DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Amid escalating conflict between the junta government and rebel Arakan Army in Burma, a fresh 60,000 Rohingya entered Bangladesh in the last two months, a Bangladeshi official said on Sunday. Bangladesh is hosting over 1.2 million Rohingya in its southeastern Cox’s Bazar district. Most of the Rohingya Muslims fled Burm...
DAMASCUS (AA) – The leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, called for the lifting of sanctions imposed on Syria during a meeting with a delegation led by Barbara Leaf, the top US diplomat for the Middle East. During the meeting in Damascus, Al-Jolani called on his interlocutors to support Syria’s recovery and [&hel...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip are leading to a rise in Islamophobia across Europe, according to a new report. The “European Islamophobia Report 2023,” which examined anti-Muslim sentiment in 28 European countries, revealed that Israel’s current attacks on Gaza have led to a notable increase in Islam...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the US largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, has condemned the Pentagon for misleading the public about the number of US troops deployed in Syria. “The Pentagon’s admission that 2,000 U.S. troops have been secretly operating in Syria is stunning. T...
ANKARA (AA) – A “strong” arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Syria’s deposed leader Bashar Assad is “just a matter of time,” says an international affairs expert. Levent Ersin Oralli, an academic at Ankara Haci Bayram Veli University, said that Syrian ousted leader Bashar Assad clearly...
ANKARA (AA) – China has dispatched a new contingent of peacekeepers to join the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), according to the Ministry of National Defense and state-run media reports. The second group of personnel from China’s 23rd peacekeeping contingent successfully arrived in southern Lebanon, where they joi...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 20 Israelis were injured when a missile launched from Yemen landed in the Tel Aviv-Jaffa area in central Israel. The Israeli army confirmed the attack, stating: “A missile originating in Yemen impacted central Israel after interception attempts failed.” According to Magen David Adom, Israel’s ambu...
HMEIMIM, Syria (AA) – Activity at Russia’s Hmeimim Air Base in Syria, which played a pivotal role in altering the trajectory of the civil war in late 2015, has reportedly come to a near standstill. Following the summer of 2015, when the regime of Bashar al-Assad faced significant losses to opposition forces, Moscow responded to […...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli soldiers have revealed that the army killed Palestinian civilians who entered previously targeted buildings in the Gaza Strip, according to a media report. The Haaretz newspaper in Israel said the army “does not routinely update its list of targets in Gaza, nor does it indicate to forces on the ground which [&hel...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A Hamas fighter reportedly killed two Israeli soldiers before blowing himself up near other troops in the northern Gaza Strip, according to a statement from the group’s military wing, the Qassam Brigades. The statement said that the fighter killed an Israeli army sniper and his aide at “point-blank range” in the Jab...
