Author: Steven Sahiounie

Speakers at the final panel, which bears the title of this year’s theme, Building Shared Futures, have again drawn attention to the situation in Gaza and the importance of saving Palestinian lives. Omar Suleyman, founder and president of the Yaqeen Institute, said he thinks the United States’s stance will go down as a moment in history in which it “failed every single claim” that it has made about where it stands in the world. “We are seeing a rise in anti-Palestinian bigotry that has led to the murder of a six-year-old child and the shooting of young students for simply wearing a…

According to a report by The Economist, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken informally notified “Israel” during his last visit that the war should be over in the Gaza Strip by the beginning of 2024, even though both the US and “Israel” deny the presence of any deadline designated by the White House. The report added that the US is demanding that “Israel” minimize civilian casualties in the Strip. However, Steven Cook, senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, expressed earlier this month that not only is the US change of tone “not substantive”, but if the occupation…

During a phone call with Hamas and other Palestinian factions, Russia ’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov demanded the release of captives held in Gaza, the Foreign Ministry said. The statement followed a series of meetings and calls between President Putin and Middle Eastern leaders, including Israeli PM Netanyahu. On Sunday, Netanyahu voiced his displeasure with “anti-Israel positions” taken by Moscow’s envoys at the UN after Russia backed a UN Security Council resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire. Since the war broke out following the October 7 Hamas attack, Russia has increasingly been more critical of Israel and its conduct…

Marie-Aure Perreaut, emergency coordinator at Doctors Without Borders, has spoken to Al Jazeera from inside al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza. She said the organisation’s services in the war-torn enclave are extremely limited. “The healthcare system is completely collapsed at the moment. It is difficult for us to keep up with the constant influx of the wounded,” she said. “On top of this, it’s extremely difficult for the colleagues to be coming through the ER because they are the ones who are being wounded. Just about an hour ago, one of our colleagues came to the ER badly injured together with…

Prime Minister Hussein Arnous met with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and discussed bilateral relations and issues of common interest. Arnous pointed to what was accomplished during the meetings of the Syrian-Iranian Joint Higher Committee, including the signing of important agreements and memorandums of understanding in the context of developing and boosting bilateral cooperation in various fields, especially on the economic level. The Prime Minister pointed out the Israeli attacks on Syrian lands and the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people, and said, “The silence of the international community regarding the crimes of the occupying entity has encouraged “Israel” to…

More than 49,500 people have been wounded CAIRO, December 10. /TASS/. The death toll from the escalation of the conflict in the Gaza Strip has exceeded 15,200, Gaza’s health ministry said. “The number of those killed as a result Israel’s aggression in the Gaza Strip has climbed up to nearly 18,000,” the Al Jazeera television channel quoted the ministry’s spokesman as saying. More than 49,500 people have been wounded. On November 22, Hamas announced an agreement with Israel, which was brokered by Egypt and Qatar, on a four-day humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip, which took effect on November 24. The deal stipulated…

The publication specifies that the Israel Occupation Forces has only a few weeks left to achieve success in the Gaza Strip before Tel Aviv’s key ally reduces the military support that the IDF critically needs LONDON, December 11. /TASS/. The US has informed Israel that its military operation in the Gaza Strip should end before the arrival of the new year, The Economist writes, citing sources. According to the publication, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered the message to the Israeli authorities during his recent visit to the country. The Economist also said that US President Joe Biden’s administration is demanding…

The Yemeni Armed Forces have blocked the passage of a merchant vessel bound for the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories as it was sailing in the Red Sea, after declaring a decision to block the passage of all ships heading toward Israeli ports in support of the Gaza Strip. Lebanon’s Arabic-language al-Mayadeen television news network, citing a statement released by Yemen’s Defense Ministry, reported on Sunday that “a proper interaction was carried out with the ship, but it did not pay heed to our warnings.” The statement added that the vessel was subsequently “blocked from passing through and was forced to turn…

A senior Iranian Army commander says Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip are a sign of the regime’s weakness and decay. “Now, the Zionist regime (Israel) is in a position of weakness and collapse and the presence of media has revealed all the realities on the ground and nothing is hidden from anyone,” Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, deputy chief of the Iranian Army for Coordination, told Mehr news agency. He urged the self-styled advocates of human rights to pay heed to Israel’s ongoing atrocities against the oppressed and defenseless people of Gaza. The Israeli regime would have…

Thousands of Bosnians and Serbians have held pro-Palestine rallies in solidarity with the people of Gaza amid the months-long brutal Israeli attacks on the besieged territory. On Sunday, pro-Palestine protesters gathered in the center of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo in sub-zero temperatures, holding banners and chanting slogans such as “Stop the genocide” and “Free Palestine”, demonstrating their support for the people of Gaza. They were carrying banners with the slogan “Yesterday Srebrenica, today Gaza,” referring to the genocidal massacre that occurred 28 years ago and took the lives of 8,000 Bosnian Muslims in and around the eastern Bosnian town of…