Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Arab League began today its extraordinary session, presided over by Morocco in its capacity as the head of the 160th session of the Arab League. This session is being convened at the request of the State of Palestine and in coordination with Egypt and Jordan. The primary objective of the meeting is to formulate a unified Arab stance in response to the recent measures issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel. The ICJ ruled on provisional measures that Israel must implement and adhere to based on a case brought forth by the Republic of South Africa.…

Ayman Safadi, the kingdom’s foreign minister and deputy prime minister, has said that the potential participation of 12 UNRWA staff in the October 7 attacks does not justify measures to starve an entire nation. “UNRWA is the lifeline for over 2 million Palestinians facing starvation in Gaza,” he said in a post on X. “It should’t be collectively punished upon allegations against 12 persons out of its 13,000 staff. UNRWA acted responsibly and began an investigation. We urge countries that suspended funds to reverse decision.” Source: AlJazeera

In a statement on Sunday, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani condemned the Israeli regime’s accusation that some of the employees of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) have been involved in the October 7 attacks as “another sinister move” in the litany of the regime’s anti-human measures against the Palestinian nation. The allegation has prompted at least 10 Western countries, including Germany, the UK, and the US, to withdraw or temporarily pause funding to the agency, a move the head of UNRWA has called “shocking”. The Iranian spokesman said the accusation of…

The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) will attempt to seal a prisoner-captive exchange and temporary truce deal between Hamas and Israel. CIA Director William Burns will discuss the fine details of an emerging agreement when he meets in France on Sunday with David Barnea, head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, and Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel for talks centred on negotiations for a prisoner-captive swap. Burns is in Paris for the high-level talks after White House senior adviser Brett McGurk spent much of the last week in the Middle…

The Palestinian Presidency expressed today its strong rejection of the oppressive campaign led by the Israeli government against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA). “The campaign aims to liquidate the issue of Palestinian refugees, contradicting UN Resolution 302, based on which the UNRWA was established on December 18, 1949, and other UN resolutions related to the refugee issue,” said the Presidency in a statement. The Presidency called on countries that took a stance against UNRWA before the completion of investigations into the Israeli allegations to reconsider their positions. “Such positions, if maintained, would disproportionately punish…

UN chief Antonio Guterres pleaded on Saturday for donor states to “guarantee the continuity” of the body’s Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) after several halted funding over accusations of staff involvement in Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel.“While I understand their concerns — I was myself horrified by these accusations — I strongly appeal to the governments that have suspended their contributions to, at least, guarantee the continuity of UNRWA’s operations,” Guterres said in a statement, referring to the agency’s acronym.Israel has alleged several UNRWA staff were involved in Hamas’s attack, leading some key donor countries to suspend their funding.UNRWA fired…

Israel is under increasing scrutiny now that the top UN court has asked for a compliance report in a month

RIYADH: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry underscored on Sunday the urgent priority of halting the conflict in Gaza and facilitating the delivery of humanitarian aid.

A major Iraqi resistance groups says it will continue attacks on US positions in the Arab country and in the wider region despite a renewed attempt by the government to end the mission of US forces in Iraq.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is set to meet next week to discuss the decision by the body’s top court ordering the Israeli regime to prevent genocide in the besieged Gaza Strip.