Category: 2. Middle East

Algeria and Mauritania yesterday discussed security developments in Africa and signed a defence cooperation agreement, Anadolu reported.

This came during a visit by Mauritanian Defence Minister Hanena Ould Sidi Ould Hane to Algeria, according to a statement from the Algerian Ministry of Defence.

The statement said Algerian Defence Minister Said Chengriha met with his Mauritanian counterpart to discuss “security developments in North Africa and the African…

At least one civilian was killed as US warplanes carried out more than 20 air strikes on the provinces of Sana’a and Al-Jawf in northern Yemen late yesterday, the Palestinian Information Centre reported Yemeni media saying.

Al-Masirah satellite channel reported on X that a US aerial attack targeting Al-Nahda neighbourhood in Al-Thawra district in the capital Sana’a killed a citizen.

The channel also reported 14 US air strikes on Al-Hafa area in the…

An Israeli soldier held captive in Gaza has made a desperate plea to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, demanding his release after more than 15 months of what he described as “hell and endless pain.,” the Palestinian Information Centre has reported.

In a video released on Wednesday by Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement, Baron Barslavsky, 21, appealed directly to the Israeli leadership: “My blood is on your…

UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi met the head of Iran’s atomic energy agency, Mohammad Eslami, on Thursday ahead of a fresh round of nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington.

Iranian and US delegations are to gather in Rome on Saturday for a second round of Omani-mediated negotiations, a week after the longtime foes held their highest-level talks since US President Donald Trump abandoned a landmark nuclear accord in 2018.

There were no immediate details on Grossi’s meeting with…

UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said Thursday that Iran and the United States were running out of time to secure a deal as they prepare to hold fresh nuclear talks this weekend.

Iranian and US delegations are to gather in Rome on Saturday for a second round of Omani-mediated negotiations, a week after the longtime foes held their highest-level talks since US President Donald Trump abandoned a landmark nuclear accord in 2018.

“We are in a very crucial stage of these important…

Clashes broke out between police and protesters in the town of Mezzouna, in Tunisia’s Sidi Bouzid Governorate, following public anger over the recent death of three students after a school wall collapsed, sources informed Al-Quds Al-Arabi.

A local activist, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed that several demonstrators were taken to hospital yesterday evening after sustaining serious injuries and suffering from tear gas inhalation, allegedly due to…

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry summoned the Lebanese ambassador to Baghdad on Wednesday to express “discomfort” with remarks made by Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun regarding the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF).

“We will not replicate the Popular Mobilisation Forces’ experience in integrating Hezbollah into the army, nor will it be allowed to form an independent unit within the military,” Aoun told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed earlier on Wednesday.

“The PMF is…

Hamas  is ready to negotiate a comprehensive deal once and for all, leading to a permanent ceasefire, a member of the movement’s political bureau said yesterday.

Basem Naim said: “The movement is ready to negotiate a comprehensive deal once and for all, leading to a permanent ceasefire, a complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip, the opening of the crossings, and reconstruction, in exchange for a serious and honourable prisoner exchange.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin met a Russian-Israeli man freed by the Palestinian militant group Hamas after more than a year in captivity and promised to help free other hostages.

The Kremlin leader thanked Hamas for releasing the man and said it was the result of Russia’s strong relations with the Palestinian people.

“Thank God you are alive and well and you are here,” Putin told Alexander Trufanov, 29, late Wednesday. Trufanov said he had been held prisoner for 498 days.

Trufanov,…