Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – AFP An Israeli delegation is in Riyadh for a UNESCO meeting, an Israeli official told AFP on Monday, marking the country’s first publicly announced visit to Saudi Arabia. The visit, for UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee session, coincides with speculation about a potential normalisation of ties between ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli authorities on Sunday agreed to resume the export of goods from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank and Israel after a three-day ban. A number of trucks loaded with various goods left the Gaza Strip via the Karm Abu Salem commercial crossing, heading to the West Bank […]
New Delhi, India – AFP A broad alliance of states on Saturday unveiled ambitious plans to create a modern-day Spice Route linking Europe, the Middle East and India, boosting trade ties with potentially wide-ranging geopolitical implications. The United States, Saudi Arabia, the European Union, the United Arab Emirates and others launched...
GAZA, JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli authorities have decided to reopen the Karm Abu Salem commercial crossing on Sunday, the Presidential Committee for Coordinating the Entry of Goods into the Gaza Strip has announced. The Israeli authorities will “re-allow exports from the Gaza Strip through the Karm Abu Salem crossing, starting Sunday,” according...
JERUSALEM (AA) – There are no terms ready for a possible normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia, the UN national security adviser has said. “Many of the elements of a pathway to normalization are now on the table,” Jake Sullivan told journalists in a press briefing. He said that no terms are ready to […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army raided several areas in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, detaining 13 Palestinians and triggering clashes. Local sources said that the Israeli forces injured a Palestinian in the Dheisha refugees camp in southern Bethlehem, and dozens of others suffered asphyxiation from tear gas. The Palest...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – The chairman of Morocco’s House of Councillors, the country’s senate, delayed his visit to Israel due to a health emergency, the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) said late on Wednesday. Enaam Mayara’s first-ever visit to Israel was scheduled to start on Thursday upon an invitation by the Knesset Speak...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Wednesday that his government is committed to cooperating with a UN peacekeeping mission operating in southern Lebanon. Mikati met with United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Commander Gen. Aroldo Lazaro in Beirut. “The government is committed by a UN Security...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A US delegation led by President Joe Biden’s Middle East czar is currently in Saudi Arabia to address a wide array of regional issues, the White House confirmed Tuesday. Brett McGurk is joined by Barbara Leaf, assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs and US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking. [&he...
Tulkarem, Palestinian Territories – – AFP Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian in a raid on a West Bank refugee camp, the Palestinian health ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry said 21-year-old Ayed Samih Khaled was “shot by live occupation (Israeli) bullets fired to the head” in the Nur Shams camp near the norther...