Author: Steven Sahiounie

An Israeli drone launched a strike that targeted a civilian car in Jadra, a Lebanese town to the north of Saida, on Saturday afternoon, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported. Our correspondent reported that three people were martyred in the attack and others were injured. Moreover, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent said the targeted “Palestinian figure” survived the attack in the north of Saida. Later, our correspondent said that the three people who were martyred were not the targets of the attack, but were merely bystanders. In fact, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent said that the Israeli drone initially fired one missile at the car to later launch another…

Moscow demands an international investigation into the Kiev regime’s attack on a Russian Il-76 aircraft which carried Ukrainian POWs for a swap, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin said in an interview with TASS. “Nobody has any doubt that the attack on the Il-76 was carried out by the regime of [Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky. Kiev was well aware that the plane was transporting Ukrainian servicemen for an exchange. Russia insists on holding an international investigation so that experts can evaluate the current evidence that the aircraft was shot down with the US-made MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile (SAM) system from…

Some lawyers see that the crimes stated by the ICJ are not forbidden as long as the occupation conducts them without “genocide intent”. UN special rapporteur on the occupied territories, Francesca Albanese, declared that “Israel” is violating orders issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to immediately protect Palestinians’ rights and cease all activities amounting to genocide. “Israel” has until February 23 to hand over a report to the ICJ regarding its compliance with the six orders issued. “Israel” is required to “take all measures within its power to prevent and punish the direct and public incitement to commit…

Amnesty International Secretary-General urges the international community to support the Palestinian people who are facing a real and imminent risk of genocide. Amnesty International issued a severe warning, yesterday, stressing that Benjamin Netanyahu’s orders to the IOF planning an attack on Rafah in the Gaza Strip constitute a “grave risk of genocide” for Palestinians. Andalou agency reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directed yesterday the IOF to submit a “military plan” to evacuate Palestinians from Rafah and “defeat Hamas battalions there.” Amnesty International Secretary-General, Agnes Callamard, posted a statement on X, expressing concern about the feasibility and safety of evacuation…

Saudi Arabia has warned of “extremely dangerous repercussions” if Israel launched an offensive towards the southern city of Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, where thousands of Palestinians have sought refuge from the Israel-Hamas war. The Kingdom’s foreign ministry in a statement Saturday said that “Rafah represents the last refuge for hundreds of thousands of civilians who the brutal Israeli aggression have forced to flee.” The kingdom said “it stresses it is complete refusal and strong condemnation of the forcible displacement [of Palestinians] and renews calls for an immediate ceasefire. “The deliberate violations to international and humanitarian laws stresses the need…

The official spokesman for the Palestinian Presidency, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, said that the ground Israeli military offensive escalation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah and attempts to forcibly displace Palestinian citizens, do not absolve the American administration of its responsibility. Abu Rudeineh called on US administration to force the Israeli government to halt its genocidal massacres and atrocious crimes committed against the Palestinian people in Gaza. “What is required of the American administration is to force the occupation to stop the genocidal massacres it is committing against the Palestinian people, the latest of which was the killing of at least 25 civilians…

Hezbollah’s Media Relations Office says the party’s leader met with an Iranian delegation to discuss the region’s imminent future developments. The Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, received the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Hezbollah’s Media Relations Office announced on Saturday morning. Iran’s Foreign Minister led a diplomatic delegation that engaged in discussions with Sayyed Nasrallah, in the presence of the Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani. The parties discussed the latest regional political and security-related developments, especially in relation to the Gaza Strip and South Lebanon, as well as the fronts of the Axis…

The UN global financial agency said in a recent report that the inclusion of complex manufacturing in its expanding industrial base will enable Oman’s eventual entry into global value chains, with resultant benefits in the form of technology inflows, high-value exports, and job growth

The meeting also reviewed the promotional status of the authority during the first half of the current fiscal year 23-24, which included 48 projects receiving final approval with total investments of $991mln

In 2022, the volume of trade exchange between the State of Qatar and Hungary reached about $77mln