Category: 1. Palestine

Kyiv, Ukraine – Thread-thin, glistening in the sun and kilometres long, optical fibres wind through the branches of trees on the frontlines of eastern Ukraine.

The cords were – sometimes still are – attached to Russian drones, making them immune to radio-electronic jamming.

The drones may have been shot down. Some are still operational, waylaid and replete with danger.

“When somebody is passing by, they just fly up and attack,” Oleh, a military officer deployed in eastern Ukraine,…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

In August 2020, the UAE agreed to full normalization of relations with Israel in an agreement that then-US President Donald Trump helped broker.

United Arab Emirates Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Israeli Foreign Minister…

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger’s relations with Algeria have deteriorated amid a series of coups and strengthened Russian ties.

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have recalled their ambassadors from Algeria in response to the downing of a Malian drone.

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES), a confederation of the three African nations, accused Algeria of an “irresponsible act” that violated international law as it announced the withdrawals on social media on Monday.

The move escalates tension…

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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, stressed the need to restore the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and rejected any calls to displace Palestinians from their lands.

This came during a joint press conference between Presidents el-Sisi and Macron at Al-Ittihadiya Palace in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.

Sisi stated that promoting peace in the Middle East will only be achieved by settling the Palestinian issue.

He…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Monther Abed, the sole survivor of the Israeli attack on paramedics in Rafah, reveals the details of the crime in which 15 humanitarian workers were killed.

Monther Abed, a volunteer paramedic with the Palestinian Red Crescent, remembers in detail the Israeli army’s crime when they targeted him and his…

Occupied Jerusalem / PNN / 

A general strike brought life to a standstill across the West Bank, including Jerusalem, on Monday, in mourning for the martyrs and in protest against the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Schools, universities, and public and private institutions suspended operations, while commercial shops closed their doors in response to the strike call.

Popular, factional, and union-based appeals were launched on Sunday, calling for a comprehensive strike in…

United States President Donald Trump has doubled down on his tariffs plan, even as markets crash around the world.

However, signs of divisions among Trump’s aides are emerging with key ally Elon Musk publicly clashing with trade adviser Peter Navarro on Saturday. Others have also presented diverging narratives.

Here is more about what has happened:

What happened between Musk and Navarro?

On Wednesday, Trump announced sweeping tariffs impacting most of America’s trading partners. This…

The Israeli ambassador to Ethiopia was expelled from an African Union meeting after several African countries objected to his participation in a session on the Rwanda genocide.

Once again, an Israeli ambassador was removed from an African Union meeting. This time, the Israeli ambassador to Ethiopia, Avraham Neguise, was expelled from the Mandela Hall at the African Union headquarters on Monday, according to a news…