Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will travel to Qatar on Thursday to meet with senior officials of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, the Iranian foreign ministry said.
Israel will cut ties with the UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Thursday following accusations it provided cover for Hamas militants, a move likely to hamper delivery of its vital services after 15 months of war in Gaza. The agency, UNRWA, will be banned from operating on Israeli soil,...
An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has died, a court in Stockholm said Thursday. Swedish media reported that he was killed in a shooting in a nearby city. Salwan Momika, 38, staged several burnings and desecrations of Islam’s holy book in Sweden. Videos of the...
Three Israeli captives are set to be released by Palestinian groups in Gaza on Thursday in exchange for 110 prisoners in Israeli prisons under a ceasefire and prisoner swap agreement between Israel and Hamas In a statement, Abu Obaida, a spokesman of Hamas’ armed wing, the Qassam Brigades,...
Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will on Thursday be the first Arab leader to visit the Syrian capital Damascus since the December overthrow of former President Bashar al-Assad, sources have told Al Jazeera. The Syrian presidency confirmed on Wednesday that the country’s...
The State of Qatar welcomed the steps aimed at restructuring the sisterly Syrian state and enhancing consensus and unity among all Syrian parties, paving the way for consolidating civil peace, security, stability and building a state of law, institutions, development and prosperity. The...
Syria’s military operations administration announced Wednesday the appointment of Ahmed al-Sharaa as transitional president, the repeal of the 2012 Constitution and the dissolution of the former regime’s parliament, army and security agencies. It came in landmark moves in the wake of the fall...
The Syrian military command announces that Ahmed al-Sharaa has assumed the presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic. Colonel Hassan Abdul Ghani, the spokesman for the Military Operations Command, which overthrew the Assad regime, said in a statement announcing the...
At least 14 civilians were killed and 29 wounded in attacks by Turkish-backed forces in northern Syria on Monday and Tuesday, the US-backed Kurdish militia group said. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said Turkish-backed forces targeted a market in the city of Sarrin with...
The Prime Minister of the caretaker government, Eng. Mohamed Al-Bashir, issued a decision to terminate the General Corporation for Foreign Trade, the official news Agency reported on Tuesday. The Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade will issue and take all decisions and procedures resulting...
Egypt’s foreign minister has called for safeguarding the rights of the Palestinian people during a phone call with his American counterpart. Badr Abdelatty had a phone call with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday during which he underlined the importance of safeguarding the rights of...
Syrian Finance Minister Mohammed Abazeed discussed his country’s financial position and potential sanctions relief in his first meeting with European Union officials on Wednesday since armed opposition forces ousted the al-Assad regime last year. Abazeed met with Germany’s temporary envoy...
The new Syrian administration stressed that restoring relations with Russia must be based on correcting past mistakes, respecting the will of the Syrian people, and serving their national interests. The statement followed the visit of the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov to...
Activists and media professionals of the revolution in Homs issued a statement on the occasion of the thirteenth anniversary of the Karm al-Zeitoun neighborhood massacre, in which 19 innocent civilians, including children and women, were slaughtered with knives by Assad's gangs, most of whom...
A group of UN experts expressed concern Monday over Israel’s ongoing attacks in the occupied West Bank, warning that the intensified campaign marks a "dangerous escalation" against Palestinians. In a statement, they urged the international community to take action to protect the human rights...
The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria confirmed that illegal practices such as arbitrary detention, torture and enforced disappearance were used "systematically to suppress dissent" during the rule of the deposed Bashar al-Assad. The Anadolu Agency reported that this...
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov is set to meet Syria’s new rulers this week in Damascus, two Syrian sources said on Tuesday, in the first visit by Russian officials since Moscow’s ally President Bashar al-Assad was toppled. The Syrian sources had no further details on...
European Union foreign ministers have agreed on a roadmap to ease sanctions on Syria, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday. “While we aim to move fast, the lifting of sanctions can be reversed if wrong steps are taken,” Kallas said. The EU has a range of sanctions...
Over 300,000 displaced Palestinians have returned to northern Gaza following a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, the Gaza Media Office said Monday. “More than 300,000 displaced people from the southern and central Gaza governorates returned to Gaza and Northern governorates today...
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said she expected the bloc to agree Monday to begin easing sanctions on Syria after the ouster of Bashar al-Assad. “It is a step for step approach,” Kallas said at the start of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels to discuss the move. Europe...
