Beirut is hoping to soon calm tensions with the Persian Gulf countries, Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said on Saturday. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait, have given Lebanon's envoys 48 hours to leave their countries over comments by a Lebanese minister, slamming Saudi-led war on Yemen.
The European Union (EU) has reiterated its call for Israel to halt its plans to expand settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. The bloc has announced any new changes to the pre-1967 borders that are not agreed upon by the parties will be rejected by the EU.
Saudi Arabia and Bahrain ordered the expulsion of the Lebanese ambassadors on Friday. The move comes following comments by Lebanon's information minister criticizing Saudi-led war on Yemen.
Turkish army troops have fired heavy artillery rounds at Ain Digna and Bailounieh villages in Syria’s province of Aleppo. The Turkish army is reportedly poised to launch a military operation in the region.
Yemen’s Defense Minister Mohammad al-Atefi has stated the Saudi-led coalition waging war against the country has no choice but to admit defeat
. He stressed all occupied areas would soon be restored to the Yemeni sovereignty.
The United States should either deliver the F-35s or return the money Turkey has paid for the military aircraft, Ankara says. Turkey has also announced it could purchase Russian-made SUs instead.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned about the possibility of an arms race between world powers in Asia after the US exit from Cold War-era nuclear weapons deal.
Risks of the escalation of tensions on Syrian territories which are not controlled by the Damascus government are still high, a Russian diplomat warns.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait have summoned Beirut’s ambassadors after Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi called for an end to the Riyadh-led aggression on Yemen. The Saudi-led brutal war has killed tens of thousands of Yemenis, displaced millions more and thrown the country into the ‘worst humanitarian catastrophe.”
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi has urged the UN Security Council to force the Israeli regime into ending its occupation of Syrian territory.
A high-ranking Iranian military commander says Iranian air defense network monitors the operation of all planes and drones closely. Commander of Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base has also warned Iran's air defense will definitely respond to any kind of threat decisively.
The deputy commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) held a meeting with the director general of Warfare and Training in Joint Staff Headquarters (JSHQ) of Pakistan Army. The Iranian commander has expressed the IRGC's readiness to develop military training ties and interactions with Islamabad.
Turkey’s parliament has extended the military’s mandate to conduct cross-border operations in Syria and Iraq by two more years. Both Damascus and Baghdad have in several occasions condemned Turkey’s incursions into their soil as flagrant violations of their territorial integrity.
The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has denounced Israel’s designation of six Palestinian civil society organizations as “terrorist”. She has described the move as an attack on defenders of human rights and freedom of association.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says Iran and Tajikistan have many historical, religious and cultural commonalities and they should use these capabilities to further strengthen their relations and cooperation.
Tehran and Damascus will sign a free trade deal in late November in Syrian capital, according to the Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) of Iran. The report says, Iran will also implement trade agreements with Pakistan, Indonesia and Venezuela in the near future.
Bahraini protesters have staged nationwide demonstrations to urge Manama to free political prisoners. The rally comes following the death of a former detainee over medical complications he sustained during imprisonment.
An Israeli envoy will visit Washington to justify the recent decision by Tel Aviv to designate six Palestinian human rights organizations as “terrorists”.
A Lebanese judge has charged 68 people for the recent fatal unrest in Beirut. Seven people were killed and dozens more wounded in clashes, said to be the worst street violence in years in Lebanon.
The United States has announced a senior al Qaeda leader was killed in an air raid in the Syrian province of Raqqa. Washington claims its military operations against al Qaeda in Syria have increased in the recent months. Damascus wants all US troops out of Syria.
