New Israeli Bill Proposes to Let Police Enter Homes of Arab Citizens Without Warrant

Peoples Dispatch (Photo: via Adalah) Critics argue that in the name of fighting rising crime rates within the Arab community, Israel is legalizing discrimination against Arab citizens. Recently, the policy of indefinite detention. so far followed only in the occupied territories, was extended to Arab citizens of Israel Human rights groups and Palestinian citizens of…

Washington or Moscow: Decision-Time for Erdogan in Northern Syria

Tulin Daloglu Erdogan’s Syria choices seem increasingly limited by unflagging US support for his Kurdish foes. Turkey’s only option may be a Russian one. Photo Credit: The Cradle Continued US support for Kurdish militants is taking its toll on US-Turkish relations. Turkey’s President Erdogan may finally have to choose between an American or Russian direction…

Afghanistan Needs Peace, Sovereignty & Development (Part V)

Niloufer Bhagwat The Sovereign right of Afghanistan to determine its political future and path of economic development. The war against the Afghan people was waged for almost 45 years, nearly half a century, camouflaged until the political capitulation of the former USSR in 1990, as a war to keep the Afghan nation and the region…

Statement of H. E. Bassam Sabbagh at the UNSC Meeting on The “Chemical File” in Syria, October 5, 2021

Iran: UN Should Force Israel to End Aggression on Syria

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi called on the UN Security Council to force the Israeli regime to immediately end its acts of aggression against Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Takht Ravanchi made the remarks on Tuesday during a UNSC meeting on the most recent political and…

UN Special Envoy on the Situation in Syria – Security Council Media Stakeout (28 Sep 2021)

Media Stakeout by Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, on the situation in Syria, following the 8866th meeting of the UN Security Council.

Statement by Russian Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC Briefing on the Political Situation in Syria

Mme.President, We thank G.Pedersen for the briefing. We also closely followed the remarks by Ms. Rouba Mhaissen. At the political track, we welcome the emerging progress with resumption of the work of the Constitutional Committee in Geneva. We always advocate for this during our contacts with the sides and the main stakeholders. We count on…

Statement of H. E. Bassam Sabbagh at the UNSC on the “Political Situation” in Syria September 28, 2021

Sabbagh: Syria rejects any foreign intervention in the committee discussing the constitution 28 September، 2021 New York, SANA Syria’s permanent representative to the UN, Bassam Sabbagh, said on Tuesday that some countries still put obstacles in front of the solution to the crisis in Syria. Sabbagh added during a Security Council session that Syria rejects…

Syrian Arab Republic Minister for Foreign Affairs Addresses General Debate

Fayssal Mekdad, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic, addresses the general debate of the 76th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (New York, 21-27 September 2021). Mikdad: war against terrorism to continue until eliminating it completely 27 September، 2021 New York, SANA Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Faysal…

Iran Calls for Collective Condemnation of US’ Use of Terrorism against World’s Independent Nations

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian called on the United Nations to unanimously stand up against the United States’ use of terrorism against different nations for political gains. “The US uses sanctions against nations. The US uses terrorism against other nations for its own political goals—most notably the cowardly assassination of General Qassem…

Biden is a War Criminal and He, Along with the Killers of Soleimani Must be Brought to Justice

Steve Sweeney US President Joe Biden is a war criminal. Any doubts that he would plow a different path from every single occupant of the White House before he has been put to bed following the admission this week that the drone strike he personally authorized wiped out the family of an NGO worker in…

Iran Calls for Collective Condemnation of US’ Use of Terrorism against world’s Independent Nations

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian called on the United Nations to unanimously stand up against the United States’ use of terrorism against different nations for political gains. “The US uses sanctions against nations. The US uses terrorism against other nations for its own political goals—most notably the cowardly assassination of General Qassem…