Qatar-based Al Jazeera said on Saturday that an Israeli strike killed one of its journalists in the Gaza Strip , the latest in a string of people working for the broadcaster killed by Israel in the Palestinian...
The breakaway state of Somaliland said it is open to the possibility of Israel establishing a military base on its territory, days after its President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi arrived in Israel. The visit has been described as the first...
Palestinian women prisoners have faced rising ill-treatment and abuse since October 2023, according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) , following reports that female detainees in Israel's Damon Prison have been subjected to dozens of prison...
New data from Gaza has revealed that Israel’s war on the enclave has caused a sharp decline in birth rates and a rise in abortions , with experts decrying this as "reproductive genocide". Gaza’s Ministry of...
Good afternoon and welcome to our live coverage of events in the Middle East. Here are the key developments on Saturday afternoon: • Iran has again closed the Strait of Hormuz after Israel refused to comply with the ceasefire in Lebanon imposed...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) More than 1,494 settlers reportedly desecrated the courtyards of the Aqsa Mosque compound in Occupied Jerusalem last week during a series of intensive, police-guarded tours organized by extremist Jewish groups, according to local sources. Settler break-ins at the Aqsa...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) More than 91,000 Palestinian students began their 2026 high school examinations on Saturday across the occupied West Bank, Jerusalem, Gaza and abroad, while 65 detained students were denied the right to participate from Israeli prisons. A total of 91,138 students...
Israel’s goals of territorial expansion conflict with the goals of the U.S. president. By Harrison BERGER Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su After President Donald Trump signed a preliminary Iran peace deal on...
A rise in Israeli electronic waste that is being sorted and burned in the occupied West Bank, near Palestinian towns, has been decried as "environmental colonialism" while fuelling concerns over risks to the health of Palestinians civilians, as...
GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has deplored the shocking scenes that have shown the difficult humanitarian conditions facing several exiled Palestinian ex-detainees in some countries, saying their living conditions reveal the magnitude of the suffering they endure after being released from...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out raids across several areas of the West Bank overnight and early Saturday, storming homes and arresting a number of Palestinians. In Deir Abu Mashal, northwest of Ramallah, Israeli forces arrested Fouad Khaled Abu...
AL-KHALIL, (PIC) Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi praised residents of Turmus Ayya village in Ramallah and Sa’ir village in al-Khalil for confronting Israeli settler attacks, as well as residents in Khirbet Khallet al-Hummus hamlet, south of al-Khalil, for holding Friday prayer on...
The launch of a new Jewish-Arab political party ahead of Israel's next election has sparked debate over whether it could broaden opposition to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or further fragment an already divided political scene among...
Sun’s out, and while some people are ready for (halal) pool parties, some of us just want to pick up a good book or ten. And with Muharram having just begun, it’s important for us not to get caught up...
GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 73,023 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Saturday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the...
Israeli strikes killed at least five people in Gaza on Saturday, including four members of the same family, according to local health officials. Israel has violated the October ceasefire on a near-daily basis with constant attacks as...
Israeli strikes killed at least five people in Gaza on Saturday, including four members of the same family, according to local health officials. Israel has violated the October ceasefire on a near-daily basis with constant attacks as...
Gaza health officials said Israeli strikes on Saturday killed at least 11 people, including four members of the same family, in the latest violence to rock the Palestinian territory despite a ceasefire . Gaza Strip remains gripped by bloodshed as...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) On Friday evening, Al Jazeera broadcasted a documentary film revealing the types of systematic sexual violence committed by the Israeli occupation army against Palestinian prisoners and detainees in prisons and detention centers, and presenting live testimonies of these victims. The...
Wisconsin-based Palestinian activist Salah Sarsour has been released from ICE custody following months of advocacy by community members and politicians and has vowed to advocate for justice. The US resident of over 30 years was detained by Immigration...
Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of events in the Middle East. Here are the key developments this morning: • Iran-US talks: Iranian and American officials are reportedly heading to Switzerland for the first round of negotiations since signing...
Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of events in the Middle East. Here are the key developments this morning: • Iranian and American officials are reportedly heading to Switzerland for the first round of negotiations since signing an MOU to...
Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of events in the Middle East. Here are the key developments this morning: • Iranian and American officials are reportedly heading to Switzerland for the first round of negotiations since signing an MOU to...
Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of events in the Middle East. Here are the key developments this morning: • Iranian and American officials are reportedly heading to Switzerland for the first round of negotiations since signing an MOU to...
GENEVA, (PIC) The ceasefire declared in Gaza more than eight months ago is a “deadly illusion,” the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said, noting that 265 children have been killed there since the fighting was supposed to have stopped. “For many, many...
GAZA, (PIC) Five Palestinian citizens were martyred on Saturday in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, amid ongoing ceasefire violations. Media sources reported that four citizens were martyred and others were injured at dawn when an Israeli airstrike targeted an apartment in...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing perhaps the most precarious moment of his political career. He knows it. His allies know it. And his rivals — both within his coalition and across Israel’s political spectrum — are preparing to capitalize on...
Efforts to advance the US-backed peace plan for Gaza have continued amid difficult negotiations over Hamas’s disarmament and the future security structure of the enclave. Talks in Cairo involving Hamas, Egyptian officials, and representatives of the Board of Peace have...
BETHLEHEM, West Bank / PNN / Monjed Jadou Israeli settlers carried out a series of attacks across the occupied West Bank early Friday, targeting Palestinian homes, vehicles and infrastructure, in incidents local officials say are part of a pattern of...
GAZA, (PIC) Tom Fletcher, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, has warned that humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip continue to deteriorate, urging the international community to increase financial support and press for the entry of greater quantities of humanitarian aid. Fletcher...
GAZA, (PIC) Israeli forces carried out nine new violations of the Gaza ceasefire agreement overnight and into Friday morning, leaving two Palestinians killed and several others injured, while targeting multiple areas across the Strip. Local sources reported that Abdullah Yassin was killed...
GAZA CITY /PNN/ ~Nesma N Harazeen In a territory battered by nearly two years of war and mass displacement since October 7, 2023, stories emerging from Gaza often resemble scenes from a horror film — except they are real,...
Israel's military has deployed almost two-dozen military cranes in Gaza to launch attacks and conduct surveillance operations, according to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights. Researchers at the rights monitor said they had documented cases of the cranes being...
Children's educator Ms Rachel has called for the release of detained Gaza paediatrician Dr Hussam Abu Safiya , using a social media post to highlight the doctor's continued imprisonment by Israel more than 530 days after his arrest. In...
The City of Paris on Thursday granted honorary citizenship to Palestinian civilians and journalists , in a symbolic gesture of support for "the suffering the Palestinian people". "Honorary citizenship is not just a symbol, but a commitment to peace. We...
GAZA, (PIC) The spokesman for the armed wing of Hamas, Abu Obeida, hailed the mujahideen of Hezbollah in Lebanon, praising the heavy losses they inflicted on the Israeli occupation forces, and confirming their continuation in confronting the aggression on Lebanon, its...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Israeli settlement expansion and military restrictions have displaced 50 Palestinian Bedouin and herding communities across the West Bank since late 2023, the Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights said on Friday. The finding was presented as part of a...
GAZA, (PIC) When a Palestinian family is forced to leave its home under bombardment, threat, or evacuation orders from the Israeli occupation, it is not merely moving from one place to another, but rather an uprooting from an entire network of...
By Max BLUMENTHAL Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Charlie Kirk’s media empire and his right-wing activist organization, Turning Point USA (TPUSA), have come under the control of the Israel-directed forces he spent the...
The responsibility of anti-imperialist forces today is not only to expose NATO’s military strategy, but also to build a political alternative against the poverty, insecurity, and political decay imposed on societies by this strategy. Join us on Telegram , Twitter...
When Kamel Hawwash retired from academia last year, he imagined a quieter life. Instead, he entered May's local elections in Birmingham and made history. By winning a seat in Stirchley, Hawwash became the UK's first councillor of Palestinian...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Israeli settlers carried out a wave of attacks across the West Bank and Jerusalem over the past 24 hours, targeting Palestinians, their property, farmland, ambulances and religious sites, as eight countries lashed out at the escalating settler attacks. In...
GAZA, (PIC) One Palestinian was killed and several others were injured on Thursday evening in separate Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, amid ongoing violations of the ceasefire agreement. According to local reports, Abdullah Yassin was killed after being shot by Israeli...
The alleged "ceasefire" declared in Gaza more than eight months ago is a "deadly illusion", the UN charged on Friday, with 265 children killed there since the fighting was supposed to have stopped. Despite a so-called ceasefire being declared...
GAZA, (PIC) The Union of Gaza Strip Municipalities warned on Friday that essential services are on the verge of complete collapse as Israel continues to block the entry of critical supplies. Gaza Municipality spokesperson Husni Muhanna said the crisis has moved beyond...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Tens of thousands of Palestinians performed Friday prayer at Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem despite heightened Israeli security measures. According to the Islamic Waqf Department in Jerusalem, approximately 60,000 worshipers attended Friday prayer at the Mosque compound. Local sources reported...
As India pursues its ambition of becoming a developed economy by 2047 — the centenary of its independence — reliable access to overseas markets has become a strategic imperative. Yet recent crises in West Asia — ranging from the Gaza...
BEIRUT, (PIC) A series of intense Israeli airstrikes targeting multiple towns across southern Lebanon from midnight through the early morning hours of Friday left 28 people killed and dozens of others wounded, according to a preliminary toll released by the Lebanese...
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