New York, United States – AFP The United States unsealed a raft of “terrorism” and other charges against six Hamas leaders on Tuesday related to the group’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel. The charging document, dated February 1, targets six leaders of the group — including Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar and late pol...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP The United States said Tuesday it was time to “finalise” a deal between Israel and Hamas to end the former’s war on Gaza, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s refusal to bow to pressure. US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller spoke a day after Netanyahu doubled down de...
BAGHDAD (AA) – The Iraqi military, with the support of US-led coalition forces, has killed 16 ISIS fighters, including high-ranking figures, during the military operation that began last week in the western Anbar desert, officials say. According to a statement issued by the Joint Operations Command on X, Iraqi National Intelligence Organizatio...
A top Israeli air force officer has revealed that without US aid, Israel could only sustain its war on Gaza for only a few months. Amid an 11-month, seven-front conflict, Israel’s air force is advocating for a major increase in domestic production of bombs, missiles, and ammunition. The goal is to lessen reliance on foreign […]
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Unknown assailants killed Abdel-Rahman Milad, also known as “Al-Bidja,” who commanded a coast guard unit in the western town of Zawiya, opening fire on his vehicle in the Janzour suburb of the Libyan capital Tripoli. A security source who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the case said that M...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A senior Hamas official stated on Sunday that the six Israelis recently found dead in Gaza were killed as a result of Israeli airstrikes, challenging the Israeli army’s claim that Hamas executed them. Izzat al-Rishq’s remarks came shortly after the Israeli army announced that it had discovered the bodies...
ISTANBUL (AA) – US Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump has said that “getting along” with North Korea and Russia is “a good thing.” At a Pennsylvania rally, he referred to remarks by Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris that, unlike Trump, she would not “cozy up to ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has rejected the idea of mass displacements of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank after hawkish Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz called for the “temporary evacuation” of Palestinian civilians to carry out an operation. “We reject the idea of mass displacements of Palestinians in the West...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The row between the Democratic Party establishment in the US and advocates for Palestine lays bare the party’s hypocrisy when it comes to Israel’s war on Gaza, says an American doctor who recently returned from Gaza. Delegates from the Uncommitted National Movement, many of whom are longstanding Democratic operatives di...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US said Monday that “provocations only exacerbate tensions” after Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said he would build a synagogue in Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem. “Provocations only exacerbate tensions at a pivotal moment when all focus should be on the ongoi...
