Middle East

A recent report has uncovered the involvement of French oil giant TotalEnergies SE in large-scale pollution of Yemen’s environment by dumping thousands of tons of toxic chemicals into waters around the areas where it operates in the impoverished and conflict-stricken Arab nation. According to the weekly French news magazine L’Obs, …

At least two children have been killed and three others suffered serious injuries when a landmine planted by US occupation forces went off in the Syria’s energy-rich northeastern province of Hasakah. Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), citing local sources requesting anonymity, reported that the minors were searching for scrap metal …

Iran has imposed sanctions on more than 20 individuals and entities from the European Union and the United Kingdom after the bloc and London imposed a fresh round of sanctions targeting Iranian officials and organizations. The Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a Monday statement that the EU and UK individuals …

Israeli forces have killed a young Palestinian man and injured three others during a raid on a refugee camp in the eastern West Bank city of Ariha, amid simmering tensions across the occupied territories. The governor of Ariha and the Jordan Valley, Jihad Abu al-Asal, told the official Palestinian Wafa …

The European Union and the UK have imposed new sanctions on a number of Iranian individuals and entities over alleged human rights violations, despite the fact that the failure of such a policy has been proven many times over the past years. In another hostile move, the European Union’s Council …

Scores of people have been killed and hundreds more injured in Yemen’s capital due to a stampede that broke out during a charity distribution, according to the country’s Ansarullah resistance movement. Al-Houthi health officials told AFP on Thursday that at least 85 were killed and 322 were injured following the …

Three flights carrying 177 Egyptian troops from Sudan have arrived in Cairo and a separate group of 27 air force personnel are in the care of the Egyptian embassy in Sudan, the Egyptian army said on Thursday. Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, and its sister cities Omdurman and Bahri have been rocked …

Iran’s Navy says its Fateh (Conqueror) submarine has issued a stern warning to a nuclear-powered US submarine in the Strait of Hormuz, forcing it to surface. Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani said on Thursday that the naval forces detected the guided-missile submarine, Florida, as it entered the strategic …

Air strikes and explosions hammered Sudan’s capital on Wednesday after the failure of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between the army and paramilitary forces, forcing residents to stay hunkered down and prompting Japan to prepare to evacuate its citizens. Continuous bombardments and loud blasts could be heard in central Khartoum in the …

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the enemy has always sought to polarize the Iranian nation, calling on the country’s student community to adhere to the principles of realism in its demands. Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks on the 27th day of the holy fasting month …

Sudan’s rival commanders agreed a 24-hour ceasefire from Tuesday evening, the army said, following calls to each side from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken over fierce fighting in Khartoum that saw shots fired at a US diplomatic convoy. The ceasefire will start at 6.00 p.m. (1600 GMT) and will …

Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are working to reopen their long-closed embassies “in the coming weeks”, an official said Tuesday, as a wave of rapprochement sweeps the Middle East region. The two countries re-established relations in January 2021, after the UAE took part in a nearly four-year Gulf blockade …

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi strongly warns the apartheid Israeli regime against taking even the slightest action against the Islamic Republic, saying Iran will react to such a move with “destruction of Haifa and Tel Aviv.” Raeisi made the remarks while addressing a parade to mark National Army Day in Tehran …

More than 100 prisoners of war were flown from Saudi Arabia to Yemen on Monday, further buoying peace hopes a day after a major exchange of 869 captives ended, the ICRC said. Two International Committee of the Red Cross planes carrying 48 prisoners each flew to Sanaa, Yemen’s rebel-held capital, …

Iran has officially invited Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz to visit the country, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Monday, after the two regional rivals agreed to end years of hostility following a China-brokered agreement in March. After years of bad relations, the two countries reached an agreement …

Calls grew to stop the fighting in Sudan as the capital was bombarded for a third day in deadly fighting between rival military factions that threatens to derail the nation’s stumbling shift from autocracy to civilian rule. At least 97 civilians have been killed and 365 injured since the fighting …

The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry says the unipolar world order has ceased to exist as new powers are emerging, stressing that the US government is faced with a shrinking sphere of influence and depleting power. “A unipolar world does not exist anymore, and the United States is not …

Top diplomats from the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have agreed that the Arab world must play a “leadership role” in efforts to find a political solution to the crisis in Syria so that its sovereignty is preserved and the return of Damascus to the Arab League facilitated. The …

The Gaza-based Hamas and Islamic Jihad resistance movements have roundly denounced the Israeli regime over restrictive measures against Christian worshippers and assaults on them as they thronged the Old City of al-Quds and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate the ceremony of the Holy Fire. Mohammad Hamadeh, Hamas …

Millions of Muslims from across the world took part in demonstrations in their cities to mark International Quds Day and demonstrate that Palestinians are not alone in the face of Israeli occupiers. A ceremony was held to mark the day in Dahiyeh, the Lebanese capital of Beirut, with Hezbollah Secretary …