Author: Steven Sahiounie

In a statement marking 100 days of war in Gaza, Biden said it is a “devastating and tragic milestone” for those still held captive in Gaza. He said the US will continue to try to negotiate their release, even as talks have stalled since a seven-day pause in fighting last week. Earlier today, Hamas said it had lost contact with several captive amid the ongoing bombardment. “I will never forget the grief and the suffering I have heard in my meetings with the families of the American hostages. No one should have to endure even one day of what they…

BEIRUT, January 14. /TASS/. US President Joe Biden made a mistake when he ordered to attack Yemen hoping that this move will stop Houthi operations in the Red Sea, Sheikh Hassan Nasrullah, leader of the Lebanese Shiite party Hezbollah, said.

Spokesman for Hamas’ armed wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, also said some of the Israeli hostages might have been killed and “the rest are facing a serious danger” and placed the responsibility for the possible death of Israelis who are held hostage in the Gaza Strip on the Israeli government and army

CAIRO, January 14. /TASS/. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is visiting Egypt, has called for respecting Yemen’s sovereignty and refraining from adding oil to the flame amid the current situation in the Middle East.

DUBAI, January 14. /TASS/. A strike has been delivered on a Houthi facility in the Hodeidah province in northern Yemen, the Sky News Arabia television channel reported, citing local sources.

Israeli forces have killed at least five more Palestinians, including three teenagers, in violent raids across the occupied West Bank.

David Cameron pointed out that London and Washington “did not rush into these strikes” and had repeatedly warned the Houthis of the consequences of attacking ships in the Red Sea

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has called for the protection of health centers in central and southern Gaza as the number of Palestinians killed in Israeli bombardment is nearing 24,000. 

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates says Israeli regime has committed horrific crimes and forcibly displaced Palestinians during its genocidal war in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Pope Francis on Sunday called all forms of war a “crime against humanity,” stressing that war is “not the way to resolve” conflicts. “War itself is a crime against humanity. People need peace. The world needs peace,” Pope Francis said during his Sunday Angelus prayer, according to Vatican News. “At the beginning of the year, we exchanged wishes for peace, but weapons have continued to kill and destroy,” he lamented. The pontiff urged “people who have power over these conflicts” to realize that war is “not the way to resolve them.” “We must educate for peace,” Francis said. “It seems…