Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Iranian president has called on mosques in Muslim states to enlighten people about the situation of the oppressed Palestinians in the Gaza Strip who are subjected to the genocidal Israeli war. Ebrahim Raeisi made the remarks in a meeting with Mohamed Mamoun el-Kacimi el-Hassani, the Imam of the Grand Mosque of Algiers, in the Algerian capital on Saturday. “Today, raising awareness about the oppressed Palestinian Muslims in Gaza is not the main issue of the Muslim world but rather the mankind and it should be at the center of activities made by the mosques in Islamic territories,” he said.…

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) carried its 159th ministerial session in Riyadh on Sunday, while separate meetings were held involving the foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt and Morocco. Joint ministerial meeting held on the sidelines between the GCC and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, and Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said that what is happening in Gaza is a systematic plan to liquidate the Palestinian cause. Adding that “Security solutions to the conflict have brought nothing but destruction to the region, and the escalation in Gaza extended to the Red…

The French Foreign Minister has conducted a thorough interview detailing his country’s stance on the Israeli war on Gaza. The humanitarian situation in Gaza is creating indefensible and unjustifiable situations for which the Israelis are accountable, French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne stated on Saturday. French newspaper Le Monde conducted an interview with Sejourne, who answered key questions on the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the war in Ukraine. Sejourne stressed that “France must be on the right side of history” when it comes to the war in Ukraine and called for an “urgent” and “lasting” ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The…

The Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs Authority in the Yemeni government in Sanaa rejected claims made by the United States and Britain regarding the cutting of undersea cables in the Red Sea and condemned the act of sabotage, describing it as “criminal”. Israeli newspaper Globes reported earlier that at least four underwater communication cables were damaged in the sea between Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and Djibouti in East Africa, accusing the Yemeni Armed Forces of allegedly being behind the operation. The Yemeni government in Sanaa affirmed on Saturday that the US-UK aggressions against the country have caused a disruption in the undersea cables, jeopardizing the…

In a massive embarrassment for Berlin, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced a complete investigation on Saturday after what looked to be a recording of classified army meetings on the Ukraine war was broadcast on Russian social media. The German Bundeswehr was planning to destroy the Crimean Bridge, the same one Ukraine admitted to bombing, with possible involvement from US and British troops – or so claims the editor-in-chief of Russia Today, Margarita Simonyan, citing a nearly 40-minute leaked audio she says she possesses. Simonyan went on to submit official inquiries to German diplomatic figures, seeking clarification about the issue that would impact Russian-German relations,…

The demonstration’s organizing group demands an end to the “Israeli massacres committed daily in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.” Hundreds of Palestinians have taken to the streets since the early hours of Saturday morning in the town of Kafr Kanna – an Arab village located in the Lower al-Jalil region in northern occupied Palestine – in a demonstration demanding an end to the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. This demonstration in Kafr Kanna is considered the first since the start of the war on the Strip last October and was called for and organized by the Higher Follow-up…

The founder of US military contractor Blackwater says the West must “pull the plug” on Ukraine and accept the Donbass region and Crimea as Russian territories. Erik Prince, the founder of US private military company Blackwater, called for an immediate end to the Ukraine conflict, asserting that the West cannot match Russia’s military capabilities, in a recent interview for the PBD podcast. Prince, who served as the CEO of Blackwater until 2009, expressed doubts about the ability of Kiev and its Western allies to prevail in the ongoing war, now entering its third year. “We need to bring this war to a…

The UN Security Council (UNSC) has underscored the need to protect civilians in Gaza in the wake of the deadly Israeli attack on Thursday morning—which resulted in over 115 Palestinian civilians killed and many more wounded as they were waiting for aid trucks south of Gaza City. Members of the UNSC issued a statement last night expressing their deep concern over reports that “more than 100 individuals lost their lives, with several hundred others sustaining injuries, including gunshot wounds…in an incident involving Israeli forces at a large gathering surrounding a humanitarian assistance convoy southwest of Gaza City.” The Council stressed…

Nicolas Maduro addresses the demonstrations where Venezuelans took to the streets to denounce the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro confirmed that the Venezuelans are taking to the streets to express their condemnation of the Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people. Maduro shared footage of the demonstrations happening in the streets of Venezuela, stating, “The people of Venezuela took to the streets, their daughters and sons, from this Bolivarian land, vehemently rejecting the aggression and extermination of the Palestinian Arab people by the government of the State of Israel. Enough with the carnage!” The Venezuelan President stressed…

The spokesperson for al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement, called on Saturday not to abandon the Al-Aqsa Flood battle led by the heroes in Gaza, criticizing Arab and Islamic governments who have turned their back on the Palestinian people in the Strip being slaughtered by the Israeli occupation for almost 5 months now. Addressing Arab and Islamic countries “who possess armies, planes, and artillery,” he asked, “Is it not time for you to mobilize your weapons, following in the footsteps of the free people of Yemen, Lebanon, and Iraq?” PIJ spokesperson pointed out that…