Author: Steven Sahiounie

Armenia has no claims to Azerbaijani territories and is committed to creating conditions for a stable and long-term peace, Armenian representative Yeghishe Kirakosyan said at a debate at the UN International Court of Justice. The hearing is devoted to preliminary objections filed by Azerbaijan in a case initiated by Armenia over the alleged violation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. “Azerbaijan increasingly characterizes human rights disputes with Armenia as attempts to challenge Azerbaijani sovereignty or territorial integrity and claims that this case is an obstacle to peace between the two countries,” Kirakosyan stressed.…

President Abbas chaired today a meeting of the leaders of the Palestinian security services. During the meeting in Ramallah, President Abbas reviewed the internal situation and the necessity of working to provide security and maintain the rule of law. He also highlighted the necessity to strengthen the steadfastness of the Palestinian people everywhere, in light of the great dangers facing the Palestinian cause. The meeting was attended by Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed Mustafa, Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Hussein Al-Sheikh, and Deputy Chairman of the Fatah movement, Mahmoud al-Aloul. Source: WAFA

Jordan’s armed forces completed another six airdrops of food aid to the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. The humanitarian operation was carried out by the Royal Jordanian Air Force, using aircraft provided by Egypt, the US and Germany, the Jordan News Agency reported. Since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza in October, Jordan has completed 84 humanitarian airdrops of its own and 190 in collaboration with other countries. During an interview with CNN in March, Queen Rania explained why authorities in the country had decided to take action to help people in an area the UN reports to be suffering…

Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan received a phone call from his British counterpart David Cameron regarding the latest regional developments and their impact on global peace and security, Emirates News Agency reported. The two officials reviewed international efforts aimed at bolstering the response to the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, emphasizing the need to expedite the delivery of safe and sustainable aid to the civilian population there. The call followed Iran’s retaliatory drone and missile attack on Israel on Saturday. The strike by more than 300 missiles and drones caused only modest damage in Israel as most…

Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in Yemen reported Tuesday that the US-British coalition launched two raids on the Bajil district northeast of the coastal province of Hodeidah, western Yemen. Cuba condemned attacks on Yemen Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez alerted with concern on X today, about the continued joint attacks launched by the US and Britain against Yemen. He added that these attacks only increase the tensions in the Middle East and lead to dire and unpredictable consequences for world peace. ‘US forces in Red Sea are having no rest’ The operations of the Yemeni Armed Forces will continue as long as…

Netanyahu and his government are solely responsible for the recent escalation of tensions in the Middle East, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says. “Israel is trying to provoke a regional conflict, and its attack on Iran’s embassy in Damascus was the last drop,” he said at a news conference in Ankara after a cabinet meeting. Erdogan added that new regional conflicts are possible as long as the “cruelty and genocide” in Gaza continues, and he called on all parties to act with common sense. He also slammed the West for condemning Iran’s attack but not Israel’s strike on Iran’s embassy.…

The UN human rights office has called on Israeli security forces to immediately end their active participation in and support for attacks by Jewish settlers on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The statement follows a wave of settler attacks on Palestinian towns and villages in the West Bank, triggered by the weekend killing of a 14-year-old Israeli boy in what authorities said was an anti-Israel attack. The Palestinian Health Ministry said seven Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces or settlers since the attacks began on Friday and 75 have been wounded. Israeli authorities have urged people not to…

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Iran’s “tactful and wise” response to Israeli aggression on its consulate in Syria was the best way to punish the aggressor. Putin made the remarks in a phone conversation with President Ebrahim Raeisi on Tuesday. “What the Islamic Republic of Iran did in response to what happened criminally and in the light of the inaction of the [UN] Security Council, was the best way to punish the aggressor and represented the tactfulness and rationality of Iran’s politicians,” Putin said. The Russian president said the Israeli regime’s “terrorist act” against the Iranian consulate in Damascus was against all…

Türkiye maintains its role as a leading provider of humanitarian aid to Gaza, the country’s president said Tuesday, pointing to the dispatch of its ninth vessel carrying 3,774 tons of relief materials to the Palestinian enclave. Speaking after a Cabinet meeting in the capital Ankara, Recep Tayyip Erdogan emphasized that Türkiye had been allowing no exports to Israel that could be used for military purposes long before the current military offensive on Gaza began in October last year. Erdogan highlighted Türkiye’s role as a stable actor amidst global turmoil, attributing this to its balanced foreign policy and achievements in the…

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says the Zionists controlling the regime of Israel will only come to know the true scale and intensity of Iran’s military response if they decide for a new attack on Iran. Raeisi made the remarks in a Tuesday meeting in Tehran with Vice-President of the Supreme Islamic Shiite Council of Lebanon Sheikh Ali al-Khatib. The remarks came amid reports suggesting that the Israeli regime may decide to retaliate a wave of Iranian drone and missile attacks that were carried out over the weekend in response to an Israeli airstrike on April 1 on the Iranian consulate in…