Saudi Arabia has welcomed the agreement to integrate all civilian and military institutions in northeastern Syria into Syrian state structures, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). The deal, signed by interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Mazloum Abdi, includes a complete…
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Jeddah on Monday, a day before talks between Ukrainian and US officials that Washington hopes will deliver substantial progress towards ending Russia’s war with Ukraine. During the meeting in Jeddah, the crown prince underscored the kingdom’s support for international efforts to resolve Ukraine’s crisis and…
US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, plans a visit to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, two people briefed on the plans said Monday. Witkoff, who is officially Trump’s Middle East envoy, has played a growing role in efforts to bring about an end to the three-year-old Ukraine war. The people, speaking on…
Ukraine targeted Moscow with dozens of drones in a “massive” overnight attack, the city’s mayor said on Tuesday. “The Defense Ministry’s air defense continues to repel a massive attack by enemy drones on Moscow,” Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram. “As of now, the Defense Ministry’s air defense forces have shot down 69 enemy drones flying…
Saudi Arabia condemns “in the strongest terms” Israel’s decision to cut off electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip, the Kingdom’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Tuesday. The ministry said it disapproved of Israeli authorities use of “collective punishment” against Palestinians in the territory, adding that it “reaffirms its absolute rejection of Israel’s violations of international…
US and Ukrainian officials were to meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks aimed at mending ties and gauging if Ukraine is willing to make concessions under President Donald Trump’s push to end Russia’s war with Ukraine swiftly. Washington, Ukraine’s main ally before Trump’s inauguration in January, has upended its policy on the conflict to…
Ukraine said it would support Washington’s proposal for a 30-day ceasefire with Russia after what Kyiv said were “milestone” talks during which the United States agreed to resume military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine. After more than eight hours of negotiations with Ukrainian officials in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio…
Yemen’s Houthis say they will take military measures as soon as Gaza aid four-day deadline ends Yemen’s Houthi group has threatened to resume attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea if humanitarian aid is not allowed into Gaza. “We are announcing a four-day notice,” the group said in a video statement on 7 March….
The Palestinian Authority on Monday said Israel’s decision to halt the electricity supply to Gaza was “an escalation in the genocide” in the war-ravaged territory. The Palestinian foreign ministry said in a statement that it “strongly condemns the Israeli Ministry of Energy’s decision to cut electricity to the Gaza Strip, considering it an escalation in the genocide,…
Russian forces are attempting to create an active fighting zone in Ukraine’s northeastern region of Sumy, across the border from Russia’s Kursk region, Ukraine’s border guard spokesman said on Monday. Russian forces have stepped up their pressure on Ukrainian troops holding parts of Kursk seven months after a cross-border assault that Kyiv launched in part…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged Monday to continue providing Syria with “every kind of support” while condemning the wave of violence that has gripped the northwest in recent days. “We will continue to provide every kind of support possible for our neighbor Syria to recover and preserve its territorial integrity… and to achieve peace…
The US expects substantial progress in talks with Ukraine this week and hopes that a deal on critical minerals can be signed, President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said on Monday. US negotiators are set to meet with Ukrainians this week in Saudi Arabia. “I think that we’re going over there with an expectation that…
A major rescue operation was under way after a collision between an oil tanker and a cargo ship in the North Sea Monday which sparked a huge blaze and left 32 people injured. The injured had been brought ashore for treatment “in three vessels,” the Grimsby port director Martin Boyers told AFP, adding that “ambulances…
Israel’s suspension of goods entering Gaza is taking a toll on the Palestinian enclave, with some bakeries closing and food prices rising, while a cut in the electricity supply could deprive people of clean water, Palestinian officials said. The suspension, which Israel said was aimed at pressuring militant group Hamas in ceasefire talks, applies to food, medicine…
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy landed in Saudi Arabia on Monday to meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a day before talks between Ukrainian and US officials that Washington expects to deliver substantial progress towards ending the war with Russia. The United States, once Ukraine’s main ally, has upended its wartime policies in its stated pursuit of a rapid…
