Middle East

Damascus blasts US strikes on Dayr al-Zawr as cover-up to steal more oil in eastern Syria

Syria has condemned in the strongest terms the United States military for carrying out multiple air strikes in the eastern parts of the country against resistance groups, saying the raids are a cover-up for Washington’s ferocious attempts to further plunder energy resources there. Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates …

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Political pressure growing on Netanyahu to pause judicial overhaul

Top lawmakers from Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party have backed the regime’s minister of military affairs Yoav Gallant’s call to halt the controversial judicial overhaul, fearing that the parliamentary majority could be eroded. On Sunday, Yuli Edelstein, a Likud lawmaker who chairs the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs Committee, called …

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Israel publishes tenders for over 1,000 new settler units in West Bank, East al-Quds amid tensions

Israeli authorities have published tenders for more than 1,000 new settler units in the West Bank and East al-Quds, irrespective of the international outcry against the Tel Aviv regime’s illegal settlement expansion activities and land grab policies across the occupied Palestinian territories. The anti-settlement group Peace Now said in a …

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Thousands attend morning prayers in al-Aqsa on second day of Ramadan despite Israeli restrictions

Amid tight restrictions, thousands of Muslim worshipers have crossed the Israeli military checkpoints deployed early on Friday morning before arriving at al-Aqsa Mosque for prayer. According to Palestinian media reports, Israeli occupation forces imposed restrictions as Palestinians tried to enter the city of al-Quds to perform Friday prayers. The Israeli …

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Jordanian MPs vote for expulsion of Israeli ambassador over ‘racist’ remarks by minister

Jordanian lawmakers have called for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador following “racist” remarks by a far-right Israeli minister, who recently denied the existence of the Palestinian people. During the legislative session on Wednesday, Jordanian House of Representatives Speaker Ahmed al-Safadi called on the government to take action in response …

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