Author: Steven Sahiounie

Palestinian mother Dunya Ghanem is mourning the killing of her son by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. She first experienced disbelief then immense pain, but she is determined to carry her son Jihad to his final resting place. Jihad and 17-year-old Mohammad Qasim Abu Zar were killed during a raid on the village of Zawata on Sunday night. She struggled to speak about her son as she cried. “I was dreaming of seeing him get married,” she choked out. More than 20 Israeli military vehicles entered Zawata, west of Nablus city, precipitating confrontations during which the army fired live…

Residents in southern Lebanon living close to the border with Israel say the area has now been transformed into a war zone as fighting intensifies between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah. Maher Zorob, a resident of Alma Ashaab, refuses to leave. “This is my land, I was born here, I won’t leave it whatever happens. I lived through many wars, my family is in Beirut, but I’m not leaving,” Zorob told Al Jazeera. Lebanese border towns are not equipped with proper shelter in case of an attack, and there are no warning sirens. Mohamad al-Hussein, a shepherd, says residents…

The protocol on Sweden’s accession to NATO has currently been ratified by 31 member states, with Turkey and Hungary being only exceptions Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan introduced the protocol on Sweden’s accession to NATO to the Turkish Parliament, the presidential administration announced. “President Tayyip Erdogan signed the protocol on Sweden’s accession to NATO and introduced it to the parliament on October 23,” the administration said. Previously, Turkish authorities said that Sweden’s NATO membership application could be reviewed in October, once the autumn parliamentary session begins. According to the existing procedure, the document will be first reviewed by the foreign…

As it stands we have 3 wins for the Hegemon and 1 win for its aircraft carrier nation in West Asia. written by: Pepe Escobar By now it’s fully established who is profiting from the ghastly Palestine tragedy. As it stands we have 3 wins for the Hegemon and 1 win for its aircraft carrier nation in West Asia. First winner is the War Party Inc., a massive bilateral scam. The White House’s $106 billion supplemental request to Congress for “assistance” especially to Ukraine and Israel is manna from Heaven to the weaponizing tentacles of the MICIMATT (military-industrial-congressional-intelligence-media-academia-think tank complex,…

The UN Security Council will hold a debate on Tuesday on the situation in the Middle East. French Foreign Affairs Minister Catherine Colonna said in a statement that she would travel to New York to take part in the session. Source: AlJazeera

Speaking from occupied East Jerusalem, Stephen Ryan, spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), says that only 54 trucks of humanitarian aid have entered the Gaza Strip so far. The organisation is ready to send more and has been calling for a sustained flow of humanitarian assistance into Gaza, but “what’s needed right now is to make sure that that actually happens”, Ryan told Al Jazeera. “We have teams on standby as well as relief ready to go and these are definitely needed items, including medical supplies. Our teams in Gaza have visited some of the hospitals…

Foreign and expatriates Minister, Fayssal Mikdad, discussed Monday in a telephone call with Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, the latest developments in occupied Palestinian Lands. Mikdad called for the immediate cease of the racist Zionist entity’s sinful attacks and massacres on the Palestinian people, and stop the carnage perpetrated by the occupation authorities against Palestinians, saying Syria rejects deportation and displacement policy applied by the Occupation authorities. Bin Farhan, for his part, said Kingdom of Saudi Arabia stands by Palestinians to restore their rights, calling for delivering urgent humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people. The Saudi…

President Mahmoud Abbas met this evening with the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah, where they discussed the latest developments in the Palestinian arena and the ongoing efforts to stop the Israeli aggression against Palestinians and spare them the scourge of war. The president affirmed during the meeting the importance of bringing food as well as relief and medical supplies into the Strip and providing it with water and electricity as soon as possible. The president affirmed Palestine’s absolute rejection of the displacement of the Palestinian people, whether in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, or Jerusalem.…

Israeli warplanes Monday evening launched a series of raids near Al-Quds Hospital, which is affiliated with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Gaza, during its ongoing aggression against the Gaza Strip for the 17th day in a row. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that occupation aircraft launched violent and repeated raids near its Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza. On October 17th, Israeli warplanes committed heinous massacre by bombing the Baptist Hospital in the city of Gaza, in which hundreds of Palestinians were killed. The Israeli occupation aircraft continues to launch raids on large areas in the Gaza Strip since the start of the aggression on…

Lavrov landed in Tehran on Monday to participate in a 3+3 conference with his colleagues from the South Caucasus area. According to a Sputnik correspondent, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov landed in Tehran on Monday to participate in a 3+3 conference with his colleagues from the South Caucasus area. The Russian Foreign Ministry posted on X that “Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Iran to take part in the Ministerial Meeting of the Consultative Regional Platform ‘3+3’ for the South Caucasus.” Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, and Russia are all represented in the format while Tbilisi announced on Sunday that it…