Author: Steven Sahiounie

Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty stressed on Wednesday the need to end the Gaza war in separate phone calls with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell and his UAE counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The calls focussed on the latest developments in the Gaza Strip and Egypt’s ongoing diplomatic efforts to de-escalate the conflict. Egypt’s top diplomat reiterated the need to stop the ongoing war in Gaza during his call with Borrell, describing it as the main reason for the widening conflict in the Middle East. He also urged influential countries to intervene and…

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Ankara will continue to support the dialogue process in Venezuela, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday.
 In a phone call with Maduro, Erdogan wished that the elections may “lead to auspicious results for Venezuela,” according to a statement by the Turkish Communications Directorate.
 “Türkiye will continue to support the dialogue process in Venezuela, conveying his wish for peace, prosperity, and well-being for the Venezuelan people,” it added.
 The duo also discussed bilateral ties between the countries, as well as regional and global issues.
 Erdogan appreciated Maduro for Venezuela’s “support of Palestine in opposition…

An Israeli occupation court issued a decision today to prevent Jerusalem’s Grand Mufti and preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, from entering the holy Islamic Mosque for a period of six months. Lawyer Khaled Zabarqa, the defense attorney for Sheikh Sabri, said that the occupation courts in Jerusalem issued a decision today to prevent Sheikh Ekrima Sabri from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque for a period of six months, following his detention from his home and his release last Friday. On August 2nd, Israeli forces detained Sheikh Ekrima Sabri after raiding his home in al-Sawana neighborhood, in occupied Jerusalem. The preacher was led to…

Iran’s acting foreign minister says the country has no option but to retaliate against the Israeli assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, saying this is necessary to deter further aggression against the Islamic Republic amid inaction of the UN Security Council. Addressing an emergency ministerial meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Ali Baqeri Kani said Iran has always made maximum efforts to prevent further escalation of tension and conflict in the region, and that now it has no option but to respond to the aggression to deter future attacks. “Currently, in the absence of any appropriate action by the…

The Ukrainian army’s attempt to commit an act of provocation in Russia’s borderline Kursk Region is a “terrorist action,” Moscow’s Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said. “The Ukrainian actions are an evident terrorist action. No one hides the fact that American weapons have become a murder weapon of ordinary Russians. Attacks on schools, hospitals, ambulances and residential buildings in Russia cannot be recognized as a right of self-defense,” he pointed out. Provocations in Kursk Region stem from Kiev’s difficulties on frontline “It is obvious that the provocations in the Kursk Region are directly related to the deplorable situation of…

The assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh risks tipping the Middle East into a “wider conflict,” the chair of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation said on Wednesday. Speaking at an extraordinary meeting for the foreign ministers of member states, Gambian Foreign Minister Mamadou Tangara said the killing served only to “escalate the existing tensions potentially leading to a wider conflict that could involve the entire region.” Haniyeh’s death “will not quell the Palestinian cause but rather it amplifies it, underscoring the urgency for justice and human rights for the Palestinian people,” Tangara, whose country currently chairs the OIC, said.…

The International community must act to stop “genocide” in Gaza, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday. “The international community must do its part to stop the genocide and put the necessary pressure on Israel and its supporters,” Fidan said on X. “Türkiye will exert every effort possible on this path,” he added. “Emboldened by the impunity it has received for its crimes, Israel is killing more and more innocent Palestinians every day,” Fidan said. He noted that Türkiye has submitted an application to the International Court of Justice to join the genocide case filed against Israel. Earlier, Türkiye…

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto sees the EU as a “lie factory” for obstructing Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s peace initiative, supporting the halt of oil transit, and making accusations regarding migration policy. As Szijjarto wrote on his Facebook page (banned in Russia, owned by Meta Corporation, recognized as extremist in Russia), the productivity of the “Brussels lie factory” was not hampered by either facts or the traditional summer lull, “and it is clear that constant failures do not hinder its work either.” “The Brussels lie factory attacked the [Budapest] peacekeeping mission initially after Viktor Orban’s trips to Kiev, Moscow, Beijing…

In a phone call with the President of France, Iran’s President emphasized that Iran’s right to respond appropriately to the crimes of the Zionist regime is reserved and said: If the Westerners seek to prevent insecurity in the region, they should immediately stop supporting the Zionist regime. Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian emphasized that the Islamic Republic of Iran considers avoiding war and trying to establish world peace and security as one of its fundamental principles, but within the framework of international treaties and laws, it will never remain silent in the face of encroachment on its interests and security. Massoud…