On Tuesday, a Palestinian who opened fire killing five Israelis was shot dead near Tel Aviv. The attack brought the number of people killed in the past two weeks to 11, making it one of the deadliest periods in Israel in several years. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned of a “wave of murderous Arab […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US sanctioned an Iranian national and his network of companies Wednesday on charges of aiding Iran’s ballistic missile program. Mohammad Ali Hosseini used his network to procure items for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Research and Self Sufficiency Jihad Organization, which is responsible for T...
BAGHDAD (AA) – The Iraqi Parliament on Wednesday failed to elect the country’s new president for the second time in less than a week. A scheduled voting session failed to be held due to lack of quorum after dozens of lawmakers boycotted the meeting. Only 200 members of the 329-seat parliament attended Wednesday’s session, according […]...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli army forces early Wednesday detained 23 Palestinians, including a woman, in raids in the occupied West Bank, according to a Palestinian NGO. The detention campaign targeted the cities of Qalqilya, Jenin, Nablus, Ramallah and Bethlehem, the Asra Media Office said in a statement. In a related development,...
RIYADH (AA) – Intra-Yemeni talks started on Wednesday in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, under the auspices of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). “Today’s talks are closely followed up by all Yemenis, amid hopes to reach a solution between rivals,” GCC Secretary-General Nayef al-Hajraf told the opening session of the talks. “A peaceful solut...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz met Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman on Tuesday to discuss Palestinian developments, according to the Royal Court. The Jordanian monarch underlined the importance of removing restrictions to freedom of worship during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, due to start early April, the R...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli President Isaac Herzog will visit Jordan on Wednesday for talks with King Abdullah II, according to Israeli media. Herzog will visit Amman upon an invitation from the Jordanian monarch to discuss “deepening Israeli-Jordanian relations, maintaining regional stability with an emphasis on the upcoming holiday ...
JERUSALEM – The ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack that left two Israeli police officers dead in the central city of Hadera the other day. The claim came in a statement released by the group’s Amaq news agency. Two gunmen had opened fire on police and passers-by in Hadera on the evening of March […]
JERUSALEM – Israel will appoint a military attache to the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, according to an Israeli diplomat. “Israel will appoint a military attache to the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain,” Eitan Naeh, Tel Aviv’s Ambassador in Manama, told Israeli Army Radio, adding that the move “will happen soo...
JERUSALEM – The Negev summit between the foreign ministers of Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Morocco, Israel and the United States kicked off on Monday in southern Israel. Meanwhile, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh criticized the six-party summit, saying that such gatherings were a “free reward” ...
