Category: 2. Middle East

Israeli occupation authorities have forced three Palestinian families to demolish their homes in Jerusalem, the Palestinian Information Centre reported.

Osama Dabash, one of the affected homeowners, said yesterday evening that his family was forced to demolish its own home to avoid heavy fines, after Israeli authorities ordered its demolition within two weeks.

Dabash stated that he had lived in the home for more than 45 years, and was pressured to tear down a…

ANKARA — Ibrahim Kalin, the head of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization, traveled to Damascus on Tuesday as Ankara ramps up its diplomacy with Syria. 

Kalin met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and Syrian Intelligence Director Hussein al-Salama, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu News Agency reported, citing security sources. His visit was not previously announced by Ankara. 

Kalin and Syrian officials discussed a range of issues,…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday criticised the leaders of Britain, Canada, and France after they urged the occupation state to halt its military operations in Gaza and lift restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid or face “concrete actions”. Netanyahu accused the states of rewarding terrorism.

In a post published on X, Netanyahu claimed: “By asking Israel to end a defensive war for our survival before Hamas terrorists on our border…

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed that the government is nearing completion of a trade agreement with six Gulf nations, including Qatar and Saudi Arabia, describing it as London’s “next deal” in a post-Brexit push to strengthen global trade ties.

In an interview with the BBC today, Reeves outlined the government’s trade priorities, saying recent agreements with the US, the EU and India, all signed within the last two weeks, have positioned the…

Israel will annex land in the Gaza Strip if Hamas does not return the Israeli captives and leave the Strip permanently, Minister of Culture and Sport, Miki Zohar, said.

According to the Jerusalem Post, Zohar claimed that Israel “cannot afford a famine in Gaza because it would lose international support.”

He added that the current period is not suitable for annexing the occupied West Bank, but added that the administration of US President Donald Trump offers…

The United Nations has received permission from Israel for about 100 more emergency aid trucks to enter Gaza, though the first supplies to have entered in weeks remained under Israeli control, a spokesperson said today, according to Reuters.

International humanitarian experts have warned of looming famine in the Palestinian enclave of 2.3 million people and the growing outcry has pushed Israel to lift an 11-week total blockade on aid supplies.

“We have…

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has said Turkey should ease prison conditions for its founder Abdullah Ocalan, declaring him the group’s “chief negotiator” for any future talks after a decision to disband.

A spokesman for the Kurdish group, blacklisted as a “terrorist” organisation by Ankara and its Western allies, told AFP in an interview on Monday that Turkey has not yet provided guarantees for a peace process, and expressed objection to exiling PKK members.

In recent months, the PKK has…

The mother of jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah announced on Tuesday that she was returning to a full hunger strike to protest against her son’s lengthy imprisonment in Egypt.

Laila Soueif, 69, eased her strike in March after UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he had “pressed” for Fattah’s release in a call with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

She began consuming 300 calories a day through a liquid nutritional supplement but still went without food.

With her son still…

As part of the US-led African Lion 2025 military exercises, Morocco is hosting the Israel’s Golani Brigade, the same unit held responsible for the paramedics’ massacre in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah, in which 15 paramedics, UN workers, and rescue personnel were killed.

The appearance of Israeli Golani Brigade soldiers in Morocco has provoked anger among activists on social media.

Images circulated online show the soldiers posing for a group photo at the…