Redrawing the map of Middle East
Israeli massacre of Gazans in 2014 revisited
Abdus Sattar Ghazali: ‘Gaza ceasefire hopes switch to Qatar as Arabs divided over Israeli offensive’. This headline in The Guardian on July 20, 2014 best reflected the collusion of major Arab states in the Israeli massacre of Palestinians in Gaza. According to AFP, as of July 20, the Palestinian death toll soared to 438 with around 100 Palestinians killed in one day on Sunday, July 20. Hamas last week rejected an Egyptian proposed ceasefire, which envisaged the end of Hamas rule in Gaza. Hamas described it as “not in the best interests of the Palestinian people”. Not surprisingly, Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) accepted this proposal. Read More
The War on Gaza: A New Global Order in the Making?
By Amir Nour: Since the invasions of Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003, a new “Sykes-Picot” seems to be taking shape in the region. But while the secret Franco-British agreements of 1916 aimed to “facilitate the creation of a State or a Confederation of Arab States”, the current process aims to dismantle existing States. The October 2022 Biden-Harris Administration’s National Security Strategy document states that We will effectively compete with the People’s Republic of China, which is the only competitor with both the intent and, increasingly, the capability to reshape the international order, while constraining a dangerous Russia.” Read More
April 2025
Israel kills 54 in 24 hrs in Gaza as Netanyahu vows to continue genocidal war
Press TV: As the Israeli military killed at least 54 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to press ahead with his genocidal war in the besieged territory. Mahmoud Basal, the spokesman of the Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza, said the fatalities took place after Israeli bombardments targeted several areas across the devastated territory, including Gaza City, Khan Younis, Beit Lahia and al-Bureij refugee camp. Read More
Gaza Health records 51,201 martyrs in newest death toll
Al Mayadeen: Gaza’s health authorities have reported that 44 people were killed and 145 others injured in the past 24 hours as a result of continued Israeli aggression across the Gaza Strip. The figures were released as part of the latest daily update amid a deepening humanitarian crisis. According to the report, emergency response teams are facing severe access challenges. Many victims remain trapped beneath rubble or stranded in areas that rescue crews cannot safely reach due to the ongoing hostilities. Read More
Israeli Officials: No Humanitarian Aid for “Human Animals” of Gaza, Ever
Middle East Monitor: Since the early days of the latest and ongoing phase of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, humanitarian aid has become a major weapon. It was on 9 October 2023 that the then Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant ordered a complete siege to be imposed on Gaza. “There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed,” he announced. “We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly.” Read More
Night in Gaza: A Living Nightmare
Quds News Network: For the vast majority of civilians in Gaza, nighttime brings not rest, but horror—a relentless cycle of fear, pain, and uncertainty. Nowhere feels safe. Not the remains of their homes, not the makeshift tents, not even the overcrowded displacement camps. As dusk falls over Gaza, people brace for what many describe as the most terrifying hours of the day. Read More
Dozens of settlers defile Aqsa Mosque under police guard
Palestinian Information Center: Scores of extremist Jewish settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Sunday morning and later in the afternoon, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site. According to local sources, dozens of settlers entered the Mosque through its Maghariba Gate and provocatively toured its courtyards under police protection. Read More
China holds more trade war cards than Trump thinks
Asia Times: When Donald Trump pulled back on his plan to impose eye-watering tariffs on trading partners across the world, there was one key exception: China. While the rest of the world would be given a 90-day reprieve on additional duties beyond the new 10% tariffs on all US trade partners, China would feel the squeeze even more. On April 9, 2025, Trump raised the tariff on Chinese goods to 125%. In fact, unlike when Trump imposed his first trade war tariffs in 2018, China might now hold a winning hand. Read More
Trump Concocted the ‘Tariffs Hoax’ to ‘Decouple’ with China
By Mike Whitney: The Trump tariff extravaganza was never about trade deficits, reindustrialization, or bringing jobs back to America. It was always about China. Now that Trump has either eased or lifted the tariffs on 90 other countries, we can see what’s actually going on. Trump is using the ‘tariffs smokescreen’ to implement his decoupling policy, a strategy that is designed to isolate, encircle and eventually crush the People’s Republic of China. That’s the motive that drives the policy. The tariffs were just a means to an end. Read More
Is Worldwide Depopulation Part of the Billionaire's "Great Reset"
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky: Population culminating with the 2020-2024 Covid crisis.Recent developments suggest that “Depopulation” is an integral part of the so-called Covid mandates including the lockdown policies and the mRNA “vaccine”. Flash back to 2009. According to the Wall Street Journal: “Billionaires Try to Shrink World’s Population”. Read More
US forces launch massive aggression on several areas in Yemen
Al Mayadeen: US forces launched airstrikes on various areas in Yemen on Saturday evening, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported, adding that American warplanes carried out 20 airstrikes on the capital, Sanaa, targeting its western, eastern, and southern outskirts. Two people were martyred and two others injured in a preliminary toll from the US aggression on the al-Nahda neighborhood in the al-Thawra district, north of Sanaa, our correspondent said. Read More
Yemeni Armed Forces say downed 21st US MQ-9 drone over Sanaa
Al Mayadeen: The Yemeni Armed Forces' air defenses shot down an American MQ-9 drone while it was carrying out hostile missions in the airspace of Sanaa governorate, the YAF's spokesperson confirmed on Saturday. Brigadier General Yahya Saree stated that the American aircraft had been successfully targeted using a domestically produced surface-to-air missile. Read More
Israeli Army reports first soldier killed in Gaza since ceasefire collapse
Al Mayadeen: Israeli media reported several casualties among Israeli troops in Gaza, as "Israel" continues its brutal war on the Palestinian enclave. The media said that an Israeli soldier was killed and four others were wounded in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, reporting that an Israeli Hummer vehicle was hit by an anti-tank missile in the al-Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, leaving two soldiers in critical and serious condition. Read More
Fate of Edan Alexander unknown after captor martyred: Abu Obeida
Al Mayadeen: The fate of US-Israeli captive in Gaza, Edan Alexander, is unknown, announced the spokesperson for Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades on Saturday, after the Palestinian Resistance group lost contact with the unit holding him four days ago. Abu Obeida announced the recovery of one of the martyred fighters, a member responsible for guarding the Israeli-American captive, while stating that the fate of Alexander and the other fighters tasked with guarding him remains unknown. Read More
Iran, US agree to continue nuclear talks after Rome meeting
Al Mayadeen: Iran and the United States agreed on Saturday to resume discussions on Tehran's nuclear program next week, according to Iranian state television, as they concluded their second round of talks in Rome over their decades-long impasse. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff negotiated indirectly through Oman's Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi who relayed messages between the two parties, Iranian officials said, a week after a first round of indirect talks in Muscat that both sides described as positive. Read More
Trump administration engaged in advanced planning for military strike on Iran
WSWS: An article published by the New York Times Thursday makes clear that the Trump administration and the far-right Israeli regime have developed detailed plans for a military onslaught on Iran’s nuclear facilities. It also confirms that US military assets—including a fleet of B-2 bombers—were deployed to the region in recent weeks in accordance with the joint-attack plan. The article, published under the byline of several Times’ authors with close ties to the White House and America’s military-security apparatus, revealed that the Zionist regime and Washington have been working in close consultation for months on plans to destroy Iran’s nuclear capabilities in an attack slated for as early as May. Read More
80 killed, 150 wounded in US airstrikes on Yemen's Ras Issa port
Al Mayadeen: The death toll from recent US airstrikes on the Ras Issa port in western Yemen has risen to 80 martyrs and 150 wounded, according to the Public Health Office in Hodeidah Governorate. The figures remain preliminary and are expected to rise as search and rescue efforts continue. Read More
Israeli attacks kill at least 50 across Gaza as heavy strikes hit north, south
Press TV: Dozens of Palestinians, including women and children, have lost their lives in new Israeli strikes on Gaza, as the regime’s genocidal war continues unabated across the besieged Gaza Strip. Read More
Photo of Palestinian boy who lost both arms wins World Press Photo Award
Palestinian Information Center: A touching photo of a nine-year-old Palestinian boy who lost both arms as a result of an Israeli attack in Gaza was honored Thursday as World Press Photo of the year, the most prestigious photojournalism competition, in its 2025 edition. The photo, taken by Samar Abu Elouf for the New York Times, shows Mahmoud Ajjour, who was evacuated to Doha after an explosion that severed one of his arms and led to the disfigurement of the other last year. Read More
Sheikh Qassem says Resistance to persist, disarmament not possible
Al Mayadeen: Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem reaffirmed in a televised speech on Friday the centrality of armed Resistance as a response to Israeli aggression and expansion, rejecting any discussion of disarmament while occupation persists. "The resistance is a reaction to the occupation," Sheikh Qassem said, "especially in the event that the Lebanese state is unable to protect the land and its citizens on its own." Read More
Iran's Araghchi to visit China following stops in Moscow and Rome
Al Mayadeen: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced on Friday that he will head to Beijing next week for consultations with senior Chinese officials, as part of a broader diplomatic effort to coordinate with key allies during a pivotal moment in US-Iran nuclear talks. "Next week, I will head to Beijing for consultations with my Chinese counterparts," Araghchi said, according to Iran's official news agency IRNA. Read More
Tens of thousands of worshipers perform Friday prayer at Aqsa Mosque
Palestinian Information Center: Tens of thousands of Muslim worshipers performed Friday prayer at the Aqsa Mosque, despite heightened restrictions and intensified Israeli measures around and within the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem and the holy site. According to the Islamic Waqf Department in Jerusalem, the worshipers performed Friday prayer and the funeral prayer in absentia for the souls of martyrs in Gaza and the West Bank. Read More
Al-Hayya proposes full prisoner swap deal in exchange for Gaza truce
Al Mayadeen: Hamas politburo chief Khalil al-Hayya announced on Thursday that the movement is prepared to engage in immediate, comprehensive negotiations to secure a full prisoner exchange deal, tied to a complete ceasefire in Gaza, an Israeli withdrawal from the territory, and the launch of reconstruction efforts. Read More
Hamas insists that any Gaza resolution be comprehensive: Exclusive
Al Mayadeen: Hamas remains firmly opposed to partial solutions that do not guarantee an end to the Israeli war on Gaza, a senior official in the Palestinian Resistance asserted on Thursday. A couple of days ago, Al Mayadeen obtained a copy of the Israeli proposal submitted to mediators and subsequently conveyed to Hamas regarding negotiations for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. Read More
In the 40,000 Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, one in ten bombs did not explode
Palestinian Information Center: According to the UN Mine Action Service, one in 10 bombs fired by the Israeli occupation army on the Gaza Strip did not explode. Reuters quoted the UN Human Rights Office as saying that the removal of unexploded bombs in the Gaza Strip has not commenced due to Israeli restrictions as well as the resumption of the war on March 18 after the collapse of the ceasefire agreement. Read More
Iran-Saudi ties to 'benefit both nations,' says Sayyed Khamenei
Al Mayadeen: IRNA on Thursday reported that Iran's leader, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, welcomed Saudi Arabia's Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud in Tehran, where the two discussed prospects for deeper bilateral ties. The visit, which marked a significant diplomatic gesture, included the delivery of a message from Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to Ayatollah Khamenei. Read More
Araghchi says awaiting Oman decision on talks, hands letter to Putin
Al Mayadeen: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi delivered a message from the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a visit to Moscow on Thursday. The message addressed key international, regional, and bilateral issues, according to statements made by Araghchi to Iranian media in the Russian capital. Read More
Remembering Abdel Aziz Al-Rantisi, Hamas co-founder and ‘Lion of Palestine’
Press TV: Abd Al-Aziz al-Rantisi, a very influential co-founder of the Hamas resistance movement, second only to the group’s spiritual leader, Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, was assassinated on this day in 2004 in an Israeli missile strike that targeted his car in Gaza. Rantisi was deeply revered for his unwavering commitment to the Palestinian freedom struggle and the expulsion of the illegal occupying regime and settlers from Palestine, which very deservingly earned him the nickname “Lion of Palestine.” Read More
Gaza: 25 martyrs and 89 wounded people in 24 hours
Palestine Information Office: Over the past 24 hours, hospitals in the Gaza Strip received the bodies of 25 martyrs and 89 people suffering from different injuries following Israeli attacks. Since the Israeli occupation army resumed its genocidal war on Gaza on March 18, 2025, a total of 1,652 people have been killed and 4,391 others have been injured, according to Gaza’s health ministry on Wednesday. Read More
Hamas Says Contact Lost With American-Israeli Soldier Held in Gaza Following Israeli Attack
Quds News Network: Hamas’s military wing confirmed that it has lost contact with a group guarding American-Israeli soldier Edan Alexander after a “direct Israeli bombardment” hit the area where he was being held. Read More
Global Humanity Warns the Pharaohs of War for Consequences
Mahboob A. Khawaja: Discarding the creed of optimism, We, the People realize there is much evil and much good in our encompassing imagination of the world. Our expectations turned sour that responsible leaders such as the UNO, Western world and other global institutions of peace and security would flout their role-play with distressed timidness and ignorance of prevalent reality in global humanitarian affairs. There is no fair role model of truthful characteristics of these leaders in doing their jobs to safeguard the entrenched humanity and future generations “from the scourge of war.” They utter hollow speeches and fake claims of serving peace and humanity. Read More
Israel is About to Empty Gaza
CHRIS HEDGES: Israel is poised to carry out the largest campaign of ethnic cleansing since the end of World War II. Since March 2, it has blocked all food and humanitarian aid into Gaza and cut off electricity, so that the last water desalination plant no longer functions. The Israeli military has seized half of the territory — Gaza is 25 miles long and four to five miles wide — and placed two-thirds of Gaza under displacement orders, rendered “no-go zones,” including the border town of Rafah, which is encircled by Israeli troops. Read More
Putin thanks Hamas for release of Russian-Israeli captive from Gaza
Al Mayadeen: Russian President Vladimir Putin thanks Hamas for the release of dual citizen Alexander Trufanov from the Gaza Strip, calling it a humanitarian act. Read More
Over 1,200 settlers defile Aqsa Mosque on 4th day of Passover
Palestine Information Office: Hundreds of extremist Jewish settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday morning and later in the afternoon on the fourth day of the Passover holiday, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site. According to al-Qastal news agency, 1,233 settlers entered the Mosque through its Maghariba Gate and provocatively toured its courtyards under police escort. Read More
Hamas: Our people will not let Israeli partition, Judaization plans pass
Palestine Information Office: Hamas said in a statement on Wednesday, “The incursion carried out this morning by the far-right Itamar Ben-Gvir, the occupation government’s “national security” minister, accompanied by groups of settlers into the courtyards of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, under heavy protection by the occupation forces, and performing provocative Talmudic rituals in it, comes as part of Israel’s systematic aggressive policy aimed at Judaizing the Al-Aqsa Mosque and forcibly imposing the temporal and spatial division.” Read More
The Qambarani family: a tragic portrait of enforced disappearances in Balochistan
By Islam Murad Baloch: The Qambarani family is among the countless victims of enforced disappearances in Balochistan, a land plagued by decades of Pakistani military oppression. Dozens of Qambarani intellectuals, poets, activists and students have been abducted by Pakistani forces. Some have returned. Some were never found. And others came back only as mutilated corpses. This is not just a story; it is a collective cry for justice. Read More
Gaza: 17 martyrs and 69 wounded people in 24 hours
Palestinian Information Center: Over the past 24 hours, hospitals in the Gaza Strip received the bodies of 17 martyrs and 69 people suffering from different injuries following Israeli attacks. Since the Israeli occupation army resumed its brutal war on Gaza on March 18, 2025, a total of 1,630 people have been killed and 4,302 others have been injured, according to Gaza’s health ministry on Tuesday. Read More
Palestine Holocaust
by Mir Adnan Aziz: The post 9/11 years saw a vitriolic anti-Islam campaign. Those maliciously demonizing Islam and its adherents were self-proclaimed champions of human rights and liberty; the leaders of the western world. When Osama bin Laden was killed, author and political commentator Debbie Schlussel exulted, “1 down, 1.8 billion more to go.” This was the mindset that led to the reprehensible murder of millions of innocent Muslims across the globe. Read More
Israel’s escalating West Bank assault is part of a larger plan to split the territory in two
Mondoweiss: Israel is expanding its “Iron Wall” offensive in the West Bank as it approves plans to separate the northern West Bank from the south. The plan is an accelerated prelude to Israel's expected annexation of the West Bank. Read More
Over 1,700 settlers defile Aqsa Mosque on 3rd day of Passover
Palestinian Information Cente: Hundreds of extremist Jewish settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday morning and later in the afternoon on the third day of the Passover holiday, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site. Read More
China hits back at Trump by tightening exports of rare earths
World Socialist Web Site: China has taken a significant step in the intensifying economic war with the US by moving to tighten controls on the export of rare earth minerals and magnets critical for many advanced technologies in auto production, electronics and military equipment. Restrictions had already been imposed on the exports of some rare earths as the Trump tariff war has escalated, but the latest moves appear to be the most significant retaliatory measure so far. Read More
Trump’s “1984”-Like Vision for a New World Order
ALFRED W. MCCOY: Amid a torrent of confusing, often contradictory foreign policy pronouncements pouring forth almost daily from the Trump White House, the overall design of his de facto geopolitical strategy has taken shape with surprising speed. Instead of maintaining mutual-security alliances like NATO, President Trump seems to prefer a globe divided into three major regional blocs, each headed by an empowered leader like himself — with Russia dominating its European periphery, China paramount in Asia, and the United States controlling, in a version of fortress America, all of North America (including, of course, the Panama Canal). Reflecting what his defense secretary called a “loathing of European freeloading” and his administration’s visceral disdain for the European Union, Trump is pursuing that tricontinental strategy at the expense of the traditional trans-Atlantic alliance, embodied by NATO, that has been the foundation for American foreign policy since the start of the Cold War. Read More
Gaza: 21 martyrs and 64 wounded people arrived at hospitals in 24 hours
Palestinian Information Center: Over the past 24 hours, hospitals in the Gaza Strip received the bodies of 21 martyrs and 64 people suffering from different injuries following Israeli attacks. Read More
Hamas says dealing positively with Cairo ceasefire talks
Al Mayadeen: The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas announced on Saturday that its negotiating delegation, led by senior official Khalil al-Hayya, has departed for the Egyptian capital, Cairo, in response to an official invitation from Egypt. In a statement, Hamas said the delegation would meet with Qatari and Egyptian mediators to continue efforts aimed at reaching an agreement and securing a ceasefire to end Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. Read More
Hamas warns of settlers’ intent to preform Passover rituals at Aqsa Mosque
Palestinian Information Center: Senior Hamas official Haroun Nasiruddin has warned that Jewish temple mount groups’ declared intent to perform animal sacrifice rituals at the Aqsa Mosque reflects persistence in targeting the Islamic holy site and igniting a religious conflict. Read More
Iran, US to hold next round of indirect talks on Saturday: Araghchi
Al Mayadeen: Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi announced that the next round of negotiations between Tehran and Washington is scheduled for next Saturday, following what he described as a "constructive" first round of indirect talks in the Omani capital of Muscat. Speaking after the conclusion of Saturday’s session, Araghchi said that four exchanges of messages took place between the Iranian and American delegations through Omani intermediaries. Read More
Indonesia's Gaza intervention: A humanitarian gesture or a strategic trap?
Press TV: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday announced his country's readiness to offer temporary shelter to Palestinians injured in the ongoing Israeli genocidal war that has claimed over 50,000 lives in nearly 600 days. Read More
How The West is Using Israel to Control The Arab World?
by Dr Elias Akleh: It would be better for the Arab leaders to warn and inform their people that Israel is a launching pad for a broad western colonial campaign aimed firstly at destroying the Arab homeland and colonizing it by planting Zionist terrorism in the form of the Israeli entity which aims to expand from the Nile to the Euphrates, from the far south of the Nile – on the Sudan borders – to the far north of the Euphrates – to the Turkish borders – to build what is called Greater Israel in the Promised Land promised by a racist land broker god to a criminal, savage, genocidal people. Read More
Pakistan's religious leaders announce Jihad against Israel, US over Gaza genocide
Middle East Eye: Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani, one of Pakistan's most prominent Islamic scholars and a former judge of the Federal Shariat Court, has declared military "jihad" against Israel is an obligatory duty for all Muslim governments. Speaking at the National Palestine Conference in Islamabad on Thursday, Usmani said Muslim countries had "failed to provide sufficient support to those fighting to protect" Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. "What is the use of the armies of Muslim countries if they do not engage in jihad?" he asked. Read More
Global Humanity and Remaking of Peace, Security and Conflict Resolution for the 21st Century and Beyond By Mahboob A. Khawaja, PhD.
The book offers critical analysis of current global affairs (wars in Gaza and Ukraine and several other pertinent issues) and invites policy makers in the Western world to RETHINK about their role and practices to wage egomaniac wars against innocent humanity and its ultimate natural consequences to destroy Earth, human lives and sustainable future for all. Read More
Detainee Ahmed Manasra Freed After 10 Years in Israeli Prisons
Al Mayadeen: Israeli authorities released 23-year-old Ahmad Manasra from Nafha Prison in the Negev Desert on Thursday, ending 10 years of imprisonment. Israeli authorities deliberately released Ahmad Manasra away from the main gate of Nafha Prison, where his family had been waiting to welcome him, and after his release, he encountered a resident of Be’er Sheva and used their phone to call his family and let them know he had been free, as per Al Mayadeen's correspondent. Read More
Gaza Health Ministry: Israeli attacks left 186 martyrs and wounded in 24 hours
Palestinian Information Office: The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced on Thursday that hospitals in the Gaza Strip received 40 martyrs and 146 wounded during the past 24 hours. Israeli occupation forces (IOF) committed a horrific massacre by bombing a densely populated residential square in Baghdad Street in the Al-Shujaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, on Wednesday morning, which resulted in the complete destruction of about ten houses on top of its residents, leading to the martyrdom of 40 civilians and the injury of more than 50 people. Read More
Israeli army continues to launch deadly attacks on Gaza
Palestinian Information Office: The Israeli occupation army continued last night and on Thursday to carry out deadly attacks on different areas of the Gaza Strip, killing and injuring dozens of civilians. According to local media sources, Israeli forces also continued today to detonate more homes and displace families in the Gaza Strip, further exacerbating the dire humanitarian situation under a stifling blockade that risks plunging the population into severe famine. Read More
Gaza: Dozens released from Israeli jails
Palestinian Information Office: The Israeli occupation army released some 80 Palestinian detainees into the war-battered Gaza Strip on Thursday morning, local sources said. The detainees, who had been kidnapped during the genocidal war on Gaza, were set free at the Israeli-controlled Kissufim border crossing in eastern Khan Yunis, south of Gaza, the Anadolu news agency quoted local sources as saying. Read More
Dozens of settlers defile Aqsa Mosque
Palestinian Information Office: Scores of extremist Jewish settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Thursday morning, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site. According to local sources, dozens of settlers entered the Mosque through its Maghariba Gate and provocatively toured its courtyards under police protection. Read More
Sudan tells ICJ UAE driving force behind genocide in Darfur
Al Mayadeen: Sudan told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was the "driving force" behind what it called a genocide in Darfur via its support for rebels fighting the Sudanese army. Sudan accused the UAE of providing weapons to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which have been fighting a two-year civil war against the Sudanese army, and while the UAE denied these allegations, UN experts and US lawmakers considered the accusations credible. Read More
Scholar: Without strong response, Arabs risk falling under Israeli control
Press TV: In the absence of a strong Arab response, the Levant region could fall completely under the dominance of the Israeli regime, an Arab scholar and head of a research institute warns. Read More
Three civilians killed in Sana'a as US intensifies airstrikes on Yemen
Press TV: At least three civilians have been killed in new US airstrikes on Yemen's capital, bringing to 107 the total number of people killed in such attacks across the country since mid-March. The al-Masirah television, citing Yemen's health ministry, said the strikes hit the al-Sabeen district early Thursday. Read More
Israeli airstrikes kill 45 in Gaza, dozens in one massacre
Al Mayadeen: At least 45 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza since dawn Wednesday, according to an Al Mayadeen correspondent, with 35 of the fatalities recorded in the al-Shuja'iya neighborhood in eastern Gaza following a horrific massacre committed by Israeli forces. According to reports, Israeli warplanes launched midday strikes targeting a residential block consisting of eight adjacent homes in al-Shuja'iya, resulting in dozens of martyrs and wounded, most of them women and children. Several people remain missing under the rubble. Read More
Hamas calls on normalizing countries to close Israeli embassies
Palestinian Information Center: Hamas demanded that countries still maintaining relations with the “criminal Zionist occupation” cut those ties and close the embassies of the “Nazi entity,” in support of the Palestinian people who are facing a “brutal Zionist genocide.” In a statement on Wednesday, Hamas said that the terrorist occupation army committed a bloody massacre this morning in one of the most heinous acts of genocide, by bombing a residential area crowded with civilians and displaced persons in the Shujaiya neighborhood east of Gaza City, resulting in the death of 29 martyrs, most of whom were women and children, and injuring more than 50 others, while the search continues for dozens missing under the rubble. Read More
Israel bombs several civilian houses in southern Lebanon
Al Mayadeen: Israeli forces escalated attacks on southern Lebanon Wednesday, striking a home in Yater with missiles after threat calls, hitting prefabricated rooms in Ramia via drone, and maintaining constant aerial surveillance. Read More
Yemeni Armed Forces shoot down US MQ-9 drone, 3rd in 1 week
Al Mayadeen: The Yemeni Armed Forces have documented the wreckage of a US MQ-9 drone that was shot down over Al-Jawf province on Wednesday, according to footage released by the Yemeni Military Media. Read More
Trump announces 90-day pause on tariffs but raises China levies to 125%
Press TV: US President Donald Trump has declared a 90-day pause on tariffs, but notably excluded China from the delay. The announcement was made via his Truth Social platform. It outlined a temporary reciprocal tariff of 10% for most countries during the pause. However, tariffs on Chinese goods were sharply increased to 125%, also effective immediately. Read More
58 Palestinians martyred, 213 injured in Gaza in the past 24 hours
Palestine Information Center: The Ministry of Health in Gaza Strip announced on Tuesday that its hospitals received 58 martyrs and 213 wounded citizens over the past 24 hours. It pointed out that the casualties of the Israeli renewed aggression since March 18 had reached 1,449 martyrs and 3,647 injured. Read More
Egypt proposes new deal for Gaza ceasefire: Israeli media
Al Mayadeen: The Israeli regime received Egypt's updated proposal for a prisoner exchange deal and a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The deal revolves around the release of eight living captives from the Gaza Strip in exchange for a truce that lasts between 40 and 70 days. Captives would be released in stages; however, Israeli media outlets said that neither the Palestinian Resistance led by Hamas nor the Israeli government had issued their final response to the deal. Read More
US war machine takes Yemen under 22 new attacks; 16 killed, injured in al-Hudaydah
Press TV: The United States has launched 22 fresh deadly airstrikes across several provinces around Yemen shortly after subjecting the country to dozens of similar aerial attacks. Yemeni sources reported the new assaults on Wednesday, saying they targeted the capital Sana’a and the central province of Ibb among other places. Read More
Hamas mourns Tunisian youth who raised Palestinian flag
Palestine Information Center: The Hamas Movement has mourned the death of Fares Al-Khaled, a 21-year-old Tunisian youth who passed away on Monday after attempting to raise the Palestinian flag atop a building at the Higher School of Sciences and Technologies of Design in Manouba Governorate, northern Tunisia. Read More
Death toll of journalists in Gaza rises to 211 since October 7, 2023
Palestine Information Center: The Government Media Office in Gaza announced on Tuesday that the number of journalists killed since Israel launched its war of genocide on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, has risen to 211. This comes following the killing of journalist Ahmad Mansour, who succumbed to his wounds on Monday after an Israeli airstrike targeted a journalists’ tent near Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. Read More
US secures 99-year rent-free access to Diego Garcia naval base
Al Mayadeen: The United States is preparing to acquire long-term, rent-free access to Diego Garcia, a distant military base in the Indian Ocean, under a pact close to being signed by Mauritius and the United Kingdom. The pact permits US soldiers to utilize the island for 99 years without paying rent. The pact has sparked political debate in Britain, with the Reform Party's deputy leader Richard Tice indicating that if the Reform Party were to win, the pact would be cancelled. Read More
Israeli Airstrike Kills 9 Children Playing in Gaza Street
Quds News Network: A chilling attack by the Israeli military has left nine children dead as they were playing in the street in Gaza. The airstrike targeted the children in the Al-Tufah neighborhood, east of Gaza City, on Sunday, as part of the ongoing genocide in the region. Read More
Gaza is a graveyard of the Muslim world’s conscience
Mondoweiss: Gaza’s blood stains not only the hands of Israel, the U.S., and the West — but also those of 2 billion Muslims who remain silent witnesses. Read More
Blood for trillion-dollar deal
First They Came for The Jews… The Waqf Amendment Bill 2024
by Dr Ram Puniyani: Parliament recently passed the Waqf Amendment Bill calling it ‘Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995, UMMID, in short. In the wake of the LoP, Rahul Gandhi stated that after this the religious properties of other communities will be targeted. He was on the dot as immediately after the passage of the bill the RSS mouthpiece Organiser published an article about the property of the Catholic Church. Though it immediately withdrew the article, the message was loud and clear. Read More
Pakistan Cricket Is In A Crisis
By Syed Rifaquat Ali: Not a single player in the Pakistan cricket team looks like an established professional cricketer. Recently, the Pakistan cricket team toured New Zealand and played three T-20 and three ODI, and lost all matches but one (Pakistan won one T-20 match). Read MoreGaza children slaughtered amid violent strikes; death toll hits 50,695
Al Mayadeen: 26 Palestinians were killed and 113 were injured in 24 hours, Gaza’s Ministry of Health reported, as Israeli attacks on the besieged enclave continue unabated. In a statement released Sunday, the Ministry confirmed that several victims remain trapped under the rubble and in the streets, where emergency and civil defense crews are unable to reach them due to ongoing Israeli assaults. Read More
Iran warns neighbors against US use of their airspace for attacks
Al Mayadeen: Iran is resisting US President Donald Trump’s demands for direct talks over its nuclear program, instead proposing continued indirect negotiations via Oman, a long-established intermediary, a senior Iranian official told Reuters. Iran has simultaneously issued warnings to regional countries, including Iraq, Kuwait, the UAE, Qatar, Turkey, and Bahrain, warning them that allowing US forces to use their territory or airspace in an attack on Iran would be viewed as a hostile act. Read More
Yemeni forces conducts fresh retaliatory operation against US warships in Red Sea
Press TV: The Yemeni Armed Forces have launched an attack on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier and its escorts in the northern Red Sea in retaliation for the continued US aggression against the Arab country and the destruction of its vital infrastructure. Brigadier General Yahya Saree, spokesperson for Yemen’s military, stated on Sunday morning that the hours-long operation involved coordinated strikes by naval, drone, and missile units. Read More
US spent $1 billion on Yemen offensive with limited results: Report
Press TV: A recent report has revealed that the US military’s nearly $1 billion offensive against the Yemeni armed forces has had limited success in impacting its capabilities. The US broadcaster, CNN, cited three unnamed sources as saying that the onslaught, which was launched on March 15, has already used hundreds of millions of dollars worth of munitions for strikes against Yemen’s armed forces, including JASSM long-range cruise missiles, JSOWs, which are GPS-guided glide bombs, and Tomahawk missiles. Read More
Fractured Ummah: How leadership crisis, disunity undermined the Palestinian cause
Press TV: The Islamic world, once a beacon of unity and resistance against colonialism, now stands fractured and weakened. This fragmentation is the result of decades of internal failures and cunning ploys by external powers to create fissures in the fabric of the Ummah. Propaganda, sectarianism, and the prioritization of narrow national interests have eroded the collective strength of the Arab and Muslim world. At the heart of this disunity lies the failure to rally around the Palestinian cause, a seventy-year-old struggle that remains a litmus test for Arab and Muslim solidarity. Read More
Muslim scholars issue fatwa calling for jihad against Israel as strikes pummel Gaza
Middle East Eye: Several prominent Muslim scholars have issued a rare religious decree or "fatwa", calling on all Muslims and Muslim-majority countries to wage "jihad" against Israel after 17 months of devastating war against Palestinians residing in the besieged enclave. Ali al-Qaradaghi, the secretary general of the International Union Of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), an organization previously led by Yusuf al-Qaradawi, called on all Muslim countries on Friday “to intervene immediately militarily, economically and politically to stop this genocide and comprehensive destruction, in accordance with their mandate”. Read More
Israel’s Ritual of Massacres: The Philosophy Behind Killing Palestinians on Eid
Quds News Network: On the first day of Eid al-Fitr, Israel turned Gaza into a slaughterhouse. Warplanes bombed homes, refugee camps, and even rescue workers. At least 76 Palestinians were murdered, including entire families, women, and children. This was not just another day of war. It was part of a pattern. Killing on Eid has become an Israeli ritual, one designed to shatter the spirit of an occupied people. Read More
Israel has killed over 300 children since it broke Gaza ceasefire: UNICEF
Press TV: The UN children’s fund (UNICEF) says Israeli forces have killed over 300 children since Tel Aviv broke the Gaza ceasefire and renewed its genocidal war on the territory on March 18. Read More
Hezbollah mourns commander, son, martyred in latest Israeli aggression
Al Mayadeen: The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon – Hezbollah announced on Tuesday the martyrdom of Commander Hassan Ali Bdeir, known as Hajj Rabih, on the path to occupied al-Quds. Read More
BNM’s Three Day Campaign in Geneva:
Advocating for Balochistan’s Independence and Exposing Pakistan’s War Crimes
Pressenza: The Baloch National Movement (BNM) organized a three day campaign at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland, to raise awareness about Pakistan’s ongoing genocide against the Baloch nation and to advocate for an independent Balochistan. Read More
US deports 100,000 people, arrests 113,000 since Trump's inauguration
Al Mayadeen: The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has deported over 100,000 individuals since President Donald Trump took office, the New York Post reported, citing an ICE source. Read More
March, 2025
Libya’s Grand Mufti Calls on Arab Fighter Pilots to Strike Israel
Quds News Network:Libya’s Grand Mufti, Sheikh Sadiq Al-Ghariani, has called on Arab and Muslim fighter pilots to launch airstrikes against the occupation state of Israel. He urged them to act immediately without waiting for permission from their governments and rulers, warning that inaction in the face of oppression leads to destruction. Read More
How many children has 'Israel' killed in Gaza?
Al Mayadeen: Gaza’s Ministry of Health released data detailing the total number of children killed by the Israeli occupation between October 7, 2023, and March 23, 2025. The ministry also categorized the martyred children by age group, revealing that 36.8% were between 6 and 12 years old. Tragically, 274 children were born during the war, only to be killed soon after. Read More
Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades spokesman on al-Quds Day: Resistance to stay
Al Mayadeen: The spokesman for the military wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine thanked all people who rose on Al Quds Day and declared their support for the Palestinian people. Read More
What does Iran's newly-unveiled largest subterranean 'missile city' reveal?
Press TV: The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Tuesday unveiled its largest underground missile city at an undisclosed location, sending a powerful message to enemies about Iran's growing military prowess and complete readiness for any eventuality. Read More
Turkey’s political unrest to significantly weaken Erdoğan’s grip on power: Analyst
Press TV: Protests in Turkey against the imprisonment of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu persist despite police crackdowns and the arrest of demonstrators. The ban on public gatherings in Turkey's three largest cities—Istanbul, Izmir, and Ankara—has been extended until April 1. Press TV website spoke with Mehdi Seif Tabrizi, a strategic affairs analyst who has worked extensively on Turkish politics, on the implications of the simmering unrest for Turkey and the political future of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Read More
65 American raids on Yemen in 24 hours
Palestinian Information Center: American warplanes launched 65 raids on various Yemeni targets over the past 24 hours, according to local media sources on Saturday. Read More
The Time is Now: Supporting Ali Sajjad Taj for California’s 67th Assembly District
By: Khalid Saeed – National President “American Muslim Voice Founda:tion.”“If you're not at the table, you're on the menu.” This powerful statement speaks volumes about the necessity of political representation. As a Muslim community, we cannot afford to be absent when decisions are being made that shape our future. We need a strong, capable, and experienced leader to represent us at the state level, and Artesia Mayor Ali Sajjad Taj is that lea der. Read More
February 2025
Israel ready to discuss phase 2, no details yet: Palestinian source
Al Mayadeen: The Israeli delegation will arrive in Cairo today to discuss completing the first phase of the ceasefire and prisoner-exchange agreement, a senior Palestinian official said. Speaking to Al Mayadeen, the official said the Israeli side is ready to discuss the second phase without giving any details about its terms, asserting that the meetings in Cairo will see the participation of all relevant parties concerned with the situation in Gaza. Read More
Al-Qassam commander Muhammad Shahin killed in Israeli strike in S. Lebanon
Al Mayadeen: An Israeli drone targeted Monday a vehicle at the entrance of Saida, southern Lebanon, killing one person, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported, on the eve of the deadline set for the complete withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces from Lebanese territory. The person targeted in the strike is a Palestinian official in the al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' military wing, our correspondent mentioned, citing reports. Read More
Senior US, Russian officials to meet for discussions in Saudi Arabia
Al Mayadeen: Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov notes that discussions in Riyadh will address the possibility of organizing a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump. Read More
Russia to likely keep reduced military presence in Syria: Bloomberg
Al Mayadeen: Sources say Moscow is reportedly nearing an agreement with Syria’s new government that would allow it to retain some personnel and equipment in the country. Read More
Israeli Army storms mosque, injures Palestinian in West Bank
Palestinian Information Center: NABLUS, (PIC) Israeli occupation forces stormed the village of Burqa, northwest of Nablus, in the northern West Bank, on Monday evening and broke into a local mosque after blowing up its gate during the afternoon prayer. Read More
Israel targeting police officers in Rafah violates ceasefire
Al Mayadeen: Hamas has denounced an Israeli drone strike that targeted police officers in Rafah this Sunday morning, killing three officers. The attack occurred while the officers were securing the entry of humanitarian aid, and Hamas has labeled it a "serious violation" of the ceasefire agreement currently in place. Read More
Israeli violations tantamount to agreement failure: Gaza Media Office
Netanyahu says Israel, Trump have ‘common strategy’ on Gaza
Press TV: Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel and US President Donald Trump have a “common strategy” on Gaza’s future after he met Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the occupied al-Quds. Rubio met with Netanyahu on Sunday in the occupied territories where he highlighted Trump’s controversial proposal to take control of the besieged Palestinian territory. Read More
Israeli court sentences Palestinian child to 18 years in prison
Press TV: An Israeli court has sentenced a 15-year-old Palestinian child to 18 years in prison for alleged involvement in an attack in the occupied West Bank, a prisoners' advocacy group says. In a statement released on Sunday, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said the court also ordered Mohammed Basel Zalbani, from the Shu’fat refugee camp, east of occupied East al-Quds, to pay 300,000 shekels ($83,333) in compensation. Read More
Iran's foreign minister urges united stance by Muslim world in support of Palestine
Press TV: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the Muslim world should take a united and firm stance in support of the rights of the Palestinian people.Araghchi made the remarks in a Sunday meeting with Secretary General of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jasem Albudaiwi on the sidelines of the 8th Indian Ocean Conference in the Omani capital of Muscat. Read More
Kabul decries Pakistan acts against Afghan refugees, urges protection
Al Mayadeen: On Sunday, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan protested hostile actions taken against Afghan refugees in Pakistan. The protest followed raids by Pakistani police on the homes of Afghan refugees in Quetta and other areas of Balochistan province on Saturday, subjecting them to mistreatment and forcing them out of their houses. Among those detained, the ministry reported, were 65 children and 30 women, in addition to the men. Read More
Hamas hands over 3 Israeli captives as part of sixth batch of deal
Al Mayadeen: The Palestinian Resistance released three Israeli prisoners—Alexander Tropanov, Sagi Dekel Chen, and Yair Horn—in Khan Yunis on Saturday, located in the southern Gaza Strip. This release is part of the sixth batch in the prisoner exchange process outlined in the ceasefire agreement. Read More
Exchange resumed after guarantees for occupation compliance: Hamas
Liberated Palestinian prisoners
Hamas condemns Israel for 'racist slogans' on outfits of freed Palestinian prisoners
Press TV: Hamas says Israel’s move in marking the outfits of released Palestinian prisoners with "racist slogans" comes in sharp contrast to the resistance’s firm commitment to moral values in treating Israeli captives in the Gaza Strip. Read More
'Only to al-Quds': Hamas responds to displacement plots amid handover
Al Mayadeen: "The presence of the image of al-Quds, Al-Aqsa [Mosque], and popular crowds during the handover process of Israeli captives sends the enemy a message, saying that they are red lines," the Hamas Resistance movement said on Saturday. In a statement issued on Saturday, Hamas said the sixth release of Israeli captives serves as confirmation that their handover can only be achieved through negotiation and commitment to the entitlements of the ceasefire. Read More
Toll hits 160,000 martyrs, wounded in Israeli aggression on Gaza
Al Mayadeen: The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced on Saturday that the death toll from the Israeli aggression has risen to 48,264 martyrs, with 111,688 others injured since October 7, 2023. According to the latest daily report, 25 martyrs and 12 wounded individuals were brought to Gaza hospitals over the past 48 hours. Read More
Yemen will intervene militarily to thwart Trump's Gaza plan: Al-Houthi
Al Mayadeen: Yemen will intervene militarily to prevent US President Donald Trump's plan to forcibly displace the Palestinian people from their homeland, the leader of Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement, Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, threatened on Thursday, adding that the country is acting within its duty and that it will not remain a bystander. Read More
Arab world bears great responsibility in rejecting Trump's plan
Yemen remains firm in supporting Palestinian people
46 years since Islamic Revolution, Palestine still at the heart of Iran's foreign policy
By Iqbal Jassat : As a remarkable testament to the resilience of a people who pulled off one of the most outstanding and popular socio-political movements in modern history, the Islamic Republic of Iran celebrated the 46th anniversary of the victory of its Islamic Revolution last week. Read More
Israel to release 369 Palestinian prisoners in Saturday's exchange
Anadolu Agency: Israel is set to release 369 Palestinian prisoners on Saturday as part of the sixth batch of the first phase of the ongoing prisoner exchange deal between Hamas and Israel, according to Palestinian sources. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners' Media Office, affiliated with the Hamas movement, stated that the released group will include 36 prisoners serving life sentences and 333 detainees from Gaza who were arrested after Oct. 7, 2023. Read More
Hostages and resistance: The long history of Palestinian prisoner swaps
TRT World: Prisoner exchanges between Israel and Palestine have long been a focal point of resistance, reflecting the broader struggle over occupation, control, and national identity. Read More
Yemen's military arsenal regains momentum: al-Houthi
Al Mayadeen: The military arsenal of the Yemeni armed forces is "restored to its full power and is set up on platforms, awaiting commands, with the targets already specified," asserted the member of the Yemeni High Political Council Mohammad Ali al-Houthi. Al-Houthi reiterated Yemen's supportive stance towards Palestine, promising the United States that it will "see what it hasn't seen before from the Yemeni forces" during a crowded march in the city of Sa'ada in support of the Palestinian people and resistance. Read More
US threatens Egypt with military aid cuts if Gaza plot rejected
Al Mayadeen: The US is pressuring Cairo to embrace President Donald Trump’s scheme for Gaza’s post-war future, including the forced displacement of Palestinians to Egypt, according to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, as reported by the Times of Israel. Quoting Egyptian sources in Washington, the London-based outlet claims that the Pentagon has cautioned Egyptian military officials about potential restrictions on military aid if Cairo refuses to comply with Trump’s plan. Read More
Iran condemns Pakistan terrorist attack, urges stronger cooperation in fight against terror
Press TV: Iran has strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Pakistan's Balochistan Province that claimed the lives of close to a dozen coal miners and left several others injured. Read More
Trump says US to dramatically increase military sales to India, including F-35 jets
Press TV: US President Donald Trump says the country plans to ramp up weapons sales to India this year, including F-35 fighter jets. During a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, Trump said, “Starting this year, we’ll be increasing military sales to India by many billions of dollars.” “We’re also paving the way to ultimately provide India with the F-35 stealth fighters,” he said. Read More
