TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia’s newly-elected parliament sat for the first time on Monday. The opening session was chaired by the eldest lawmaker, Saleh Al-Mubaraki, 70, who stressed the significance of “joint work with the executive authority within the framework of the unity of the state.” “Our country is facing serio...
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran has said that discussion about the exchange of prisoners and other issues with the US is underway, stressing that Tehran is looking for “practical results” from ongoing negotiations. Speaking at a weekly news conference in Tehran, Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said talks are going on between the two sides t...
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP): Israeli airstrikes targeting a weapons depot in Syria killed an army officer and two pro-Iran fighters, a war monitor said, raising the death toll of the Sunday morning raid. “Israeli strikes targeted a weapons depot belonging to pro-Iran forces located… between Tartus and Hama provinces,” said Rami Abd...
Nablus, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Israel killed three Palestinians in the occupied northern West Bank, the army said on Sunday, as violence in the region continued. The military said that “gunmen opened fire” at an army position near the Jit junction west of Nablus, with the soldiers responding with “live fire”. Th...
GAZIANTEP, Türkiye (AA) – A volunteer graffiti artist at a tent city in Türkiye’s quake-hit Gaziantep province is healing the trauma of children through art. Senol Karakaya spends time daily with about 50 children at the tent city in Islahiye after the February 6 earthquakes in Türkiye. “We’ve come for a volunteer effor...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisian President Kais Saied has said he plans to restore diplomatic relations with the Syrian regime. “Nothing can justify the absence of a Tunisian ambassador in Damascus and an ambassador from Syria in Tunis,” Saied said during a meeting with Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar that was broadcast by the Tunisian ...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – UN Special Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg announced Saturday the launch of talks for a prisoner swap deal between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels. “The seventh meeting of the Supervisory Committee on the Implementation of the Detainees’ Exchange Agreement started today, Saturday, in Switzerland,” Grundber...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – UN envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily on Saturday unveiled details of his initiative for holding the country’s stalled elections this year. Last month, Bathily announced a new initiative to break the deadlock in Libya by creating a steering committee to hold the polls. Addressing a press conference in the capital Tripoli, [...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Azerbaijan on Saturday summoned Iran’s ambassador to Baku over an alleged violation of its airspace by an Iranian military aircraft. “We strongly condemn the Iranian side for such a provocative step, urge them to provide an appropriate explanation, and refrain from such confrontational steps in the future,” said Azerbaija...
IDLIB, Syria (AA) – A Syrian civilian was killed and four others were injured on Saturday in regime shelling in the northern Aleppo province, according to local sources. Regime forces stationed in Aleppo’s western countryside launched the attack on the town of Atarib in western Aleppo, the sources with the White Helmets civil defense agency [&...
