Hezbollah Leader Says They Are Ready To Support Hamas
 
July 21, 2014
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been heard in conversation with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal and Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ramadan Shalah stating that Hezbollah is prepared to assist Hamas against Israel

Hamas unveils new UAV

Mohammed Najib, Ramallah and Jeremy Binnie, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly

15 July 2014

 

 

The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, announced on 14 July that it has a self-produced unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) called the Ababil 1.
It said it had developed three different models: the A1A for reconnaissance missions; A1B for offensive missions; and A1C for attacking suicide missions, in which the UAV is used as a loitering munition.
The announcement was accompanied by the release of a video showing what the al-Qassam Brigades said was an A1B in flight.
The aircraft has a boxy fuselage with a high-wing, twin-boom, pusher configuration and fixed, wheeled under-carriage. It carried what appeared to be two improvised rockets under each wing. While it did not appear to be fitted with an electro-optical turret, it had a camera fixed under each boom to film what is in front of the UAV.

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Yemen Shia fighters consolidate control over Amran

July 10, 2014

BEIRUT - The crisis in Yemen sparked by a Shia rebel offensive has been aggravated by the fighters' consolidation of control over the region of Amran, about 50 kilometers north of the capital Sanaa. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), dominated by Saudi Arabia (which leads the area's Sunni bloc), has expressed deep concern after Yemeni president Abd Rabbo Mansur Hadi's visit to Riyadh. The Saudis openly accuse Iran of supporting the Shia rebels, which belong to the Zaidi community, a branch of the Shia religion widespread in Yemen. According to local sources quoted by the Arab daily Al-Hayat, Houthi rebels (named after the founder of the armed group, which has been battling the central government for roughly 10 years), have taken control of the main police and military posts left unguarded by Sanaa government forces in Amran, the capital of the region. Houthi rebel spokesman Muhammad Abdessalam confirmed to the daily the killing of General Hamid Qushaybi, commander of the 310th brigade of government forces stationed in Amran. Sanaa's response so far has been limited to carrying out air strikes on rebel positions and using government infantry troops backed by pro-government tribal militias.

Aid Ship Mariam to Sail on Sunday 

August 20, 2010
By Ali Yenidunya

Will Mariam Sail to Gaza?: As Palestine Today reported Thursday that an aid ship bound for the Gaza Strip had departed from Algeria, the organizers of the Lebanese ship Mariam said that they plan to set sail from Lebanon on Sunday.

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