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Israel Says Stopped Surface-to-air Missile Launched from Lebanon

A picture taken from Lebanese town of Marjeyoun shows smoke billowing in the contested border area of Shebaa Farms on October 14, 2023, during a cross-border exchange between Lebanon and Israel. (AFP)
A picture taken from Lebanese town of Marjeyoun shows smoke billowing in the contested border area of Shebaa Farms on October 14, 2023, during a cross-border exchange between Lebanon and Israel. (AFP)
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Israel Says Stopped Surface-to-air Missile Launched from Lebanon

A picture taken from Lebanese town of Marjeyoun shows smoke billowing in the contested border area of Shebaa Farms on October 14, 2023, during a cross-border exchange between Lebanon and Israel. (AFP)
A picture taken from Lebanese town of Marjeyoun shows smoke billowing in the contested border area of Shebaa Farms on October 14, 2023, during a cross-border exchange between Lebanon and Israel. (AFP)

Israel's military said on Saturday it had stopped a surface-to-air missile fired from Lebanon at one of its drones.

The Israeli army and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group in Lebanon have exchanged fire on a daily basis since the start of the Gaza conflict three weeks ago, the biggest flare-up on the Lebanese-Israeli frontier since the two sides fought a war in 2006.

Israel's military said on Saturday it had "thwarted a surface-to-air missile that was fired from Lebanon" towards an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). It said the military had responded by "striking the origin of the missile's fire".

According to Reuters, there was no immediate comment from Hezbollah, which has said that, as of Friday, 47 of its fighters had been killed in clashes along the frontier.

Israel's army said earlier this week seven of its soldiers had been killed since the Oct. 7, when Palestinian group Hamas launched a deadly attack on Israeli soil and Israel responded with heavy strikes on Gaza.

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Türkiye Detains Hundreds after Anti-Syrian Riots

Shops are seen on fire in Kayseri in central Türkiye. Photo take from X from video footage
Shops are seen on fire in Kayseri in central Türkiye. Photo take from X from video footage
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Türkiye Detains Hundreds after Anti-Syrian Riots

Shops are seen on fire in Kayseri in central Türkiye. Photo take from X from video footage
Shops are seen on fire in Kayseri in central Türkiye. Photo take from X from video footage

Turkish authorities said Tuesday they had detained over 470 people after anti-Syrian riots in several cities sparked by accusations that a Syrian man had harassed a child.

Tensions escalated from Sunday following violence in a central Anatolian city after a mob went on the rampage, damaging businesses and properties belonging to the Syrians.

"474 people were detained after the provocative actions" carried out against Syrians in Türkiye, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on X.

A group of men targeted Syrian businesses and properties in Kayseri on Sunday, with videos on social media showing a grocery store being set on fire.

In one of the videos a Turkish man was heard shouting: "We don't want any more Syrians! We don't want any more foreigners."

A court in Kayseri ordered the Syrian man's arrest late on Monday, Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said, adding: "The child and her family are under our state's protection".

Officials said the child was a Syrian girl, who was related to the man accused of harassing her.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday blamed the opposition for stoking tensions and condemned the anti-Syrian violence as "unacceptable".

The unrest spread to several other cities late on Monday including Istanbul and authorities have often called for calm.

"Let's not get provoked, let's act moderately," Yerlikaya said in an appeal to Turkish citizens.

"Those who hatch these conspiracies against our state and nation will receive the response they deserve," he said.

Turkish police boosted security around the Syrian consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, deploying an armored truck and patrolling the vicinity, according to an AFP journalist.