ANKARA (AA) – Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met on Monday with Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha to discuss the bloc’s vision to promote Islamic solidarity and joint Islamic action. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the 11th session of the Islamic Conference of Tourism Ministers ...
JARABLUS, Syria (AA) – At least five civilians were injured in two separate car bomb blasts in the Jarablus district of northern Syria on Monday. According to preliminary information, terrorists detonated two vehicles filled with explosives simultaneously in Tal Ali and Salja villages in the district, which was liberated from ISIS/Daesh terror...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh has called on Lebanon to “positively” consider the humanitarian rights of Palestinian refugees in the country. Speaking to reporters following talks with Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati, Haniyeh said the discussions took up the humanitarian conditions of refugees in camps ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Palestinian Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Fadi al-Hidmi has termed the government of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett as the “most dangerous” to Jerusalem. The Knesset (Israel’s parliament) is set to vote on Monday on a bill to dissolve itself and go to early elections in preparation for the formation of a n...
PARIS (AA) – France has called on oil-producing countries to increase their production “exceptionally” and to carry forward negotiations to allow the return of oil from Iran and Venezuela back on the market to overcome the energy crisis, local media reported. On the sidelines of the G7 summit in Elmau in Germany, a French presidency [&he...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye will start new military operations as soon as preparations on the Syrian border are completed, the Turkish president has announced. After chairing a Cabinet meeting in the capital Ankara, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Türkiye’s “anti-terror” operations in Iraq are continuing successfully. About the upco...
Temanggung, Indonesia – AFP As Indonesian President Joko Widodo led Anthony Albanese around the lush gardens of a presidential palace south of Jakarta earlier this month, he presented the new Australian prime minister with an unusual gift: a bamboo bike. The night before, designer Singgih Susilo Kartono learned it would be the Spedagi mo...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas said Monday the health of an Israeli soldier in its captivity has deteriorated. “We announce a deterioration in the health of one of the enemy prisoners in captivity,” Abu Obeida, a spokesman for the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said on Telegram. He said [&...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Negev Summit Steering Committee convened Monday in the Bahraini capital Manama with the participation of Israeli, Arab and American officials. Alon Ushpiz, Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, posted photos from inside the meeting. “Working together to translate the full potential of the Abraham Acc...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye on Monday denounced “one-sided sanctions” on Iran, and voiced hopes for the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal. “We have been against one-sided sanctions on Iran and do not approve those sanctions,” Mevlut Cavusoglu told a joint press conference with Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdolla...
