Cairo, May 10 (IANS) Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and French President Emmanuel Macron met in Egypt to discuss regional developments, including escalating tensions linked to Iran and the United States, and the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. The meeting took place on Saturday on the sidelines of the inauguration ceremony for the French-speaking international university Senghor University’s new headquarters in Egypt’s New Borg El-Arab City, north of Cairo, the Egyptian Presidenc…
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Beirut, May 4 (IANS) A UNESCO report on Monday warned that escalating regional conflict has severely disrupted education across Arab states, affecting more than 100 million children and pushing fragile systems toward collapse. The crisis has affected education in at least 15 countries, disrupting learning for 52 million school-age children through school closures, reduced access or shifts to remote learning, the report said. Nearly 30 million children in the region were already out of school bef…
United Nations, April 30 (IANS) Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip continue to hit residential areas and disrupt basic services, UN humanitarians have said.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Wednesday (Local time) said that a recent airstrike reportedly hit non-governmental organisation workers at a water well in Gaza City. One of them was killed, and four were injured.The well was heavily damaged, and on-site work has been suspended, OCHA quoted its partners…
Jerusalem, April 28 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that they blew up a massive Hezbollah terror tunnel on Tuesday. The Israel Defense Forces announced that they have destroyed Hezbollah tunnels built over nearly a decade.Netanyahu said in a post on X that they blew up a massive Hezbollah terror tunnel and are destroying their terror infrastructure, killing dozens of their terrorists, adding that there is more to come.The Israel Defense Forces stated that, as …
Jerusalem, April 27 (IANS) The Israel Defence Force (IDF) on Monday stated that it has destroyed 14 kilometres of underground tunnels in the Northern Gaza Strip.The IDF said that the Northern Brigade forces and the Yahalam unit under the command of Division 252 have been operating in recent months in a targetted operation to destroy Hamas’ underground infrastructure, in the northern Gaza Strip in general and in the Beit Hanoun area east of the Yellow Line, in particular.It mentioned that, as par…
Jerusalem, April 25 (IANS) IDF eliminated a terrorist who infiltrated the territory of the State of Israel on October 7, said the IDF on Saturday.Hamas terrorists who planned to carry out terrorist attacks, including a terrorist who infiltrated the territory of the State of Israel in the murderous massacre on October 7, were eliminated by IDF and Shin Bet, the IDF said in a post on X.Earlier on Saturday, the IDF also reported a stockpile of anti-tank missiles belonging to the Hezbollah terror or…
Jerusalem, April 20 (IANS) Israel’s military released a map of a “buffer zone” it is working to establish in southern Lebanon, showing a broad area extending several kilometers inside Lebanese territory and forming a continuous belt from Lebanon’s Mediterranean territorial waters to the Mount Hermon area near the Syrian border.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz have said that Israel will not withdraw its troops from the area, despite a temporary ceasefire that too…
Jerusalem, April 10 (IANS) Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday ordered the removal of Spain’s representatives from a coordination centre in Kiryat Gat, warning that countries that intend to “wage a political war” against Israel will “pay an immediate price.” In a statement issued on X, Netanyahu stated that Israel will not remain silent in the face of those who attack it. He accused Spain of “slandering” Israel’s soldiers and standing against Jerusalem.”The State of Israel will no…
United Nations, March 31 (IANS) Amid Middle East hostilities, UN humanitarians pointed to a sharp rise in attacks on healthcare in Lebanon and growing obstacles for humanitarian operations in the Gaza Strip.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said attacks on healthcare facilities, ambulances and medical personnel in Lebanon have risen at an alarming rate.The World Health Organization (WHO) reported seven incidents over the weekend alone, which killed at least nine h…
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Pakistan is among the countries included in the ‘Board of Peace’, reportedly formed by US President Donald Trump to explore lasting peace solutions in the Gaza Strip. However, the country’s own record of religious persecution and alleged ‘nurturing’ of terror on its soil has raised concerns about its ability to play peacemaker in a region marred by intense hostilities over the past two years.A report by the Gatestone Institute has highlighted a series of incidents …