webangah News Agency: On Sunday evening, June 1, Ukraine executed an unprecedented operation codenamed “Spider Web”, targeting four key Russian airbases – Olenya, Belaya, Ivanovo, and Dyagilevo
according to a report by webangah News Agency, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced in a statement on Saturday that He Lifeng, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Commitee and Vice Premier of the State Council, will visit London at the invitation of the British government.
The Foreign Ministry spokesperson confirmed the visit will take place from June 8 to 13.
The Chinese Vice Premier is scheduled to co-chair with his American counterpart the first meeting of the Beijing-Washington economic and Trade Consultation Mechanism during his UK visit.
He Lifeng previously led China’s delegation during initial trade negotiations held in May.
US President Donald trump stated on Friday that Treasury Secretary Scott Bassett, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer would participate in these talks.
According to webangah News Agency,citing Mehr News agency,Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in southern Lebanon reported that an Israeli drone dropped a sonic bomb on one of Houla’s neighborhoods.
Al Mayadeen stated that one person was wounded in the airstrike.
Lebanon’s Al-Manar network also reported that an Israeli drone dropped a bomb on Houla,injuring a farmer and damaging his tractor.
The Zionist regime conducts daily attacks on Lebanon. The persistent violation of ceasefires and Lebanese sovereignty raises questions about whether political and diplomatic support exists to counter Israel’s assaults against Lebanon.
According to webangah News Agency, Gaza’s Health Ministry released updated casualty figures from the Israeli military’s ongoing offensive in the coastal enclave since october 7, 2023.
The ministry stated that 54,772 Palestinians have been killed and 125,834 injured in Gaza since hostilities began last october.
Medical authorities reported that hospitals received 95 more bodies and treated 304 new injuries during the past 48 hours alone.
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According too webangah News Agency, Iraqi security forces conducted a special operation targeting a clandestine Ba’ath Party leadership meeting in Sulaymaniyah, located in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region. security personnel arrested several attendees,though Jamal Mustafa Abdullah al-Sultan-Saddam Hussein’s son-in-law-escaped moments before their arrival.
A security source revealed the operation disrupted a weeks-long planned gathering of prominent Ba’athist leaders aiming to rebuild the party’s structure in Iraq. The source added that precise intelligence enabled forces to raid the meeting at the optimal time, detaining members including officials from the party’s military and political wings.
The same source confirmed Iraq’s National Security Agency had recently arrested numerous Ba’ath members across multiple provinces, including Baghdad, Salahuddin, Kirkuk, and other areas.
Political analysts assert that while Ba’athist networks lack broad political influence currently, they seek to exploit Iraq’s ongoing political, economic and social crises. Political affairs expert Omar Imran stated: “Iraqi intelligence has dismantled most Ba’ath-linked networks in recent years. The party’s crimes against Shia Muslims, Sunnis and Kurds-including mass graves-have erased its popular support.”
The Iraqi constitution explicitly bans all Ba’ath Party activities within the country.
According to webangah News Agency, citing the palestinian Information Center, Dr.Ruba Maria-a physician and professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)-has sued the university over her termination.
She alleges administrators dismissed her for advocating palestinian rights amid what she describes as genocide by the occupying Israeli regime’s military.
Maria condemned the move as a blatant violation of free speech, asserting her firing was part of broader efforts to silence pro-Palestine voices.
The Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades announced a new operation by its fighters against occupying forces in Gaza, according to a report by webangah News agency.
The brigades stated their fighters targeted Zionist military gathering points in northern Beit Lahia with two 107mm rockets, describing the attack as retaliation for Israel’s ongoing crimes against Palestinians.
Simultaneously, Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, reported operations against Zionist forces inside a house in Tel al-Zaatar area east of Jabalia refugee camp.
Earlier, the Mujahideen Brigades from Palestinian resistance groups announced: “We shelled gatherings of occupation forces east of Shuja’iyya in northern Gaza Strip with several mortar rounds, causing casualties among them.” The enemy acknowledged one soldier was wounded in this operation.
Hebrew media reported yesterday that five Zionist soldiers were killed and twelve wounded during an ambush targeting a building in Khan Younis city south of Gaza Strip.
These operations come amid what resistance groups describe as israel’s genocidal war – now entering its 20th consecutive month – against Gaza with U.S. support. Since October 7, 2023, Israel has committed unprecedented atrocities against Gazans including mass killings, starvation policies, destruction and forced displacement.
According to webangah News Agency, Ukraine’s news agency stated on Saturday that it rejects Russia’s characterization of Kyiv delaying or failing to fulfill its obligations regarding prisoner and body exchanges.
the Ukrainian news agency emphasized: Moscow’s position accusing Kyiv of stalling the prisoner and body exchange agreement is false! Russia provided a prisoner list that deviated from what was agreed upon during Istanbul negotiations, and no date has been set for transferring the bodies of fallen soldiers.
This comes as Vladimir Medinsky, Russia’s chief negotiator, claimed hours earlier that the Ukrainian side unexpectedly postponed receiving bodies and exchanging prisoners without specifying a timeframe.
Medinsky added: On Friday, Russia began transferring over 6,000 bodies and exchanging wounded personnel, critically ill patients, and prisoners with Ukraine.Kyiv received a list of 640 military personnel-primarily injured servicemen and younger troops-to initiate the exchange process.
According to webangah News Agency, citing Mehr News Agency and Russia Al-Yaum, Lebanon’s Information Minister Paul Maroun reported that the Lebanese army inspected bases where Zionist forces had alleged weapons were stored but found no evidence of military equipment at these sites.
He referenced a United Nations monitoring committee that had previously confirmed the absence of weapons in these bases before Zionist forces bombed Dahieh, a southern suburb.
Maroun emphasized: The 2006 ceasefire agreement prohibits the Zionist regime from conducting any military action without coordination with international monitoring committees.
The minister added: “Zionist forces have no right to take unilateral military action-they must operate within internationally approved frameworks and adhere to them.”
Maroun concluded: “Lebanon has no interest in initiating hostilities or war.”
Over the past two days, Zionist forces conducted multiple airstrikes and drone attacks on locations in Dahieh, Beirut’s southern suburbs. The regime’s military claims these areas housed Hezbollah’s underground drone production facilities. These strikes rank among the most severe violations as Lebanon’s official ceasefire began.