LONDON (AA) – The EU plans to reopen its delegation in Syria, signaling a shift in its diplomatic approach to the war-torn country. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas announced this during a European Parliament session. While the EU delegation in Damascus was never officially closed, there has been no accredited ambassador or active diplomati...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Two Israeli soldiers were killed in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, the military said on Tuesday. A military statement said the two soldiers, from the army’s Nahal Brigade’s Combat Engineering Corps, were killed in the city, without providing any further details. Israeli media said that an initial probe by the army [&h...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Bashar al-Assad regime airlifted approximately $250 million in cash to Moscow between 2018 and 2019, amid escalating Western sanctions and deepening financial dependence on Russia for military and economic support, according to records uncovered by the Financial Times. Documents obtained by the British daily reveal that S...
Amnesty International Australia has honored four Palestinian journalists with its inaugural Human Rights Defender Awards. The award recognizes their courageous reporting during Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza. Awardees include Bisan Owda, known for her raw video series “It’s Bisan from Gaza and I’m Still Alive,” and Anas Al-Sharif...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israel killed on Monday the Palestinian man who gained worldwide recognition grieving for his three-year-old granddaughter last year. Khaled Nabhan lost his 3-year-old granddaughter, Reem, and her 5-year-old brother, Tariq, in November last year in an attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. Accord...
Anadolu has released footage showing an alleged mass grave site in the Husseiniya district of Syria’s capital Damascus. The footage strengthens claims of potential war crimes in the region. The site is close to the airport in southeastern Damascus. It is suspected more than 100 pits, each about 20 meters deep, were used as graves, [&hell...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian medic warned Sunday of an “environmental catastrophe” in northern Gaza as corpses piled up across the area amid a deadly Israeli offensive. “There are large numbers of dead bodies in the streets that can’t be reached,” Mohammad Abu Afsh, the head of Gaza-based Medical Relief Organization, an NGO, said ...
BEIRUT (AA) – Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem says the Syrian people have the right to choose their government and constitution. Qassem said in a televised speech that “the regime in Syria has fallen at the hands of new forces that we cannot judge until they stabilize, take clear positions, and establish order.” “We h...
CAIRO (AA) – The Arab Parliament Saturday demanded international action to end Israel’s grab of Syrian territories. During a speech while presiding over a parliamentary session at the headquarters of the Arab League’s General Secretariat in Cairo, Muhammad Al-Yamahi, the president of the Arab Parliament, urged all Syrian parties to...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has strongly condemned the GOP’s decision to appoint Rep. Brian Mast as the next chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee. CAIR labeled Mast as “genocidal and anti-Palestinian” due to past controversial remarks. Mast faced criticism last year for a speech likening Palestinian civ...
