Category: 2. Middle East

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan arrived Saturday in Spain for meetings about the Gaza Strip, Anadolu reports.

The Saudi Foreign Ministry said bin Farhan arrived in Madrid for the “expanded meeting of the ministerial committee assigned by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit regarding developments in the Gaza Strip, the Madrid Group, and several European countries.”

It is set to discuss “developments in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, along…

Simon Harris, Ireland’s tanaiste (deputy prime minister) and minister of foreign affairs, trade, and defense, announced on Saturday that the country will move forward with legislation suspending trade with Israeli firms based in the occupied Palestinian territories, Anadolu reports.

In a post on X, Harris said the Irish government will seek a formal decision on the legislation on Tuesday, and he hopes that the Committee on Foreign Affairs will begin reviewing…

Syria’s new authorities have agreed to help the United States locate and return Americans who went missing in the war-ravaged country, a US envoy said on Sunday, in another sign of thawing bilateral ties.

The announcement came a day after the United States formally lifted sanctions on Syria, ending more than a decade of diplomatic freeze.

Relations have steadily improved since former president Bashar al-Assad was overthrown in an Islamist-led offensive in December.

“The new Syrian government…

The Gaza Civil Defense announced the death of 4-year-old Mohammed Mustafa Yassin due to malnutrition amid the ongoing siege and continued Israeli starvation policy, Anadolu reports.

Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal said in a video statement: “Mohammed Yassin died from hunger, a direct result of the occupation’s prevention of food and medical aid from entering Gaza.”

“Mohammed was not the first child, and the fear has become a certainty that he…

Thousands of people gathered in Stockholm, Paris, and Berlin on Saturday to protest their governments’ silence on Israel’s occupation and ongoing military offensives in the Gaza Strip, calling for immediate international intervention and sanctions against Tel Aviv, Anadolu reports.

In Stockholm, hundreds of people gathered at Odenplan Square in response to calls from various civil society organizations urging the Swedish government to take a stand against Israel’s ongoing war crimes…

Hasan Hadi, the first filmmaker from Iraq to be selected for the prestigious Cannes Festival, on Saturday won a top prize for his childhood adventure under economic sanctions in “The President’s Cake”.

His first feature-length film follows nine-year-old Lamia after her school teacher picks her to bake the class a cake for President Saddam Hussein’s birthday or risk being denounced for disloyalty.

It is the early 1990s, the country is under crippling UN sanctions, and she and her grandmother…

Iranian dissident director Jafar Panahi won the Palme d’Or top prize at the Cannes film festival on Saturday, using his acceptance speech to urge his country to unite for “freedom”.

The latest film from the 64-year-old, “It Was Just an Accident”, tells the tale of five ordinary Iranians confronted with a man they believed tortured them in jail.

The core of the political and wry drama examines the moral dilemma faced by people if they are given an opportunity to take revenge on their…