New Dawn over Damascus: Residents reclaim Mount Qasyun after years of curbs under Assad’s rule
Mount Qasyun, once closed due to war, reopens as a vibrant community space where Damascus residents gather to reclaim joy,...Geostrategy
Israeli army says intercepted missile from Yemen before it entered Israeli territory
Jerusalem, Undefined - The Israeli army said Wednesday it intercepted a ballistic missile fired towards the country from Yemen.Air raid sirens...Geostrategy
Israel’s PM rejects Biden critique of war policy in Gaza
His comments came one day after Biden said Netanyahu "must pay more attention to the innocent lives being lost as...Netanyahu disputed the death toll issued by the health ministry in Gaza
He said his policies were "supported by the overwhelming majority of the Israelis"
Saudi king calls for end to ‘heinous crimes’ in Gaza
In his Ramadan message, King Salman while giving thanks for the blessings bestowed upon the kingdom said the war in...He exhorted the international community to put an end to 'these heinous crimes'
Gaza is in the midst of a spiralling humanitarian crisis after months of Israeli war
Iran agricultural, food exports hit US$5.5bn in 11 months
TEHRAN, IRAN – The Ministry of Industry, Mine, and Trade said that Iran exported fisheries, livestock, agricultural and food products...Iraq was the biggest importer of Iranian agricultural and food products worth US$1.7 billion.
The UAE was the second largest importer of Iranian agricultural and food products worth $675 million
GASTAT adopts chain-linking method to calculate Saudi Arabia’s real GDP
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – The General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) said in a press release it issued on Sunday that...The fourth quarter 2023 results and the annual results for the same year have been reached at by using the new methodology.
Saudi Arabia is the first country in the Gulf and Arab regions, and among the first G20 countries, to implement the chain-linking methodology.
Hizbollah fires dozens of rockets at Israel after deadly strikes
Hizbollah said it had fired dozens of rockets into northern Israel after Israeli strikes the day before left five dead...Meron is home to a major air control base that the Iran-backed group has targeted several times since the start of the year.
Hizbollah said it had acted "in response to Israeli attacks against villages in the south and the homes of civilians".
Netanyahu approach to Gaza war ‘hurting’ Israel, says Biden
With Gaza's humanitarian crisis growing more dire and Biden's left flank in uproar, the US president made contradictory remarks as...Israel's retaliatory operations in Gaza have killed more than 30,800 people,
Biden was evasive Saturday on the possibility of a new trip to Israel
Israel slams Canada, Sweden for resumption of UNRWA funding
Canada and Sweden announced over the weekend they were resuming funding for the cash-strapped UN agency, weeks after having suspended...Supporting UNRWA, which has been central to humanitarian efforts in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, was a "serious mistake", the Israeli foreign ministry said in a statement
The renewed aid, according to the Israeli statement, showed that Canada and Sweden had chosen "to ignore the involvement of UNRWA employees in terrorist activity
CIA, Mossad chiefs meet to ‘advance’ hostage release deal
Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said Israel was preparing for "all possible operational scenarios" during Ramadan, and that it plans...Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Mossad chief met Friday with the head of the CIA
Israel did not send a delegation to the latest round of truce talks in Cairo
Israelis demand Netanyahu ouster and hostage release
With t-shirts and banners featuring the names and pictures of hostages seized during Hamas's October 7 attack, the crowd demanded...Some protesters called for an immediate ceasefire, a position the government has rejected
A protestor said Netanyahu's government "cannot stay in power" after the October 7 attack
Israeli strike on a Lebanon house kills five, wounds nine
Lebanon's official National News Agency said the Israeli strike on a house in the Khirbet Selm area killed a family...The attack destroyed the house, wounding at least nine others who lived nearby
A Lebanese couple and their son were killed in an Israeli strike on Tuesday
