Author: Steven Sahiounie

Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Fayssal Mikdad, accompanied by a delegation of the ministry, visited on Monday the chancery of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Damascus to check on the safety of its staff in the wake of the brutal Israeli terrorist aggression that targeted the Iranian Consulate building in Damascus. During the visit, Minister Al- Mikdad made a telephone call with Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, in which he expressed Syria’s strong condemnation of this fascist aggression against the diplomatic building, and the Syrian Arab Republic’s standing by the Islamic Republic of Iran in the face of the…

Israeli colonists Monday evening attacked Palestinian vehicles on the road linking as-Sawiya and al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to local sources. They said that colonists hurled stones at Palestinian-registered vehicles traveling along the road from as-Sawiya town and al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village, smashing the windshields of a vehicle of a villager from Beit Dajan. Colonists’ violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities. Colonists’ violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, and attacks on vulnerable homes, among…

The Government Media Office in Gaza says that the Israeli occupation detained around 300 people from Al-Shifa Hospital and its vicinity while 100 individuals remain missing. Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas condemned the brutal Israeli crimes in the Al-Shifa Medical Complex and its surroundings, which have gone beyond the bounds of civilization and humanity, and held the administration of President Joe Biden responsible for the “horrific crime” as it continues to back and support the occupation. After 14 days of seige and occupation of the medical facility, Israeli occupation forces withdrew from the Al-Shifa late Sunday, leaving behind hundreds of bodies both inside the…

The Palestinian Authority wants the United Nations Security Council to vote this month, April, to grant it full membership to the world body, the Palestinian envoy at the UN told Reuters on Monday. However, this move, just like others, can be blocked by “Israel’s” ally, the United States. Riyad Mansour, who has permanent observer status at the United Nations, revealed the Palestinian intentions as “Israel’s” war on Gaza rages on for the 178th day. Mansour informed Reuters that the goal was for the Security Council to make a decision on the Middle East at an April 18 ministerial meeting, but that no vote had yet been set.…

Syria’s Foreign Minister tells Al Mayadeen that the Israeli occupation entity cannot affect the relations between Damascus and Tehran. Against the backdrop of the Israeli assassination of a senior IRGC commander in Syria on Monday, the Iranian Ambassador to Syria Hossein Akbari reiterated that the Islamic Republic will continue to stand by Resistance movements and nations that tread this path. Earlier today, the Israeli occupation targeted and destroyed the Iranian consulate in Syria, which is annexed to the country’s embassy, leading to the martyrdom of at least  5 people, three of whom were Iran’s military attachés in Syria, according to Akbari. Talking to Al Mayadeen,…

The commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolution Guard Corps’ Quds Force in Lebanon and Syria, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, was killed in an Israeli attack that targeted the Iranian consulate in Syria in the al-Mazzeh neighborhood, Damascus, Syria, on Monday afternoon, Syrian and Iranian state media reported. Iranian state television confirmed that the aggression targeted the Iranian consulate building and the residence of the Iranian ambassador in Damascus. It later confirmed that the Quds Force Commander in Lebanon and Syria was killed in the attack. In further details, the Iranian state television said that the Israeli attack targeted the residence…

President Mahmoud Abbas Monday evening received a congratulatory phone call from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. During the phone call, Blinken congratulated President Abbas on forming the new government, headed by longtime presidential economic adviser Mohammed Mustafa, and they discussed the latest developments in the Palestinian arena, including efforts aimed at halting the Israeli aggression on Gaza. President Abbas stressed the need to halt immediately the Israeli aggression on the Palestinian people, particularly in Gaza, and the importance of expediting the entry of medical and food supplies and supplying water, electricity and fuel to the whole of the Gaza…

The cabinet has approved carrying on the initiative supporting the industrial and agricultural sectors’ projects, Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait stated.

Small and medium Enterprise (SME) sectors in the UAE have moved from a stage of resilience to prosperity after the Covid-19 pandemic, with two out of three expressing a positive view of the future business environment in the country, according to RAKBank SME Confidence Index.

The UAE capital’s GDP reached AED1.14 trillion ($310 billion) in 2023, according to The Statistics Centre – Abu Dhabi.