Baghdad, Iraq – AFP Rockets were fired late Sunday from northern Iraq at a military base in Syria housing a US-led coalition, according to Iraqi security forces. In response, the Iraqi forces launched a major search operation in northern Nineveh province and found the vehicle used in the attack, they said in a statement. It […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP Gaza’s civil defence said Sunday health workers had uncovered at least 50 bodies of people killed and buried by Israeli forces at a hospital in the southern city of Khan Yunis. In a statement to AFP, the civil defence agency said the remains were discovered in the courtyard of Nasser Medical […]
Tehran, Iran – AFP Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praised the country’s armed forces for their “success” in his first public comments since Tehran launched an unprecedented direct attack on Israel. In a meeting with Iranian military commanders on Sunday, Khamenei praised the armed forces for their &#...
Hebron, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian teenagers in the occupied West Bank Sunday, the Palestinian health ministry said. The incident, after numerous deaths during an Israeli raid further north in the Palestinian territory, added to a two-year surge of violence in the West Bank that has accelerated...
Tulkarem, Palestinian Territories – AFP The Palestinian Red Crescent said Saturday at least 14 people had been killed in an Israeli raid on Nur Shams refugee camp in the north of the occupied West Bank. The Israeli army said troops had killed 10 militants during the operation, which it said started on Thursday. AFP journalists […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least nine children among 16 Palestinians were killed on Sunday in Israeli bombing targeting several homes east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. “At least 16 Palestinian citizens, including nine children, were killed at dawn today (Sunday) in a series of Israeli aerial and artillery strikes targeting se...
Washington, United States – AFP Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives passed legislation Saturday to provide key aid to Israel and Ukraine, and bolster Taiwan while also threatening a ban on TikTok if it fails to divest from Beijing. A total of $13 billion in military assistance has been allocated for America’s historic ally...
ANKARA (AA) – Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has stressed the need to open Israeli crossings with the besieged Gaza Strip. “We demand that the six Israeli crossings with Gaza be opened to humanitarian aid,” said Shoukry in a joint news conference with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Istanbul. The Egyptian official stresse...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has said that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories is one of the primary causes of instability in the Middle East region. “The occupation of Palestinian territories by Israel and the unconditional support of the West for this are one of the main reasons for the instability ...
ANKARA (AA) – At least one member of the Hashd al-Shaabi militia group was killed and eight others were injured on Saturday in an explosion that targeted its headquarters in the Babil province in central Iraq. In a statement, the Iraqi Security Media Cell said one member of the Hashd al-Shaabi group was killed, while […]