Bureij, Palestinian Territories – AFP After Russia invaded Ukraine, Viktoria Saidam knew she needed to find a “safer place” than Kyiv and ultimately chose her husband’s homeland — a Palestinian territory not typically associated with security: Gaza. Saidam, 21, was born Viktoria Breij in Vinnytsia, a town some 200...
BAGHDAD (AA) – The Al-Sadr party of Muqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday announced an agreement with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Sunni Sovereignty Alliance on naming the KDP’s nominee Reber Ahmed for the Iraqi presidency and Mohammad Jaafar al-Sadr of Al-Sadr party for the position of Iraq’s prime minister. Following a meeting a...
Damascus, Syria – AFP Iran’s top diplomat on Wednesday welcomed efforts to “normalize relations” between some Arab countries and Syria, days after President Bashar al-Assad made a surprise visit to the UAE. Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks on a visit to Damascus during which he met Assad, his S...
SANAA, Yemen – UN special envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg has called on the country’s warring parties to take steps to reduce violence and to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people. In a statement on Twitter, Grundberg also urged all parties involved in the war in Yemen “to engage constructively and in good faith [&hellip...
RAMALLAH, Palestine – Israeli forces rounded up 29 Palestinians, including two female students, in overnight raids across the occupied West Bank. The state news agency Wafa said 12 people were detained in raids in the town of Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem, nine in Tulkarm, four in Nablus and three in Jenin. Two female students […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for halting Israel’s looting of Palestinian water resources. “How long will the world remain silent about the fate and life of our Palestinian people being held hostage by the [Israeli] occupier through its racist practices and its control over our resources and o...
Cairo, Egypt – AFP Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi hosted talks Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and the UAE’s de facto ruler, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, his office said. The meeting, which took place in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, included discussions on “energy, market s...
On Sunday, Iraqi authorities said they have unearthed the remains of 85 ISIS fighters and their relatives from a mass grave in the northern city of Mosul. The remains of 35 people, killed between 2016 and 2017, were dug up Saturday and 50 more bodies were found Sunday. The work to exhume the remains is […]
United Nations special envoy Hans Grundberg said Sunday he is seeking a truce in Yemen during Ramadan, which is expected to start April 2. Grundberg met Saturday with Houthi chief negotiator Mohammed Abdulsalam and Omani officials. Oman maintains good relations with the Houthi rebels and the Yemeni government. The group discussed “ongoing U.N...
On the dawn of July 24, 2018, Israeli soldiers stormed the house of Palestinian journalist Lama Khater in the city of Hebron. Khater, a strong critic of Israel and the Palestinian Authority, was arrested in the presence of her youngest son, Yahia, who was less than 3 years old at the time. She was transferred […]
