Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Council of Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire against the comprehensive aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, and for providing humanitarian, medical and relief aid, providing water and electricity, and opening of humanitarian corridors to deliver urgent aid to the Gaza Strip without obstacles and in an adequate manner. This came during the the Extraordinary Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Member States of (OIC), which was held at the headquarters of the OIC General Secretariat in Jeddah on March…

Türkiye on Wednesday slammed Israeli approval of 3,500 housing units in the occupied West Bank, denouncing the move as “further expansion of the occupation of the Palestinian territories.” “The plan approved today (March 6) by the Israeli authorities for the construction of 3,500 housing units in the West Bank is a further expansion of the occupation of the Palestinian territories,” Oncu Keceli, Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson, said in a statement. “This action must be stopped immediately,” Keceli emphasized, pointing out the need for defining Israel’s “crimes in the most accurate terminology” in order to prevent it from further violating international law.…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates today called on the Israeli occupation authorities to open all crossings in order to accelerate the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. The Ministry, in a press statement, strongly condemned the occupation government’s prevention of the entry of aid, particurlly into the northern Gaza Strip. It said that Israel’s focus on giving approvals to open sea lanes and preventing the passage of aid overland through the crossings is aimed at implementing the occupation government’s plan to perpetuate the occupation, separate the West Bank from the Gaza Strip, and displace the Palestinian…

Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Fayssal Mikdad, met representatives of the Syrian community in Egypt, including industrialists and businessmen on the sidelines of his participation in the meetings of the 161st regular session of the Council of the League of Arab States at the ministerial level. Talks during the meeting that was held at Syrian Chancery in Cairo dealt with possible means to address any difficulties facing their work and provide appropriate conditions to enable Syrian investors and businessmen to contribute to the reconstruction of Syria in a way that guarantees the national interest and the interests of investors, within the…

The chief of the Arab League has called on warring parties in Sudan to reach a ceasefire agreement ahead of Ramadan.Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, in an appeal to the Sudanese people on Wednesday, warned of “the shedding of precious blood and enduring wounds from a year-long war.”He said: “Ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, beginning in a few days, Sudan continues to witness the shedding of precious blood and enduring wounds from a year-long war, jeopardizing the dreams and legitimate hopes of millions for a safe and stable life in their homeland.“As Ramadan approaches, I urge my Sudanese brothers…

Prime Minister of the Caretaker Government Mohammed Shtayyeh discussed during a meeting in Ramallah today with the EU Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. They also discussed the necessity of putting an end to the ongoing Israeli aggression and introducing adequate humanitarian aid to Gaza. Shtayyeh accused Israel of using starvation and preventing aid entry as a strategic weapon against the Palestinian people. He affirmed that the world must not accept being a hostage to Israeli manipulation, “but must put strong pressure to open all crossings into Gaza and allow aid to…

Ruling out any link between efforts to end the Israeli war on Gaza and the fate of the enclave, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said the Palestinian groups have democratic ideas for governing the enclave. In a meeting with his Sierra Leonean counterpart on the sidelines of an OIC ministerial meeting in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah on Wednesday, Amirabdollahian said the Palestinian resistance groups have come up with progressive and democratic ideas for governing the Gaza Strip. He decried attempts by some parties to link the fate of the Zionist regime’s war on Gaza with the governance of the enclave. Amirabdollahian also…

Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said he discussed the security situation in Ukraine with his Ukrainian counterpart Rustem Umerov and Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Alexander Syrsky. “Today I had a telephone conversation with Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Alexander Syrsky, on their initiative, who briefed me on the security situation in Ukraine,” Nikos Dendias said on X. A Greek delegation is now visiting Ukraine. The delegation is led by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis who is scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. Earlier, the Greece newspaper Proto Thema reported that Ukrainian President Vladimir…

Britain will warn Israel on Wednesday that its patience is running thin over the “dreadful suffering” in Gaza, where a lack of aid is leading people to die of hunger, foreign minister David Cameron said. Cameron, who is due to meet Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz on Wednesday, told parliament late on Tuesday that Israel’s handling of aid for Gaza, as the occupying power, raised questions over its compliance with international law. “We are facing a situation of dreadful suffering in Gaza,” Cameron told the upper House of Lords. “I spoke some weeks ago about the danger of this tipping…

The Algerian Foreign Minister condemned the occupation’s ‘day after’ plan and called for an ‘independent Palestinian state.’ Algeria has called for a resolution to sanction the Israeli occupation by annulling its membership in the United Nations. As per the statement released by the Algerian Foreign Ministry, during the 161st ministerial level session of the Arab League Council in Cairo, the Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ahmad Attaf, has called today for a movement in front of the General Assembly of the United Nations to pressure the latter on revoking “Israel’s” membership. Attaf stated that this action will be “inspired by the…