JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has revealed that Russian batteries were fired at Israeli warplanes during an airstrike in Syria in May. Gantz told reporters at a conference organized by Israeli Channel 13 that a Russian S-300 battery fired at Israeli warplanes in Syria for the first time. He described it as [&helli...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union has extended economic sanctions imposed on Russia over its war in Ukraine for another six months. The Council of the European Union representing EU member states has announced in a statement that it has prolonged “by six months, until 31 January 2023, the restrictive measures targeting specific sectors of [&h...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin discussed last week’s deal to reopen Ukrainian ports for grain exports. The discussion, which took place during a phone call came after Türkiye, the UN, Russia, and Ukraine signed a deal on Friday to reopen three Ukrainian ports – Odesa, Chernomorsk, [&hel...
TAIZ, YEMEN (AA): A mortar shell fired by the Iran-backed Houthis on Saturday injured 11 children in the city of Taiz in southern Yemen. Taiz Police stated that the Houthis carried out the mortar attack on Taiz’s Zeid al-Mushki District. The statement added that the children, mostly under the age of 10, were seriously and […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russia has said that it will not engage in any talks until Ukraine’s Western allies stop their interference. There will not be any negotiations unless Ukraine confirms there will be no interference by London, Washington and its other allies, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in Cairo as he kicked off his […]...
Duzdanchisma, Afghanistan – (AFP): When fighting erupted between Taliban forces and a breakaway group led by one of their former commanders in northern Afghanistan last month, many fled to the mountains. For days they walked across the rocky terrain, unsure what lay ahead or when they might return to their home Sar-e Pol province’s...
BERLIN (AA) – The German foreign minister has rejected her Russian counterpart’s remarks on the expansion of its security forces’ “special operation” in Ukraine, calling it yet another piece of Moscow propaganda. Speaking to the German state broadcaster Deutsche Welle on Wednesday, Annalena Baerbock said Russia us...
BRUSSELS (AA) – EU ambassadors approved on Wednesday new sanctions on Moscow, including a ban on gold imports and an asset freeze for Sberbank. “(EU) Ambassadors approved the next sanctions package in response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine,” the Czech government, which holds the current six-month rotating presidency of the...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The PKK organization continued to forcibly recruit children to use them in conflicts in Iraq and Syria, according to a report by US State Department on Tuesday. The 2022 Trafficking in Persons Report stated that children remain vulnerable to forcible recruitment and use by multiple armed groups operating in Iraq, including IS...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somalia’s presidential spokesman said Tuesday that reports of Somali troops trained in Eritrea being involved in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict are nothing but “rumors.” Abdikarin Ali Kaar, who held a news conference in the national capital of Mogadishu, said 5,000 “missing” Somali trainees have been found and the g...
