Syria’s Sharaa meets Bahrain king on Gulf trip
Manama, Bahrain - Bahrain's King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa on Sunday welcomed Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, Bahraini state media...Geostrategy
Iran top diplomat to visit Saudi, Qatar before Trump tour
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will visit Saudi Arabia and Qatar on Saturday, his ministry said, days before US President...Geostrategy
Israeli strikes knock out Damascus, Aleppo airports: Syria state media
While Israeli strikes have repeatedly caused the grounding of flights at the government-controlled airports in the capital Damascus and the...The military source said the "simultaneous" strikes came "from the direction of the Mediterranean west of Latakia and from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan"
Last weekend, Israeli strikes targeted Aleppo airport, wounding five people, a war monitor reported, also putting it out of service, according to the authorities
Russia seeks new Security Council meeting on Gaza war
It has repeatedly called for talks on ending the conflict, which has risked undermining its growing ties with Iran and...Russia convened a meeting on the war on Monday but its ceasefire resolution failed due to opposition
More than 3,700 Palestinians, mainly civilians, have been killed across the Gaza Strip in relentless Israeli bombardments
India dispatches 38.5 tonnes of humanitarian aid for Gaza
New Delhi, India--India on Sunday flew 38.5 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Egypt's Sinai region for Palestinian civilians from the...According to Indian foreign ministry, a plane loaded with 6.5 tonnes of medical aid and 32 tonnes of disaster relief material was dispatched for the people of Palestine
The aid included essential life-saving medicines, surgical items, tents, sleeping bags, tarpaulins, sanitary utilities, and water purification tablets
Iraq airbase hosting US troops hit by suicide drone
Since Wednesday, three Iraqi bases used by US-led coalition troops have been targeted in five separate attacks -- Ain al-Assad,...A statement issued on Telegram channels used by pro-Iranian armed groups said the attack was carried out by a group calling itself the Islamic Resistance in Iraq
A second Iraqi security source told the attack had involved two suicide drones, "the first was intercepted and the second crashed because of a technical problem," source said
Mediation will lead to Hamas hostage releases very soon: Qatar
Berlin, Germany--Qatar, a key power in the efforts to release hostages seized by Hamas from Israel, believes they can be released...A Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman told a German newspaper that hostages can be released very soon "thanks to ongoing discussions"
On Friday evening two American hostages were released by Hamas in Gaza, with Doha's mediation playing a key role in their freedom
Nearly 100,000 in pro-Palestinian march in London: police
Demonstrators held signs reading "Freedom for Palestine", "Stop Bombing Gaza" and "End Israeli Apartheid". Many waved Palestinian flags and some...The London march brought traffic at the Marble Arch landmark to a standstill, and police said almost 100,000 had attended
Thousands also marched in cities across Spain including the capital Spain, Barcelona, Zaragoza and San Sebastien
US urges parties to keep Rafah crossing open for aid into Gaza
Saturday's was the first such delivery since the war broke out two weeks ago between Israel and Hamas, which rules...Antony Blinken earlier urged "all parties to keep the Rafah crossing open to enable the continued movement of aid"
President Joe Biden said that US diplomatic efforts were continuing to allow for Americans to safely leave the territory
UN chief exhorts end to ‘godawful nightmare’ in Gaza
Antonio Guterres addressed a Cairo summit and pleaded for a "humanitarian ceasefire" in the war between Israel and Hamas fighters...Arab diplomats attending Summit for Peace in Egypt's capital described it as fruitless
The UN chief said Palestinians need a continuous delivery of aid "at the scale that is needed"
Israeli army-Hezbollah exchange fire on Israel-Lebanon border
Jerusalem - Casualties were reported along the Israel-Lebanon border on Saturday as the army traded fire with Iran-backed group Hezbollah...In Lebanon, Hezbollah said one of its fighters had been killed while in Israel, two Thai farm workers were wounded, emergency services said.
In southern Lebanon, at least 23 people have been killed. Most have been combatants, but at least four civilians have also been killed.
US welcomes aid in Gaza, urges parties to keep Rafah crossing open
Washington, US - The United States on Saturday welcomed the arrival of aid trucks from Egypt in the war-torn Gaza Strip,...US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged all parties to keep the Rafah crossing open to enable the movement of aid that is required for people of Gaza.
The opening of the supply route came after days of intense negotiations and an agreement reached by US President Joe Biden with Israeli Prime Minister
