RIYADH (AA) – Arab countries have welcomed the formation of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, headed by Rashad al-Alimi, as well as the urgent financial support provided by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the Yemeni economy. Early on Thursday, Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi delegated his powers to the n...
The US churches are supporting the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy City of Jerusalem, which is condemning the seizure of the Little Petra Hotel by Israeli extremists. The hotel is located in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Churches for Middle East Peace says it is standing in solidarity with the […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon – Lebanon’s bakery union has warned of a bread crisis in the Arab country as several wheat mills halted operation due to lack of funding. In a statement, the Bakeries Syndicate said bread bakeries face a shortage of wheat flour in several Lebanese areas. “A number of bakeries have stopped making bread, while […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – His passion for the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem was always a big part of his life. Palestinian Marwan Nashashibi, born in Jerusalem in 1934, studied engineering at Haifa University. After graduation, he joined the Jordanian army’s engineering corps until Israeli forces occupied East Jerusalem during the 1967 Midd...
EAST JERUSALEM: Israeli police used rubber bullets and sound bombs to disperse Palestinians gathered in front of the Damascus Gate in East Jerusalem early Wednesday and detained three people as tension escalated during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. After the Taraweeh prayer, a clash broke out between the Palestinians and the Israeli police...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli government on Wednesday lost its parliamentary majority after the withdrawal of lawmaker Idit Silman from the fragile coalition. With Silman’s withdrawal, the ruling coalition is left in a position of neck-and-neck with the opposition headed by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at 60 parliamentary seats for ...
BAGHDAD – According to the UNICEF, more than 519 Iraqi children have been killed or maimed over the past five years from explosive remnants. “For the last 5 years, 519 children have been killed or maimed in Iraq due to explosive ordnance,” UNICEF said in a statement marking International Mine Awareness Day, jointly released with […]...
JERUSALEM – Israeli President Isaac Herzog has pardoned a Ukrainian prisoner to take part in his country’s war against Russia. Herzog responded to the prisoner’s wish to fight for Ukraine “after the Ministry of Justice supported his release in the light of the extraordinary humanitarian justification.” The broadcaster said the Ukra...
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has said that his government will continue settlement construction in the occupied West Bank. “We will continue to build in Judea and Samaria [the West Bank] and there will be no freeze of constructing the settlement. […] Things will happen in order,” Bennett said. Meanwhile, Bennett sai...
BEIRUT, Lebanon – Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh has denied that the bank has gone bankrupt, indicating that the losses are “under processing.” Salameh’s denial came in a statement issued by the Central Bank in response to statements by Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister Saadeh al-Shami, who had said earlier that the state and ...
