Author: Steven Sahiounie

This Israeli occupation forces targeted the Lebanese southern city of Nabatiyeh for the second time today, and struck a residential building using unmanned aerial drones. Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in the south reported that the death toll of martyrs and wounded in the raid targeting a residential area in the city of Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon had risen to eight martyrs and seven wounded, with searches for missing persons ongoing. The correspondent confirmed that the toll of today’s Israeli attacks on Lebanon has reached 11 civilian martyrs so far. On Wednesday evening, the official Lebanese News Agency announced the martyrdom of members of…

President Ebrahim Raeisi has considered the ongoing situation in the Gaza Strip, which is enduring a genocidal Israeli war, to be symbolic of the unjustness of the governing global structure. The chief executive made the remarks in Tehran on Wednesday, meeting with the visiting head of the Russian Federation’s Republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov. “The genocide and crime against humanity that is taking place in Gaza has necessitated replacement of the current unjust [global] structure with a just order more than ever,” President Raeisi said. Nearly 28,600 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been killed since the Israeli regime launched…

Egypt plays extremely vital role in delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza, mediation, Fahrettin Altun says The Turkish communications director said on Wednesday that cooperation between Türkiye and Egypt is necessary for the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people. As part of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Egypt, the Turkish Communications Directorate organized a roundtable meeting, The Future of Türkiye-Egypt Relations: Regional Developments and Challenges, in Cairo. In a written message to the meeting, Fahrettin Altun said the most pressing issue for both the region and the Muslim world in recent months has been the situation of Palestinians…

Pro-Palestinian activists in the UK are intensifying their efforts to disrupt the Israeli military’s operations as it continues its deadly campaign in Gaza. UK Members of the protest network Palestine Action recently barricaded the entrance to Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer, by locking themselves together, according to a report by the British newspaper Morning Star. Elbit Systems supplies the Israeli military with drones, munitions, combat vehicles, missiles, and other weaponry, much of which is used in attacks on Palestinians. A spokesperson for Palestine Action stated, “While Israeli weapons companies…operate on our doorstep, it’s up to the people to take…

President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia would prefer to see President Joe Biden win a second term, describing him as more experienced than Donald Trump. Speaking in an interview with a correspondent of Russian state television, Putin declared that he will work with any US leader who is elected, but noted unequivocally that he would prefer Biden’s victory when asked who would be a better choice from the point of view of Russia.“Biden, he’s more experienced, more predictable, he’s a politician of the old formation,” Putin said. “But we will work with any US leader whom the American people…

French President Emmanuel Macron told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday that the Gaza death toll was “intolerable” and Israel’s operations there “must cease,” the president’s office said.In a telephone call that saw Macron toughen his tone, the French leader expressed France’s “firm opposition” to an Israeli offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, saying it “could only lead to a humanitarian disaster of a new magnitude” and create a new risk of regional escalation, according to a statement from the presidential Elysee palace.The French leader stressed that a ceasefire agreement should be reached “without further delay,” adding…

‘I received information about activities of Red Crescent and aid efforts for Gaza,” Emine Erdogan says Türkiye’s first lady Emine Erdogan and her Egyptian counterpart Entissar El Sisi paid a visit to the Egyptian Red Crescent in Cairo on Wednesday to inspect the organization’s aid efforts for Gaza. “I received information about the activities of Red Crescent and its aid efforts for Gaza,” Erdogan said on X, posting pictures from the visit. “Since Oct. 7, we appreciate the efforts of Egyptian institutions and civil society associations to deliver humanitarian aid to our Palestinian brothers,” she added. The Turkish first lady…

Russia should have started active actions in Ukraine earlier, but it tried for a long time to resolve the conflict peacefully and relied on the honesty of its opponents, President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin, the video of which was uploaded to the Kremlin’s Telegram channel. “The only thing we can regret is that we did not start our active actions earlier, believing that we were dealing with decent people,” the president said, describing the situation around Ukraine. Putin went on to say that at the first stage, Russia tried to settle the conflict in Donbas…

Dozens of fanatic Israeli colonists Wednesday morning broke into the compounds of al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy protection from the Israeli police. The extremist colonists, divided into groups, raided the holy Islamic Mosque from al-Maghariba gate and took provocative tours in its compounds. It added that the colonists performed Talmudic rituals in the eastern part of the Mosque. This comes at a time as Israeli forces intensify measures against Palestinians coming from Jerusalem to enter the Mosque, inspecting their IDs and briefly detaining them. Source: WAFA

South Africa’s latest request to the World Court against a possible offensive by Israel in southern Gaza serves Hamas and is an attempt to stop Israel from defending itself, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.South Africa on Tuesday asked The International Court of Justice (ICJ) to consider whether Israel’s plan to extend its offensive in Gaza into the city of Rafah requires additional emergency measures to protect Palestinians’ rights.Israel has said it is planning to expand its ground assault into Rafah, where over a million Palestinians have sought refuge from the offensive that has laid waste to much of…