Middle East

At least two Israeli military soldiers have been injured in fierce clashes between Palestinians and regime forces after the latter raided a predominantly Arab neighborhood on the outskirts of the Old City of occupied al-Quds. The Arabic-language Palestine Today news agency reported that Israeli troops stormed Silwan neighborhood late on Tuesday, …

Residents of a village in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah have reportedly blocked a US military convoy as it was attempting to pass through their community, amid boiling public rage over the presence of American occupation forces in the energy-rich region of the war-ravaged West Asian country. According to a …

Pilgrims from around the world perform the Tawaf, or the circumambulation of the Ka’ba on the first day of the biggest Hajj pilgrimage since the coronavirus pandemic.

Sounds of at least two explosions have rocked a military base used by American forces in eastern Syria, Iraqi outlet reports. Sabereen News, which is associated with Iraqi anti-terror Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), said sounds of at least two blasts were heard in a US base in Al-Omar Oil Field …

Lebanon, Syria and Egypt have agreed to ship 650 million cubic meters of natural gas per year from Egypt to Lebanon via Syria amid efforts by Lebanon to increase its electricity generation capacity and reduce blackouts that have crippled its economy in recent years. The deal, signed at a ceremony …

A suspected cyberattack has caused missile attack sirens to sound in two cities in Israel, the regime’s media reports say. They said missile attack warning sirens were activated in al-Quds and Eilat on Saturday evening, and rang for almost an hour. Israeli military authorities scrambled to reassure that the sirens …

The Damascus government and its allies have criticized a UN call for the extension of the cross-border aid mechanism in Syria, saying it hampers the government’s efforts to restore stability in the war-torn country. During the UN Security Council’s monthly meeting on Syria on Monday, the Arab country’s permanent representative …

At least 78 people were injured after Israeli forces attacked protest rallies against the regime’s settler-colonial activities in the northern part of the occupied West Bank on Friday. The protests, which have become a weekly affair, erupted in and around the West Bank city of Nablus after Friday prayers, with Israeli regime forces …

The Saudi-led coalition has seized yet another Yemeni fuel tanker with thousands of tons of fuel on board, the second in less than 24 hours, violating the UN-brokered ceasefire once more. The tanker, called Fos Power, had obtained necessary entry permits from the United Nations, but was barred from docking at …

A hacker group has broken into the Israeli electricity network, vowing to plunge the regime into darkness. According to Press TV, the group, which identifies itself as the “Moses Staff,” announced the attack on Wednesday. It said it had targeted the Israel Electric Corporation, the largest supplier of electrical power …

A Palestinian official says Israeli prison authorities have threatened to deprive Palestinian prisoners of medical treatment if they refuse to call off an open-ended hunger strike launched months ago against their arbitrary detentions. Qadri Abu Bakr, the Head of the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs, told Lebanon’s Al-Mayadeen …

The Russian President’s Special Envoy for Syria, Alexandr Lavrentyev, has denounced Israeli missile strikes against the war-ravaged country, stating that such acts of aggression are “unacceptable.” “We will certainly consider the issue of intensified strikes on Syrian territory by Israel. We think that we will also need to focus on …

The number of people displaced worldwide passed a record 89 million last year, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says, warning that the intensification of a global food security crisis exacerbated by the Ukraine conflict could further increase that number. By the end of 2021, a record 89.3 million people were …

Israeli forces have demolished a two-story Palestinian house in the West Bank town of Tira, as the Tel Aviv regime continues to press ahead with its land grab policies in the occupied territories in disregard of international law. Palestine’s official Wafa news agency, citing media sources, reported that Israeli bulldozers, …

The prime minister of Yemen’s National Salvation Government has blamed Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the deterioration of security situation in areas under the occupation of the Saudi-led coalition forces and their allied militants, saying the two countries are trying to perpetuate chaos, devastation and destruction …

Hundreds of people, including several lawmakers, have held a protest rally in southern Lebanon after a vessel operated by a Greek company arrived at the Karish Gas Field in Lebanon’s territorial waters to extract gas for Israel. According to Press TV, the protesters waved Lebanese and Palestinian flags in Lebanon’s …

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran and Venezuela have managed to withstand heavy pressures and the hybrid warfare of the United States, stressing that resistance has proved to be the sole way to such coercive policies. The Leader pointed to the US’s enormous pressure campaign and …

The Palestinian resistance movement Islamic Jihad has strongly denounced the Israeli premier’s latest visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), saying Abu Dhabi’s insistence on expanding ties with Tel Aviv amounts to turning a blind eye to the suffering of Palestinians. Tariq Salmi, a spokesman for the Islamic Jihad, in …

US President Joe Biden’s upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia, a country he once vowed to make a “pariah”, has again laid bare the duplicity of Washington’s foreign policy and human rights rhetoric. The visit, which has now been postponed until July, has already stirred up a hornet’s nest, with human …

The leader of Yemen’s popular Ansarullah resistance movement says the country’s armed forces are currently in possession of home-grown ballistic missiles that sophisticated US-made surface-to-air missile systems cannot intercept or shoot down. Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, addressing a group of visiting tribal leaders and dignitaries from the southwestern province of Ta’izz in …