Author: Steven Sahiounie

Iran strongly condemned the new military strikes that the US and the UK launched against Yemen on Saturday night. In a statement on Sunday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani condemned the “arbitrary and adventurous” strikes on Yemen that contravene internationally recognized rules and principles and have violated the Arab country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. “The US and the UK proved once again that they are full-fledged supporters of the Zionist regime’s war crimes and genocide in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank,” he said. The Iranian spokesman noted that Washington and London give priority to the Israeli regime’s illegitimate…

Seven Palestinian infants have died of malnutrition and starvation in the war-torn Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours as the Israeli war has taken a heavy toll on Palestinian civilians, the Information Office of the Palestinian Authority in the Gaza Strip said. In a statement on Saturday, the information office announced that unless the Israeli war stops and the blockade of Gaza is lifted, a catastrophe would happen, blaming the United States for the famine in Gaza. One of the seven infants, a two-month-old baby, Mahmoud Fattouh, died of malnutrition in Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, the WAFA news agency reported, citing medical sources,…

Türkiye’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ahmet Yildiz will make on Monday an oral statement at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) during a hearing on the legal consequences of Israeli actions in occupied Palestinian land. The public hearings started last Monday in The Hague following the UN General Assembly’s request for an advisory opinion on the legal consequences arising from policies and the practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian land, including East Jerusalem. More than 50 countries are presenting arguments. “At the end of this process, legal findings regarding the oppression of Palestinians will be presented,” Oncu Keceli, the Turkish…

American and British forces have carried out a series of airstrikes against positions across Yemen, including the capital Sana’a, as the Yemeni Armed Forces stepped up their attacks on Israeli-linked ships in the Red Sea in protest against the brutal war on Gaza. Yemen’s official Saba news agency reported that three airstrikes hit a pesticide factory in the al-Nahda neighborhood of Sana’a early on Sunday. No further details about any casualties were immediately available. The US-British coalition also conducted six raids against the Faj Attan neighborhood, while locations in three areas of al-Nahdain were bombed on three occasions. Two airstrikes were conducted against…

Israel will seek to maintain security control over the entire area west of the Jordan River after the war with Hamas ends, according to a plan submitted by the country’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. The “day after Hamas” paper was submitted to the Israeli war cabinet and released by the country’s Foreign Ministry. “Israel will maintain security control over the entire area west of the Jordan, including Gaza and the land, air and sea to prevent activities of terrorist groups in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip to thwart threats from them toward Israel,” the plan said. “In the immediate…

The Israeli military has killed two young female human rights lawyers in its recent air raids on the Gaza Strip, drawing a wave of condemnations. Both victims, who were working for the Gaza-based Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), lost their lives this week as Israel pushes ahead with the genocidal war against the besieged Gaza, now in its fifth month. Dana Yaghi, a lawyer at the Women’s Rights Unit of the PCHR, was killed along with 40 others, including 10 children, in an Israeli aerial assault on her family’s house in the central Gaza governorate of Deir al-Balah on February 22. It…

Türkiye working to secure collective action by Muslim world against oppression in Gaza, says President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Türkiye will use all means at its disposal to halt “oppression in Gaza and harassment in Jerusalem” by Israel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday. “Anyone who claims that this issue has nothing to do with us is either unaware of the world or is working on behalf of others. Therefore, for the oppression in Gaza to stop, for the harassment in Jerusalem to cease, without making any exceptions, I say we will use all the means at our disposal,”…

The Speaker of the Palestinian National Council (PNC), Rawhi Fattouh, briefed today the Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez, on the latest developments regarding the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and the ongoing genocidal war against the Palestinian people. During the meeting, which was held in the Spanish capital, Madrid, Fattouh stressed the need to immediately halt the brutal aggression against innocent civilians, especially women and children, in the Gaza Strip, ensuring the entry of humanitarian aid including medicine, drinking water and basic materials. Palestinian National Council speaker, Fattouh further called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and…

Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu ordered during the visit to the Battlegroup Center headquarters to further reinforce the battlegroup with electronic warfare equipment Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu listened to reports by commanders of the Battlegroup Center on the current situation and the nature of the enemy’s activities in the special military operation area in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Saturday. “During his work in the area of the special military operation, Russian Defense Minister Army General Sergey Shoigu listened to reports by the commander of the Battlegroup Center and headquarters officers on the current situation, the nature of…

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has warned of a new escalation if the Israeli regime goes ahead with a plan to restrict Muslims praying in the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan. “Let our enemy know that souls are boiling … [our] anger is imminent … and an explosion is coming in response to any restrictions on the entry of Muslims to Al-Aqsa Mosque during the month of Ramadan,” said the group in a post on its Telegram account on Saturday. The post came a day after the office of Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu said the regime is going…