Author: Steven Sahiounie

Former US President Donald Trump has warned that Israel is “losing a lot of support” and must “finish up” its war in Gaza before its reputation declines any further. The comments represented a rare moment of criticism of the Jewish state by Trump. In an interview with Israel Hayom partially published on Monday, Trump said that he would have acted “very much the same way as you did” if the US was attacked like Israel was by Hamas in October. “Only a fool would not do that,” Trump added. However, Trump called Israel’s wholesale destruction of civilian homes in Gaza “a very big mistake.” “It’s a very bad picture…

Turkey refuted charges of any military activities with “Israel” on Tuesday, claiming that such cooperation would be detrimental to Palestinians. The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced earlier today that “Israel” committed eight massacres in 24 hours only, killing 81 and injuring 93. This brought the total number of Palestinians killed in the Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7 to 32,414, in addition to 74,787 injured. Turkey’s National Defense Ministry stated that Turkey has “always supported Palestine,” making it impossible to “carry out or engage in any activity” that would harm them. “The National Defense Ministry does not have any activities…

Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet on Tuesday reiterated the Kingdom’s backing of the UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. On Monday, and for the first time in 170 days of the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, the UN Security Council demanded an immediate ceasefire, lasting for the duration of Ramadan. The US, which had vetoed previous similar resolutions, abstained. By doing this instead of using its power of veto, it allowed the resolution to pass. With all other members of the council voting in favor, the 14-0 result…

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran has a fixed policy of providing support to Palestine and the people in Gaza who have been suffering from brutal Israeli aggression for nearly six months. Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting in Tehran on Tuesday with a Palestinian resistance movement Hamas delegation led by the group’s politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh. “The Islamic Republic of Iran would never hesitate to support the Palestinian cause and the oppressed and resilient people of Gaza,” he said. The Leader praised the people of Gaza for the “historic patience” they have shown…

Saudi Arabia has condemned Israel’s seizing of 800 hectares of Palestinian land in the West Bank, the Saudi Press Agency said early Wednesday. The Kingdom said that the move is a blatant violation of relevant international laws and is an extension of the brutal practices of the Israeli occupation’s forced settlement operations, a foreign ministry statement read. “The Kingdom affirms that the continued Israeli violation of the rules of international law and legitimacy resolutions without deterrence weakens the credibility of the international system and undermines the chances of a just and sustainable peace based on the two-state solution,” the statement…

Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office and other international organizations working in Geneva, Ambassador Haider Ali Ahmed, has reaffirmed Syria’s inalienable right to restore the occupied Syrian Golan. In a statement at the 55th session of the Human Rights Council, under “item VII” on the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories, Ali Ahmad added that the impunity of the Israeli occupation entity has encouraged it to persist in its criminal and terrorist attacks, which constitute a threat to global peace and security. He stressed Syria’s categorical condemnation of the criminals of the Israeli occupation…

The US has backed itself into a corner by jumping the gun to lay blame on the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, outlawed in Russia) for the terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall even as the incident was still in progress, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. “The very fact that within the first 24 hours [after the attack], even before the fire was put out, the Americans started screaming that it wasn’t Ukraine, I think, is a piece of incriminating evidence. I can’t classify it otherwise; it is evidence in and of itself,” the diplomat said on air…

Behrouz Vahedi, a military advisor of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), was assassinated during an overnight airstrike by US warplanes in eastern Syria, as confirmed by Syrian media reports. The attack occurred in Deir ez-Zur Province early Tuesday, with the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) verifying the assault, stating, “Seven soldiers and one civilian” were killed in the US airstrike on various locations, causing casualties and significant damage to property. Amidst the strikes, which targeted residential areas and military sites across the province, including cities of Deir ez-Zur, Mayadin, and Bukamal, 19 soldiers and 13 civilians were wounded,…

The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland today issued a fervent plea for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, amid “cataclysmic” suffering in the Gaza Strip and continuing violence in the occupied West Bank. The call by Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland followed Monday’s adoption by the Security Council of a resolution “demanding” an immediate ceasefire in the enclave for the remainder of Ramadan. He said he was “appalled” by the immense scale of killings, destruction and suffering wrought by Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, with civilian killings at an unprecedented rate. “Nothing can justify the collective punishment…

UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini had warned last month that the funding crunch was so great the organization might not be able to operate beyond March“But we are still working from one month to the next,” he said, adding that now “we have funding until the end of May“ GENEVA: The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has enough funds to keep operating until at least the end of May, its chief told Swiss media on Tuesday.UNRWA, which coordinates nearly all aid to Gaza, has been in crisis since Israel accused about a dozen of its 13,000 Gaza employees of being involved…