Category: 2. Middle East

Egypt will host a meeting between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, today, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

According to the statement, Egyptian Foreign Minister, Badr Abdelaty, will hold separate meetings with Araghchi, followed by another Grossi, after which the three officials will meet together.

On Saturday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson…

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) completely demolished the Noura Al-Kaabi Dialysis Hospital yesterday evening, the only medical facility providing kidney dialysis in northern Gaza, the Palestinian Information Centre reported.

The hospital had served dozens of patients from the areas of Beit Lahia, Beit Hanoun, Jabalia, and Umm Al-Nasr village. Before its destruction, the hospital had already suffered repeated Israeli strikes, which damaged nearly all of its…

Yemen’s armed forces said yesterday that they had launched a hypersonic ballistic missile towards Ben Gurion International Airport outside Tel Aviv in central Israel, which was reportedly intercepted by Israeli defence systems earlier in the day, the Palestinian Information Centre reported.

The missile launch, which was in response to Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, activated air raid sirens across large areas of central Israel, including Tel Aviv and…

Hamas strongly condemned remarks made by US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, who suggested that a Palestinian state be established on part of French territory — an apparent response to France’s support for recognising a Palestinian state, the Palestinian Information Centre reported.

In an official statement issued yesterday, Hamas described Huckabee’s comments as a “blatant mockery” of the legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people and a…

A Lebanese citizen was killed and another was injured yesterday in two attacks carried out by Israeli drones. The strikes targeted two towns in southern Lebanon as part of the ongoing Israeli violations of the ceasefire in Lebanon, the Palestinian Information Centre reported.

According to Lebanon’s official National News Agency, an Israeli drone targeted a motorcycle with a guided missile on the Arnon–Shaqif road, killing a Lebanese citizen.

Earlier,…

In a show of support for Palestine, fans of the French club Paris Saint-Germain raised a banner calling for an end to the massacres in the Gaza Strip during the team’s match against Inter Milan in the Champions League final on Saturday.

During the match, a large banner raised by PSG fans read, “Stop the genocide in Gaza”.

A powerful message from PSG fans during tonight’s Champions League final.

“Stop the genocide in Gaza”

Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said yesterday that what is happening in the Gaza Strip in terms of displacement and violations has gone beyond all acceptable limits, asking: “I don’t know what more we need to witness—displacement and violations—to sound the alarm about what is happening in Gaza.”

In remarks reported by Euronews, Prevot stated that Belgium has decided to adopt a harsher tone towards Israel, accusing it of causing famine inside…

UN chief Antonio Guterres called Monday for an independent investigation into the killing of dozens of Palestinians near a US-backed aid centre in Gaza after rescuers blamed the deaths on Israeli fire and the military denied any involvement.

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli gunfire killed at least 31 people and wounded 176 near the aid distribution site in the southern city of Rafah, with AFP photos showing civilians at the scene carting away bodies and medics at nearby hospitals…

The flag carrier of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will resume flights to the Syrian capital Damascus as of next month.

Emirates said in a statement today that its first flight to Damascus will take off on 16 July.

The airline said that it will initially operate three flights weekly, with plans to increase to four weekly flights as of August.

The company said its decision to resume flights to Damascus came after a “thorough assessment conducted in…

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al-Saud said the Israeli government’s refusal to allow a delegation of Arab ministers into the occupied West Bank showed its “extremism and rejection of peace”, Reuters reports.

His statement came during a joint press conference in Amman with counterparts from Jordan, Egypt and Bahrain, after they met as part of an Arab contact group that was going to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in…