Author: Steven Sahiounie

President Joe Biden on Wednesday demanded that new humanitarian aid be allowed to immediately reach Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as key US ally Israel fights Hamas there.“We’re going to immediately secure that aid and surge it… including food, medical supplies, clean water,” Biden said after signing a massive military aid bill for Israel and Ukraine, which also included $1 billion in humanitarian aid for Gaza.“Israel must make sure all this aid reaches the Palestinians in Gaza without delay,” he said.US-Israel relations have been strained by Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan…

The forces’ spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced the operations in a statement on Wednesday. Yemen’s Armed Forces have targeted two American vessels and an Israeli one in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, who are enduring a United States-backed Israeli war of genocide. The first operation saw the forces targeting “the American ship (Maersk Yorktown) in the Gulf of Aden, with a number of suitable naval missiles,” he said, noting that “the hit was accurate.” Subsequently, the forces carried out drone strikes against “an American destroyer” in the same maritime area and “an Israeli ship (MSC Veracruz) in…

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko believes that the United States has shifted the conflict in Europe onto the shoulders of the EU and NATO in order to weaken Russia and deal with China at the same time. “The goal is to distract, drown Russia in the war with Ukraine, weaken it with war and sanctions. Then Russia will have other things to worry about than a union with China, unity. And in the meantime, to deal with China, to drag into these squabbles, if possible, some ‘interested parties’: AUKUS (defense alliance of Australia, the UK and the US – TASS) -…

An official in the Axis of Resistance tells Al Mayadeen that Iranian military advisors in Syria are present legally and in agreement with the Syrian authorities. The news circulated by international media and Arab websites about Iranians evacuating southern Syria and reducing their numbers is not true, an official in the Axis of Resistance told Al Mayadeen on Wednesday. The official affirmed that there are no Iranian forces in Syria, but rather military advisors who are present legally and in agreement with the Syrian authorities. According to the official, the Iranian military advisors continue to fulfill their duties in Syria in accordance with…

A Palestinian teen was Thursday dawn morning killed after being shot by Israeli occupation forces during a raid into the city of Ramallah, sources confirmed. Local sources confirmed that the teen boy, Khaled Raed Arouq, 16, from Jenin, was killed after being shot by Israeli gunfire in the abdomen, after which he was transferred to the Palestine Medical Complex. The same sources indicated that several Israeli military vehicles stormed the city and were stationed in Ramallah Al-Tahta neighborhood, in Al-Tira neighborhood near Al-Sariya roundabout, and in Umm Al-Sharayet neighborhood in the city of Al-Bireh, where they raided a house. They said…

The partnership aims to substantially enhance non-oil bilateral trade while fostering increased investment flows between the two nations

The CBE highlighted that long-term external debt reached $138.551bln by the end of December, up from $134.2bln in September

According to Amoils, 18,700 high-net-worth individuals have left Africa between 2013 to 2023, mostly to the UK, the US, Australia, and the UAE

HAMBURG – Jordan’s state grain buyer has issued an international tender to buy up to 120,000 metric tons of milling wheat which can be sourced from optional origins, European traders said on Wednesday.

This increase is attributed to the rise in oil activities by 0.4 per cent percent to OMR12.4 billion by the end of the fourth quarter of 2023