Author: Steven Sahiounie

‘Latest developments in Israeli massacre in Gaza, efforts for cease-fire and permanent peace also discussed,’ says Türkiye’s Communications Directorate Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Monday discussed the ongoing Israeli attacks in Gaza. “During the meeting, the latest developments in Israel’s Gaza massacre, efforts for a cease-fire and permanent peace, and steps taken and to be taken to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza were discussed,” said a statement from Türkiye’s Communications Directorate. According to the statement, Erdogan emphasized that “Israel must be held accountable for the war crimes it has committed,”…

The first group of Palestinians from the besieged Gaza Strip arrived for treatment on board a medical evacuation plane belonging to the Emiri Air Force, says Lolwah Al-Khater, Qatar’s minister of state for international cooperation. “Yesterday, His Highness the Emir of the State of Qatar … directed an initiative to treat 1,500 Palestinian brothers injured as a result of the aggression on the Gaza Strip, in addition to sponsoring 3,000 children who lost their parents,” Al-Khater said on X. Source: AlJazeera

As two independent states with strategic relations, Iran and Cuba are on the same wavelength when it comes to countering the arrogance system and supporting Palestine, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said. A notable quality that independent countries, including Iran and Cuba, have in common is standing against the arrogance system and supporting the legitimate rights of the Palestinian nation, Raisi said in a meeting of the Iran-Cuba high-ranking delegations, held in Tehran on Monday. Hailing the strategic ties between Iran and Cuba, Raisi said there exist ample opportunities for the promotion of relations between the two countries, which would help counter…

Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said today that Israel, driven by the instinct of revenge, has cut off the lifeline to the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip in one of the bloodiest military campaigns against the Palestinian people since the 1948 Nakba with more than 15,000 people killed and tens of thousands wounded. Speaking at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting held in Ramallah, the Prime Minister said that the Israeli machine of killing, destruction and genocide has resumed the killing of children, women and the elderly, devoid of reason, conscience and humanity. He said that United Nations data…

DUBAI: Energy company ACWA Power is getting closer to securing its first deal in China, the firm’s CEO Marco Arcelli told Arab News on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference. The Saudi-based firm has seen its ties with the Asian country grow in 2023, including signing seven cooperation agreements with various Chinese firms in October across multiple sectors, including solar energy, green hydrogen, and water desalination. Speaking from the COP28 forum in Dubai, Arcelli set out how the expansion into the Chinese market is part of the company’s plan to increase the value of its asset book to $250 billion, as it is…

DUBAI: The US has pledged $3 billion to the Green Climate Fund, Vice President Kamala Harris said in Dubai at the UN COP28 climate summit. The fund, with more than $20 billion in pledges, is the largest international fund dedicated to supporting climate action in developing countries. The latest pledge, which Reuters was first to report, would be additional to another $2 billion previously delivered by the US. Sources said the pledge was subject to the availability of funds. The politically divided US Congress needs to authorize the funding. Harris announced the pledge in her address to the summit. “Today I am…

GAZA: In southern Gaza’s Nasser Hospital, a young man cradled the lifeless body of his brother and then reached out to try to grab a medic running past him in the corridor. “My brother!” the man yelled out, crying and slapping the floor as others crowded around him, seeking treatment for their wounded and mourning their loved ones on Sunday, the third day of renewed warfare and Israeli bombardment. The hospital is one of only a handful operating in Khan Younis, a southern city that residents say is one of the focuses of the Israeli offensive that resumed on Friday after…

JEDDAH: Pope Francis said Sunday that he was saddened the truce in the Gaza Strip had been broken and urged those involved in the conflict to reach a new ceasefire deal as soon as possible. The pope’s appeal came as international concern deepened over the mounting civilian death toll in Gaza after a truce ended.Israeli forces bombed wide areas of the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, as civilians in the besieged territory sought shelter in an ever-shrinking area of the south.“There is so much suffering in Gaza,” the pontiff said in comments from his private…

JERUSALEM: Israel will hunt down Hamas in Lebanon, Turkiye and Qatar even if it takes years, the head of Israel’s domestic security agency Shin Bet said in a recording aired by Israel’s public broadcaster Kan on Sunday. It was unclear when Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar made the remarks or to whom.The agency itself declined to comment on the report.“The cabinet has set us a goal, in street talk, to eliminate Hamas. This is our Munich. We will do this everywhere, in Gaza, in the West Bank, in Lebanon, in Turkiye, in Qatar. It will take a few years but…

Intense Israeli air strikes hit the south of the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, including in areas where Israel had told people to seek shelter, residents and journalists on the ground said. Israeli troops and tanks also pressed the ground campaign against Hamas militants in the south of the enclave after having largely gained control of the now-devastated north. Early on Monday, Israel ordered Palestinians to leave parts of Gaza’s main southern city, Khan Younis. But residents said that areas which they had been told to go to were also coming under fire. Israel’s military…