President Pezeshkian hopes war, genocide would end in New Year

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in a New Year’s congratulatory message, has expressed hope that violence, war, and genocide will cease in 2025.

Syria’s new rulers appoint Maysaa Sabrine as first woman to lead central bank

Syria's new rulers have appointed Maysaa Sabrine, formerly a deputy governor of the Syrian central bank, to lead the institution as the first woman to do so in its more than seven-decade history, according to a senior Syrian official.

Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital director held at Israeli army base: CNN

The chief of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, whose whereabouts have been unknown since he was detained by Israeli military after a raid on the health facility last week, is allegedly being held at an army base doubling as a detention facility, CNN has reported.

Syria FM says to visit Saudi Arabia in his first official foreign trip

Syria’s new Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani says that he has accepted an invitation from his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah to visit Saudi Arabia, in what would be his first official trip abroad.

Envoy denies as baseless US, UK claims about Iran’s involvement in Red Sea tensions

Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations has categorically dismissed the “unfounded and politically-motivated” allegations by the United States and the United Kingdom about Tehran’s involvement in mounting tensions in the Red Sea region.

WHO chief urges Israel to stop attacks on Gaza hospitals

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on Israel to stop attacks on hospitals in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Russia says no grounds for ending Ukraine war

Russian authorities do not believe that the conflict between Moscow and Kiev can be stopped at the moment, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated.

Officials: 6th infant dies of hypothermia in Gaza

Gaza health officials say that a one-month-old baby died on Monday from "severe cold" as the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave grapples with winter weather.

Russia says won’t make concessions on Ukraine in NATO

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stated Moscow will not agree to a mere postponement of Kiev’s NATO membership, or to the deployment of European peacekeepers to Ukraine – two ideas reportedly proposed by advisers of US President-elect Donald Trump, as part of a potential peace deal.

Hamas says Israel blocking Gaza ceasefire talks

Hamas official Osama Hamdan says that Israel is obstructing negotiations aimed at securing a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the exchange of captives.

Russia should admit guilt over downing airliner, pay compensation: Azerbaijan’s president

Moscow must admit responsibility for the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane after it was hit by fire from the ground over Russian territory, President Ilham Aliyev has stated in a television interview.

Gaza Government Media Office releases key statistics on carnage of Israel’s war

The Government Media Office has shared dozens of data points that highlight the devastating toll Israel has exacted on the Gaza Strip and its Palestinian inhabitants.

Assad’s wife barred from Britain for cancer treatment

Asma Assad, the British-born wife of ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad, has been effectively barred from returning to the United Kingdom after her British passport expired, according to local media.

39th US president, Jimmy Carter, dies at 100

Former US President  Jimmy Carter passed away at the age of 100 in his home in Georgia on Sunday. He served a chaotic four years in the White House marred by the Iran hostage crisis, oil shortages and high inflation.

Holding elections in Syria could take up to four years: De facto leader

Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has stated holding elections in the country could take as long as four years.

Ministry: Gaza death toll tops 45,500

At least 30 more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, bringing the overall death toll since October 2023 to 45,514, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave announced in a statement on Sunday.

Fifth baby dies from cold in Gaza amid Israeli blockade

A newborn Palestinian baby who was 30 days old, died in the Gaza Strip from hypothermia on Sunday.

Israeli army seeking to expand military offensive in Gaza: Report

The Israeli military has announced that it intends to escalate its offensive in the Gaza Strip, further intensifying the genocide it has been committing for more than 14 months.

Iran says a suspect in terrorist attack in Hormozgan province captured

The Chief Justice of Hormozgan Province in Iran has stated that a suspect in the terrorist attack on Saturday night in Bandar Lengeh, southern Iran, during which a police commander was killed, has been captured.

Israel burns houses in southern Lebanon: Army

The Lebanese army has announced that Israeli soldiers advanced into the towns of Qantara and Taybeh in the Marjayoun district, in the southern part of the country, where they set fire to homes.

Iran sympathizes with Thailand, South Korea over plane crash

The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Esmael Baqaei, has extended condolences to the governments and people of South Korea and Thailand after a passenger plane crashed at the airport in Muan County, southwestern Korea, on Sunday.

WFP: 2mn in Gaza remain without food, shelter, water

The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the lives of more than two million Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip have come to a halt, with no access to food, water, or shelter, as the Israeli assaults continue.

Iran’s envoy says Oman’s FM to visit Tehran soon

Foreign Minister of Oman Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi is slated to visit Tehran soon, the Iranian ambassador to Muscat has confirmed.

Turkey says ‘neutralized’ over 3,000 terrorists in 2024

Ankara has dealt a "major blow" to the terrorist groups PKK, its Syrian branches the PKK/PYD/YPG, as well as Daesh particularly in northern Iraq and Syria, neutralizing 3,038 terrorists since the beginning of 2024, the National Defense Ministry has announced.

Yemen’s Houthis say shot down 13th MQ-9 Reaper drone

The military spokesman for Yemen's Houthis stated on Saturday that the Yemeni army shot down another American MQ-9 Reaper drone.

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