Author: Steven Sahiounie

The United Nations refugee chief has said that he foresees more displacement in the Middle East due to the conflict that has internally displaced 85 percent of Gaza’s population. “The events that have occurred in Israel and Gaza since October 7 are outside the mandate of UNHCR,” Filippo Grandi said at the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva. “Tragically, however, we foresee more civilian deaths and suffering and also further displacement that threatens the region.” Source: AlJazeera

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian made it clear for the Zionist regime and the US that they won’t be able to wipe out Hamas, because the resistance group has its roots in the People of Palestine. The top Iranian diplomat on Tuesday attended a high-level meeting on “the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, the universal declaration of human rights, and international humanitarian rights”, held at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva. Participants in the meeting shared their perspectives on the ongoing Palestinian crisis and deliberated on potential strategies to halt the brutal attacks by…

The Israeli occupation is igniting the region and pushing it towards an explosion that cannot be contained by continuing its brutal crimes against the Palestinian people, and its repeated attacks on Syrian and Lebanese lands, Acting Chargé d’affaires of the Permanent Delegation of Syria to the United Nations, Dr. al-Hakam Dandi has said. Dandi’s remarks came in a statement last night after the General Assembly adopted a draft resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip a large majority of 153 in favor and 10 against, with 23 abstentions. He noted that the General Assembly’s adoption by an overwhelming…

The media office of Gaza’s government has announced the killing of journalist Abdel Kareem Oudeh as a result of an Israeli attack. A tally by the non-profit Committee to Protect Journalists puts the number of journalists killed between October 7 and December 11 at 63, the vast majority of them in Gaza. Officials in Gaza say the toll is higher. Source:: aLJazeera

The US director of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says Washington has “failed to show compassion or leadership” by voting against the UNGA ceasefire resolution. “Today, the majority of the world stood together to demand an end to this bloodshed and suffering in Gaza,” Avril Benoit said, stressing the US position will “allow the carnage” in Gaza to continue. “The US is increasingly isolated in its steadfast support of a war that seems to have no rules and no limits.” Source: AlJazeera

“We hope that after the General Assembly, the UN Security Council will finally fulfil its obligations,” Vasily Nebenzya said Russia hopes that the United Nations Security Council will follow UN General Assembly’s lead and demand an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said. “We hope that after the General Assembly, the UN Security Council will finally fulfil its obligations. The more so as representatives of the United Arab Emirates have drafted and referred for consideration another document on expanding and monitoring humanitarian deliveries to Gaza,” he said at a special emergency…

Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Hussein al-Sheikh, said that the statements made by US President Joe Biden must ‘transform into actions,’ demanding him to call for an immediate ceasefire. “US President Biden’s statements yesterday must transform into actions, starting with calling for an immediate ceasefire and putting forward a comprehensive political plan based on international legitimacy and international law, ending the occupation and establishing an independent Palestinian state,” al-Sheikh said on a post he made he made on X, formerly known as Twitter. Biden said on Tuesday that Israel is losing support over its…

‘We aim to conclude evacuation of all our citizens from Gaza safety and as soon as possible,” says Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman says Since the start of the conflict in the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, Türkiye has evacuated a total of 1,047 people to safety, an official announced on Wednesday. The evacuees, including Turkish citizens, their family members, and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) citizens, were greeted by Turkish diplomats on the Egyptian side of the border crossing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Oncu Keceli said Wednesday on X. They first arrive in the capital Cairo by car before heading…

Four new Israeli warships have “sailed for the first time to the Red Sea”, the Israeli army has said in a post on social media. Israel deployed the new ships as a senior Houthi official in Yemen warned vessels in the Red Sea against navigating towards Israel. The deployment also follows a missile attack on a Norway-flagged tanker on Tuesday travelling in the narrow strait that links the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The new warships are part of Israel’s growing fleet of Sa’ar 6-class corvettes, which the Times of Israel reported earlier this year was “tasked with…

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators have urged Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Party to support a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and put an end to its arms sales to Israel. Media reports said on Wednesday that pro-Palestine demonstrators gathered outside Ottawa’s Shaw Centre to tell Trudeau that Canada’s vote on a Gaza ceasefire was “not enough” and the prime minister needed to take decisive action to stop the Israeli regime’s genocidal war on Gaza. Canada voted in favor of a non-binding resolution at the United Nations on Tuesday that calls for “an immediate humanitarian ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas, in…