Jordan said on Friday Israeli “war crimes” against Palestinians were to blame for heightened regional tension and violence in the Red Sea, which it said threatened to ignite a wider war in the Middle East. Israel, which since October has been fighting Hamas in the Gaza Strip, has denied allegations that it has committed … Read more
The US Embassy in Iraq came under attack Thursday night, according to preliminary reports shared at about 02:00 Israel time in The Jerusalem Post‘s sister publication Maariv. The event came within a half hour of reports that the United States and Britain had begun striking Houthi targets in Yemen, and if it was indeed … Read more
Offering a pathway to a Palestinian state is the best way to stabilize the wider region and isolate Iran and its proxies, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday as he ended a frenetic regional tour over the Gaza war in Cairo. Shuttling between Israel and Arab states, Blinken has been pushing … Read more
The head of Yemen’s Houthi supreme revolutionary committee, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, said on Thursday the UN resolution on navigation on the Red Sea is a “political game” and that the United States was the one violating international law. The UN Security Council on Wednesday demanded Yemen’s Houthis immediately end attacks on ships in the … Read more
Egypt and Jordan warned against any Israeli reoccupation in the Gaza Strip and appealed for uprooted residents to be allowed to return to their homes as the Arab countries’ leaders met Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday. While Israel presses forward with a military campaign it says will last for months, Abbas, Jordan’s … Read more
Al-Aqsa Flood and the Israeli Right’s future Al Rai, Kuwait, December 27 For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org In the aftermath of Israel’s crushing defeat on October 7, a severe dilemma now confronts Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. This defeat has not only put an end to Israel’s longest-reigning leader and prominent … Read more
On September 14, 2023, US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller put out a statement about the third anniversary of the Abraham Accords. “Tomorrow marks the third anniversary of the signing of the historic Abraham Accords. Normalization between our allies in the region has been transformational for Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Morocco,” … Read more
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah warned that his movement “cannot accept” the alleged Israeli assassination of deputy Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri, stressing that remaining silent would cause more harm than “any risks that may come from responding, in a speech on Friday afternoon. “I tell you with certainty that this will not go without a … Read more
Iranian leaders vowed revenge on Thursday for two explosions that killed nearly 100 people at a ceremony to commemorate top Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani on the anniversary of his death in a US drone attack. “A very strong retaliation will be handed to them on the hands of the soldiers of Soleimani,” First … Read more
The United States “disturbed the regional balance” in the Middle East, Iranian Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani said on Wednesday, after the targeted killing of Hamas’s deputy leader outside of Gaza, Saleh al-Arouri, along with at least five other people in an alleged Israeli drone strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut. “We will … Read more
