CAIRO (AA) – The Arab Parliament Saturday demanded international action to end Israel’s grab of Syrian territories. During a speech while presiding over a parliamentary session at the headquarters of the Arab League’s General Secretariat in Cairo, Muhammad Al-Yamahi, the president of the Arab Parliament, urged all Syrian parties to...
LONDON (AA) — More than 3,000 people gathered in central London on Saturday to honor the victims of Israel’s war on Gaza and demand that the UK Labour government withdraw support for Tel Aviv as it commits genocide. The emotional rally and vigil were marked by speeches, candlelight tributes, and a reading of names of […]
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Thousands of Moroccans staged solidarity protests in support of Gaza which has been enduring genocide and ethnic cleansing by Israel for over a year. The demonstrations, organized by the Moroccan Commission for Advocating the Nation’s Causes, a non-governmental group, were held after Friday prayers in multiple...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s parliament has approved the preliminary reading of a bill that would prohibit the return of the bodies of Palestinians killed while allegedly carrying out attacks against Israelis to their families. The bill mandates their burial in Israel’s “Cemetery for the Enemy’s Victims” or the “Cemetery o...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Director of Israel’s Mossad spy agency David Barnea held talks with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha to discuss a Gaza cease-fire and prisoner swap deal, Israeli media reported. Israeli news portal Walla said Barnea’s visit to Qatar was part of efforts to reach a deal with […]...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The family of Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, who was killed by Israel in the West Bank, will meet with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday, a family spokesperson confirmed to Anadolu on Wednesday. Family members, including her father Mehmet Suat Eygi, sister Ozden Bennett, and husband Hamid Ali, will als...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken was confronted by a Democratic lawmaker Wednesday while testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the continued flow of weapons to Israel, despite its war crimes in Gaza. Joaquin Castro, a representative from Texas, sharply criticized the “inhumane” actions by...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army Thursday morning killed at least 37 Palestinians in a series of airstrikes that targeted guards escorting aid trucks as well as homes sheltering displaced people across the war-torn Gaza Strip. A medical source told Anadolu that 15 Palestinians were killed and 30 others injured in two Israeli ...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution Wednesday reaffirming its support for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) and calling on Israel to ensure the agency’s uninterrupted operations. The resolution, stressing the urgent need for humanitarian aid, was adopted with 159 votes in favor, nine against ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A UN peacekeeping force has entered Khiam town in southern Lebanon to verify reports of Israeli troop withdrawal from the area. An engineering battalion from the UN peacekeeping mission UNIFIL moved into Khiam to inspect reports that the Israeli army had withdrawn from the town, the Lebanese state news agency NNA reported...