The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) announced on Saturday, August 3, 2024, that its leadership has initiated a broad consultation process within its leadership and Shura institutions to select a new head of the movement's political bureau following the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in th...
Iran's Revolutionary Guard has accused Israel of assassinating Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, claiming the attack was carried out using a short-range projectile launched from outside his residence. The Guard has vowed "severe" retaliation for Haniyeh's death, blaming both Israel an...
The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) has signed preliminary agreements worth up to $50 billion with six Chinese financial institutions, according to Bloomberg. This move is seen as the latest example of the deepening relationship between the two countries. The American news agency reported th...
Hundreds of mourners gathered at the Imam Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab Mosque in Doha, Qatar, to participate in the funeral prayer for Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas' political bureau, who was laid to rest in Qatar on Friday. Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran, Iran, in a strike attributed to ...
A report by the New York Times claims that Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas' political bureau, was killed by an "internal explosion caused by a bomb smuggled into his guesthouse months ago, not a missile." The newspaper states that the bomb was detonated remotely and that the gue...
The Israeli military has claimed to have killed Hamas military chief, Mohammed Deif, in a recent airstrike, despite denials from Hamas. The Israeli military spokesperson stated that Deif was killed in an airstrike on July 13th, 2023, targeting a refugee camp in the al-Mawasi area west of Khan Y...
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan held a phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart, Ali Bagheri Kani, on Thursday, August 1, 2024, to discuss bilateral relations and regional developments. The Saudi Foreign Ministry issued a statement confirming the call, stating that the two minis...
The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday, August 1, 2024, following the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas). Russia, holding the rotating presidency of the Security Council, announced tha...
On Wednesday, July 31, 2024, a wave of condemnation from Arab and international nations swept across the globe following the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas' political bureau, in the Iranian capital Tehran. The incident triggered warnings of a potential escalation of tensions in...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared a day of mourning and ordered flags to be flown at half-mast on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, following the assassination of former Prime Minister and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. While Tel Aviv remained silent, both Hamas and Iran confirmed Haniyeh'...
The assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas's political bureau, in Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday morning has sparked a crucial question: who will succeed him? This marks the first time the Israeli military has assassinated the top political leader of Hamas while in office, despite p...
Israeli Channel 12 reported on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, that the missile that targeted Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh was launched from within Iran. This contradicts Iran's claim that Haniyeh's assassination was carried out from outside the country. Earlier, the Israeli go...
The announcement of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh's assassination in Tehran on Wednesday has once again brought to the forefront the extensive campaign of targeted killings carried out by Israel against prominent political and military figures within the movement since its founding in 1987. A...
International condemnation has poured in following the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas' political bureau, on Wednesday. Haniyeh was killed in Tehran, Iran, in an attack that Hamas blamed on Israel. Qatar: Qatar, where Haniyeh (62) had been residing, expressed "str...
A high-level US delegation, led by President Biden's Senior Advisor for Middle Eastern Affairs, Brett McGurk, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, to discuss the situation in Yemen and bolster stability in the Red Sea, according to the US news website Axios. The delegation inc...
Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas' political bureau, was assassinated in a targeted Israeli airstrike on his residence in Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday, according to a statement released by the Palestinian resistance movement. Hamas mourned Haniyeh, calling him a "martyred leader" an...
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has labelled the security pact between Russia and North Korea as destabilizing and a "threat to the world," according to a statement released by the Australian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. Wong made the remarks to journalists in th...
The filing period for Tunisia's upcoming presidential election, scheduled for October, officially began on Monday with the submission of a candidacy by daily laborer Fathi Krimi, according to local media reports. The Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) received Krimi's appli...
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has seized a second oil tanker in the Gulf in less than a week, detaining its crew of nine on charges of fuel smuggling, the IRGC's news website, Sepah News, reported on Friday. The IRGC said the tanker, named "Pearl J" and flying the T...
Two Arab fencers have secured the first medal for the Arab world at the Paris 2024 Olympics, with Egyptian Ziad El-Sisi and Tunisian Farès Ferjani both advancing to the semi-finals of the men's foil competition. El-Sisi, the world's number-one ranked fencer, defeated German...