TEHRAN, Iran (AA): Syrian President Bashar al Assad met with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during an unannounced one-day visit to Tehran on Sunday, according to local media. It was Assad’s second official visit to Iran since Syria’s civil war erupted in 2011. His last visit was in February 2019. Sunday’s meeting was ...
SANAA, Yemen (AA): UN envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg has welcomed the release of Houthi prisoners by the Saudi-led coalition. On Friday May 6, dozens of Houthi prisoners were freed as part of a humanitarian initiative by Saudi Arabia to “support peace efforts” in Yemen. “I welcome the release of detainees by the Saudi-led coalition, [&hel...
RAMALLAH, PALESTINE: Israeli forces raided the village of Silat al-Harithiya in the West Bank city of Jenin, destroying the house of a Palestinian Omar Jaradat, who was accused of killing an Israeli settler last year. Clashes erupted between Palestinians and Israeli forces following the demolition. Hapless Palestinians threw stones and firebom...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): Palestinian resistance group Hamas has said it is unfazed by Israeli threats to assassinate its leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar. “The Israeli campaign of threats and incitement to assassinate Sinwar or other Hamas leaders does not frighten us,” political bureau member Izzat al-Rishq said in a statement. Al-R...
ANKARA (AA): The United Nations on Saturday called for the adoption of a more strategic approach to address the Palestinian economic and fiscal crisis. The call came in a report issued by the office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO), Tor Wennesland, ahead of a meeting of the […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Palestine on Saturday welcomed the US opposition to Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank but said it was not enough. On Friday, the US Department of State slammed Israeli plans to advance nearly 4,000 settlement units in the occupied West Bank, saying the measure “deeply damages the prospects for a [...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian youth was seriously injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, according to the Health Ministry. A ministry statement said a 21-year-old man was shot in the shoulder by Israeli forces and admitted to a hospital in the city of Qalqilya. The statement said the […]
Elad, Israel (AFP): Israel conducted a large-scale manhunt on Friday for a pair of Palestinians accused of killing three Israelis in an axe attack that came as the Jewish state marked its founding. The attack on the night of 5th May in Elad, a central city mainly populated by ultra-Orthodox Jews, was the sixth in […]
NEW YORK (AA): US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield will visit Turkiye’s southern border with Syria this weekend, through which much-needed humanitarian aid is carried to millions of Syrians in the war-torn country. The visit to the Cilvegozu Border Crossing, located in Hatay province, which lies opposite the Bab al-Hawa Borde...
BEIRUT (AA): Lebanon’s parliamentary elections for expats kicked off on Friday. The voting has opened in 10 countries in the first phase: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, Oman, Bahrain, Jordan and Iran. The second phase for the voting abroad, scheduled on Sunday, will take place in 48 other countries. Lebanese Foreign Min...
