Author: Steven Sahiounie

At least seven Palestinians were killed and several others injured this evening as Israeli warplanes bombed a house northeast of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip, according to local and medical sources. WAFA correspondent said seven civilians were killed and dozens injured in an airstrike carried out by Israeli warplanes targeting a house in the Al-Nasr neighborhood northeast of Rafah. Simultaneously, Israeli artillery shelled land in the midst of the town of Khuza’a, east of Khan Yunis in the south of the enclave. In a preliminary toll, the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7, 2023 has resulted…

Foreign and Expatriates Minister Fayssal Mikdad, met Adele Khodr, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa The two sides discussed projects supported by UNICEF in Syrian governorates, including the rehabilitation and restoration of schools and health institutions. Minister Mikdad underlined the importance of global efforts to address the profound consequences of the terrorist war and the inhumane economic sanctions imposed by Western countries on different sectors in Syria. For her part, Khodr expressed her gratitude for the great cooperation and important facilities provided by the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic to…

Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan hosted a ministerial meeting on Saturday in Riyadh with representatives from six other Arab states to discuss the situation in Gaza, Saudi Press Agency reported. The meeting was attended by Ayman Al-Safadi of Jordan, Egypt’s Sameh Shoukry, Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization Hussein Al-Sheikh, diplomatic dvisor to the UAE president Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, and Minister of State at the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi. They discussed the need to end the war on the Gaza Strip, reach an immediate and complete ceasefire, ensure the protection of civilians in accordance with…

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has denounced the latest sanctions the United States, Britain and Canada slapped against a number of Iranian individuals and firms, stressing that such moves could by no means undermine the Iranian government and nation’s determination. Nasser Kan’ani, in a statement released on Saturday, condemned the trio’s coercive measures against several real and legal entities linked to the Iranian armed forces. He also decried the European Parliament’s resolution against Iran, sharply criticizing certain European countries for following the vicious policies of the US administration. “The Islamic Republic of Iran’s military capacities are being developed in accordance with its requirements in order to…

Türkiye’s foreign minister will visit Saudi Arabia on April 28-29 to attend a meeting of the Gaza Contact Group, which was formed by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Arab League to push for a cease-fire in the Palestinian enclave. Hakan Fidan will also hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts during his visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital, according to diplomatic sources. The meetings will focus on ways to stop the ongoing war in Gaza and how a two-state solution can be implemented, the sources said. The contact group was established at a joint summit of the OIC…

No conditions exist for talks between Moscow and Kiev at this time, therefore, the special military operation continues, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “So far, at this moment, there are no premises for talks because everybody knows full well Ukraine’s stance on rejecting any kind of negotiations. So the special military operation continues,” the Kremlin official said. That said, Peskov stated that the position of Russian President Vladimir Putin “is well-known.” “The last time he mentioned it during a conversation with [Belarusian] President [Alexander] Lukashenko,” he noted. He also reiterated that the “Russian stance is consistent,” thus replying to…

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Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 1.3% at $9,990 a ton in official open-outcry trading after peaking at $10,033.50 for its highest since April 2022