Category: 2. Middle East

Israeli forces launched a series of raids across the occupied West Bank early Saturday, arresting two Palestinians and damaging a bus transporting Hajj pilgrims in the northern city of Jenin, Anadolu reports.

A military vehicle rammed into the bus in front of the Jenin governorate building as it was preparing to depart en route to the Karama border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan.

The passengers, many of them elderly, were Palestinians on their way to…

Syrian Information Minister Hamza Al-Mustafa said Friday that indirect negotiations between Damascus and Tel Aviv are continuing, Anadolu reports.

He said talks remain in progress and Syria continues to uphold the 1974 disengagement agreement between Israeli and Syrian Forces.

Al-Mustafa, speaking at a news conference in Damascus after a Cabinet meeting chaired by President Ahmed al-Sharaa, said his government is working to revitalize its diplomatic presence…

Palestine is a demand for greater justice throughout the world, according to British academic Salman Sayyid from the University of Leeds, Anadolu reports.

Speaking to Anadolu at the Reorienting Resistance, the fourth Critical Muslim Studies conference in Istanbul, Sayyid emphasized that the event united academics and researchers from around the world.

Sayyid described the purpose of the conference as rethinking the knowledge produced about Islam and Muslims in…

An Arab ministerial delegation on Gaza has condemned Israel’s refusal to allow their visit to Ramallah as a “flagrant violation” of its responsibilities as an occupying power under international law, Anadolu reports.

In an official statement issued on Saturday, the delegation said Israel’s decision to prevent their visit to Ramallah reflects “the extent of the Israeli government’s arrogance, its disregard for international law, and its continued…

The foreign ministers of five Arab countries, who had planned to visit the occupied West Bank this weekend, condemned on Saturday Israel’s decision to block their trip.

The ministers condemned “Israel’s decision to ban the delegation’s visit to Ramallah (on Sunday) to meet with the president of the State of Palestine, Mahmud Abbas”, the Jordanian foreign ministry said.

Ministers from Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates had been expected to take part alongside Turkey…

The Israeli army carried out air strikes in Latakia and Tartus in northwestern Syria on Friday, targeting “storage facilities” containing “missiles,” resulting in one fatality and property damage, Anadolu reports.

An Israeli military statement said it “targeted components of surface-to-air missiles and weapon storage facilities containing coastal missiles,” on claims that those targets “posed a threat to international and Israeli maritime freedom of…

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan will lead a delegation representing the Arab-Islamic ministerial committee to visit Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Sunday as international efforts for Palestinian statehood intensify, Anadolu reports.

The Saudi-run Al-Arabiya television reported that Prince Faisal will lead the committee, tasked to mobilize international efforts to end the Israeli war on Gaza and create political horizon for ending…

US President Donald Trump was optimistic Friday when asked about the potential for concluding an agreement to end Israel’s war on the besieged Gaza Strip, as well as a long-elusive pact over Iran’s nuclear program, Anadolu reports.

“They’re very close to an agreement on Gaza, and we’ll let you know about it during the day or maybe tomorrow, and we have a chance of that,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “I think we have a chance of making a…

Illegal Israeli settlers on Friday set fire to Palestinian olive fields north of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, while establishing a new settlement outpost to the east, according to local media, Anadolu reports.

The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that illegal Israeli settlers set fire to olive groves in the Ras al-Deir area near Sinjil, with the extent of the damage being assessed.

Simultaneously, illegal Israeli settlers erected a…