Category: 2. Middle East

Three people have been wounded in fresh US air strikes in war-torn Yemen, the de facto Houthi government said on Thursday, Anadolu has reported. US warplanes struck the Eastern Geraf area in the capital Sanaa, injuring one person and causing material damage, explained the Houthi-run Health Ministry.

Two more people were injured in separate strikes in the northern Saada province, added the Saba news agency.

The Houthis denounced the US strikes as a “flagrant…

Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has claimed that US Republicans back his call for bombing food and aid stores in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, Anadolu reported.

The extremist minister took part in a dinner at US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Tuesday evening, which was attended by Republicans and businessmen.

In a statement, he alleged that senior Republicans in Mar-a-Lago supported “his clear position on…

France criticised on Wednesday the lengthy sentences handed down by a Tunisian court against opposition leaders and businessmen on conspiracy charges at the weekend, saying that the conditions for a fair trial were not met, Reuters has reported.

The comments by France, the first country to speak out on the trial, came amid growing criticism of the government of President Kais Saied over its crackdown on dissent in Tunisia.

Rights groups said that the mass…

The Gaza Government Media Office on Monday cautioned against “misleading rumours” of alleged arrangements for mass Palestinian emigration from the territory, accusing Israel of spearheading a campaign to “undermine national consciousness and weaken Palestinian steadfastness”, Anadolu reported.

The office said it has been monitoring social media posts and misinformation about supposed mass migration plans driven by “controversial figures” collaborating…

Human Rights Watch has accused the Israeli occupation army of launching indiscriminate attacks on civilians in Lebanon during the ongoing conflict with Hezbollah.

The human rights organisation said on Wednesday that there is mounting evidence of repeated violations of international humanitarian law, accusing the Israeli armed forces of failing to distinguish between civilian and military targets in several strikes across Lebanon in 2023 and 2024.

“More and more…

Turkiye has suspended public schools and universities in Istanbul for two days beginning today after an earthquake struck the city yesterday, Anadolu reported.

“We have decided, in cooperation with other relevant institutions, to suspend classes in our schools in Istanbul on Thursday and Friday,” Turkish Education Minister Yusuf Tekin posted on X yesterday, adding that the schools did not suffer any incidents or negative effects as a result of the…

An adviser to Rached Ghannouchi, the President of the Ennahda Movement, has accused the Tunisian authorities of attempting to “put the democratic transition on trial” by targeting its most prominent figures. This is a reference to the trial of the movement’s vice president and former Prime Minister Ali Laarayedh in what is known as the “deportation to hotbeds of tension and terrorism” case. Ghannouchi himself is already imprisoned in Tunisia.

“The…

Several synagogues in New York have refused to host Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir during his visit to the United States, according to Hebrew media reports yesterday.

Israel Hayom newspaper reported that among the synagogues that declined to host him were the Safra Synagogue and Park East Synagogue, two of the most prominent Jewish places of worship in the city. Both venues have previously welcomed released prisoners and…

The Israeli political-security cabinet is scheduled to meet on Thursday to continue discussions on the mechanism for entering and distributing humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, and the Israeli military’s plans to expand its genocidal war in the Gaza Strip. This follows the controversy that erupted during the cabinet meeting on Tuesday evening, after Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attacked Israel Defence Forces Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, who refused to…

The Secretary-General of the Islamic Action Front in Jordan, Wael Saqqa, has said that the party will continue to perform its role as an independent political party, fully independent administratively and in its decisions, in accordance with Jordanian law and the constitution. He also affirmed that the party has no organisational ties to any other party or movement.

Saqqa made his comment after the Jordanian authorities outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood in the…