Middle East

SANA’A: The Liaison and Coordination Officers’ Operations Room, which monitors violations of the Stockholm Agreement and Ceasefire in Hodeidah, reported 77 violations staged by US-Saudi forces and mercenaries during the past 24 hours. The source pointed out that the violations included the flying of 5 spy drones over Ad-Durayhmi and …

TEHRAN: Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf has called on neighboring Iraq to “vigorously” follow up on the US assassination of top anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, censuring the crime as a stain on the record of American statesmen. “The United States violated Iraqi territory and impudently assassinated those who …

BAGHDAD: A convoy carrying logistical support for American troops in southern Iraq has been struck by two roadside bombs in the second attack of its kind in less than two weeks. The convoy was making its way to support US troops in southern Iraq when it was hit by the …

DAMASCUS: Syria’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Bashar al-Ja’afari, has reiterated the Arab country’s right to liberate the Golan Heights from Israeli occupation, adding that restoring Syrian sovereignty to the territory remains a priority for the Damascus government. “The Israeli regime has occupied Arab lands, including the Syrian Golan …

RIYADH: Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz has held a cabinet meeting via video call from a hospital in Riyadh, a day after he was admitted to the facility for “medical check,” giving rise to speculation about succession plans by the kingdom’s controversial figure Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS). The …

TEHRAN: Iran’s top security official says harsher revenge awaits the perpetrators of the attack that killed senior Iranian anti-terrorism commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and his companions. In a post on his Twitter page on Wednesday, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said that US President Donald …

DOHA: Qatar Airways has announced that it would seek at least 5 billion dollars in compensation from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, and Egypt over the air blockade they imposed on the state-owned flag carrier. The four countries have blocked Qatar Airways from their airspace since 2017 …

MANAMA: Bahrain’s most prominent Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim says the opposition movement in the kingdom would keep up with its cause until the people’s rights are recognized by Manama. The top cleric said in a statement carried by Bahrain Mirror on Tuesday that people in Bahrain are expressing …

TEHRAN: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov have reacted to allegations by former US presidential advisor John Bolton on Iran-Russia cooperation in Syrian peace process. Referring to the allegations voiced by Bolton in his book ‘The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir’, …

AMMAN: Jordanian Prime Minister Omar Razzaz has warned against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to annex large parts of the occupied Palestinian territories, stating that such a contentious move could unleash a new wave of extremism in the Middle East region. Razzaz told British daily newspaper the Guardian in …