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Tunisian President Appoints New Ambassador to Syria

Tunisia's President Kais Saied poses with new ambassador to Syria, Mohamed Mhadbi, and Tunisian Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar in Tunis, Tunisia April 27, 2023. Tunisian Presidency/Handout via REUTERS
Tunisia's President Kais Saied poses with new ambassador to Syria, Mohamed Mhadbi, and Tunisian Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar in Tunis, Tunisia April 27, 2023. Tunisian Presidency/Handout via REUTERS
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Tunisian President Appoints New Ambassador to Syria

Tunisia's President Kais Saied poses with new ambassador to Syria, Mohamed Mhadbi, and Tunisian Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar in Tunis, Tunisia April 27, 2023. Tunisian Presidency/Handout via REUTERS
Tunisia's President Kais Saied poses with new ambassador to Syria, Mohamed Mhadbi, and Tunisian Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar in Tunis, Tunisia April 27, 2023. Tunisian Presidency/Handout via REUTERS

Tunisia's President Kais Saied on Thursday appointed a new ambassador to Syria, the Tunisian presidency said in a statement.

Tunisia cut off diplomatic relations with Syria nearly a decade ago to protest Bashar Assad's crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in 2011 that developed into civil war in which hundreds of thousands of civilians have been killed and millions sent fleeing.

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Israel Strikes Beirut's Southern Suburbs once Again

Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon November 16, 2024. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon November 16, 2024. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
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Israel Strikes Beirut's Southern Suburbs once Again

Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon November 16, 2024. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon November 16, 2024. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut’s Haret Hreik area in the southern suburbs again on Friday after evacuation warnings were issued to residents prior to the attacks by an Israeli spokesman.
The Israeli army issued evacuation orders to residents in the areas of al-Hadath and Haret Hreik, as well as several villages in Lebanon’s south requesting they move to north of Awwali River.
When it issues such a warning, Israel cites alleged presence of Hezbollah fighters or infrastructure in civilian areas as a justification for its airstrikes.
Avichay Adraee, spokesperson for the Israeli army, issued an evacuation warning to the residents of the towns of Tayba, Aadchit, Qusayr, and Deir Seryan, as well as to the residents of the towns of Burj al-Shamali and Maashuq in southern Lebanon.
He also requested the evacuation of residents from specific buildings in Hadath and Haret Hreik in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

Later during the day, Lebanon’s health ministry said two medics were killed in the Israeli strikes on a southern Lebanon town.

Israeli attacks have killed at least 3,583 people and wounded 15,244 in Lebanon since October 2023, with 25 fatalities reported on Wednesday, the Lebanese health ministry said on Thursday.