BEIRUT — Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Wednesday that Lebanon will not give up the southern village of al-Ghajar to Israel.

“Liberating al-Ghajar is the responsibility of the Lebanese people, state and resistance,” Nasrallah said in a televised speech to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the 34-day war between Lebanon and Israel in 2006. (Lebanon-Al-Ghajar Dispute)

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BEIRUT — An Israeli drone on Wednesday attacked Hezbollah members as they were setting up a watch tower on the outskirts of Lebanon’s southern border town of Yarine, injuring three of them, Elnashra news website reported.

Hezbollah shot down the Israeli drone as the Lebanese army and the UN Interim Force in Lebanon mobilized at the borders to control the situation. (Lebanon-Israeli Drone Attack)

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ADEN — Five soldiers from the Yemeni government forces were critically injured in clashes with militants of the Yemeni branch of al-Qaeda in the turbulent southern province of Abyan on Wednesday, a military official said.

“Scores of al-Qaeda militants tried to launch a large-scale attack on the government-controlled sites in the Al Mahfid district of Abyan Province, sparking intense armed confrontations,” the local military official said on condition of anonymity. (Yemen-Al-Qaeda Attack)

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CAIRO — Egypt on Wednesday unveiled its first locally-produced oil rig in Ain Sokhna port in northeastern Egypt.

The 2,000-horsepower automatic trailer-mounted onshore oil drilling rig was manufactured by an Egypt-China joint venture. (Egypt-China-Oil Rig)