Dnipro, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / State Emergency Service of Ukraine / AFP)
This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Emergency Service on November 21, 2024 shows Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an air-attack, in Dnipro, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / State Emergency Service of Ukraine / AFP)
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Russia Launches Drone Attack on Kyiv

This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Emergency Service on November 21, 2024 shows Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an air-attack, in Dnipro, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / State Emergency Service of Ukraine / AFP)
This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Emergency Service on November 21, 2024 shows Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an air-attack, in Dnipro, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / State Emergency Service of Ukraine / AFP)

Ukraine's air defense units destroyed more than 10 Russia drones that were targeting Kyiv in an overnight drone attack, Ukraine's military said on Sunday.
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries as result of the attack, Kyiv's military administration posted on the Telegram messaging app. It said that the information on the full scale of the attack will be released later on Sunday.
"The UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) were flying in different directions towards Kyiv," said Serhiy Popko, the head of Kyiv's military administration. "The air raid alert in the city lasted for more than three hours."
Reuters witnesses heard explosions in Kyiv in what sounded like air defense units in operation.
There was no immediate comment from Russia about the attack.