Author: Steven Sahiounie

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Israel was “knocked out” in Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, the largest military operation by Palestinian resistance groups against the occupying regime. Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with a group of Iranian athletes, sports personalities, and medal winners who participated in the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. “If I am going to offer you a breakdown on the recent developments, it goes as, the Zionist regime was knocked out in Al-Aqsa Storm,” the Leader said on Wednesday. “[The Palestinian resistance movement] Hamas, not as a government and country with ample facilities,…

British foreign minister David Cameron met his counterparts from Arab and Islamic countries in London on Wednesday to discuss the Israel-Hamas conflict after the two sides agreed to cease-fire in Gaza for at least four days.“We discussed how to use this step forward to think about the future and how we can build a peaceful future which provides security for Israel but also peace and stability for the Palestinian people,” Cameron said in a statement.Foreign Ministers from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, the Palestinian Authority, Turkiye, Indonesia and Nigeria, as well as the Secretary General of the League of Arab States…

President Mahmoud Abbas tonight received a phone call from his Finish counterpart Sauli Niinistö during which he briefed the Finnish President on the latest serious developments in the occupied Palestinian territory, especially in the Gaza Strip, stressing the need to pressure the Israeli occupation authorities to stop their ongoing aggression against the Palestinian people, and to accelerate the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. The President stressed the need to stop the attacks of the occupation forces and terrorist colonists against the Palestinian people in the West Bank, including Jerusalem. He reiterated the State of Palestine’s categorical rejection…

Addressing a virtual summit of BRICS on Tuesday, the president of Iran put forward seven proposals to stop the Israeli massacre of Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. Speaking to the online BRICS summit regarding the Gaza crisis, Ebrahim Raisi said what is happening these days in Gaza is the clear sign of unjust international system of the West. His speech is as follows: In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful Mr. President; Esteemed BRICS Members; At the outset, I would like to sincerely thank the honorable President of the Republic of South Africa who organized…

The Palestinian cabinet held an emergency session today to discuss and face the recent developments that resulted from Israel’s war on Gaza and decided on austerity measures to face these challenges. Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, speaking at the start of the meeting, welcomed the truce agreement that was reached under Egyptian and Qatari sponsorship, calling for a complete halt to the aggression against the Gaza Strip. The cabinet decided to adopt austerity measures regarding travel and any expenses that could be saved to confront the financial crisis caused by Israel withholding the Palestinian tax revenues, which also prompted the government…

Syria warned against continuing the Zionist approach based on aggression and committing crimes in the region, affirming its firm right to defend its sovereignty and independence by all means guaranteed by international law. The continuation of the Zionist approach based on aggression and committing crimes in the region, the Zionist enemy, at approximately 15:30 Wednesday afternoon, launched an air aggression with two missiles from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting some points in the vicinity of Damascus city, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said in a statement. The Ministry added that Syria underlined that the continuation…

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian lands in Lebanon and holds a joint press conference alongside members of the Hamas movement, Hezbollah, and Amal movement. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, where a joint press conference was held at the Rafic Hariri International Airport including members of the Hamas movement, Amal movement, and Hezbollah. During the conference, Amir-Abdollahian offered his condolences to the martyrs in occupied Palestine and Lebanon, especially the martyrs of the Al Mayadeen Media network: correspondent Farah Omar, the camera Rabih Me’mari, and their civillian companion Hussein Akil. Moreover, the top diplomat stressed that…

Recep Tayyip Erdogan says everyone, including foreign officials, are now telling Turkish side that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu ‘has to go’ Israel’s “occupier terrorism” in Gaza and other Palestinian territories are crimes against humanity which constitute “genocide,” said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday. “We must compel Israel to comply with international law and be held accountable for its actions. We should also break the blockade in the UN,” Erdogan told journalists on his return flight from Algeria. He also said everyone, including foreign officials, are now telling the Turkish side that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “has to…

The Syrian army reported that an Israeli missile was intercepted on Wednesday afternoon. A Syrian military source told Al Mayadeen that, at approximately three o’clock in the afternoon, “the Zionist enemy carried out an air attack with two missiles from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting some points in the vicinity of the city of Damascus.” According to the military source, an Israeli missile was intercepted on Wednesday afternoon. The losses on the Syrian side were restricted to material damage. Last Friday, Syrian air defenses responded to enemy targets over the southern Damascus countryside, according to Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in Syria.…

The country’s cabinet has approved a prisoner swap with Hamas that will see the release of 50 of its citizens as well as a short truce Israel expects Hamas to release the first hostages captured during the October 7 raid on Thursday, the country’s foreign minister, Eli Cohen, has told reporters. His statement came several hours after the Israeli cabinet gave the green light to a prisoner swap that involves 50 Israeli hostages and as many as 150 Palestinian female and child prisoners. Over the last few days, several media outlets, as well as top US officials, including President Joe…