Author: Steven Sahiounie

IRBIL, IRAQI KURDISTAN: With its coffers swelled by high oil prices and a degree of political calm, Iraq looks set to enjoy a period of stability not seen in decades. However, the Israel-Hamas war that began in early October could jeopardize all this, especially if it inflames the sensitive regional situation and escalates into a wider conflict. Various Iran-backed militias across the Middle East have threatened to attack American interests in the region if Washington becomes openly involved in Israel’s ground war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. These militias have already attacked bases hosting American troops in Iraq and…

Source: Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera condemns ‘vile threat’ against Youmna ElSayed’s family that comes days after an air attack killed members of colleague Wael Dahdouh’s family. The family of an Al Jazeera correspondent in the Gaza Strip has received a threatening phone call claiming to come from the Israeli army, warning them to immediately leave their home as Israel steps up its bombardment of the besieged enclave. Youmna ElSayed’s husband received the call on Monday and was told to flee Gaza City and head south, even though there are no safe routes out of the area. ElSayed said the phone call came from a private…

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip: Israeli troops and tanks pushed deeper into Gaza on Monday, freeing a soldier held captive by Hamas militants and advancing on two sides of the territory’s main city. The UN and medical staff warned that airstrikes have hit closer to hospitals where tens of thousands of Palestinians have sought shelter alongside thousands of wounded. The military said a female soldier captured during Hamas’ wide-ranging Oct. 7 attack inside Israel had been released during its ground operation — the first such rescue since the weekslong war began. The statement provided few details, but said Pvt. Ori Megidish…

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad has strongly condemned Israel’s relentless aggression against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip. Dr. Mahathir said the United States is behind the Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. The interview with Dr. Mahathir by Al Jazeera Arabic was conducted on Sunday against the backdrop of escalating Israeli atrocities against Palestinians in Gaza. He said Israel is pursuing a strategy that “seems to be bent on killing as many Palestinians in Gaza as possible.” “Israel wants to get rid of Palestinians altogether by killing them in full view of the whole world”, he stated.    The former…

 The Israeli regime’s brutal war and genocide against Palestinians in Gaza has received widespread condemnation across the globe. Images of Palestinian infants, children, women and other innocent civilians, including entire families killed during brutal attacks by Israeli regime forces have ignited anger in all countries. Backed by the United States and other Western colonial powers, Israeli forces have dropped bombs on hospitals, schools and places of worship. These genocidal attacks by the Israeli apartheid regime have so far left thousands dead and tens of thousands injured. The people of Africa, a continent that suffered the worst ravages of colonialism and…

By Humaira Ahad The Israeli military, after launching the indiscriminate aerial bombardment three weeks ago, warned Gazans to leave their homes in the north and flee to the south “for their own safety.” Like thousands of other Palestinians, 32-year-old poet and writer Heba Abu Nada also abandoned her home in the north, and sought refuge with her relatives in Khan Yunis, a city in southern Gaza. However, the sweeping bombing campaign of the apartheid regime did not even spare the south and killed many displaced people, including the young and promising Palestinian poet and novelist. As the United Nations acknowledged,…

The manger of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza has warned that the besieged enclave will run out of blood bags next week amid Israel’s savage attacks on Palestinian people. Speaking to Iran’s Arabic-language al-Alam news network on Monday, Riyadh Meqdad said that despite blood donations, Gaza is facing a severe shortage of blood reserves because of the rising number of the injured in the Israeli aerial assaults. More than 300 wounded people were transferred to the Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the past 24 hours, he added. Meanwhile, al-Alam reported that Gazans stand in long queues to donate their blood to the…

Thousands of children in Kargil, a small city in the Ladakh union territory of northern India, took to the streets on Monday to condemn the Israeli regime’s genocide in Gaza, especially the killing of children. Coming from different parts of the mountainous Shiite-majority district, their collective voice roared against the ongoing massacre of innocent children in the besieged Gaza Strip by the Israeli regime. Carrying the flag of Palestine and images depicting the unspeakable horror unleashed on Palestinians, they chanted vociferous slogans such as “Down with Israel,” “Down with America,” and “We stand with Palestine.” The demonstration was organized by Baseej-e-Ruhanion,…

Figures reported by the charity organization Save the Children shows the number of children killed in the Gaza Strip as a result of Israel’s ongoing aggression has exceeded annual figures related to global conflicts over the past four years. Israel’s brutal military attack against Gaza, which began on October 7 in response to an operation by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas, has left over 3,000 children killed, more than the annual number of children killed in armed conflicts globally in each of the past four years, said the international NGO. The UK-based charity cited United Nations figures showing the number…