Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Egypt to attend a three day US-Egypt Strategic Dialogue. However, his more crucial engagement is to secure a cease-fire deal and negotiate prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas. This is Blinken’s 10th visit to the Middle East since last October, highlighting the US’s active inv...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egypt has accused Israel of spreading “lies” to divert attention from its failure to secure a prisoner swap agreement with Palestinian resistance group Hamas. “Israel is spreading lies to distract attention from the failure to reach a prisoner exchange deal in Gaza and implement a cease-fire in the enclave,” Egyptian Foreign Mi...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli and US officials said Saturday that Washington is “not optimistic” about reaching a swap deal with Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip, but will soon present a new proposal. Washington is drafting a new proposal, which will be presented to Tel Aviv and mediators, although the US is not optimistic a...
ISTANBUL (AA) — Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said Israel and its backers are responsible for every person who has died in Gaza due to severe food, water, and medicine shortages. “The responsibility for every innocent person who dies in Gaza due to starvation, thirst, or lack of medicine lies with Israel and...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP The United States said Tuesday it was time to “finalise” a deal between Israel and Hamas to end the former’s war on Gaza, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s refusal to bow to pressure. US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller spoke a day after Netanyahu doubled down de...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan held phone discussions with his counterparts from Türkiye, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain and Gambia on halting the violence in Gaza and supporting Palestinian rights. Bin Farhan spoke with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan about the latest developments on the Palestinian issue, ...
Palestinian Territories – AFP The United States said Friday that progress had been made at the latest round of Gaza truce talks, after the presence of Israeli troops on the Egyptian border emerged as a major sticking point. The White House said CIA chief William Burns was among US officials taking part in the discussions […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu still insists on maintaining control over the Philadelphi Corridor in the southern Gaza Strip on the border with Egypt, the public broadcaster KAN has reported. “The prime minister has not changed his position on the need for Israeli control and presence in the Philadelphi Corrid...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Qatar and Egypt have warned the US that there is “little chance” for the Palestinian group Hamas to accept its latest proposal for a Gaza cease-fire, Israeli media reported. Gaza cease-fire talks in Qatar concluded on Friday with a new “proposal that narrows the gaps” between Israel and Hamas, cla...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Philadelphi Corridor remains a sticking point in Gaza cease-fire and prisoner swap negotiations between Israel and Hamas, Israeli media reported on Sunday. The corridor is a 14-kilometer (8.69-mile) demilitarized buffer zone along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. According to the Israeli news portal Walla, Isra...
