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BEIRUT: Hezbollah on Saturday launched a series of strikes against the Israeli army, targeting military sites near Lebanon’s southern border from Hermon to the coastal city of Naqoura.

The second meeting of a permanent committee of Iran’s Civil Defense Organization was held on Saturday to evaluate the preparedness of the country’s executive bodies against potential adversarial threats.

Fighters from the Iraqi anti-terror resistance groups have launched a drone strike against a strategic target in the southernmost part of the 1948 Israeli-occupied territories in response to the attack on a military base housing a coalition of anti-terror Popular Mobilization Units (PMU).

Ratings agency S&P Global on Thursday cut Israel’s long-term ratings to A-plus from AA-minus after the confrontation with Iran heightened last weekend and amidst the already elevated geopolitical risks for Israel.

President Ebrahim Raeisi says Iran’s retaliatory operation against Israel inflicted not only a military defeat but also a strategic setback on the occupying Tel Aviv regime, and dissuaded certain regional Arab countries seeking to normalize diplomatic ties with the Zionist entity.

Iran’s top human rights official says the United States and the West should stop their discriminatory approach and double standards to Israel’s acts of terror.

The program, according to a SAMA press release, is an apprenticeship that aims to employ and develop local investment professionals

Brent futures for June were down 51 cents, or 0.6%, to $89.51 a barrel at 1210 GMT, while U.S. crude futures for May were down 41 cents, or 0.5%, to $84.95 a barrel

Spot gold rose 0.2% to $2,388.56 per ounce, as of 1138 GMT, nearing its all-time high of $2,431.29. U.S. gold futures fell 0.1% to $2,404.90

Doha, Qatar: The Industrial Production index (IPI) for February 2024 reached 99.1 points, an 8.2 percent decrease compared to the previous month (January 2024), whereas increased by 0.4 percent, when compared to the corresponding month in 2023.