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Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that he is not talking with US President Barack Obama over the phone anymore amid growing anxiety between Washington and Ankara over the conflict in Gaza and the conflict in Syria. Turkey is a fierce opponent of Bashar Assad and is an open supporter of rebel fighters in Syria. It felt betrayed …

On Tuesday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health, at the time of writing, declared at least 624 deaths since the Israeli onslaught on Gaza began over two weeks ago. It added that over 3,750 people have been wounded by the Israeli attack. In the latest attack, air strikes caused the deaths of at least 13 children and women in Gaza, medics …

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday arrived in Cairo to push for efforts to bring about a ceasefire in neighbour Gaza. He will meet with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Cairo for talks with top Egyptian officials to end the conflict that has pervaded in Gaza for the past two weeks. Kerry is set to push for an …

Ayman Mohyeldin, leading correspondent for American TV network NBC was taken off his assignment in Gaza on Thursday after he reported an Israeli airstrike on a beach in Gaza which killed four children. Before the children died, Mohyeldin had tweeted that he was “kicking a ball” with them. He provided most of the detail about the children’s death. The kids …

Eight Lebanese television networks on Monday overcame their political differences to air a unified newscast in support of Gaza, where at least 572 people have been killed in a fortnight of Israeli aggression.The move was the first of its kind in the Arab world, and surprising constituted partisan local media outlets. The newscast, titled “Gaza…you are not alone”, was broadcast …

Israel’s Operation Protective Edge entered its 14th day on Monday, as the Palestinian death toll due to the Israeli assault reached 548 at the time of writing. Meanwhile, global efforts to bring peace to the region gathered pace as the United Nations and Washington demanded an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza. Sunday’s lethal violence had seen the death of 140 Palestinians, …

Dearest friends, The last night was extreme. The “ground invasion” of Gaza resulted in scores and carloads with maimed, torn apart, bleeding, shivering, dying – all sorts of injured Palestinians, all ages, all civilians, all innocent. The heroes in the ambulances and in all of Gaza’s hospitals are working 12-24 hour shifts, grey from fatigue and inhuman workloads (without payment …

Thousands of civilians the world over took to the streets this past week to protest against the Israeli incursion in Gaza, calling on the world leaders to end the conflict.Since July 7th, Israel has killed over than 271 Palestinians and wounded over 1,770 people, destroyed at least 1,660 homes and displaced over 22,000 people. In Turkey, police warded off hundreds …

Islamic State (IS) extremists have killed 115 Syrian fighters of the Syrian regime, security guards and employees of the gas field they seized in the Homs province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday. The monitor described Thursday’s hostile takeover of the Shaar gas field as the IS’ “biggest” anti-regime operation since it got involved in the Syrian …

On Thursday, the Chilean government suspended its Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiation with Israel, and said that it was considering withdrawing its ambassador to Israel, protesting against the Israeli assault on Gaza Strip. The Palestinian-Chilean parliamentary group, after meeting with ChileanMinister of Foreign Affairs Heraldo Munoz, said that the Chilean government will seek the condemnation of Israel by the UN …