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Deputy Minister for Consular Affairs Ali Al-Yousef received Ambassador of Syria to the Kingdom Ayman Soussan in Riyadh on Monday. During the meeting, they discussed various topics of common interest, the Foreign Ministry reported on X. Meanwhile, the assistant secretary-general of the Arab League for international political affairs, Dr. Khaled Manzalawi, met with Ambassador of Mauritania to Egypt Houssein Dieh in Cairo on Monday, Saudi Press Agency reported. They reviewed topics related to Arab cooperation. Source: Arab News

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said that he hopes to get on well with Russian President Vladimir Putin again if he wins the upcoming presidential election. “I got along with Putin very well, and he respected me,” Trump said in an interview with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk broadcast on social media platform X, adding that he hoped that they would get on well again. The politician also claimed that conflicts in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip would not have occurred if he were still president. The US presidential election is slated for November 5. Incumbent US President Joe…

In a phone call with Iran’s President, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer while calling on restraint over retaliation to the Israeli assassination of Hamas’s former leader in Tehran, emphasized the need for peace and stability in the region.In a statement released by London’s 10 Downing Street, the office of the Prime Minister, it was announced on Monday night that Starmer expressed significant worry regarding the situation in the region and urged all parties to decrease tensions and avoid further conflict. The statement emphasized the grave nature of the risk of miscalculation and called for a calm and thoughtful approach. It…

The President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, has arrived in Moscow on a visit, Russia’s special presidential representative for the Middle East and African countries, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, has told TASS. “Yes, he has already arrived in Moscow,” Bogdanov said in response to a relevant question. Earlier, the Palestinian ambassador to Moscow, Abdel Hafiz Nofal, told TASS that Abbas was expected to meet with President Putin on Tuesday. Before that he will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow. There will be a meeting with Arab ambassadors. According to Nofal, the…

The Israeli government’s policies pose the “biggest threat” to the Middle East’s regional security, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said on Monday, following recent statements from his Israeli counterpart, Israel Katz. “No amount of disinformation by radical Israeli officials spreading lies, including about Jordan, will change the fact that Israel’s continued aggression on Gaza, it’s [sic] violation of international law and the rights of the Palestinian people are the biggest threat to regional security,” Safadi wrote in a statement on X, emphasizing “Facts speak way louder than lies.” This statement follows recent policy propositions from the occupation’s foreign minister, Israel Katz, who requested…

Ukraine’s armed provocation on the Russian border aims to bolster Kiev’s position in future talks, but talks with a government that attacks civilians make no sense, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. He made the statement when opening a meeting about the situation on the Russian border. “It is now clear why the Kiev regime refused our proposals to return to the plan for peaceful settlement,” Putin said. “The enemy, with the help of its Western masters – it is doing their bidding, and the West is waging war against us using Ukrainians – <…> seeks to improve its negotiating position…

South Africa on Monday welcomed Türkiye’s involvement in Gaza genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), saying it “will bring new perspective.” Ronald Lamola, South Africa’s international relations and cooperation minister, said: “Türkiye’s intervention will enable the top court to see it from a new perspective.” Türkiye’s joining in South Africa’s case against Israel “shows how solid the case is,” Lamola told reporters in the capital Pretoria. Ankara last week submitted its declaration that it is joining the case for violations of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide brought by…

Speaking to his US counterpart, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Monday urged Israel to avoid “provocative actions” that could lead to further escalation of conflicts, expressing his concern over rising tensions in the region. In a phone call with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, made at Blinken’s request, Fidan underlined the need to apply pressure on Israel for a permanent Gaza cease-fire, a Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman said on X. During the phone call, the two officials discussed the negotiation process between Israel and Hamas and growing tensions in the region, said Oncu Keceli. “Minister Fidan stated that…

Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa today stressed the need to mobilize all efforts in order to support the city of Jerusalem and its people in light of the fierce attacks and violations committed by Israeli forces against the city. During his meeting with the Coordinator of the Bayt Mal Al-Quds Agency, Ismail Al-Ramli in his office in Ramallah, in the presence of the Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Ashraf Al-Awar, the Prime Minister called for intensifying Arab and international efforts to support the Palestinian cause in this difficult stage it is going through, Musatfa further called for the urgent need to stop the barbaric war…

Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Mohammad Mustafa discussed, during a phone call today with the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa Ronald Lamola, the latest developments and the continuation of efforts to stop the war of extermination against Palestinian people. Mustafa appreciated South Africa’s positions in supporting the justice of the Palestinian cause, and bringing Israel for the first time in history before international justice for committing acts of genocide against Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, and its cooperation with the State of Palestine in the files submitted to the…