Government source says recent Kurdish-led conference ‘dealt blow’ to talks on implementing a March integration deal. Syria’s new government will not take part in planned meetings with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Paris, Syria’s state news agency has reported, as tensions mount between the two sides. SANA’s reportRead More →
Air force chief Amar Preet Singh says India’s S-400 air defence systems took down most of the Pakistani planes. India shot down five Pakistani fighter jets and one other military aircraft during fighting in May, India’s air force chief says, the first such statement from the country since the deadlyRead More →
Palestinians in Gaza City are facing the prospect of further displacement with a mixture of fear and defiance after Israel announced plans for a military takeover of the largest city in the enclave, where nearly a million people are currently sheltering. The city was thrown into chaos on Friday afterRead More →
Riga, Latvia – Thick black smoke billowed across Skonto Stadium as fans of the Israeli football team, Beitar Jerusalem, defied UEFA rules, setting off several rounds of pyrotechnics. With only one minute played of the UEFA Conference League qualifier match against Riga FC, Latvian fans looked bewildered as a BeitarRead More →
Gaza health authorities say nearly 200 people, including 96 children, have died of hunger in Gaza, as the starving population battles against the odds to get food from dangerous airdrops and deadly aid hubs run by the GHF. As Israel’s man-made famine under the ongoing blockade tightened its grip onRead More →
Washington, DC – The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has accused Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of betraying “American values” by saying that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. In a fundraising email to supporters on Thursday, AIPAC – one of the most influential foreign policy lobby groups in theRead More →
Khan Younes, Gaza – A dear companion doesn’t have to be human to be deeply missed when lost. Sometimes, it’s a phone – a loyal witness to your joys and sorrows, your moments of sweetness and darkest chapters of pain. In the harshness of life in the world’s largest open-airRead More →
To Governments, International Organisations, Media Institutions, and Civil Society: We, the undersigned press freedom organisations, media organisations, journalists’ unions, and advocates of truth and transparency, demand an end to the forced starvation and targeting of journalists in Gaza by Israel. Journalists in Gaza are being starved to death. Not metaphorically.Read More →
US president’s comments come amid warnings that expanding Israeli operations would be ‘catastrophic’ for Palestinians. Washington, DC – United States President Donald Trump has suggested that he will not block possible Israeli plans to take over Gaza. When asked on Tuesday about reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hasRead More →
As Israel’s forced starvation tightens its grip on Gaza’s entire population, an increasing number of Palestinian families are frantically searching for news of relatives who undertook perilous journeys to get food from aid distribution points, never to return. Khaled Obaid has been searching for his beloved son, Ahmed, for twoRead More →
