West Asia
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Palestinian youth dies of injuries sustained by Israeli gunfire in West Bank
Jan 29, 2023 15:09A young Palestinian man has succumbed to the wounds he suffered days earlier after Israeli military forces carried out a raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.
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Israel stepping up armed crackdown on Palestinians following retaliatory attack in al-Quds
Jan 29, 2023 14:05Israel has announced plans to provide illegal settlers with firearms and weapons in response to the recent retaliatory operations by Palestinians, which killed at least seven illegal settlers in the occupied al-Quds, amid escalating violence in the occupied territories.
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Israeli forces kill Palestinian youth over alleged shooting attempt in West Bank
Jan 29, 2023 13:53Israeli forces have shot and martyred a young Palestinian man over an alleged shooting attempt in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, amid occupying regime’s new round of violence resulting in significant escalations across the occupied territories.
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Syria strongly rejects OPCW's 'misleading report' on alleged 2018 chemical attack
Jan 29, 2023 09:08The Syrian Foreign Ministry has categorically rejected a report by the chemical weapons watchdog, accusing Damascus of an alleged 2018 chemical attack against its own people.
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Thousands of protesters hold fresh anti-Netanyahu rallies in Tel Aviv
Jan 29, 2023 09:03Tens of thousands of protesters have held a massive rally again in Tel Aviv in the Occupied Territories against Benjamin Netanyahu's planned judicial reforms, which they say aim to weaken the regime's Supreme Court in favor of the Israeli prime minister and his extremist cabinet.
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Israeli soldiers open direct fire at Palestinian journalists near West Bank city of Nablus
Jan 29, 2023 08:58Israeli forces have opened direct fire on Palestinian journalists in the flashpoint town of Beita, near the West Bank city of Nablus, as tensions continue to escalate in the Occupied Territories.
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Turkish-Swedish talks on NATO bid suspended over row with Ankara
Jan 29, 2023 08:20Sweden has canceled talks with Turkey on Stockholm’s bid for membership of NATO, of which Turkey is an old member, amid an escalation of tensions between the two countries.
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Irish MEP criticizes EU’s silence on Israeli crimes against Palestinians
Jan 28, 2023 16:13An independent Irish member of the European Parliament has criticized the European Union (EU) for its silence on Israeli crimes, as the Tel Aviv regime continues to commit atrocities against Palestinians across the Occupied Territories.
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Report: Two Israeli settlers wounded in ‘shooting operation’ near al-Quds
Jan 28, 2023 14:26Palestinian media say at least two Israeli settlers have been shot and wounded outside the occupied Old City of al-Quds, in the latest retaliatory operation against the occupying regime’s new round of violence.
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Qur’an burning amounts to declaration of war against Muslim world, Ansarullah chief says
Jan 28, 2023 14:21The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement has severely censured the desecration of the holy Qur’an by a far-right Swedish-Danish politician in Stockholm and Copenhagen, terming the sacrilegious move as a declaration of war against the Muslim world.