Palestinians rallied in the Gaza Strip Monday protesting statements by French Premier Jean Castex declaring Jerusalem as “the eternal capital of the Jewish people.” Castex spoke Friday during a gala dinner hosted by the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions. Palestinian protesters in response waved a banner reading, “Jerusalem i...
KHAN YOUNIS, PALESTINE: Palestinians staged a rally in the Gaza Strip on Monday to protest statements by French Prime Minister Jean Castex in which he declared Jerusalem “the eternal capital of the Jewish people.” “Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Palestine,” read a banner waved by protesters during the rally organized by Hamas ...
Turkish security forces claim to have “neutralized” five PKK members in northern Syria and Iraq across Turkiye’s border. The Turkish National Defense Ministry stated that four of the militants had opened ‘harassing fire’ on the Operation Peace Spring zone in northern Syria. Since 2016, Turkiye has launched a trio ...
The Tunisian Coast Guard rescued nine migrants and recovered the bodies of nine others after their boat capsized off the coast, the Tunisian Defense Ministry said on Monday. Marine security units rescued the African migrants, whose boat capsized 18 kilometers (11.1 miles) off the coast of the central-eastern city of Mahdia, said a ministry sta...
Eleven people have died in a fire in the Syrian capital, Damascus. According to an Interior Ministry statement, the blaze broke out at a commercial facility in central Damascus. Mohamed Abul Reish of the Damascus Hospital said an additional seven burned bodies were admitted to the hospital. Investigations have been launched to determine the ca...
On Friday, Palestinians marked the 28th anniversary of the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre. Following the brutal killings, Israeli authorities imposed military rule on the West Bank city of Hebron, affecting the religious, social and economic life of residents. On Feb. 25, 1994, during the dawn prayer and during the month of Ramadan, hundreds of Pal...
Jamal Khashoggi’s Turkish fiancee told AFP that Turkey must keep insisting on justice for the slain Saudi critic, even as ties between Turkey and Saudi Arabia improve. Khashoggi’s grisly 2018 killing inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul worsened already rocky relations between the two countries. Hatice Cengiz HATEE JAY CHEN GAYZ was waiting...
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has signed a decree confiscating digital currencies which he said were intended to support the Palestinian group Hamas. In a statement, the Defense Ministry said Gantz “signed an order to confiscate digital currencies amounting to 10.000 shekels ($3000) from 12 digital accounts.” According to the statement,...
At least two civilians were killed on Sunday by an attack on a school in Idlib province of Syria. The Syrian regime attack killed the headmaster of a kindergarten located in Afis village. Another civilian died in the attack, which left at least three teachers wounded. Syria has been ravaged by a civil war since […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli authorities on Sunday ordered the demolition of three Palestinian-owned homes and a structure in the occupied West Bank, according to a local activist. Ibrahim Awad said Israeli forces raided Al-Walaja village, west of Bethlehem city, and informed the owners of three under-construction homes and a barn about ...
