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19 Palestinians, including children, assassinated by Israeli forces in less than a month: UN report
Dec 18, 2022 04:46The United Nations says the year 2022 remains the deadliest year for Palestinians in the West Bank since 2005, with 19 people being martyred at the hands of Israeli forces in the Occupied Territories in less than a month.
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Israeli settler murders two Palestinian brothers in car-ramming attack near Nablus
Dec 18, 2022 04:36An Israeli settler has run over two Palestinian brothers near the city of Nablus in the north of the occupied West Bank, martyring one and fatally injuring another before fleeing the scene.
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US Navy names assault ship after operations that killed hundreds of Iraqi civilians
Dec 17, 2022 10:14The United States Navy has named a next-generation assault ship the USS Fallujah, almost two decades after the western Iraqi city was the scene of bloody battles that killed hundreds of civilians.
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Iraqis expel US embassy delegates from cultural event in commemoration of Lt. Gen. Soleimani, PMU deputy head
Dec 17, 2022 09:53Dozens of Iraqis have expelled a group of staffers from the US embassy as they sought to take part in a cultural event in commemoration of top Iranian anti-terror Commander Lt. General Qassem Soleimani and his Iraqi trenchmate Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were assassinated in a US drone strike near Baghdad airport more than two years ago.
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Jordan protests: Amman pledges ‘tougher’ measures against rioting
Dec 17, 2022 09:38Jordan’s interior minister says the country will take tough steps and redeploy more anti-riot police to quell demonstrations against fuel price hikes.
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US senators call for sanctions to pressure Lebanon to form government
Dec 17, 2022 05:22In yet another case of blatant US intervention in Lebanon’s domestic affairs, top Republican and Democratic senators have called on the administration of US President Joe Biden to use sanctions to pressure Lebanese lawmakers to form a new government in the crisis-plagued Mediterranean country.
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Hamas demands mass mobilization to protect al-Aqsa Mosque against Israeli settlers’ raids
Dec 17, 2022 04:36The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has called upon Palestinians from all walks of life to mobilize en masse and increase their presence at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of al-Quds, and protect the sacred site against recurrent incursions by Israeli settlers.
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Hamas hails UN resolution in favor of Palestine’s self-determination
Dec 16, 2022 13:08The Palestinian Islamic resistance movement Hamas has welcomed a United Nations General Assembly resolution that affirms the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and ends the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territory.
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Netanyahu eyeing normalization with Saudi Arabia amid increased raids on Palestinians
Dec 16, 2022 12:59Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has pushed for the normalization of relations with Saudi Arabia, claiming such a move could end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
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Top police officer killed, two wounded in fuel price protests in Jordan
Dec 16, 2022 11:44A senior police officer has been killed and two other officers sustained injuries during clashes with demonstrators in the southern Jordanian Province of Ma’an, as protests over high fuel prices have spread to several cities across the kingdom.