‘Arsonist and firefighter’: Can the US restrain Israel after Iran attack? | Joe Biden News

‘Arsonist and firefighter’: Can the US restrain Israel after Iran attack? | Joe Biden News

Washington, DC – The response from US President Joe Biden’s administration to Iran’s historic missile and drone attack on Israel has been twofold: Washington has re-upped its pledge to always stand by its “ironclad” ally Israel, while also appealing to the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to…

Mexico to Iran, why are attacks on embassies so controversial? | Politics News

Mexico to Iran, why are attacks on embassies so controversial? | Politics News

EXPLAINER International law decrees that embassies are ‘inviolable’. Recent attacks on embassies have breached that understanding, prompting anger. Mexico and Ecuador are locked in a diplomatic spat after Ecuadorian police raided the Mexican embassy in Quito on Friday to arrest former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas. Glas had been seeking…

Fighting in southern Syria following bombing kills 17: War monitor | Syria’s War News

Fighting in southern Syria following bombing kills 17: War monitor | Syria’s War News

A blast that killed eight children on Saturday in al-Sanamayn led to clashes between rival groups in Deraa, says the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). A war monitor has said at least 17 people were killed in southern Syria’s Deraa province in violence triggered by an explosion a day…

Several killed in Israeli strike on Iranian consulate in Damascus: Reports | Israel War on Gaza News

Several killed in Israeli strike on Iranian consulate in Damascus: Reports | Israel War on Gaza News

Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander in the IRGC, among at least five killed, Iranian state media reports. Several people have been killed in an Israeli air strike that flattened the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, according to Iranian state media and Syrian authorities. Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a…

More than 30 killed in Israeli strikes on Syria’s Aleppo: Reports | Israel War on Gaza News

More than 30 killed in Israeli strikes on Syria’s Aleppo: Reports | Israel War on Gaza News

Attacks have escalated amid continuing war in Gaza and clashes with Hezbollah across Israel-Lebanon border. Israeli air strikes on Syria’s northern province of Aleppo have killed at least 38 people, including soldiers and civilians. The fatalities included five members of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, security sources told the Reuters…

UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths to step down due to health reasons | United Nations News

UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths to step down due to health reasons | United Nations News

Griffiths has worked as the UN’s under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs for three years. UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths, who has played a key role in pressing for aid to the Gaza Strip and led earlier efforts for Yemen, has announced he will step down due to ill health. Griffiths, who…

Moscow concert hall attack: Why is ISIL targeting Russia?  | ISIL/ISIS News

Moscow concert hall attack: Why is ISIL targeting Russia?  | ISIL/ISIS News

More than 133 people have been killed and more than 100 others were injured following a brazen attack on concertgoers at Moscow’s Crocus City Hall before a performance by a Soviet-era rock band on Friday. Assailants dressed in camouflage uniforms opened fire and reportedly threw explosive devices inside the concert…

Maqali, a simple Syrian dish that saved a displaced family’s Ramadan iftar | Food

Maqali, a simple Syrian dish that saved a displaced family’s Ramadan iftar | Food

ِAl-Yaman Camp, Idlib, northwest Syria – Looking to make something tasty and thrifty, Bayan al-Jassem, 32, decided to reach for a staple of the Syrian kitchen, maqali (said with a glottal stop). The decision was reached a few hours before sundown on the second day of Ramadan, the holy month…