BERLIN (AA) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has warned Iran and Lebanon-based Hezbollah organization against intervening in Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza. Scholz told the German parliament in Berlin that a spillover of the conflict “would be devastating for the entire region and that is why it is now important that we do everything we [&h...
Tehran, Iran – – AFP Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that “no one can stop resistance forces” if Israel keeps up its bombardment of Gaza in response to the shock October 7 attack by Hamas. “If the crimes of the Zionist (Israeli) regime continue, Muslims and resistance forces will become...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel said Monday there was no temporary truce to allow aid in or foreigners out of the Gaza Strip, where desperation was mounting among millions of Palestinians trapped in the heavily bombarded enclave with little food or water. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned to Israel Monday before a loomin...
Doha, Qatar – AFP Iran on Sunday warned that any Israeli ground offensive in the Gaza Strip could escalate conflicts elsewhere in the Middle East. Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held talks with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, as Israeli troops massed on the border. “No one can guarantee the control of...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States said Sunday it fears an escalation of the war between Israel and Hamas and the prospect of Iran getting directly involved. Speaking on CBS, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan cited the possibility of a new battle front on the Israel-Lebanon border and added, “We can...
Washington, United States – – AFP The United States and Qatar officials have agreed to prevent Iran from using a $6 billion humanitarian assistance fund, amid suspicions of Iran’s assistance to Palestinian resistance group Hamas. The money had been transferred to Iranian accounts in Qatar, in a US-Iran prisoner swap deal anno...
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 […]
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...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US and Israel should bomb Iran, Senator Lindsey Graham said Wednesday. Asked during an interview with CNN whether he wanted the US and Israel to “bomb Iran even in the absence of direct evidence of their involvement” in the attack by the Palestinian Hamas group on Israel, the Republican senator responded: [&he...
