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Hezbollah says it downed an Israeli drone in southern Lebanon on Monday in the latest flare-up raising tensions between the Iran-backed group and Israel. The drone is now in Hezbollah’s possession, the group said in a statement. The incident happened a week after Hezbollah and Israel exchanged cross-border fire marking …

Syrian air defense systems have intercepted three drones launched by “terrorists” in the west-central province of Hama. Syria’s official news agency SANA, citing an unnamed military official, reported on Saturday that air defense units foiled aerial aggression after they detected and intercepted three explosives-laden hostile drones as they were approaching …

The Lebanese military said an Israeli drone, which violated Lebanon’s airspace, dropped incendiary material and sparked a fire in a pine forest by the border on Sunday. The fires near the border in Lebanon “originate with operations by our forces in the area,” the Israeli military said in a statement …

Members of pro-government Popular Mobilization Forces, better known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, have reportedly intercepted and targeted an unmanned aerial vehicle as it was flying in the skies over a region in the country’s northern province of Nineveh. The media bureau of the volunteer forces said in a statement that Hashd …

Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun said on Monday his country had a right to defend itself after Israeli drone strikes that were like a “declaration of war”. “What happened was similar to a declaration of war which allows us to resort to our right to defending our sovereignty,” Aoun’s office quoted …

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday the fall of two Israeli drones overnight in suburbs of Beirut amounted to a very dangerous move. Nasrallah, whose group fought a month-long war with Israel in 2006, said in a televised speech: “The latest Israeli development (is) very, very, very dangerous.” …

An explosion rocked the Lebanese capital just as Israel was bombing Syrian targets. The blast was the result of an ‘Israeli drone attack’ in which one UAV crashed and another prematurely exploded, Hezbollah said. A small drone failed to detonate and crashed in the southern suburb of Beirut, while a …

Forces from the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), also known as Hashd al-Sha’abi in Iraq have shot down a spy drone in the country’s northern province of Nineveh. Al-Soumariah television reported on Sunday that the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was targeted by the air defenses of the 50th Brigade of Hashd …

Israel has carried out several attacks targeting bases of Iraqi anti-terror forces “in recent days”, the New York Times reports. Two senior American officials told the newspaper that the attacks targeted Iraqi munition storehouses, alleging that the site was being used “to transfer weapons to Syria”. The report comes amid …

The Israeli airstrike on an ammunition depot in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, belonging to the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), is a declaration of war against Iraq, and Baghdad should openly respond to violations of its sovereignty, an Iraqi lawmaker and a PMF official, Ahmed Asadi, said on Thursday. …

A US military MQ-9 drone was shot down in Yemen’s Dhamar governorate, southeast of the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, Reuters reported two US officials as saying on Wednesday. The officials confirmed that the drone was shot down late on Tuesday. A Houthi military spokesman had earlier been quoted by the rebels’ …

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps released footage which it says disproves the US claim of shooting down an Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz, showing the video was transmitted after the alleged time it was destroyed. The elite military unit published the footage on Friday and it was aired and …

The second attack in two months on an airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia has wounded nine people, according to a Saudi-led coalition statement. Yemen’s Houthi forces claimed responsibility for a drone attack Tuesday on Abha International Airport, according to the Al-Masirah news agency. The Saudi-led coalition confirmed the drone attack. …

Nasa will fly a drone helicopter mission to cost $1bn (£800m) on Saturn’s moon, Titan, in the 2030s. The rotorcraft will visit dozens of promising locations on Titan to investigate the chemistry that could lead to life. Titan plays host to many of the chemical processes that could have sparked …

Amazon.com Inc has new drones that will deliver packages to customers in 30 minutes or less in the coming months, a step toward a goal that has eluded the retailer for years. Jeff Wilke, head of Amazon’s consumer operations, unveiled the newest design for its “Prime Air” fleet during the …

Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from Popular Committees, have reportedly launched an airstrike against a MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile system stationed at an airport in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern border region of Najran. A Yemeni military source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the local Arabic-language al-Masirah television network …

Hundreds of drones will begin delivering life-saving vaccines, blood, and medicines to patients in Ghana this week in the largest scheme of its kind, the global vaccine alliance GAVI said on Wednesday. Medics will place orders by text message when supplies run dry, said GAVI chief executive Seth Berkley. Drones …