Author: Steven Sahiounie

Egypt’s primary budget surplus will rise to above 3.5% in the fiscal year that will begin on July, finance minister Mohamed Maait said

US President Joe Biden stressed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s actions towards Gaza are detrimental to “Israel”, causing more harm than benefit and leading to a global backlash against the occupation entity. “He [Netanyahu] has the right to defend Israel, the right to continue to pursue Hamas, but he must, he must, he must pay more attention to the innocent lives being lost as a consequence of the actions taken,” Biden said in an interview to the MSNBC broadcaster, adding that in his opinion, Netanyahu “is hurting Israel more than helping Israel by making the rest of the world” to go against…

The US Central Command announced on Sunday that the United States had dispatched a ship carrying initial equipment to establish a temporary dock to deliver humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip. The US Central Command announced in a statement on X that the US Army ship General Frank S. Beeson left Joint Base Langley-Eustis and is on its way to the Eastern Mediterranean. Earlier this week, according to The Economist, US President Joe Biden announced, during his State of the Union, address that he has directed his military to lead a mission that would establish a temporary pier that will bring humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.…

The foreign ministers of Iran and Qatar discussed political efforts to settle the Gaza crisis and stop the Israeli genocidal crimes in Palestine. In a telephone conversation on Saturday evening, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani discussed the latest bilateral issues as well as the regional developments, including the crisis in Gaza. The two top diplomats underlined the need for the continuation of the growing trend of relations and implementation of the bilateral agreements. They also talked about the latest developments in Gaza and the initiatives that have been put…

Christophe Farnaud, the EU ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Oman, outlined the bloc’s three priorities regarding the Gaza crisis: humanitarian assistance, joint action, and the search for a long-term solution. “We do have to face it and find a collective solution … It would be up to the parties in the end to decide, but we around them have to be committed as much as possible to find a solution,” Farnaud said in an interview with Arab News. “Which means for us (the EU) three things, and we’ve been very clear collectively on that.” He described the situation in…

The seventh Turkish Red Crescent ship carrying humanitarian aid for the besieged Gaza Strip arrived on Sunday at Egypt’s Port of El-Arish. The much-needed aid materials will enter Gaza through Egypt, at the southern Rafah Border Gate. The ship has a cargo of over 2,700 tons including food parcels containing ready-to-eat meals, water, food packages, flour, clothing, hygiene kits, materials for shelter such as tents, sleeping bags, and blankets, medical equipment, and baby supplies. Seeking to ensure that the aid trucks reach the needy recipients quickly, the Turkish Red Crescent is working in coordination with both the Egyptian Red Crescent…

There will be no truce in Sudan in the holy month of Ramadan unless the Rapid Support Forces, also known as RSF, paramilitary group leaves the homes and sites of civilians, senior Sudanese armed forces Gen. Yasser Al-Atta said on Sunday. The statement follows an appeal by the UN Security Council for a truce. The paramilitary RSF said it welcomed the ceasefire call. Atta’s statement, issued on the army’s official Telegram channel, cited recent military advances by the army in Omdurman, part of Sudan’s wider capital. It said there could be no ceasefire unless the RSF complied with a commitment…

The Turkish president and the nation’s top cleric on Sunday night released messages heralding the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. “I hope that the month of Ramadan, whose beginning is mercy, its middle, forgiveness, and its end, emancipation from the fires (of hell), will be beneficial for the Islamic world and our nation,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on X, adding, “May we have a blessed Ramadan.” Ali Erbas, the head of Türkiye’s Religious Affairs Directorate, called upon the global Muslim ummah (community) to pray for an end to the suffering of people all around the world,…

The US and Jordan carried out a new airdrop of humanitarian aid to Gaza’s Palestinians on Sunday, parachuting in more than 11,500 meals, the US military said. The Israeli offensive in Gaza, which is supported by the US, has displaced most of the enclave’s 2.3 million people and led to critical shortages of food, water and medicine. The US military’s Central Command said that the latest airdrop took place over northern Gaza and included rice, flour, pasta, and canned food. The US has dropped about 135,000 meals in airdrops this month, according to Pentagon data. US President Joe Biden has…

Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami was awarded the ‘Medal of Fath (Conquest)’ under a decree issued by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei. In remarks at the conclusion of a conference on compulsory military service, held in Tehran on Sunday, Major General Salami said he held a meeting with Ayatollah Khamenei today and received the Medal of Fath. The general described it as an honor and a clear indication of the Leader’s satisfaction with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ endeavors. In comments in August 2023, Ayatollah Khamenei, the commander-in-chief of…