Author: Steven Sahiounie

Syria condemned in the strongest terms the United States’ repeated use of veto to paralyze the Security Council and prevent it from assuming its responsibilities, stressing its rejection of the pretexts it uses to defend the Israeli occupation and its crimes against the Palestinian people in blatant disregard for the will of the peoples and countries of the world. “The General Assembly meets today to express its stance regarding the United States’ use of veto against a draft resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza Strip, with the aim of protecting “Israel”, providing it with immunity, and enabling it to…

Prime Minister of the Caretaker Government Mohammed Shtayyeh met today at his in Ramallah with the Chairman of the Human Rights Committee in the European Parliament (DROI), Udo Bullmann. The meeting was also attended by the European Union Representative in Palestine, Alexandre Stutzmann. Shtayyeh briefed Bullmann on the latest developments in the occupation’s aggression and genocide crimes which are being waged against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including Jerusalem. During the meeting, Shtayyeh said the Palestinian people have been suffering for more than 75 years, facing murder, detentions, colonial expansion, land seizure and attacks…

Moscow and Yerevan will live ‘in peace and harmony,’ the history of Russian-Armenian relations forms the foundation for the development of bilateral cooperation, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told TASS on Tuesday. Zakharova’s statement for TASS comes on the sidelines of the World Youth Festival in response to numerous questions from Armenian teenage participants about what could be done to improve relations during the present-day turbulent times. “It’s not about me lecturing Armenia’s young participants [of the festival], but it’s about them approaching me speaking about the possible development of bilateral relations, they ask to take pictures and they…

Israel will allow a similar number of worshippers into Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the first week of Ramadan as in previous years, a statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Tuesday.The decision was agreed with top Israeli security officials during a meeting on preparations ahead of the Muslim fasting month, without providing a specific number.“During the first week of Ramadan a similar number of worshippers will be allowed on the Temple Mount as in previous years,” the statement said, using the Jewish name for the site.“Every week a security assessment will be conducted and a decision will…

President Mahmoud Abbas met today with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, at the presidential palace in Ankara as part of an official visit to Turkey, during which they discussed the latest developments in the Palestinian arena. During the meeting, President Abbas reviewed the latest developments in the Palestinian arena, the ongoing contacts with all parties to immediately stop the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people, and the introduction of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, especially to the north which is suffering from a real and unprecedented famine. He reiterated his rejection of the displacement of the Palestinian people, whether in…

Turkish authorities have arrested seven individuals, including a former public servant working as a private detective, over suspicions of providing information to the Israeli Mossad intelligence service. The detained detective is believed to have gathered intelligence on Middle Eastern entities in Turkey, employing tactics, such as placing tracking devices and conducting surveillance, according to the MIT intelligence agency. A video released by the Interior Ministry depicted police conducting raids on residences in Istanbul, confiscating firearms, bags of narcotics, and electronic devices. “We will never allow espionage activities to be carried out within the borders of our country. We will catch them…

The foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia weighed plans to resolve the crisis in Palestine in advance of an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) about Gaza. In the meeting, held in Jeddah on Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian thanked Saudi Arabia for accepting Iran’s proposal for the OIC ministerial meeting, calling for a strong and unified stance in support of Palestine and for effectual efforts to stop the Israeli regime’s war crimes against the people of Gaza. He also hailed the growing trend in cooperation between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Amirabdollahian stressed the need…

The extraordinary meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation kicked off in Jeddah of Saudi Arabia, to discuss the continuing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people. During the meeting, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates in the caretaker government, Riyad al-Maliki, said that today’s meeting comes while the situation in Palestine is deteriorating and becoming more tragic, as the Israeli occupation authorities imposed a series of disastrous facts on 2.3 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. He added that Israel is using a deliberate policy of starvation as a means…

The spokesperson for the UN humanitarian agency stated that now is the time to flood Gaza with aid as children have been starving to death. The United Nations urged the international community today to “flood” Gaza with aid as the number of children dying because of starvation is continuously increasing. The spokesperson for the UNOCHA, Jens Laerke informed reporters in Geneva that “With children starting … to die from starvation, that should be an alarm like no other.” “If not now, when is the time to pull the stops, break the glass, and flood Gaza with the aid that it needs?” Laerke…

Blinken states that there is a possibility of reaching a ceasefire in Gaza which will in turn pave the way for the delivery of more humanitarian aid. The Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, stressed that the current situation is “unprecedented” adding that chaos has taken over Gaza, Syria, and the Red Sea. In a Washington meeting with his US counterpart, Antony Blinken, the minister stated that Doha urges the release of all detainees in Gaza and the delivery of aid to its population. From his end, Blinken stated that there is a possibility of reaching…