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At the end of January, Israel’s ambassador to the United States arrived in Washington to take up his new role. In some ways, Yechiel Leiter’s resume is typical for someone appointed to perhaps the most prestigious diplomatic posting on offer: A U.S.-born immigrant to Israel, Leiter served in numerous senior government roles, including as chief of staff to then-Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, before working as a senior fellow at the right-wing Kohelet Policy…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Footage released by Palestinian resistance groups shows escalating battlefield operations and regional solidarity in the face of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

The Al-Qassam Brigades,  the armed wing of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas, published new footage on Wednesday showing a complex ambush targeting Israeli occupation forces in Rafah, southern Gaza.

The video shows…

When Abdullah Ocalan said his Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, should lay down its arms and disband after more than four decades of conflict with the Turkish state and tens of thousands of deaths, there was an instant look across the border to Syria.

Syria’s northeast is largely controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-led military force Turkiye has repeatedly fought against over the past decade.

The SDF is led by the People’s Protection Units (YPG), which Turkiye…

Washington, DC – A federal judge has ordered Georgetown University scholar Badar Khan Suri released from immigration detention, in the latest victory for US visa holders targeted by the administration of President Donald Trump for pro-Palestine stances or advocacy.

The ruling on Wednesday by US District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles comes shortly after two other prominent students targeted for deportation, Columbia University Student Mohsen Mahdawi and Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa…

On the first day of his trip to the Middle East, President Donald Trump announced that he was lifting the longstanding U.S. sanctions on Syria and agreeing to sell Saudi Arabia $142 billion in weapons.

At an investment forum in Riyadh, Trump told the audience that he had repealed the sanctions at the Saudis’ request. “Oh, what I do for the crown prince,” he said.

“In Syria, which has seen so much misery and death, there is a new government that will hopefully succeed in…

Israeli warplanes launched intense airstrikes on Tuesday night targeting the courtyard and surroundings of the European Gaza Hospital in Khan Younis. Euro-Med confirmed that dozens of high-impact missiles struck the area, killing more than 35 Palestinians, including entire families in their homes and on the streets.

Eyewitnesses and videos from the scene revealed horrific images. Fire engulfed the hospital’s yard as civilians fled in terror. Flames and debris filled the air, triggering…