Middle East

Prime Minister Muhammed S. Al-Sudani, met the Lebanese Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, in New York on the sidelines of the 78th session of UN General Assembly. The meeting involved discussions on enhancing bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries and exploring avenues to strengthen their partnership across various sectors, according …

A young Palestinian man has been shot dead by Israeli occupation forces at the border fence east of Khan Yunis, in the besieged Gaza Strip, according to medical sources. Palestinian media reports said the Israeli soldiers stationed at the Gaza border opened fire at protesters and killed a 25-year-old youth …

President Bashar al-Assad will visit China on Thursday in response to an official invitation by Chinese President Xi Jinping, the local Syrian media quoted the Syrian Presidency as saying in a statement. President al-Assad and President Jinping will hold a Syrian-Chinese summit, the Syrian official news agency SANA quoted the …

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says the United States’ policy of implementing bullying tactics against Iran in the form of imposing sanctions on the country will definitely fail to produce any results. “Using the bullying language in the form of sanctions and threats against the Iranian nation is not a useful …

Israeli forces have shot a Palestinian man over an alleged stabbing attempt against the regime’s policemen. The Israeli police said they shot a 47-year-old Palestinian on Monday morning, claiming that he had drawn a knife on them at the Mazmuriyeh checkpoint near the occupied East al-Quds. It added that the …

Israeli forces have brutally assaulted Muslim worshipers at one of the main entrances to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of al-Quds. Citing local sources, WAFA news agency reported that the occupation soldiers beat up three worshipers, including an elderly man and an elderly woman, near Bab …

 Israel harshly criticized the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) over plans to designate Ariha as a Palestinian World Heritage site. A fifth of all known species on earth are found in UNESCO World Heritage Sites, according to a first-ever survey of the world’s most significant cultural and …

Saudi Arabia has reportedly informed the United States of its decision to suspend all negotiations on normalizing ties with Israel due to the far-right Israeli cabinet’s unwillingness to make any concessions to the Palestinians. The London-based Elaph online newspaper, citing an Israeli official, reported on Sunday that Washington has informed …

Representatives of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement and members of a meditation team from Oman have left for Riyadh to negotiate a permanent ceasefire with Saudi officials, news agencies say. “The Omani plane took off towards Riyadh carrying the Houthi [Ansarullah] delegation,” French news agency AFP reported, citing an aviation official in …

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have separately received letters from Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi, which underscored the development of bilateral relations between Tehran and Riyadh in various sectors. According to the state-run Saudi Press Agency, the letters were received on behalf of …

The United States has decided to withhold $85 million in military aid earmarked for Egypt due to concerns about the country’s release of political prisoners. Senator Chris Murphy, a member of the Democratic Party, called for an additional $235 million in aid to be blocked until Egypt’s human rights and …

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Australian chargé d’affaires to Tehran to protest meddlesome remarks by the country’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong and the fresh round of sanctions against Tehran. The Australian diplomat was summoned to the ministry on Wednesday in the absence of the country’s ambassador to Tehran to …

The Syrian Ministry of Defense confirmed that Israel conducted an airstrike targeting the Syrian province of Hama. The ministry released a statement late at night reporting that the attack resulted in only material losses. According to the official Syrian news agency (SANA), a military source stated, “At approximately 22:40 on …

Israeli authorities deprived hundreds of Palestinian children of life-saving healthcare in the besieged Gaza Strip during the first half of 2023, a leading international humanitarian organization says. A report published on Wednesday by the UK-based organization Save the Children said that nearly 400 children in Gaza, at least two children …

Saudi Arabia’s first ambassador to Iran since the resumption of diplomatic relations has hailed the new chapter of ties between Iran and his country, saying the bilateral relations will be “strong” in all areas. In an exclusive interview with Iran’s official news agency IRNA late on Tuesday, Abdullah bin Saud …

At least 10 people have been reportedly killed and dozens of others injured in renewed clashes between rival groups in a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon over the past days. After a month-long shaky ceasefire, the violence broke out on Thursday between affiliated members of Fatah movement and armed …

A digital watchdog has discovered spyware linked to the Israeli hacking company NSO Group, which exploited a software flaw in Apple devices. The University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab said in a statement that it had found the bug while inspecting the Apple device of a staffer at a Washington-based civil society group. The vulnerability allowed the …

Israel has authorized the construction of three more settler outposts in the occupied West Bank despite US warnings that any such approvals can jeopardize the viability of a two-state solution with Palestinians and normalization efforts with Saudi Arabia. The far-right cabinet of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday …

Dozens of Jordanian lawmakers have called for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador in response to the forced stripping of five Palestinian women by Israeli soldiers during a raid on their home in the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil. In a statement on Thursday, 59 members of the House of Representatives …

The Syrian Foreign Minister has warned that the West seeks to impose its will on other nations, urging Arab countries to take their joint action to put an end to challenges facing the Arab world. Speaking before the 160th session of the Arab League Council at the ministerial level in …