Seventy-seven Democrats in the House have urged the Biden administration to assess Israel’s compliance with US laws, including National Security Memorandum 20 and the Foreign Assistance Act. In a letter to Secretaries Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin, lawmakers called for clarity on how US weapons are being used in ongoing Israeli assaults in G...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Qatar has reopened its embassy in Syria following the downfall of the Bashar al-Assad regime. In a statement, the Qatari Foreign Ministry said Khalifa Abdullah al-Mahmoud al-Sharif was named as the country’s charge d’affaires. The ministry said the resumption of the embassy’s operations in Damascus “comes nearly 13 ...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – Canadian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has announced her resignation from Cabinet, describing it as the “only honest and viable path.” “It has been the honour of my life to serve in government, working for Canada and Canadians. We have accomplished a lot together. On Frid...
RIYADH/ISTANBUL (AA) – Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have condemned a decision by Israel to expand settlement building in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. The UAE warned that the move will lead to increased tensions and an escalation in the region. In a statement issued by its Foreign Ministry, the decision [&h...
ISTANBUL (AA) – US lawmakers and officials are demanding urgent action as mysterious drone sightings across the East Coast have sparked concerns about public safety, privacy, and national security. Reports of drones near sensitive locations, including military sites and President-elect Donald Trump’s golf course in New Jersey, have promp...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian medic warned Sunday of an “environmental catastrophe” in northern Gaza as corpses piled up across the area amid a deadly Israeli offensive. “There are large numbers of dead bodies in the streets that can’t be reached,” Mohammad Abu Afsh, the head of Gaza-based Medical Relief Organization, an NGO, said ...
BEIRUT (AA) – Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem says the Syrian people have the right to choose their government and constitution. Qassem said in a televised speech that “the regime in Syria has fallen at the hands of new forces that we cannot judge until they stabilize, take clear positions, and establish order.” “We h...
ISTANBUL (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump has named Richard Grenell, a foreign policy adviser and former ambassador to Germany, as his envoy for “special missions.” Trump announced the appointment on his Truth Social platform. “Ric will work in some of the hottest spots around the world, including Venezuela and North Korea,̶...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Ahmad al-Shera, has stressed the need to shift from a “revolutionary mentality to a state-centric mentality to govern” Syria and establish a state based on law and institutions to ensure stability. Ahmed al-Shera, who is also known as Abu Muhammad al-Julani, told Syria...
CAIRO (AA) – The Arab Parliament Saturday demanded international action to end Israel’s grab of Syrian territories. During a speech while presiding over a parliamentary session at the headquarters of the Arab League’s General Secretariat in Cairo, Muhammad Al-Yamahi, the president of the Arab Parliament, urged all Syrian parties to...
