TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The head of Libya’s High Council of State said Thursday ending the transitional period is the key to cruising the country to safety. “There is no way to reach safety without ending the transitional period with a permanent constitution and renewing the legitimacy of the legislative, executive, judicial and oversight ...
Israeli forces on Thursday dispersed dozens of Palestinians taking part in a peaceful rally in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, east of occupied Jerusalem. Witnesses told Anadolu Agency that the Israeli forces put out fire lit by the residents and activists to warm themselves while closing the neighborhood with iron barriers. The sit-in by loca...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday discussed over phone NATO-Turkiye relations and regional issues with Jens Stoltenberg, the military alliance’s secretary-general. Stoltenberg congratulated Erdogan on the 70th anniversary of Turkiye’s accession to NATO, according to a statement by Turkey’s C...
JERUSALEM: Dozens of Palestinians performed Friday prayers in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem to express their rejection of Israel’s plan to evict Palestinian families from their homes in favor of settlers. Palestinians say more than 200 Palestinians participated in Friday prayers, which were held on a street ne...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkiye killed six PKK members in northern Syria, the National Defense Ministry said on Friday. The “terrorists” were preparing for an attack on the Operation Olive Branch area, the ministry said on Twitter. Since 2016, Ankara has launched a trio of anti-terror operations across its border in northern Syria to preve...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army said Friday it had failed to intercept a drone fired from Lebanon and breached the country’s airspace. “It is clear from the preliminary investigation that earlier today, a small wireless drone was spotted inside Lebanon, flying towards Israeli territory,” army spokesman Avichay Adraee tweeted. ...
A U.K.-based initiative to raise awareness about the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem has gone global. For the second year in a row, more than 50 countries are set to take part in Aqsa Week 2022, organizers said. The event, which runs from Feb. 24 to March 2, is being organized by the British-based Friends of […]
U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has accused Israel of putting Palestinian children in cage-like prisons. The New York Democrat was speaking at the Democratic Socialists of America event during a campaign rally for Greg Casar, who is running for Congress in Texas. Ocasio-Cortez compared migrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border to ...
A US congressional delegation led by House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi met the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah. The U.S. delegation would travel to Israel, Germany and the UK, said Pelosi’s office in a statement on Tuesday. The trip will focus on security, economy a...
A video showing an Israeli police dog mauling a 19-year-old Palestinian man during an arrest released Wednesday has sparked outrage. The Palestinian Commission of Detainees Affairs accused Israeli forces of deliberately letting the dog maul the young Palestinian, even though he wasn’t resisting arrest. “The occupation army deliberately l...
