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Speaking during a press conference on Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hit out at Israeli aggression in the Mideast region. “Even if Israel acts opportunistically, sooner or later it will have to withdraw from lands it occupies. Behind Israel’s growing aggression is an apparent attempt to overshadow the revolution in Syria, and suppress Syrians’ hopes,” Turkish President Erdoğan said in a statement. Erdoğan laid out the following keynotes in the televised speech: “The Syrian revolution has refocused global attention on the country. As its ‘neighbor, brother’, Türkiye is best suited to grasp a new phase. Türkiye will provide all…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said progress had been made in ongoing hostage negotiations with Hamas in Gaza but that he did not know how much longer it would take to see the results. During a speech in Israel’s Knesset, Netanyahu said Israel had made “great achievements” militarily on several fronts and that military pressure on Hamas had led its leaders to soften their previous demands. The prime minister, in between heckles from opposition members, said Israel had solidified its stance as a “regional power” and that he planned to expand the Abraham Accords together with Israel’s “American…
The Houthi group said late Saturday that a US-UK coalition launched an aerial assault on the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. “US-UK aerial assault targeted Attan area in Sanaa,” Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah channel reported. It did not provide details on the results of the attack or specific targets. There has been no comment from the US or UK. The attack came two days after Sanaa and locations in the western province of Al Hudaydah, including its port, were subjected to 16 Israeli airstrikes, according to the Houthi group. In response, the Houthis launched a ballistic missile at the Tel Aviv region early…
The Houthi group said late Saturday that a US-UK coalition launched an aerial assault on the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. “US-UK aerial assault targeted Attan area in Sanaa,” Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah channel reported. It did not provide details on the results of the attack or specific targets. There has been no comment from the US or UK. The attack came two days after Sanaa and locations in the western province of Al Hudaydah, including its port, were subjected to 16 Israeli airstrikes, according to the Houthi group. In response, the Houthis launched a ballistic missile at the Tel Aviv region early…
Türkiye believes Syria’s new rulers, including the Syrian National Army (SNA) armed group which Ankara backs, will drive YPG/PKK terrorists from all territory they occupy in northeastern Syria, Defence Minister Yaşar Güler said on Sunday. Türkiye regards the YPG as an extension of the bloody-minded PKK terrorists who have been waging an armed campaign against the Turkish state for 40 years and are deemed terrorists by Ankara, Washington, and the European Union. The YPG spearheads an alliance, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is backed by the United States and controls territory in northeastern Syria. Since the fall of Syrian…
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al Sharaa – also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golan – in Damascus, Türkiye’s foreign ministry said on Sunday, without providing further details. Photographs and footage shared by the ministry showed Fidan and Sharaa, leader of leading opposition group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham which led the operation to topple Bashar al-Assad two weeks ago, hug and shake hands. Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Nuh Yılmaz, Türkiye’s Acting Charge d’Affaires at the Damascus Embassy Burhan Köroğlu, and Esaad Hasan Seyban, who was appointed as the Syrian interim government’s foreign minister, were also…
The health ministry in the war-torn Gaza Strip said on Sunday that at least 45,259 people have been killed during more than 14 months of war between Israel and the Palestinian resistance movements. The toll includes 32 deaths in the previous 24 hours, according to the ministry, which said 107,627 people have been wounded in the Gaza Strip since the war began when Hamas-led fighters attacked Israel on October 7, 2023.
The families of Syrian prison detainees who went missing deserve to have answers and to know what happened to their loved ones, a UN Human Rights Office spokesperson said Friday. Thameen Al-Kheetan said at a news conference that the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, flagged how important the moment is in Syria — for those still missing and their loved ones. “Since the fall of former President Bashar Al-Assad’s government, almost two weeks ago, we have seen footage of hundreds of detainees pouring out of now-open prisons,” said Al-Kheetan. “Some were expressing happiness to see sunlight, but others…
The recent US delegation’s visit to the Syrian capital, Damascus, to meet with the new administration, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), is “very significant,” Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan stated, mentioning that prior to the US officials’ visit, European countries and global organizations had already met with the new administration. “I think it is very significant. Before this visit, we’ve seen other European countries and international organizations visiting Damascus and contacting new administration there. I think it is important,” said Fidan in an interview with France 24 channel in the Turkish capital Ankara. Fidan said he is also planning to visit…
Pope Francis on Saturday condemned the bombing of children in Gaza as “cruelty”, a day after the territory’s rescue agency said an Israeli air strike killed seven children from one family. Gaza’s civil defence rescue agency reported that an Israeli air strike killed 10 members of a family on Friday in the northern part of the territory, including seven children. “Yesterday they did not allow the Patriarch (of Jerusalem) into Gaza as promised. Yesterday children were bombed. This is cruelty, this is not war,” he told members of the government of the Holy See. Israel launched a genocidal war on…