Marrakesh, Morocco — AFP Israel’s war on Gaza has cast a shadow over the IMF-World Bank annual meetings in Morocco, with warnings that it has darkened the outlook for an already sluggish global economy. The global lenders are holding their gathering, which brings together finance ministers and central bankers from around the world,...
Tehran, Iran — AFP Thousands of Iranians took to the streets of Tehran on Friday in a show of support for Palestinians amid a bloody conflict between Israel and Hamas. The demonstrators waved the flags of Iran, Palestine and Hezbollah and set fire to the flags of the US and Israel, according to witnesses. They […]
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories – AFP At least 13 Israeli and foreign prisoners held in the northern Gaza Strip have been killed in Israeli air strikes in the past 24 hours, Hamas’s armed wing said Friday. In a surprise assault early Saturday, Hamas fighters stormed Israeli communities near the Gaza border and fired barrages of ...
Amman, Jordan – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Jordan’s king Friday about how to address a looming humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip as Israel readies a US-supported offensive following deadly attacks by Hamas. Blinken huddled with King Abdullah II as well as Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in Amman at t...
Baghdad, Iraq – AFP Iran’s foreign minister, whose government supports Hamas and other Middle East militant groups, said on Thursday opening a “new front” against Israel would depend on Israel’s actions in Gaza. Although Tehran has been a long-term backer of Hamas, Iranian officials have been adamant that the coun...
Damascus, Syria — AFP Israeli strikes have knocked Syria’s two main airports out of service, Syrian state media said, in the first such attack since a weekend Hamas assault on Israel triggered fierce fighting. Israeli strikes have repeatedly caused the grounding of flights at the airports in the capital Damascus and northern city A...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that the number of Palestinians displaced in Gaza has risen to more than 338,000 amid intensified attacks on the besieged population. An OCHA official in Gaza, Hamada Al-Bayari, called for a humanitarian truce to allow relief workers to...
JERUSALEM (AA) – At least 220 Israeli soldiers have been killed in Israel’s latest war against Palestinians. In a statement, the Israeli army stated that it had disclosed the identities of 31 more soldiers who were killed during the ongoing fighting. The families of the soldiers were informed, it added. Israeli forces have launched a [&h...
ANKARA (AA) – The US has raised the travel warning for Israel and the West Bank to Level 3, urging its citizens to reconsider traveling to those places. “Updated given the current security situation including increased travel restrictions for U.S. government employees,” a State Department statement said. “Violence can occur in Israel and...
RAMALLAH (AA) – The Israeli forces have detained 55 Palestinians in the West Bank, and East Jerusalem, according to official sources. “Israeli forces carried out detention operations in various regions of occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank,” Emani Serahine, an official with the Palestinian Prisoners Association said. Serahine reported t...
