Middle East

Saudi Arabia has executed 81 prisoners in a single day over ‘terror-related offenses,’ in the largest mass execution carried out by the Wahhabi state in recent memory. In an announcement on Saturday, the state-run Saudi Press Agency said 81 inmates, including seven Yemenis and a Syrian, were executed, alleging that …

A new report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says Israeli forces have martyred eight Palestinians and injured 140 others, including 20 children, in the occupied Palestinian territories in a span of two weeks. The latest data was released in the bi-weekly Protection of Civilians …

Palestinian resistance movements have condemned the visit paid by Israeli president Isaac Herzog to Turkey that comes amid intensified Israeli attacks on Palestinians. The Islamic Jihad movement on Wednesday slammed Ankara for welcoming Isaac Herzog in Turkey, saying the move –which comes amid intensified Israeli attacks on Palestinians in al-Quds, …

The executive director of the Yemen Petroleum Company (YPC) says US and British warships are preventing tankers carrying fuel and oil derivatives from mooring in the strategic western port of Hudaydah and take them to Saudi ports, despite the fact that the vessels have obtained the necessary permits from the United …

An adviser to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has stressed that Western countries left Russia with no choice other than to launch a military operation in Ukraine as they failed to honor their commitments and the US-led NATO kept expanding eastward. According to Syria’s official news agency (SANA), Bouthaina Shaaban said …

Iran’s President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi says the Islamic Republic welcomes any diplomatic effort aimed at peaceful settlement of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. “The Islamic Republic of Iran supports any effort that would lead to peaceful settlement of the [ongoing] conflict in Ukraine and is ready to play …

The United Nations has warned that severe funding shortages pose a threat to the flow of humanitarian assistance to Yemen, saying food rations have already been cut by half for eight million people in the impoverished country. “Aid agencies are doing everything they can to respond to people’s needs, but …

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says al-Quds will remain as Palestine’s capital forever, dismissing claims by France’s Prime Minister Jean Castex. Hamas said the French prime minister’s words will not give the illegal Zionist entity any legitimacy, adding they will only encourage the regime to increase its aggression towards al-Quds …

Syria’s permanent representative to the UN has lashed out at the United States and the European Union for hampering the government’s efforts to improve humanitarian situation in the Arab country, saying the nation continues to suffer under the West’s illegal measures. “The suffering of the Syrian people continues as a …

The UN special coordinator for the West Asia peace process has expressed concern over the persisting violence against Palestinians in the occupied territories, saying the destabilizing deterioration of the situation in the absence of political solutions would “reset the trajectory.” “Across the West Bank, daily violence continues; tensions in al-Quds …

Yemeni army forces and allied fighters from the Popular Committees, have separately intercepted and shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the United Arab Emirates Air Force (UAEAF) as well as a Saudi aircraft while flying in the skies over Yemen’s northern province of al-Jawf and the central province …

The European Union (EU) has imposed sanctions against key members of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, as well as a number of other figures involved in Russian politics and media, over the recent developments in Ukraine. According to Press TV, the EU announced the new sanctions against a total …

The spokesperson of the European Union in al-Quds, Shadi Othman, says the attacks committed by Israeli forces and settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank violate the international law. According to the Palestinian Information Center, Shadi Othman, said on Wednesday that Israel is an occupying power that is obliged, under international …

Saudi authorities have detained nearly a dozen people in a new alleged anti-corruption case, amid reports that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is seeking to get rid of potential rivals to the throne. The state-run Arabic-language al-Ekhbariya television news network, quoting a prosecution statement, reported that the eleven individuals were …

More than two dozen Jordanian lawmakers have signed a memorandum, asking human rights organizations as well as Arab and international parliaments to brand Israel as an apartheid regime. The letter, undersigned by 25 legislators, calls on the bodies to back up the Amnesty International’s new report, which says the Tel Aviv …

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says it is possible to reach a good agreement on the revival of the landmark 2015 Iran deal through Vienna talks, if the United States and the European signatories to the agreement are serious about returning to full compliance with their commitments as per the …

The United States has deployed F-22 fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates as Yemeni forces mount their airstrikes on the Persian Gulf country in retaliation for the devastating Saudi-led war. In a statement, the US Air Force announced that the Raptors had arrived at al-Dhafra Air Base in Abu …

Bahrain’s most prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim has called for the establishment of a democratic and constitutional system to replace the ruling Al Khalifah dynasty in the Persian Gulf country. “The Bahraini nation’s demands are of paramount importance. Bahrainis will carry on with their popular uprising until …

Saudi warplanes have destroyed the building that housed the Yemen International Telecommunications Co (TeleYemen) in the capital Sana’a less than three weeks after the internet and international telecommunications were cut off across the war-wracked Arab country due to similar air raids. Yemen’s al-Masirah television network reported that the Saudi fighter …

Four high-ranking commanders of militiamen supporting Yemen’s former Saudi-backed former government have reportedly defected and joined the Yemeni army and their allied Popular Committees, which continue to make decisive gains in the battle against the Riyadh-led aggression. Officials from Yemen’s National Salvation Government received the quartet during a ceremony in …