GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday warned Israel that it would have to face devastating consequences if it resumed its policy of assassinating Palestinians. His media adviser Taher al-Nunu said the Hamas leader sent messages to several foreign leaders warning against any resumption of the assass...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army detained seven Palestinian students Tuesday who are studying at Birzeit University in the central occupied West Bank. The Asra Media Office, a Palestinian NGO that documents Israeli arrests, said the students are activists and heads of the Islamic Bloc, the Hamas group’s students’ w...
ALGIERS, Algeria – Algerian lawmakers have submitted a bill criminalizing normalization with Israel, including articles prohibiting travel or any direct or indirect contact with Tel Aviv. Youssef Ajesa, a lawmaker from the Movement of Society for Peace, introduced the bill to the parliament. The bill includes seven articles that aim to “...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Sandstorms across the Middle East have delayed flights, closed schools and hospitalised thousands — a phenomenon experts say could worsen as climate change warps regional weather patterns. Saudi Arabia became the latest country blanketed with dust that slowed traffic and made iconic towers in the capital diff...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanese group Hezbollah and its allies lost majority in the 128-seat parliament following this weekend’s general elections, according to official results announced by the interior minister on Tuesday. The final election results announced by Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi showed that no party secured the 64 seats neces...
DEIR-EZ-ZOR/AZAZ, Syria (AA) – A man who had been imprisoned in Syria and subjected to torture for three years says the Assad regime extorts money from families of prisoners. Mohammed Shilash, who is from the town of Sor in Deir Ez-Zor province, decided to leave the country to work in Lebanon in 2019 after his […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli police attacked the funeral procession for a Palestinian youth in occupied East Jerusalem Monday evening, according to witnesses. Clashes erupted between Israeli forces and Palestinian mourners near the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex during the funeral of a 23-year-old youth killed by Israeli gunfire last month, the...
BEIRUT, Lebanon – Allies of Lebanese group Hezbollah appear to have suffered losses in Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Lebanon, early results have shown. Unofficial results showed that Hezbollah and its Shiite ally Amal Movement have retained their seats in the 128-seat parliament. Hezbollah ally, the Free Patriotic Movement, however, won ...
BRUSSELS – The EU has announced €25 million (approximately $26 million) in humanitarian aid for vulnerable Palestinians in occupied West Bank. The financial assistance aims to counterbalance the rising energy and food prices exacerbated by the war in Ukraine that adds on the top of the economic crisis in the West Bank and Gaza, the […]...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Doctors in Saudi Arabia have successfully separated Yemeni conjoined twins after a “complicated” 15-hour operation. The baby boys, Yussef and Yassin, were “conjoined in several organs”, and some 24 doctors were involved in the operation to separate them. Yemen has been wrecked by a brutal se...
