Thousands of displaced Syrians living in tents in the country’s northwest province of Idlib are suffering from extreme poverty. Many displaced Syrians are sheltering in the Kafar Houm Camp and struggling to survive during Ramadan. Abu Omar, who is unemployed, said his family cannot afford to buy basic living and food supplies, such as oil [&he...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union on Friday called for an immediate end to the violence in the occupied West Bank following clashes at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. “Violence needs to stop immediately,” Peter Stano, the lead spokesperson of the EU’s diplomatic service, said in a statement. He expressed deep concern over the surge […...
JERUSALEM (AA) – About 60,000 Palestinians performed the second Friday prayers of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied city of Jerusalem. Sheikh Azzam al-Khatib, director general of the Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem, told Anadolu Agency that the number, though big, is still less than the usual number at this time of the Musli...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel on Thursday completed tests of a high-powered laser defense system that intercepts mortars, missiles, anti-tank missiles and drones. The Israeli Defense Ministry’s Directorate of Defense Research and Development and private defense technology company Rafael completed tests with the high-powered ‘Iron Beam’ laser i...
ANKARA (AA) – Syrian state media said late Thursday that Israeli warplanes carried out air strikes targeting the capital Damascus. Israeli air elements carried out the attack from the direction of the Golan Heights, the official Syrian news agency SANA reported. The attack targeted some locations in the western Damascus countryside, it noted. ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iranian authorities on Friday seized an oil tanker smuggling fuel in the Gulf, the second such incident in as many weeks. Seven crew members of the vessel were arrested by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), an official told Iran’s Tasnim News Agency. The tanker was carrying 250,000 liters of smuggled fuel, […]...
JERUSALEM (AA) – More than 150 Palestinians were injured at dawn on Friday as the Israeli police stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Palestinian Red Crescent said that 152 Palestinians were injured during clashes with the Israeli police in the courtyards of the mosque. The Palestinians were injured by rubber bullets, tear gas, ...
ISTANBUL – The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has welcomed the announcement of the peaceful transfer of power of the legitimate Yemeni government by President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to the Presidential Leadership Council. In a press release, the UNSC expressed hope that this would constitute an important step towards stability an...
HOUSTON, Texas – Austin Tice was abducted near Damascus, Syria on August 14, 2012, while covering the country’s civil war as a freelance journalist for multiple US news organizations. Almost 10 years later, he has yet to be released and returned to his hometown of Houston, Texas. “He was only there 83 days before he […]
TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said that Tehran will not allow Israel to threaten the security of Iran and the region. Speaking during a meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, Raisi said Iran “seriously expects” neighboring countries, especially Iraq, to not allow the presence of entities that endange...
