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12/21/202321. December 2023
China calls for cooperation to ensure security in the Red Sea
China today (December 21, 2023) called on major powers to “cooperate” to “ensure the safety of navigation in the Red Sea,” where there have been attacks on civilian ships.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a news conference on Thursday that the Red Sea is an “important route for international trade in goods and energy” and that “maintaining the security and stability of the region” is of common international interest Community is community.”
Greece, for its part, announced it would join a U.S.-led naval coalition to protect the global sea route from Yemen's Houthi rebels, according to Defense Minister Nikos Dendias.
The task force, announced on Monday by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, initially included Great Britain, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, the Seychelles and Spain. (efe, afp/mn, ms)
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12/21/202321. December 2023
Israeli air force and artillery attack Hezbollah positions in Lebanon
Israeli air force and artillery attacked positions of the Shiite group Hezbollah in Lebanon this Thursday (December 21, 2023) after projectiles were fired from Lebanese territory into Israel.
Israeli forces had detected the firing of several projectiles from Lebanon the day before and attacked the “source of fire,” the army said in a statement. (efe, dpa/mn, ms)
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12/21/202321. December 2023
An Israeli fire leaves one dead in Lebanon
An Israeli attack killed a woman in her 80s in a village in southern Lebanon early Thursday morning, according to Lebanese state media and Lebanese authorities.
“Enemy shelling in the town of Maroun al-Ras killed a woman and injured her husband this morning,” Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) said. Israeli artillery shells hit “residential areas” of the city and hit the couple’s home, the agency added.
On Monday (December 18, 2023), Iran-backed Hezbollah promised that any Israeli attack on civilians would be “reciprocated.” (afp, dpa/mn, ms)
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