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Spain’s parliament on Tuesday passed a non-binding motion calling on the government to impose an arms embargo on Israel in response to its military operations in Gaza.

The motion, introduced by the leftist Sumar alliance, part of the ruling coalition, along with opposition parties Podemos and the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), was approved by a vote of 176-171, El Pais reported.

The conservative People’s Party (PP) and the far-right Vox voted against…

Plumes of smoke rose Thursday over the northern Gaza Strip where Israel’s military urged civilians to evacuate, as rescuers said Israeli strikes across the territory killed more than 50 people.

The latest evacuation warning for parts of Gaza City and neighbouring areas came hours after the United Nations said it had begun distributing around 90 truckloads of aid in Gaza — the first such delivery since Israel imposed a total blockade on March 2.

Under global pressure to lift the blockade and…

The Israeli army issued an evacuation warning on Thursday for 14 neighbourhoods of northern Gaza, as it pressed a renewed offensive that has drawn international condemnation.

The warning came hours after the United Nations said it had collected and begun distributing around 90 truckloads of aid in Gaza, the first such delivery since Israel imposed a total blockade on the territory on March 2.

Under global pressure for an end to the blockade and the violence, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…

At a currency exchange in Damascus, Anas al-Shammaa is one of many Syrians hopeful that promised relief from Western sanctions will help revive their country’s economy after years of war and isolation.

“We were totally cut off from the world,” said Shammaa, 45, who has been running the exchange shop since 2008.

With the lifting of sanctions, “we hope that the Syrian economy will start to recover both gradually and quickly”, he told AFP.

Syria’s economy plunged into crisis during the years of…

Amal Jadou Shakaa, the Palestinian envoy to the EU, Belgium, and Luxembourg, on Tuesday presented her letter of mission to European Council President Antonio Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, marking the first time a Palestinian representative has taken office through this procedure.

This step was made possible by a political decision and initiative led by Costa, according to an EU official.

As stated in the EU Council’s press…

Israeli attacks killed at least 98 Palestinians in Gaza in the last 24 hours, a Health Ministry official said today.

“Many women and children were among the victims,” the ministry’s Director-General, Munir Al-Bursh, told Anadolu.

Witnesses reported deadly Israeli strikes on several homes and tents sheltering displaced civilians across the war-torn enclave in the last hours.

Rejecting international calls for a ceasefire, the army has pursued a brutal…