The Saudi aid agency KSrelief has signed a $5 million agreement with the World Food Programme to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. The assistance provided by the initiative, in the form of ready-to-eat meals, is expected to benefit 377,855 displaced Palestinians, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Tuesday. The deal was signed by Abdullah Al-Rabeeah,…
Suspected Israeli warplanes bombed Iran’s embassy in Syria on Monday, a marked escalation in a war pitting Israel against its regional adversaries, and Tehran said the strike killed seven military advisers including three senior commanders. Reuters reporters at the site in the Mezzeh district of Damascus saw emergency workers clambering atop rubble of a destroyed…
The US Central Command said on Sunday its forces destroyed two drones in Yemen and over the Red Sea. In this latest round of skirmishes between the Houthis and US-led maritime forces in the area, one drone was destroyed over the Red Sea on Saturday morning, and the other on the ground while it was…
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit and New Zealand’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Winston Peters, held talks in Cairo about the Palestinian cause and other regional and international issues of mutual concern. Aboul Gheit commended authorities in New Zealand for condemning Israeli aggression against the Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip, and advocating…
Jordan’s government will allow peaceful protests at the Israeli Embassy in Amman but not violence and damage to public property, its security directorate said on Sunday. The warning was issued by Jordan’s Public Security Directorate in the wake of clashes between the police and protesters on Saturday, the Jordan News Agency reported. Thousands of Jordanians…
A Republican congressman has been recorded suggesting Gaza should be bombed like “Nagasaki and Hiroshima,” the two Japanese cities destroyed by atomic weapons in the Second World War, in comments that have drawn condemnation in the US. In audio released on YouTube, Tim Walberg suggested Washington should not spend a “dime” on humanitarian aid in…
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan held a phone call on Saturday with the Prime Minister of Palestine and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed Mustafa, Saudi Press Agency reported. Prince Faisal congratulated Mustafa on his appointment to form the Palestinian government, and on assuming the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs. The prince also wished success…
The United States in recent days authorized the transfer of billions of dollars worth of bombs and fighter jets to Israel even as it publicly expresses concerns about an anticipated military offensive in Rafah, the Washington Post reported on Friday. The new arms packages include more than 1,800 MK84 2,000-pound bombs and 500 MK82 500-pound…
Japan’s government has dispatched Tsukasa Uemura, the country’s special envoy for Middle East peace, to Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE from March 27 to April 3 to assist in peace and aid efforts. The tour is part of Japan’s various efforts “to calm down the situation surrounding Israel and Palestine as soon as…
Spanish military planes air dropped 26 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip on Wednesday and Madrid called on Israel to open land border crossings to prevent a famine, the Foreign Ministry said. The operation, carried out in coordination with Jordan and co-financed by the EU, dropped more than 11,000 food…
