WEST ASIA

US forces bring in new military reinforcements to bases in Syria’s Hasakah
Sep 28, 2022
American occupation forces have brought in new military reinforcements to their bases in the northeastern province of Hasakah, as Washington pushes ahead with the looting of oil reserves and natural resources in the war-ravaged West Asian country.

UN needs to do more to clear Yemen of landmines: Rights group
Sep 28, 2022
The Yemen Executive Mine Action Centre (YEMAC) has urged international organizations, especially the United Nations, to support its efforts in clearing the country of landmines.

Turkish military shells villages in Syria’s Hasakah, casualties reported
Sep 28, 2022
Turkish military forces and their allied militants have reportedly launched an artillery attack on several villages in Syria’s northeastern Province of Hasakah, leaving a number of civilians dead or injured.

Saudi-led coalition seizes Yemen-bound fuel tanker in another truce breach
Sep 28, 2022
The Saudi-led coalition waging war in Yemen has seized another tanker carrying much-needed fuel to the besieged country, in yet another blatant violation of a UN-sponsored ceasefire agreement between the parties to the Yemen conflict.

Iraq says working to arrange ‘foreign ministerial’ Iran-Saudi meeting
Sep 28, 2022
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, whose country has hosted reconciliation talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia, says Baghdad is currently working with Tehran and Riyadh to help boost the representation of the two sides in the talks from security and intelligence levels to foreign ministerial level.

Lebanese Parliament set to convene on Thursday to elect new president
Sep 28, 2022
The Lebanese Parliament is set to hold a session later this week to elect a new president in an effort to thwart another governmental vacuum in the crisis-riddled country, with President Michel Aoun’s term being about to expire next month.

Thirty Palestinian detainees continue hunger strike for 3rd day
Sep 28, 2022
A Palestinian prisoners advocacy group says thirty Palestinian inmates in Israeli jails continue their open-ended hunger strike for the third consecutive day in protest against Israel’s so-called policy of administrative detention.

20 September 2022

Lebanese political parties condemn Israeli attacks on Syria’s Damascus airport
Sep 20, 2022
Lebanese political parties have strongly condemned the latest Israeli airstrikes on Syria’s Damascus International Airport and other positions south of the capital, which killed five soldiers and caused material damage, saying such acts of aggression are part of the Tel Aviv regime’s efforts to raise the prestige of its armed forces.

Palestinian schools in al-Quds protest Israel’s plan to distort textbooks
Sep 20, 2022
Teachers and students in al-Quds have held a general strike against plans by the occupying authorities to impose Israeli texts on Palestinian curricula.

Yemeni rights group: Saudi Arabia violated UN-backed truce
Sep 20, 2022 05:40
Amid international calls for renewing the UN brokered-truce, the Yemeni center for human rights has held a press conference in Sana’a to release a report titled “the alleged truce”.

Human right organization warns against ‘inhumane conditions’ facing inmates at Bahrain’s Jau Prison
Sep 20, 2022 05:34
An independent human rights organization has warned against ‘inhumane conditions’ at Bahrain’s notorious Jau Prison, saying various forms of physical and mental torture as well as mistreatment are among the torments that prisoners endure in the detention center.

Turkish warplanes bombard villages in Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region, casualties feared
Sep 19, 2022 14:30
Turkish fighter jets have bombarded several border villages in Iraq’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, as Ankara is engaged in an ongoing military operation against purported positions of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group in the rugged mountainous areas.

Cuban FM decries Israel over latest air raids on Syria
Sep 19, 2022 06:45
Cuba has decried the latest deadly Israeli attack on Syria as a flagrant violation of international law, warning that those actions endanger the stability of the West Asia region.

Russian jets strike terrorist positions in Syria’s militant-held Idlib region: Defense Ministry
Sep 19, 2022 06:33
The Russian Defense Ministry says the country’s fighter jets have carried out a series of airstrikes on the positions of the members of the Takfiri Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) terrorist outfit in Syria’s northwestern Province of Idlib, killing dozens of terrorists in the process.

108 Yemenis killed by mines, cluster bombs, other war remnants since truce: Report
Sep 19, 2022 06:24
A report says at least 108 Yemeni civilians have been killed by landmines, cluster bombs, and other fatal remnants of the Saudi-led war since April, when a UN-brokered truce came into effect in the impoverished Arab country.

Biggest illegal US military base in Syria comes under intense rocket attack: Reports
Sep 19, 2022 06:16
The US’s biggest illegal military base in Syria has come under rocket attack, hours after another installation housing American forces was similarly targeted with projectiles.

Palestinian schools in al-Quds to go on strike in protest at Israel’s attempts to change textbooks
Sep 19, 2022 05:15
Palestinian schools in occupied East al-Quds are set to go on a one-day strike in protest against attempts by the occupying regime’s authorities to impose Israeli textbooks on Palestinian curricula.

Source: Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman will not attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral
Sep 19, 2022 04:57
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince and de facto ruler, Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), is no longer expected to attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, despite earlier expectations following an invitation from the British government.