Iran’s army has given some details – but not the exact location – of an underground base for its military drones, state media reported on Saturday, amid simmering tensions in the Gulf. State TV said 100 drones were being kept in the heart of the Zagros…
Israeli leaders vow Jerusalem ‘Flag March’ will go ahead
Israeli ministers have doubled down on their backing for the ‘Flag March’ set to run through the heart of Jerusalem on Sunday, after Israeli police confirmed that the controversial nationalist celebration will be allowed to go ahead. Israeli Prime Mini…
Libya security threatened by Wagner Group: UN experts
Libya faces a serious security threat from foreign fighters and private military companies, especially Russia’s Wagner Group which has violated international law, UN experts said in a report obtained by The Associated Press. The experts also accused se…
Alaa Abdel-Fattah given books for first time in years
Imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah has received books, pens and paper and comic magazines for the first time in two and a half years, his family has said. “People of the world, Alaa got books for the first time in years!” his sister Mona Se…
Iran demands release of oil tanker seized by Greece
Iran called Friday for the release of a Russian-flagged tanker seized by Greece, saying the transfer of its Iranian cargo to the US was a “clear violation” of international law. Athens confirmed on Wednesday it will send 115,000 tonnes of Iranian oil f…
Four Albanian women, 9 children to be repatriated from Syria
Four Albanian women and nine children, all related to Albanians who joined Islamist extremist groups fighting in Syria and Iraq, are being repatriated from a Syrian camp, a Kurdish official from northeast Syria said Friday. Abdul-Karim Omar, an officia…
Building collapse death toll in southwest Iran rises to 26
Rescue teams at the site of a 10-story collapsed building in southwestern Iran pulled seven more bodies from the rubble on Friday, bringing the death toll in the disaster to 26, Iranian state TV reported Friday. A tower at the Metropol Building that wa…
Iran seizes two Greek oil tankers in Persian Gulf
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard says it has seized two Greek oil tankers in the Persian Gulf. The Guard’s statement on Friday night said the ships were seized over unspecified violations. It did not elaborate. The US Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fl…
Grief and Anger: The killing of Shireen Abu Akleh
On this week’s episode of The New Arab Voice, we’re remembering the life of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. The renowned Al Jazeera journalist was shot dead as Israeli forces stormed the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. It quickl…
US targets N.Korea missiles with sanctions on Russian banks
The United States on Friday imposed fresh sanctions over North Korea’s missile launches, including on two Russian banks, after Russia and China blocked action by the UN Security Council. The Treasury Department said it was freezing any US assets and cr…