GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian groups on Saturday hailed the walkout of a Kuwaiti delegation from a conference in Bahrain because of Tel Aviv University. In a statement, Hamas spokesman Hazem Qasem said the Kuwaiti position reflects the Gulf state’s support to the Palestinian people. “This position shows Kuwait’s continuing supp...
Doha, Qatar Afghans who fled their country after the Taliban took over in August 2021 have denied rumours that they are living in miserable conditions. Afghans living in Doha’s Park View Villas insist that there is no way they will go back to their homeland. Although their future in Qatar is as of yet uncertain, […]
Lawyers for four families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem said Thursday Ottoman and Jordanian documents prevented Israeli’s top court from enforcing eviction orders. The Israeli Supreme Court decision was “unprecedented,” lawyers said. They added they will continue efforts to prove Palestinian families own the land...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A leading Syrian opposition figure has accused the West of “double standards” in dealing with the crises in Syria and Ukraine. Anas al-Abdah, who heads the Syrian Negotiation Commission, made the remarks during an interview with Anadolu Agency as Russia’s war on Ukraine enters its second week. “In Syria, there is a ...
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Salman said Thursday that his country looks at Israel as a “potential ally,” not as an enemy, if the Palestinian cause is to be resolved. Bin Salman spoke to the Atlantic magazine and was cited by the Saudi state-run SPA news agency, where he said before reaching that […]
DOHA (AA) – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani Wednesday discussed regional developments with General Kenneth McKenzie of the United States. A statement by the emir’s office, the Amiri Diwan, said talks with the commander of the US Central Command in Doha took up strategic relations between the two countries and developme...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkiye and Jordan said Wednesday that they will together devise a plan for the return of Syrian refugees to their country. Turkiye’s foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu held a joint news conference with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi in the capital Ankara after a meeting in which they discussed regional and bil...
ANKARA (AA) – Iran and the United Arab Emirates are developing closer bilateral ties while the UAE is also simultaneously cozying up with Israel. Experts consider these to be unprecedented and very significant developments. What makes it still more intriguing is that hostilities between the Emiratis and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen...
The Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association criticized U.S. media reporters’ use of the term “civilized” to describe Ukraine, and its people fleeing violence as those who don’t “look like refugees.” The organization said calling these new refugees and internally displaced persons as “civilized,” is a far cry from the treatment of refug...
Israeli soldiers attacked worshippers gathered to celebrate a Muslim holiday on Monday at Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. Fourteen Palestinians were wounded, including a child, and four were taken to a hospital for treatment, the Palestinian Crescent said. Israeli soldiers also detained at least 20 Palestinians. Al-Aqsa mosque is the third holie...
