JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that he does not need help to manage relations with the United States, in an implicit criticism of his far-right Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir. “I don’t need help to know how to navigate our relations with the US and the international community, whi...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia has condemned the US strikes on Iraq and Syria, and requested a UN Security Council meeting to discuss the issue. The US has “once again demonstrated its aggressive essence and disregard for international law,” said Maria Zakharova, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson. According to her, the attack led to the de...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iran has condemned the US military attacks in Iraq and Syria. In a statement, Nasser Kanaani, the spokesperson of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, said the strikes were in “violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Iraq and Syria as well as international law, and a blatant breach of the UN Charter.” […...
WASHINGTON – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to the Middle East yet again in the coming days to press a new proposal involving the release of Israelis held in Gaza in return for a pause in attacks by Israel, the State Department said. Blinken will visit Qatar and Egypt — the […]
Paris, France – AFP French maritime transporter CMA CGM has again suspended the transit by its vessels of the Red Sea, where Houthis have targeted numerous ships, a source told AFP on Friday. The decision, taken on Friday, halts the use of the key transit route until further notice in order to “not take any […]
WASHINGTON – AFP The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on four Israeli settlers over the violence, in a rare US move against Israelis. Any assets they hold in the United States will be blocked, with Americans forbidden from financial transactions with them. “The situation in the West Bank — in particular high levels...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A top Palestinian official slammed the passage of a bill Thursday by the American Congress to ban the entry of all members of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Hussein Al-Sheikh, Secretary of the PLO’s Executive Committee, described the bill as “a dangerous decision towards the sole legit...
ANKARA (AA) – Iran has vowed to decisively respond to any attack on its territories or interests, following Washington’s threats to respond to the deadly attack on a US base near the Jordanian-Syrian border. A statement, issued by Iran’s permanent mission to the UN, warned that Tehran would respond decisively to any attack on its [...
DAMASCUS (AA) – Several Iranian military advisers were killed in an Israeli attack south of the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday, according to Syria’s state-run news agency SANA. SANA, citing a military source, said the Israeli attack targeted a number of sites south of Damascus. Several Syrian civilians were also killed in the attack, ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A top official of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on Saturday called on the US and Canada to reverse the suspension of new funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). “We call on the countries that announced the cessation of their support for UNRWA to immediately reverse their decisi...
