BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Thursday expressed satisfaction with the return of serenity to his country’s relations with the Gulf states. This came in a speech delivered by Mikati during a cabinet session at the presidential palace Beirut, according to a statement by the Lebanese Presidency. “We ar...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Two Palestinians were fatally shot by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. A ministry statement said the two young men died of their injuries sustained “as a result of Israeli aggression in Jenin.” According to eyewitnesses, the two youths were killed dur...
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Antony Blinken apologized to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last month for the US response to attacks on the emirates from Yemen’s Houthi rebels, according to a report. The UAE had been frustrated about the US response to Houthi attacks just as Washington has been vexed by Abu Dhabi’s response ...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AA) – Saudi Arabia and Kuwait said Wednesday they have the right to develop the Durra offshore gas field which is also claimed by Iran. In a statement issued by the Saudi Foreign Ministry, Riyadh said it has reached an agreement with Kuwait “to expedite the development and exploitation of the Durra […]
BAGHDAD (AA) – Angry demonstrators shut an oil refinery in Dhi Qar province in southern Iraq on Wednesday, protesting against lack of jobs for local residents, according to witnesses. Dozens of university graduates gathered in front of the Al-Gharraf oilfield to demand employment, witnesses said. “They protested a month after they applied for ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Christians in Jerusalem have protested Israeli restrictions on the celebrations of the Holy Fire Saturday in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in East Jerusalem. The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate and the Armenian Patriarchate have also protested a decision by Israeli police to limit the number of participants in the April 16 cele...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Saudi Arabia on Wednesday vowed support to cash-strapped Lebanon amid a crippling economic crisis in the country. Saudi Ambassador Walid Bukhari met with Lebanese President Michel Aoun at the presidential palace in Beirut. Aoun was briefed by the Saudi envoy on the working mechanism of the Saudi-French joint fund “dedica...
BAGHDAD (AA) – The Iraqi military has thwarted rocket attacks targeting vital facilities in northern areas of the capital Baghdad. The Iraqi army’s Baghdad Operations Command said on Wednesday that its forces “arrested three suspects after monitoring their movements” in the Karkh and Rusafa areas in Baghdad. After getting informati...
Clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians rocked the West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday. The violence sparked after a Palestinian stabbed a police officer in Israel before being shot dead. Israeli troops launched a fourth day of operations around Jenin after an assailant from the city shot and killed three people in a Tel […]
On Monday, United Nations special envoy Hans Grundberg began his first official visit to Yemen’s rebel-held capital Sanaa. Grundberg’s arrival comes after an April 2 ceasefire that the country’s warring parties have accused each other of violating. The Swedish diplomat is scheduled to meet Huthi rebel officials during the visit. Grundberg’s of...
