ISTANBUL (AA): Azerbaijan on Sunday said that Armenia attempted to conduct reconnaissance flights over the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and the Lachin region. “A quadcopter belonging to illegal Armenian armed groups (also) attempted to conduct reconnaissance flights over the positions of our units located in the direction of Tagaverd village...
LONDON (AA) – The shooting of a 17-year-old by police in a Paris suburb and subsequent protests raised concerns about institutional racism in France, experts say. The teenager, Nahel, was of Algerian and Moroccan descent. Salman Sayyid, a professor at the University of Leeds, said the shooting was a sign of institutional Islamophobia and racis...
JENIN, Palestine (AA): Around 80% of homes in the Palestinian city of Jenin suffered damages from a recent Israeli military attack, according to the city’s deputy governor, Kamal Abu al-Rub. At least 12 Palestinians were killed and more than 100 others injured in the offensive that began on Monday and ended on Wednesday, according to […...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Mayor of Jenin city Nidal al-Obaidi has said that thousands of Palestinians have been forced to flee their homes because of the Israeli military operation in the city. “No less than 4,000 Palestinians have been displaced from their homes,” al-Obaidi said to the media. On Monday, the Israeli army launched its largest [...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): A Palestinian official has denied Israeli media reports about security coordination with Tel Aviv. On Monday, the Israeli army launched its largest military operation in Jenin in more than 20 years, killing at least 10 Palestinians and injuring more than 100 others, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. In pro...
GENEVA (AA): The UN human rights chief on Tuesday decried violence in the occupied West Bank and Israel. “The recent operation in the Occupied West Bank and car ramming attack in Tel Aviv worryingly underscore an all too familiar pattern of events: that violence only begets more violence,” Volker Turk said in a statement. “Th...
Jenin, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Israel pushed on for a second day Tuesday with its biggest military operation in years in the occupied West Bank, which left 10 Palestinians dead and forced thousands to flee their homes. The raid that began early on Monday targeted Jenin and employed armoured vehicles, army bulldozers and drone strikes. O...
ISTANBUL (AA): Jordan and Egypt condemned Israeli military operation in the Palestinian city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Monday. Nine Palestinians were killed by Israel in the West Bank early Monday, including eight in Jenin, according to the Health Ministry. At least 50 others were injured. In a statement, Jordanian Foreign Ministry...
GENEVA (AA) – The Swedish government wants to prevent people from entering the country to commit crimes. The Swedish Foreign Ministry said the government had decided to reintroduce border controls in May. “In May this year, the Government decided to reintroduce border controls. We were clear about the reasons for this: it was prima...
JERUSALEM (AA): Israel government has approved plans for more than 5,700 illegal Jewish residences in the occupied West Bank, raising the total this year to a record of over 13,000. A Defense Ministry planning committee on West Bank settlement construction gave the green light for building around 5,700 new residences in six months, while retro...
