West Asia

Prominent Bahraini rights activist arrested at UK airport after UN address on abuses

Sep 30, 2023 12:29

A prominent Bahraini activist says he was held at Gatwick Airport in London as he returned to the United Kingdom after addressing the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva about human rights abuses in the Persian Gulf island state.
Dozens of Palestinians injured as Israeli forces attack anti-settlement protests

Sep 30, 2023 07:45

Dozens of Palestinians have sustained injuries when Israeli forces used tear gas and gunfire to disperse weekly anti-settlement rallies in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
Qatar calls for Israeli nuclear facilities to be subjected to IAEA safeguards

Sep 30, 2023 06:53

Qatar has called for the Israeli regime's nuclear facilities to be subjected to the International Atomic Energy Agency's safeguards amid Tel Aviv's ongoing snub of international nuclear regulations.
Israeli forces kill Hamas member during West Bank ambush

Sep 30, 2023 06:44

The Israeli regime's forces have fatally wounded a member of the Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas during an ambush in the central part of the occupied West Bank.
Yemenis mark birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (SAWA)

Sep 28, 2023 12:50

Yemenis have taken to the streets in a number of provinces to mark the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (blessings of God upon him and his progeny) with a powerful message.
Jenin refugee camp 'stronghold of resistance'

Sep 28, 2023 09:13

For decades, Jenin refugee camp in north of the occupied West Bank has been seen by Palestinians as a stronghold of the resistance against the Israeli aggression.
Hamas: Israel’s acts of terror will not demoralize Palestinian nation

Sep 27, 2023 13:55

The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has denounced the latest Israeli airstrikes against its positions in the besieged Gaza Strip, stressing that the Palestinian nation will resolutely continue their struggle against the occupying regime.
Houthi: Yemen will use all legal means to end Saudi-led war if peace talks fail

Sep 27, 2023 08:39

The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement says the Sana’a-based National Salvation Government will employ all available legal means to end the Saudi-led aggression and occupation of the Arab country in case the ongoing talks in Riyadh fail to bear any fruit.
UAE seeking to obstruct Saudi-Yemen peace talks: Report

Sep 27, 2023 08:30

The United Arab Emirates has been trying to hinder the negotiations between Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement and Saudi Arabia aimed at bringing an end to the Riyadh-led coalition’s war on the Arab world’s poorest nation.
Envoy calls on US, Europe to end ‘economic terrorism’ against Syria

Sep 27, 2023 08:22

Syria has called for the lifting of sanctions imposed by the United States and its European allies on other countries, describing them as “economic terrorism,” which must end.