Author: Steven Sahiounie

The presidents of Iran and Egypt called for closer mutual efforts and employment of all capacities to put an end to the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. In a telephone conversation on Saturday, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El- Sisi talked about a range of issues, including the relations between the two Muslim nations and the latest developments in Gaza Strip. Congratulating Egypt on holding the recent presidential election and wishing success for Sisi during his new term, Raisi said Tehran welcomes the enhancement of relations with Cairo in various fields. The Islamic Republic…

The resolution put to the vote by the Arab countries in the UN Security Council was virtually watered down due to changes forced by the US, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said at the UN Security Council meeting. “The draft that <…> was put to the vote, was initially, as we believe, rather soft <…>. Under the pressure of the US <…> each new version of the text lacked more and more important provisions,” he said. “As a result the version that was put to the vote today, turned out extremely watered down, including in the OP4…

Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Fayssal Mikdad, arrived in Tehran Saturday in response to an invitation by his Iranian counterpart, Hussein Amir Abdollahian, to participate in a high-level international consultative conference on Palestine. Debates of the Conference begin today in Tehran, which aim to enhance international support for the Palestinians, to pressure Zionist entity to immediately stop military attacks on Gaza Strip, and to lift the siege imposed on the Strip completely, in addition to sending urgent humanitarian aid for the Palestinian people. High level government officials, political and religious figures, prominent thinkers and media figures from more than 50 countries…

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs categorically accuses the Israeli occupation of exploiting international focus in Gaza to advance its agendas in Al-Aqsa. In a stern statement issued by the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,  Ramallah accused the Israeli government of exploiting the international concerns being geared towards the humanitarian crisis in Gaza to advance its agenda in Occupied East Al-Quds. Specifically, the statement speaks of attempts to seize control of Al-Aqsa Mosque. “Israel exploits the preoccupation with the genocidal war in the Gaza Strip and imposes Judaization measures against Al-Aqsa Mosque,” the MFA’s statement read. The ministry vehemently condemned the measures taken by…

The question of whether Hamas would be willing to recognise the state of Israel to achieve the goal of establishing a Palestinian state for Gaza and the West Bank is “meaningless at this point in time”, Hamas official Husam Badran says. “The real question that should be raised is why are Israelis continuing to wreak killings among our people and the destruction among all our properties – even mosques and places of worship, school buildings were not spared – denying water and food,” Badran told Al Jazeera. “These are the questions to be raised to the Israeli occupation forces, not…

The Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmad Aboul Gheit, said, today that the adoption of a resolution in the United Nations Security Council regarding the delivery of aid to the Gaza Strip came late, and is still far from what is expected to be achieved, which is a complete ceasefire. “Resolution No. 2272, which was adopted yesterday, Friday, is an attempt to prevent famine in the Gaza Strip and to save people, especially women and children, from a catastrophic situation, but it is not enough to stop Israel’s war machine, particular it does not include a ceasefire,” said the Arab…

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Türkiye has become the largest importer of Russian energy in the Western Hemisphere after European countries halted most Russian oil and natural gas imports, Reuters reported this week.

Russia has been added to Germany’s list of “non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes,” according to an announcement published in the Bundesanzeiger (Federal Gazette) earlier this week.