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US denies it sent warships to protest Karish gasfield for Israel

The circulated reports about the arrival of U.S. warships to protect the Karish offshore gas field are baseless, a U.S. Embassy source told al-Jadeed TV on Thursday. Al-Akhbar newspaper had earlier reported, quoting “UNIFIL sources,” that U.S. warships had arrived off the Karish field and started measures aimed at protecting the Energean Power gas vessel. […]

Biden establishes U.S. Office of Palestinian Affairs

The United States is restoring a line of communication for the Palestinians that had been canceled by the Trump administration. The move, announced before a possible visit by President Joe Biden to Israel and the occupied West Bank, is bureaucratic in nature. But it means the Palestinians will deal directly with the U.S. State Department […]

UK champions cause of UN staff staff held by Houthis

The British ambassador to Yemen called on the Houthis to immediately release two Yemeni UN employees who are being detained by the militia. “The UK is alarmed by reports of detention of UN staff in Yemen,” Richard Oppenheim said on Saturday. “Aid workers must be allowed to do their work for the people of Yemen,” […]

Election defeat drives more protests by pro-Iran groups

Hundreds of supporters of pro-Iranian factions staged a fresh demonstration on Saturday in the Iraqi capital over last month’s election results, a day after at least one protester was killed in a clash with police. The demonstrations come while Iraq’s numerous political parties negotiate to form coalitions and name a new prime minister after the […]

Israel wants US mission in West Bank, not East Jerusalem

Israel stepped up its public opposition on Saturday to a plan by President Joe Biden's administration to reopen a U.S. consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem, suggesting such a mission should be in the occupied West Bank. Under former President Donald Trump, Washington delighted Israelis and outraged Palestinians by closing the Jerusalem consulate and placing its […]

Sudan coup of supreme concern to Saudi

Saudi Arabia said it is following with great concern the developing events in Sudan and stressed on the importance of restraint and a de-escalation of tensions. The Kingdom said it was important to preserve all the political and economic gains and everything that aimed to protect the unity among all the political components in Sudan, […]

Israel says no compromise over US mission to East Jerusalem

Israel will remain opposed to Washington's plan to reopen a U.S. consulate in Jerusalem that has traditionally been a base for diplomatic outreach to the Palestinians, even if political conditions change, an Israeli cabinet minister said on Tuesday. The consulate was subsumed into the U.S. Embassy that was moved to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv in […]

President Aoun says US to help Lebanon's electricity deficit

The Lebanese presidency said on Thursday that the United States has decided to assist Lebanon with electricity provision as the country struggles with crippling fuel shortages. It said the U.S. ambassador informed President Michel Aoun of the decision through a phone call on Thursday. There was no immediate comment from the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon. […]

Biden vows massive retaliation if Taliban hits US interests

US President Joe Biden warned the Taliban Monday not to disrupt or threaten the evacuation of thousands of American diplomats and Afghan translators at the Kabul airport. The response to any attack would be “swift and forceful,” Biden said in a televised address from the White House. “We will defend our people with devastating force […]

Albania to help US with Afghan refugees

Albania has accepted a U.S. request to temporarily take in Afghan refugees seeking visas to enter the United States, Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Sunday, as Taliban forces entered the Afghan capital Kabul. Rama said U.S. President Joe Biden's administration had recently asked fellow NATO member Albania to assess whether it could serve as […]

BREAKING NEWS - Kabul falls, Americans escape in helicopters, Doha diplomacy fails

Taliban insurgents entered Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Sunday, an interior ministry official said, as the United States evacuated diplomats from its embassy by helicopter. The senior official told Reuters the Taliban were coming in "from all sides" but gave no further details. There were no reports of fighting. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a […]

New rocket attack on Baghdad green zone

At least eight Katyusha rockets landed in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone in an attack targeting the U.S. Embassy, causing some minor damage on the compound on Sunday, the Iraqi military and the embassy said on Sunday. The Iraqi military said an “outlaw group” fired eight rockets. Most of the missiles hit a residential complex […]

Iraq fails to guarantee US diplomats safety as rockets hit Irbil

Iran-backed militias launched rockets targeting U.S. troops that landed near Erbil airport in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq, a Kurdish security agency said on Wednesday, hours after Iraq’s premier pledged to protect foreign missions. Iraqi Kurdistan’s counterterrorism service blamed the attack on the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), an umbrella grouping of mostly Iran-backed Iraqi […]

Palestine slams US decision to downgrade Jerusalem Consulate

Palestinian officials today slammed the US’ decision to downgrade its Jerusalem Consulate, merging it with the US Embassy to Israel. The Palestinian Authority (PA)’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Riyad Al-Malki condemned the US decision, saying it “proves that the US administration has adopted the agenda of the far-right Israeli settler movement, treating the entire area […]

U.S. Embassy Bombing Attempt in Cairo Misfires

An apparent attempt to bomb the American Embassy in Cairo failed on Tuesday when an explosive detonated prematurely in the backpack of a would-be attacker, the Egyptian government said in a statement. No one was injured. It was the latest reminder of the continuing threat to Western interests from the simmering unrest in Egypt that […]

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