Author: Anadolu Agency
Jordan will provide the necessary support to Syria, Jordanian Prime Minister Jaafar Hassan said on Tuesday. “Jordan will stand by the Syrian people to help them achieve their aspirations for a safe and dignified life, enabling them to secure peace, stability, and unity across all their territories,” Hassan said during a Cabinet session in Amman. “The security, stability, and prosperity of Syria are directly linked to the security, stability, and prosperity of Jordan,” he added. The Jordanian premier said his government will prioritize capacity building in Syria, particularly in the health, transportation, electricity, and water sectors. “We will provide all…
The family of an incarcerated pilot on Monday slammed the Australian government for approving the pilot’s extradition to the U.S. “We are shocked and absolutely heartbroken by this callous and inhumane decision which has been delivered just before Christmas with no explanation or justification from the government,” said Saffrine Duggan, wife of Daniel Duggan, an Australian pilot who has been in jail since 2022. Australian Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus on Friday approved the extradition of Duggan, who was born in the U.S. but became an Australian citizen 13 years ago. Duggan was arrested in 2022 on orders from Washington and will…
A chopper carrying five people has crashed in Papua New Guinea, the police said on Monday. The North Coast Aviation Britten Norman 2B helicopter went missing on Sunday after it took off from Wasu in the Tawae-Siassi district in Morobe Province, daily Post Courier reported. At least five people, including a police officer and two government officials, a pilot and a crew member, were aboard when the incident happened. Authorities have dispatched a chopper for a search and rescue mission.
Starbucks workers in the US have expanded their strike to Boston, Dallas and Portland amid an escalating labor dispute and just days before Christmas, the company’s union announced Sunday. The strike, now in the third day of a planned five-day escalation, has already shut down nearly 50 stores nationwide, with more joining in solidarity, according to a statement from Starbucks Workers United. The strike is in response to stalled negotiations that have been going on since February. The union has accused Starbucks of engaging in “bad faith bargaining” and failing to offer a serious economic proposal. The workers’ demands are…
The Kremlin on Monday denied media reports that the British-born wife of ousted Syrian regime leader Bashar al-Assad is seeking divorce and planning to leave Russia. “No, they do not correspond to reality,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in the Russian capital of Moscow in response to a question on the matter. On Sunday, multiple media reports said that Asma al-Assad, who was born in the UK, wanted to file for divorce in Russia, where the couple has been granted asylum by President Vladimir Putin after anti-regime forces took control of the Syrian capital of Damascus on Dec. 8.…
Two people were killed and another injured on Monday in an Israeli airstrike near a school in Marjayoun, southern Lebanon. Lebanon’s official National News Agency reported that “two martyrs and one wounded” were the result of an airstrike that targeted a group of people near the Tayibe Official School in the area. This attack brings the total casualties from Israeli violations of the cease-fire in southern Lebanon to 32 killed and 38 wounded, according to data from the Health Ministry and the official news agency, as monitored by Anadolu. The Israeli military continues to violate the cease-fire agreement daily, with…
Following the collapse of the Assad regime, soldiers and security personnel are surrendering their weapons and registering at reconciliation centers established by the new interim government. In the wake of the regime’s collapse on Dec. 8, a former military conscription office in Mezze in the capital Damascus now functions as one such center. Outside the center’s iron gate, long lines of people wait to register and surrender their weapons, also stepping on a poster with the image of deposed ruler Bashar Assad’s image before entering the building. Inside, representatives of the new Syrian administration record personal information, residential details, and…
The fate of some Israeli hostages is tied to the Israeli army’s advance in areas of northern Gaza, said the spokesperson for the Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, on Monday. Abu Ubaida’s comments came in several statements on Telegram shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed there had been “certain progress” in negotiations for a prisoner exchange with Hamas, without providing a specific timeline. Opposition critics have accused Netanyahu of sabotaging the negotiations and prolonging the war. The spokesperson warned that “the fate of some Israeli prisoners depends on the progress of the occupation army by hundreds of meters…
Qatar will have an active and purposeful role in Syria’s reconstruction and development process, said Ahmed al-Sharaa, head of Syria’s new administration, on Monday. His statements came during a press conference after he met in Damascus with Qatar’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Al-Khulaifi, the first official Qatari visit to Syria in over 13 years. Al-Sharaa expressed gratitude for Qatar’s enduring support of the Syrian people and its unwavering stance until the victory of the revolution against the Bashar al-Assad regime. He announced that Syria is entering a developmental phase, with Qatar set to play a pivotal role…
Ukraine said on Sunday that at least two people were killed due to an overnight Russian drone attack in the country’s southern city of Kherson. Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said in an initial statement on Telegram that the overnight drone attack in the region killed a man in the city’s Dniprovskyi district after being mortally wounded. Prokudin later reported that the body of a woman was also found in the Dniprovskyi district, where search and rescue efforts are being conducted at a residential building that caught fire due to the attack. Ukraine’s Air Force claimed in a separate statement that its…