Author: Steven Sahiounie

Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday warned of the danger of the tension escalating, and the conflict spreading if Israel continues in its attacks on Palestinians, during his meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry. “President Erdogan stressed the importance of reducing tensions between Israel and Iran to prevent the entire region from descending into conflict, highlighting the essential need for Islamic nations to collaborate in achieving this goal,” said the country’s Communications Directorate on X. During the meeting, bilateral relations between the two nations and developments related to Israel’s attacks on Gaza, as well as global and regional…

Saudi Arabia expressed its regret for at the failure of United Nations Security Council adopting a resolution accepting full membership of Palestine in the UN. In an official statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on social media platform X, the Kingdom said the ‘failure to adopt the resolution allows for the Israeli occupation to continue its violations if international law without deterrence and will not bring the desired peace closer.” The ministry renewed the Kingdom’s call for the international community assume its responsibility towards stopping the Israeli occupation’s attacks on civilians in Gaza. The Kingdom also reaffirmed its support…

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the United Nations Security Council’s inaction on Israel’s attacks on Iran’s diplomatic premises in Syria prompted Tehran to take a retaliatory action against the regime. Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a phone call with South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor on Saturday, referring to Iran’s retaliatory strikes on the Israeli-occupied territories last week — dubbed Operation True Promise. After Israel’s airstrikes on Iranian diplomatic sites in the Syrian capital of Damascus, the UN Security Council refrained from giving a proper response to the move while some permanent members of the world body (the US,…

Russia’s signals that it is ready to negotiate on Ukraine are “not just for show,” but talks with Vladimir Zelensky are off the table, as they would lead nowhere, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with radio stations Sputnik, Govorit Moskva (Moscow speaking) and Komsomolskaya Pravda. “We are fully convinced that we need to continue the special military operation. We indicate our readiness for negotiations not just for show. This is indeed the truth, but talking to Zelensky is pointless for many reasons,” he said. The first negotiations between Russia and Ukraine after the start of the…

Arab Parliament condemned the continued aggression of the Israeli occupation entity against the Gaza Strip and its repeated attacks on Syrian territory. Parliamentarians warned during the plenary session of the Arab Parliament at the headquarters of the League of Arab States of the deteriorating humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip and the genocide crimes it is witnessing committed by the Zionist entity, and the theft of Palestinian natural resources, especially gas, calling for the necessity of international action to stop these crimes. Arab Parliament Speaker Adel Abdel Rahman Al-Asoumi pointed out that despite the issuance of a binding resolution by…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday received Sameh Shoukry, Egypt’s foreign miinister, who is paying an official visit to Türkiye. No further details of the closed-door meeting at the Dolmabahce Office in Istanbul were provided. Earlier in the day, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Shoukry met and held talks and later held a joint news conference.​​​​​​​ Source: Anadolu Agency

“What happened last night was not a strike,” said Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in an interview with NBC News earlier on Friday, before adding, “They were more like toys toys that our children play with – not drones.” During the interview, which took place in New York where the FM is attending a UN Security Council session, Amir-Abdollahian explained “As long as there is no new adventurism by Israel against our interests, then we are not going to have any new reactions.” However, the FM stressed, that if Tel Aviv “takes decisive action against my country and this is proven to us, our…

Meeting with the head of Hamas, the Turkish president Erdogan on Saturday stressed the need to prevent recent developments in Israel’s tension with Iran from benefiting Tel Aviv and to instead keep the focus on the plight of Palestinians in Gaza. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, “assessing tensions between Israel and Iran, emphasized the need to prevent events from bolstering Israel and stressed the importance of refocusing attention on Gaza” so the West continues to question Israel’s attacks on Gaza, said the Turkish Communications Directorate on X. Meeting in Istanbul, Erdogan and Hamas’ Ismail Haniyeh discussed Israel’s months-long continuing offensive on…

At a press conference in Papua New Guinea on Saturday, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressed on Saturday that advocating for the admission of a Palestinian state into the United Nations is an endeavor aimed at addressing a longstanding injustice, as reported by state media Xinhua. The remarks come two days after the US vetoed a decision to award Palestine full membership status in the United Nations. “A prompt admission of Palestine into the United Nations is a move to rectify a prolonged historical injustice,” Xinhua quoted Wang as saying. Washington lobbied several nations to vote against the proposal, this past week, however, its efforts…

President Mahmoud Abbas has slammed the United States’ use of veto power at the UN Security Council to block Palestine’s pursuit of full membership in the United Nations, describing the move as disappointing, regrettable, shameful, irresponsible, and unjustified. In an exclusive interview with WAFA, he emphasized that the US veto “constitutes a blatant aggression against the rights, history, land, and sanctities of the Palestinian people, challenging the will of the international community.” “While the world agrees on the application of international law and stands by the Palestinian right, America continues to support the occupation, refusing to compel Israel to stop…