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Asia
Russia
Nov 30, 2024, 11:35 AM Russia successfully launched the Soyuz-2.1a rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome of Russia's Far East early today, placing the Kondor-FKA No. 2 radar satellite into its designated orbit. A Kondor-FKA satellite weighs approximately 1,050 kg and has a five-year operational lifespan. Unlike optical satellites, the Kondor-FKA series can penetrate cloud cover and operate in darkness, making them indispensable for a variety of tasks, including mapping, environmental monitoring, natural resource exploration, and guiding vessels through ice-covered routes, such as the Northern Sea Route during polar nights. Equipped with advanced radar technology, the Kondor-FKA satellites enable all-weather, round-the-clock Earth observation, Xinhua reported. (Source: MEHR News Agency - Iran)
Gaza
(Saturday, 30 November 2024) Israeli military strikes killed at least 40 Palestinians overnight and yesterday in the Gaza Strip, medics said. They had recovered 19 bodies of Palestinians killed in northern areas of Nuseirat, one of the enclave's eight long-standing refugee camps. Later on Friday, an Israeli air strike killed at least 10 Palestinians in a house in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, medics said. Others were killed in the northern and southern areas of the Gaza Strip, medics added. The Palestinian civil emergency service, Hamas and the Palestinian official news agency WAFA put the number of Palestinians killed in two Israeli strikes in Beit Lahiya in the past 24 hours at 70. There was no immediate confirmation of the figure by the local health ministry. Kamal Adwan Hospital is one of three medical facilities on the northern edge of the Gaza Strip that barely function now due to shortages of medical, fuel, and food supplies. Most of its medical staff have been detained or expelled by the Israeli army, health officials say. (Source: Gulf Today - United Arab Emirates)
Lebanon
November 30, 2024 Lebanese returning to the southern city of Tyre. In the buildings that are still standing, there is no food, electricity or running water. Two months of a vicious war have left southern Lebanon in ruins. /Video/ (Source: The National - United Arab Emirates)
Syria
30/11/2024 - 07:22 Syrian authorities closed Aleppo airport and all key access roads today, as rebel fighters, led by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al Sham, opposed to President Assad, reaches heart of the city. They are returning to the city for the first time since 2016, when Assad and his allies Russia, Iran, and regional Shi'ite militias retook it. Jaber, a commander in the Jaish al-Izza rebel brigade, said their speedy advance this week had been helped by a lack of Iran-backed manpower in the broader Aleppo province. Iran's allies in the region have suffered a series of blows at the hands of Israel as the Gaza war has expanded through the Middle East. Opposition sources in touch with Turkish intelligence said Turkey, which supports the rebels, had given a green light to the offensive. Yesterday, Syrian state television denied rebels had reached the city and said Russia was providing Syria's military with air support. Russia, one of Assad's key allies, has promised Damascus extra military aid to thwart the rebels. The Syrian army has been told to follow "safe withdrawal" orders from the main areas of the city. The Syrian military said it was fighting back against the attack and had inflicted heavy losses on the insurgents in the countryside of Aleppo and Idlib. The attack is the biggest since March 2020, when Russia and Turkey agreed to a deal to de-escalate the conflict. Relentless attacks over the past three days have claimed the lives of at least 27 civilians, including children as young as 8 years old, Carden, U.N. Deputy Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis, said." (Source: France 24 / Reuters – United Kingdom)
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