Author: Steven Sahiounie

The United Nations human rights chief on Monday it was imperative to avoid any exacerbation of the war in Gaza, warning that any conflagration could have broad repercussions across the Middle East and beyond the region.Addressing the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Volker Turk said the war in Gaza, which has been raging since the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas gunmen in southern Israel, had already spilled over in neighboring countries.“I am deeply concerned that in this powder keg, any spark could lead to a much broader conflagration,” said Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.“This would…

President Tayyip Erdogan is set to discuss Turkiye’s efforts to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during talks this week in Ankara, a Turkish diplomatic source said on Monday.Speaking at a diplomatic forum in Turkiye at the weekend, the Palestinian Authority’s Foreign Minister Riyad-al Al-Maliki said Abbas would pay a visit to Ankara on Tuesday and meet Erdogan.Turkiye, which has harshly criticized Israel for its attacks on Gaza and backed measures to have it tried for genocide at the World Court, has repeatedly called for a ceasefire. But Ankara has no direct involvement in truce talks.Unlike…

The forthcoming meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah will be regarded as a litmus test regarding the Muslim world’s backing for Palestinians who are suffering from relentless Israeli strikes, the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson said. Speaking to reporters at a press conference on Monday, Nasser Kanaani said while the OIC is going to hold a meeting in Jeddah tomorrow, the organization will be facing the test of how committed it is to supporting the Palestinian people. Denouncing the US’ unwavering support for the Zionist regime and its belligerent policies in the war on Gaza, he said, “All…

Israeli occupation forces Monday stormed the city of Tulkarm, and caused damages to its infrastructure. WAFA correspondent said that a large military force, accompanied by huge bulldozers, stormed the city from its western entrances, all the way to Nour Shams refugee camp. She added that the occupation forces fired bullets and tear gas bombs as they passed through. The occupation forces pushed large military reinforcements of their vehicles and bulldozers towards Nour Shams camp, and imposed a tight cordon on it, before storming its neighborhoods. The occupation bulldozers razed and caused damages to the infrastructure in the camp’s streets, and part…

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Syria’s Ambassador to Iran Shafiq Dayoub said a joint free zone will be launched between Iran and Syria in the near future.

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Russia invited Iranian firms and economic enterprises to participate in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) within the framework of the Iran-Russia Joint Economic Cooperation Commission.

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji held talks with Secretary General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Haitham Al Ghais on the sidelines of the 7th meeting of heads of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) in Algeria.

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s trade exchanges with its 10 trader partners in the first 11 months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2023 to February 24, 2024) reached $88 billion.

The World Food Program (WFP) is working to resume aid deliveries to northern Gaza that were paused last month due to Israeli gunfire, its chief has said. “We stopped because it was not safe for the people that we serve,” Carl Skau, deputy executive director and chief operating officer of the World Food Program, told Anadolu on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, which concluded on Sunday. Skau said they feared there will be violence and shooting, and “exactly that is what happened” earlier this week. He was referring to the killing of more than hundred Palestinians in the…

Iraqi resistance forces have carried out a drone strike against the largest and busiest port in the Palestinian territories controlled by Israel since 1948 in a new show of solidarity with the Palestinians under Israeli attack in Gaza. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of anti-terror fighters, in a statement published on its Telegram channel on Sunday, claimed responsibility for an aerial attack targeting chemical storage facilities inside the port of Haifa that had taken place two days earlier. The statement noted that the attack had taken place “in rejection of US military presence in Iraq and elsewhere in the region, in support…