Sun 22 December 2024: Hundreds of officers resigned from the Israeli occupation army in 2024, an Israeli newspaper revealed yesterday. The resignations were attributed to several reasons, including the burdens of the ongoing war on the Gaza Strip and economic challenges. According to Israel Hayom, as translated by Safa news site, 500 officers of the rank of lieutenant […]
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Sat 21 December 2024: The EU announced on Friday that it is considering efforts for Syria’s reconstruction, including preparations for the 9th Brussels Conference to support Syria, Anadolu news agency reported. At the daily press briefing, EU Foreign Affairs spokesman Anouar El Anouni responded to an Anadolu reporter’s question: “Does the EU have concrete plans for Syria’s reconstruction as […]
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Sat 21 December 2024: Israel’s plan to divide Syria into three blocks and cut ties with Iran and Hezbollah was thwarted by the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s government, Middle East Eye reported, quoting regional security sources. The plan involved establishing military and strategic ties with the Kurds in the northeast and the Druze in the […]
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Sat 21 December 2024: The Gaza Electricity Distribution Company has estimated losses of $450 million across the sector over the past 14 months, the Palestinian Information Centre has reported. The figure is understandably an estimate due to the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza and the difficulty in documenting all losses. The process of restoring electricity will occur […]
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Sat 21 December 2024: The oldest map of the world – which has been drawn on an almost 3,000-year-old clay tablet – has been deciphered by scientists who have found the location of ‘Noah’s Ark’. The Babylonian artefact – called the Imago Mundi – had a circular diagram in which there was a writing system […]
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Fri 20 December 2024: The US on Friday said it will no longer be pursuing $10 million “Rewards for Justice” bounty on the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, Anadolu news agency reported. “I told him (HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa) we would not be pursuing the Rewards for Justice, reward […]
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Fri 20 December 2024: The UAE has been accused of exacerbating environmental damage in Yemen’s Socotra Island by introducing invasive agricultural seedlings since assuming control of the island in 2017. Local experts have condemned UAE-owned companies for distributing thousands of seedlings that threaten Socotra’s fragile ecosystem, reports the Yemen Press Agency. The UAE-owned Eastern Triangle Holding Company recently […]
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Fri 20 December 2024: Last Friday was memorable for millions of Syrians all over the world who celebrated the liberation of their land from the Assad dynasty. Many raised the original flag used in Syria after it was liberated from French occupation. The revolutionaries chose to use it 13 years ago and removed the flag […]
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Fri 20 December 2024: The World Bank has reported that Israeli occupation forces have devastated the banking infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, destroying 93 per cent of operational bank branches over the past 15 months. The global body also highlighted a broader humanitarian crisis exacerbated by the destruction of 88 per cent of microfinance institutions […]
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Fri 20 December 2024: The 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia will not allow football fans to buy or consume alcohol while attending matches, senior FIFA officials have revealed. Last week, FIFA awarded Saudi Arabia the hosting rights for the 2034 World Cup, marking the second year in which a Middle Eastern country hosts the world’s largest […]
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