Author: Steven Sahiounie

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says that as the occupying power, Israel must ensure that the basic needs of Palestinians in Gaza are met. “In view of a military operation in densely populated Rafah, we renew our call on the parties to the conflict, and all who have influence on them, to spare and protect civilian lives and infrastructure,” Fabrizio Carboni, the ICRC’s director for the Middle East, said in a statement. “Under international humanitarian law, parties to the conflict must ensure the basic necessities of life are provided and the necessary safeguards to preserve life are…

The foreign minister of Iran and the emir of Qatar discussed the collective efforts by Tehran and Doha to settle the crisis in Gaza and help the Palestinians suffering from Israeli strikes. In a meeting with Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, held in Doha on Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian hailed the close relations and cooperation between the two countries in various fields. Iran’s “cordial and brotherly” ties with Qatar can be improved by the full implementation of the previous deals, he added. Amirabdollahian also appreciated Qatar’s mediatory and benevolent role in some issues regarding Iran…

Jordan’s King Abdullah met US senators in Washington on Tuesday to push for a ceasefire in Gaza, the Jordan News Agency reported. During the meeting, which was attended by Queen Rania Al-Abdullah and Crown Prince Al-Hussein bin Abdullah, the king called for greater international efforts to end the war, which has created a humanitarian catastrophe and jeopardized the prospects of reviving the peace process. The king stressed Jordan’s opposition to any efforts aimed at the internal or external forced displacement of Gazans and insisted on their right to return to their homes. He also expressed his alarm at the escalation…

The Golan’s people preferred death to accepting the Israeli identity since the issuance of the Israeli occupation’s decision to annex Golan land on December 14, 1981. Golan people stressed their rejection and adherence to their Syrian identity, and continuing to resist all occupation measures until the entire land returns to the homeland. Three days after issuing the decision, the UNSC adopted Resolution 497, which confirms the identity of the Syrian Arab Golan, considering the decision, which was met with widespread international rejection, is null and void, and has no legal effect. The struggle of our people there against the decision…

The Permanent Representative of the State of Palestine to the Arab League, Muhannad al-Aklouk, said the State of Palestine has requested the convening of an extraordinary session of the Arab League Council tomorrow, on Thursday. Al-Aklouk added that this call comes in light of the ongoing crime of genocide committed by Israel, the occupying power, against the Palestinian people while taking into consideration the catastrophic and unprecedented deterioration of the situation in the Strip in general and in the city of Rafah and its camps in particular, where more than 1.5 million forcibly displaced persons are now crammed. source: WAFA

“Relations between Russia and Serbian countries are based on centuries-old traditions of friendship, cultural and spiritual closeness,” the Russian president noted Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic on Serbia’s Statehood Day, the Serbian President posted on Instagram (prohibited in Russia, owned by Meta corporation, which has been designated as extremist in Russia). “Ambassador [of Russia to Serbia Alexander] Botsan-Kharchenko handed me a congratulatory message from President Vladimir Putin on the occasion of Statehood Day,” Vucic said. “I thanked him for the congratulations and especially noted the exceptional symbolism of Candlemas as a holiday where our…

162 out of 563 schools in Gaza have been directly bombed by the IOF, out of which 26 schools have been completely destroyed, according to UN numbers. A spokesperson for the UN’s Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, announced that 30% of schools in Gaza have been directly bombed by the IOF so far. He revealed that 162 out of 563 schools in Gaza were directly bombed, out of which 26 schools have been completely destroyed. About 175,000 students go to these schools, and more than 6,500 teachers work there, Dujarric added stressing that no less than 55% of schools in Gaza need to be…

The Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Hussein al-Sheikh, today discussed with the new European Union Representative in Palestine, Alexandre Stutzmann, the latest regional and international developments. The two parties discussed the urgent need to halt the Israeli aggression and the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip. They both pointed out to the catastrophic dangers regarding the Israeli military offensive in the densely overcrowded southern Gaza city of Rafah. They also strongly condemned the forcible displacement of the Palestinian people and the withheld of clearance funds by Israel. For his part, the European Union Representative called for the need to immediately halt the Israeli aggression on…

Declaration says 2 countries to cooperate in many areas including political and diplomatic, security, military and defense industry, culture, education, science Türkiye and Egypt signed a joint declaration on Wednesday, pledging to cooperate in a wide range of areas, including politics, security, trade, and culture. The joint declaration on the restructuring of the High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council meetings between the two countries was signed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the Egyptian capital of Cairo. The declaration, which highlights the deep-rooted, common historical, and cultural ties between Türkiye and Egypt, stressed the…

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas pressed the militant group Hamas on Wednesday to agree a Gaza deal quickly to avoid “dire consequences,” the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.“We call on the Hamas movement to quickly complete a prisoner deal, to spare our Palestinian people from the calamity of another catastrophic event with dire consequences, no less dangerous than the Nakba of 1948,” Abbas said.The president was referring to the war accompanying the creation of Israel, which saw 760,000 Palestinians flee or forced from their homes.Abbas’s internationally recognized Palestinian Authority has not been involved in this week’s talks hosted by Egypt,…