ANKARA (AA) – Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have affected arms aid by Western countries to Ukraine and perceptions on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, said Ukraine’s Ambassador to Türkiye Vasyl Bodnar. “International media has turned its attention to this direction, so there are those who think that the war in Ukraine has ended,...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanon has lodged a complaint with the UN Security Council in response to Israel’s accusation of Lebanon’s non-compliance with UN Resolution 1701. A Foreign Ministry statement said the complaint “includes documented evidence of Israel’s violation of Resolution 1701.” The statement accused Israel “of distorting facts by holding L...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Indonesia has extended its support to South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The Southeast Asian nation’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi will also deliver an oral statement before the ICJ on February 19 as part of the proceedings instituted by South Africa against Israel’s alleged genocid...
ANKARA (AA) – Hamas has described the US position on South Africa’s lawsuit against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as showing “contempt for international law and (being) an American attempt to disrupt it.” In a statement, the Hamas group said the comments by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken rega...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least six people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on an ambulance in the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said. Four Red Crescent members were among the victims in the attack that targeted an ambulance in Deir al-Balah city, the humanitarian organization said in […]...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – An Arab summit in Jordan’s port city of Aqaba on Wednesday warned against Israel’s reoccupation of parts of the Gaza Strip. The summit brought together Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The three leaders called “for pushing to halt the Israeli aggress...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – The Moroccan government said Wednesday that it is ready to deliberate a petition calling for halting normalization with Israel. The government “is ready to deliberate the petition,” government spokesman Mustafa Baytas said following a cabinet meeting. Human rights activists announced plans to submit a petition demanding t...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 has surged to 23,357, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Wednesday. A ministry statement said that 59,410 other people have also been injured in the onslaught. “At least 147 people were killed and 243 others injured […]
LONDON (AA) – The US and British navies shot down drones and missiles fired to repel the “largest attack” from Yemen’s Houthis in the Red Sea, the British Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. “Overnight, HMS DIAMOND, along with US warships, successfully repelled the largest attack from the Iranian-backed Houthis in the Red Sea to da...
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel kept bombing Gaza on Wednesday as US top diplomat Antony Blinken met the head of the Palestinian Authority, which Washington hopes could govern the coastal territory after the war ends. As the US secretary of state’s motorcade arrived under tight security in Ramallah in the occupied We...
