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...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Arab community in Israel observed a general strike on Tuesday against rising violent crime rates. Public and private institutions, businesses and markets in all Arab towns and areas remained closed as part of the one-day strike called by the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel. Arab citizens constitu...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Two Palestinians have been injured by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank, according to local medics. Clashes erupted in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, after Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters at a school, eyewitnesses said. Dozens suffered temporary asphyxiation from the Israeli tear gas, including...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israel’s army chief on Monday ordered the suspension of all imports from Gaza after an alleged attempt to smuggle explosives, the army and defence ministry said in a statement. Officers from the defence ministry, which controls crossings between Israel and the Palestinian enclave, “detected several ...
ANKARA (AA) – Israel will build a new fence along its borders with Jordan, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. Netanyahu said the barrier will be built to stop infiltration from Jordan as Israel did on its southern border with Egypt. “Now we will build a fence on our eastern border (Jordan) and ensure […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces rounded up 14 Palestinians during military raids in the occupied West Bank on Monday, according to a local NGO. A woman was among the detainees from the town of Kubar near Ramallah city, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a statement. Local sources identified the detained woman as Hanan […...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Monday reviewed the signing of a free trade agreement with Bahrain during an official visit to the Gulf country. Cohen had arrived in Manama on Sunday for a two-day visit, accompanied by a business delegation from more than 30 companies working in the fields of high-tech, […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – An Israeli sports delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday to participate in a world weightlifting competition, according to Israeli media. The Saudi-hosted World Weightlifting Championship 2023 will qualify Israel to reserve a ticket for next year’s Olympic Games in Paris, the Israeli public broadcaster KAN reported...
