Author: Steven Sahiounie

Dozens of civilians today were killed and others injured in Israeli airstrikes that targeted different areas in the Gaza Strip. As the Israeli aggression enters 145th day, Israeli tanks and its artillery shelling intensified their raids on Gaza City and the Rafah and Khan Yunis governorates, while Israeli artillery continued to bomb residential squares and the vicinity of shelter centers. The Israeli occupation forces blew up residential homes west of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, coinciding with Israeli artillery shelling and raids on various areas of the city, especially the eastern region. Meanwhile, Israeli warplanes bombed a residential square…

Iran roundly dismisses German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock’s claims against the Islamic Republic as a futile attempt by the Berlin government to cover up its support for the Israeli occupation and its apathy towards gross human rights violations across Palestinian lands. “It is a bitter irony that certain Western governments claim to be advocates of human rights, while they played a direct role in supplying and equipping the regime of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein with chemical warfare during its imposed war on Iran in the 1980s, and have now offered support for Israel’s massacre in Gaza,” Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kan’ani…

Dai Bing, charge d’affaires of China’s permanent mission to the UN, renewed his country’s support for the Syrian government in taking the necessary measures to combat terrorism, maintain security and stability, and eliminate long-term threats to the political process in Syria, stressing that the international community must combat all forms of terrorism in Syria without any tolerance. Xinhua News Agency quoted Dai Ping as saying in a testimony before the Security Council regarding Syria, “Over the past four months, Israel has continued to launch air strikes on various sites in Syria, which China is deeply concerned about.” He added, “We…

The India rupee turned flat at 82.88 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday amid subdued equity market sentiment and withdrawal of foreign funds.

Geir Pederson pledges to support alternative venue to Geneva if Assad regime and Syria negotiations commission reach consensus The UN special envoy for Syria on Tuesday issued a formal invitation for a ninth round of peace talks in Geneva for late April. Speaking at a UN Security Council session on the situation in the Middle East, Geir Pedersen said the previous invitation for Syrian-led, UN-facilitated talks did not take place because “Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov confirmed this month that Russia no longer considers Switzerland a neutral venue and the Syrian government did not accept Geneva as a result.” Pledging…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called not to attach too much significance to EU conferences on Ukraine in Paris. “The number of Western conferences is obviously growing. They are trying to offset the decreasing interest and dramatic drop in financial capabilities to maintain the Zelensky regime. The French and President [of France Emmanuel] Macron are overly enthusiastic about convening all sorts of events, caring little about their potential outcome. I would not attach too much significance to the conferences organized in Paris,” he told a news conference, commenting on a European conference on Ukraine that was held in Paris…

The US president has met with congressional leaders, including Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, at the White House to discuss foreign aid and government funding. According to a White House press pool report, Biden, a Democrat, focused on aid to Israel. “We need to turn the supplemental [funding bill]. We need to deal with the Israelis. But that also contains a significant portion having to do with humanitarian assistance in the Palestinian area, which I think is important,” Biden said. “And we have to replenish the air defences for Israel.” This month, the US Senate passed a $95.3bn foreign aid…

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Riyad Al-Maliki, gave a briefing on the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, especially the war of genocide against our people in the Gaza Strip. This came during a high-level side event held by the State of Palestine on the sidelines of the 55th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, in the presence of many countries from all regional groups. Al-Maliki stressed that the current situation in the Gaza Strip is extremely horrific, as for 144 days, Israel, the occupying power, has been targeting Palestinian civilians, including…

Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, Qusay Al- Dahhak, said on Tuesday that the US continues to belittle the will of UN member states as it still prevents Security Council from assuming its responsibility in keeping peace and security and halting the Israeli aggression on the Palestinian people. Dahhak said that 144 days have passed while the world is witnessing war crimes and mass genocide perpetrated by the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people. “Security Council is unable to stop the Israeli crimes as the US prevents the international community from assuming its duties,” Dahhak said…

President Mahmoud Abbas received today at the presidential headquarters in the city of Ramallah, the Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs TSUJI Kiyoto. ​​The President briefed him on the latest developments regarding the ongoing brutal Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people, particularly in the Gaza Strip. The President also highlighted all the possible efforts made to immediately stop the war of genocide against the Palestinian people, stressing the need to accelerate the delivery of medical and humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, so that the shelter centers and Hospitals can do their part in providing what is necessary to alleviate the suffering of citizens, especially in the current difficult weather conditions. He strongly condemned the forced displacement of Palestinians, whether in the Gaza Strip or…