Author: Steven Sahiounie

Hundreds of thousands of protesters have marched through central London, demanding the Israeli regime stop the months-long genocidal war on the defenseless Palestinian people trapped in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan on Saturday received a phone call today from his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan, the Kingdom’s foreign ministry said.During the call, they discussed regional and international issues of common interest, most notably developments in the Gaza Strip and its surrounding areas.The two sides also discussed the efforts to solve the conflict. Source: arab News

In London, hundreds of thousands are swarming the streets on Saturday in a pro-Palestine protest following the International Court of Justice’s ruling last week. Also expected is a forceful show of police brutality as organizers anticipate the Metropolitan police’s opposition to be harsher this time around compared to previous marches, and accuse the force of yielding to governmental political pressures. The Met has warned against wearing face covers that could hide a protestor’s identity, as an intimidation tactic that could scare people from participating, thereby suppressing the march, the director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), Ben Jamal, said. However, he noted…

The main request by the student coalition is the implementation of a divestment resolution by the Brown University At Brown University in Rhode Island, a coalition of students has gone on an indefinite hunger strike in protest of “Israel’s” genocide in Gaza, calling on the university to cut ties with all companies profiting from the ongoing genocide. On Friday afternoon, the group released a statement stressing that they would keep up their hunger strike until the university did its part to promote an “immediate and permanent” ceasefire, also demanding that the university implement a divestment resolution at the next meeting of…

The United Nations’ Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg commended Iran for its efforts to ensure security and stability in Yemen. In a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, held in Tehran on Saturday, the UN envoy praised Iran’s stances on Yemen and its determination to establish stability and security in the Arab country. Briefing the Iranian minister on the UN’s plans to ensure peace and reduce tensions in Yemen, Grundberg stressed the need for the employment of intraregional capacities to address the root causes of regional crises. For his part, Amirabdollahian said the US’ military approaches, the recent American…

Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Fayssal Mikdad received a phone call from his Omani counterpart,Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al-Busaidi, during which they discussed the latest developments in the region. Al-Busaidi expressed his country’s continued support for Syria and its respect for its unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity and pointed out the recent US attacks on sites in Syria. Al-Busaidi underlined the necessity of not interfering in the affairs of the countries of the region and the priority of stopping the Israeli agression on our people in the occupied Palestine and ending its occupation of all Palestinian and Arab lands. For his…

The Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned the overnight US air strikes on Iraq and Syria as a violation of the two Arab states’ sovereignty and of the UN Charter. In a statement on Saturday, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said the US has brazenly violated the United Nations Charter, international law, and the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq and Syria by attacking the two countries. The US on Friday night launched air strikes against more than 85 targets in Syria and Iraq on what it alleged were establishments linked to Iran. Decrying Washington’s unwavering support for the relentless Israeli attacks…

Russia says the attacks are an incident that needs to be taken up by the UN Security Council, according to Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman. “It is obvious that the air strikes are deliberately designed to further inflame the conflict. By attacking, almost without pause, the facilities of allegedly pro-Iranian groups in Iraq and Syria, the United States are purposefully trying to drive the largest countries in the region into conflict,” said in a statement. Russia foreign ministry also said the US was “sowing chaos and destruction” in the Middle East. Source: alJazeera

Qatari PM Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, a read-out by the Qatari foreign ministry has said, where they discussed, among other topics, the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Qatari PM “stressed the importance of UNRWA’s role in helping millions in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, warning that defunding it would have catastrophic consequences”. He also said, “It is important to differentiate between the agency as a global entity with sold values and traditions, and the allegations against a number of its staff who are under…

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell called on all sides to avoid further escalation in the Middle East after US strikes on Iran-linked groups in Syria and Iraq. “Everybody should try to avoid that the situation becomes explosive,” he said. Borrell did not address the US strikes directly, but repeated a warning the Middle East “is a boiler that can explode”. He pointed to the war in Gaza, violence along the Lebanese border, bombings in Iraq and Syria, and attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. “That’s why we call everybody to try to avoid an escalation.” Source: alJazeera