ISTANBUL (AA) – China has offered its role to de-escalate tensions between Pakistan and Iran, after the two neighbors launched airstrikes against “terrorists” in each other’s territory. “Iran and Pakistan are close neighbors and friendly countries to China, holding significant influence,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said. “Chin...
BEIJING – AFP China has urged Pakistan and Iran to show restraint, after Islamabad said Tehran had carried out an air strike on its territory that killed two children. Mao Ning, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, said: “China has always advocated that relations between countries should be handled in accordance with the basic no...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanon has expressed deep concern about military strikes by US-led allied forces in the Red Sea and Yemen, warning that if the international community fails to act immediately to halt armed actions in the region, Israel’s war on Gaza could spread throughout the Middle East. The country’s Foreign Ministry in a statement [&h...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Voicing concern over rising tensions in the Red Sea, China has called on “all relevant parties” to avoid a further escalation of conflicts in the region. Beijing said the parties should “remain calm and exercise restraint,” daily Global Times reported. The US and UK carried out airstrikes on multiple targets inside Yemen ...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain will not participate in international missions to protect Red Sea shipping vessels from Houthi attacks, Defense Minister Margarita Robles has said. “Spain’s position, out of a sense of responsibility and commitment to peace, is not to intervene in the Red Sea,” she told the media. Robles added that Spain’s naval [&he...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia has strongly condemned the airstrikes by the US and UK on Yemen’s Houthis. Russia’s concerns, voiced during discussion earlier this week of a US-sponsored UN Security Council resolution against Houthi attacks on ships, that the document will be “misinterpreted” and used to justify “illegal act...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Australia was part of the joint strikes targeting multiple Houthi targets inside Yemen, Defense Minister Richard Marles has confirmed. “Australia’s support of these actions came in the form of personnel in the operational headquarters,” Marles told reporters in Geelong, Victoria. The action taken was about “maintaining fr...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algeria described the US-British airstrikes in Yemen on Friday as a “dangerous escalation” that will undermine UN “efforts to find a solution to the conflict” in the country. The Foreign Ministry expressed in a statement the “deep concern and regret” about the airstrikes “that targete...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Iraqi government has condemned the US targeting of its military sites, labelling it a “clear hostile act.” In a statement, the media office of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani said the US act “runs counter to the pursuit of enduring mutual interest in establishing security and stability,”...
CAIRO (AA) – Qatar has said that negotiations between the Israeli and Palestinian sides for the resumption of the humanitarian pause in Gaza are still ongoing. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said that Qatar “expresses its deep regret at the resumption of the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip following the end of the […]...
