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Palestinians were waiting in Ramallah for the prisoners early on Sunday when Israeli authorities delayed their release
Hamas says no Gaza ceasefire talks unless Israel releases prisoners
GAZA — Hamas says talks with Israel about further steps in the Gaza ceasefire deal are conditional on Palestinian prisoners being freed as agreed.Israel said on Sunday it was delaying the release of more than 600 Palestinians in return for six living and four dead hostages who had been freed, accusing Hamas of repeated violations including "humiliating" handover ceremonies.A senior Hamas official said the decision exposed the entire agreement to "grave danger" and called on mediators, especially the US, to pressure Israel.The deal's first phase and temporary six-week truce is set to expire on Saturday but indirect negotiations on the second phase and an end to the war have not yet begun.UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the ceasefire was...
February 25, 2025

Hamas says no Gaza ceasefire talks unless Israel releases prisoners

Syrians wave 'revolutionary' flags during a celebratory demonstration following the first Friday prayers since Bashar Assad's ouster, in Damascus' central square, Syria
EU lifts sweeping energy, transport sanctions on Syria
BRUSSELS — EU foreign ministers decided on Monday to suspend a series of far-reaching sanctions against Syria to help the country's economic recovery and reconstruction after nearly 14 years of civil war.The Council decided to remove five financial entities (Industrial Bank, Popular Credit Bank, Saving Bank, Agricultural Cooperative Bank and Syrian Arab Airlines) from the list of entities subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources and to allow funds and economic resources to be made available to the Central Bank of Syria.The EU has also suspended sectoral measures in the oil, gas, electricity, and transport sectors and introduced exemptions to the ban on banking relations between Syrian banks and financial institutions in the EU to facilitate transactions for...
February 24, 2025

EU lifts sweeping energy, transport sanctions on Syria

People waved flags, chanted and held portraits of Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine during the event
Tens of thousands join mass funeral for slain Hezbollah leader Nasrallah
BEIRUT — The long-delayed funeral for Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah took place on Sunday, nearly five months after he was killed in a massive Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut.Hezbollah has been left badly depleted by Israeli attacks and the mass event was intended as a show of strength for the militant and political group. Israel struck several locations in southern and eastern Lebanon during the mass funeral, according to local and state media. The Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah stockpiles of weapons.A formation of Israeli fighter jets flew very low over the main site of the funeral after Nasrallah’s coffin was unveiled in what Israel’s military called “a clear message” to the group. The Israeli military on Sunday also released footage of...
February 24, 2025

Tens of thousands join mass funeral for slain Hezbollah leader Nasrallah

Queen Zenobia, one of Syria's most emblematic icons.
Syria plans to erase Queen Zenobia from history books 
DAMASCUS —Syria's Education Ministry is considering removing from the school curriculum, Queen Zenobia, one of the country's most emblematic icons.Among the controversial proposals is a drive to do away with any mention of the Syrian Queen and Khawla bint al-Azour, with the new administration arguing that they are "not real figures".In an attempt to contain the row, the Syrian Minister of Education, Nazir al-Qadiri, confirmed that the curriculum will remain as it is until specialized committees are formed to review it and make the required amendments.However, talk of the possibility of making these amendments triggered uproar on social media, with many considering it a denial of history and a distortion of facts.Among the amendments, the decision to delete the chapter...
February 24, 2025

Syria plans to erase Queen Zenobia from history books 

Forensic personnel inspects the area where a bus exploded, in Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv, Israel
Netanyahu takes aim at West Bank after bus explosions near Tel Aviv
TEL AVIV — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered Israel’s military to conduct an operation in the occupied West Bank after three empty buses exploded in a suspected terror attack near Tel Aviv on Thursday.No casualties were reported and there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blasts, which occurred when explosive devices planted on the empty vehicles detonated in quick succession in the cities of Bat Yam and Holon, south of Israel’s financial center.In Bat Yam, two bombs exploded on buses parked in a depot, authorities said. A third blast was reported in Holon from an explosive device planted on a third bus.Photos from Bat Yam showed two burned out buses in the depot and forensics personnel working at the scene.Meanwhile, an explosive device that did not detonate...
February 21, 2025

Netanyahu takes aim at West Bank after bus explosions near Tel Aviv

Shiri Bibas was kidnapped with her two children during the Hamas attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023
Body returned from Gaza is not Bibas mother, Israeli military says
TEL AVIV — One of four bodies returned from Gaza to Israel on Thursday is not hostage Shiri Bibas, as claimed by Hamas, the Israeli military said.The news that Shiri Bibas, 33, and her two sons, Ariel and Kfir, who would now be aged five and two, were dead triggered an outpouring of grief in Israel.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has informed the Bibas family that the bodies of her sons have been identified after their remains were given to Israel by Hamas on Thursday.But the third body was not that of their mother, the IDF says.It demanded the return of her body along with the other remaining hostages. Hamas has not yet commented on Israel's claim."During the identification process, it was determined that the additional body received is not that of Shiri Bibas, and no match was...
February 21, 2025

Body returned from Gaza is not Bibas mother, Israeli military says

Israel has for the first time received the bodies of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, as part of the ongoing ceasefire agreement
Hamas hands over bodies of four Israeli hostages
GAZA — Hamas on Thursday handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages held in Gaza — the first time the group has released deceased captives since October 7, 2023.They are said to include the bodies of Shiri Bibas, who was aged 32 when she and her sons Ariel, 4, and Kfir, 9 months, were abducted from their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, southern Israel by Hamas-led militants more than 16 months ago.The two boys have become the most recognizable victims of the October 7 terror attacks, and the first return of hostage bodies marks a hugely emotional and somber moment for Israel.The fourth body is said to be that of Oded Lifshitz, who was 83 years old when he and his wife, Yocheved Lifshitz, were kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz. Yocheved was released by Hamas on October 24, 2023.Ahead of the...
February 20, 2025

Hamas hands over bodies of four Israeli hostages

Israeli hostage Omer Shem Tov, 22, was taken from the Nova Festival on 7 October 2023. His family say they expect him to be released on Saturday
Hamas says it will return bodies of four hostages including Bibas family
GAZA — Hamas says it will hand over the bodies of four hostages on Thursday, including the two youngest people held by the Palestinian armed group.The group's negotiator Khalil al-Hayya said the bodies to be released would include those of the Bibas family — Shiri and her young children Kfir and Ariel, who were aged nine months and four years when Hamas kidnapped them during the 7 October 2023 attack.Hamas alleges that the three were killed in Israeli bombardment. Israel has not confirmed this.The children's father Yarden was released by Hamas earlier this month.Al-Hayya said Hamas would also release six living hostages on Saturday – double the number originally planned.In exchange, Israel will free all women and those under the age of 19 arrested since last October and is...
February 19, 2025

Hamas says it will return bodies of four hostages including Bibas family

Israeli soldiers in northern Israel on 18 February, 2025
Israel keeps some troops in Lebanon after truce withdrawal deadline
TEL AVIV — Israel has kept troops at five strategic locations inside Lebanon, despite Tuesday’s deadline to withdraw from the country as part of a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah.The move highlights the fragility of the truce, whose terms Hezbollah accuse Israel of breaking.Nadav Shoshani, a spokesperson for Israel’s military, said the retention of troops at five vantage points in Lebanon was necessary to ensure the safety of Israeli citizens who live near the border. About 60,000 of them remain displaced as a result of the earlier fighting.The “temporary measure” was approved by the US-led body monitoring the ceasefire, Shoshani suggested.Israel was still committed to withdrawing its soldiers in “the right way, in a gradual way, and in a way that the security of our civilians is...
February 18, 2025

Israel keeps some troops in Lebanon after truce withdrawal deadline

Demonstrators march to demand the release of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan in Qamishli, northeastern Syria, Saturday 15 Feb, 2025
Turkey detains nearly 300 suspects in nationwide operation on banned Kurdish group
ANKARA — Turkish authorities have detained 282 individuals over the past five days as part of a large-scale operation targeting the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Tuesday.The nationwide raids took place across 51 provinces, with the suspects accused of financing the PKK, recruiting members, disseminating propaganda and engaging in violent street demonstrations, Yerlikaya said on X.The PKK, which has waged an insurgency in the Mediterranean country for decades, is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey and its Western allies.This week's action has taken place amid ongoing efforts to rekindle peace talks between Ankara and the Kurdish group, expected to include a potential call by the group’s imprisoned leader, Abdullah...
February 18, 2025

Turkey detains nearly 300 suspects in nationwide operation on banned Kurdish group

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