Israel kills 7 people taking shelter in Gaza school, local authorities say
At least seven people were killed and 12 injured in an Israeli attack on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza City, the city's private emergency service said on Saturday.
Doctors said the dead included a woman and a baby.
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The dead include a woman and her baby, according to medics.
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Today, Jordan will welcome diplomats from the US, EU, and Turkey and Arab nations to discuss the developing situation in Syria, 24 hours after swathes of the nation’s population celebrated the ousting of president Bashar al-Assad.
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US secretary of state Antony Blinken will be among envoys set to discuss Syria in the Jordanian city of Aqaba.
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Syrians called the day the “Friday of victory” as fireworks illuminated the sky over Damascus. Assad had ruled the country with an iron fist for over fifty years when his dictatorship came to an end after rebels stormed the capital, bringing 14 years of war that claimed over 500,000 lives and displaced millions.
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A Qatari diplomat said a delegation from the Gulf emirate would visit Syria on Sunday to meet transitional government officials and discuss aid and the reopening of their embassy.
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Qatar, Unlike other Arab states, never restored diplomatic ties with Assad after a rupture in 2011.
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We’ll bring you updates from those talks in Jordan, plus all the latest developments from around the Middle East
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At least one person was killed in clashes between the Western-backed Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Saturday, Reuters reported.
Residents identified the slain man as a militant, but officials have not yet confirmed his affiliation.
The PA said in a statement that the military was trying to restore law and order on the outskirts of Jenin's historic refugee camp.
The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, which has been fighting Israeli forces in Gaza since the October 7 attack, blamed the PA for the operation in Jenin. Its allied group Islamic Jihad called for a day of protests.
Israel kills 7 people taking shelter in Gaza school, local authorities say
At least seven people were killed and 12 injured in an Israeli attack on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Gaza City's private emergency service said on Saturday.
Doctors said the dead included a woman and a baby.
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In the hectic hours after Assad fled to Moscow, thousands of political prisoners were released from the Baathist regime's prisons and torture centers. Syrians destroyed statues and photographs of President Bashar al-Assad and his father Hafez, who seized power in 1970 and turned Syria into a police state. After all, father and son ruled Syria for 54 years. But millions of Syrians will have time to come to grips with the fact that the Assad family's rule is finally over, before it becomes clear that other outside actors are collaborating to shape Syria's future. There were almost no…
Mohammad Eslami, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Agency, said it would not prevent the United Nations nuclear watchdog from accessing or inspecting the facility.
“We have not and will not create any barriers to inspection or access by authorities,” Eslami was quoted as saying by the Times of Israel.
“We are working within the framework of safeguards and the authorities are also acting in accordance with the regulations, nothing more and nothing less,” he added.
Jim Powell
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In a meeting with Pope Francis and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Lebanese interim Prime Minister Najib Mikati said: “We must respect the will of the Syrian people and we wish them the best,'' Lebanese state news agency reported. ” he said.
“We also look forward to a bilateral relationship based on mutual respect and the interests of our peoples.”
A UN special envoy on Saturday urged foreign powers to work to avoid the collapse of Syria's key institutions.
United Nations special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen spoke with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and backed a “credible and inclusive” political process to form Syria's next government.
“We need to ensure that state institutions do not collapse and that humanitarian assistance is accessed as soon as possible,” Pedersen said.
“If we can achieve that, perhaps it will create new opportunities for the Syrian people.”
Blinken said the United Nations “plays an important role” in providing humanitarian assistance and protecting ethnic minorities in Syria.
The Israeli Air Force carried out a drone strike against several Prime rocket launchers in southern Lebanon this morning, The Times of Israel reported.
The Israel Defense Forces says the Lebanese rockets were aimed at Israel and violate a ceasefire agreement between the two countries.
No political return for President Assad: experts claim that the ousted Syrian leader will spend his remaining days comfortably bored somewhere in Russia.
“Bashar and his family are openly secular, even though they identify as Alawites. So in that sense, Russia has always been more attractive than Iran,” he said. David Lesh, a Syria expert at Trinity University in Texas, who I met with many times, said. opportunity.
“In President Assad's mind, Russia and President Vladimir Putin will be able to better protect his family from extradition and other attempts by the international community to bring him to justice,” Lesh said. added.
Meanwhile, Syrian Civil Defense leader Raed al-Saleh, also known as the White Helmets, addressed families of victims and survivors of the former Syrian regime in front of the Palace of Justice in Damascus.
In a video posted on X, Al Saleh promised to hold Assad accountable for his “violations.”
“Today, I pledge, not from anywhere else, but from in front of the Palace of Justice, to work with all legal institutions to hold the top officials of the regime accountable after all these violations,” he said.
Bethan McKernan
Tens of thousands of Syrians took to the streets across Syria to celebrate their newfound freedom, five days after rebels toppled the 54-year-old regime of Bashar al-Assad.
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william christ
A month ago, during a meeting in Beirut, senior Western diplomats aired their frustration: When will international sanctions imposed by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad be lifted? The dictator had few friends, but with the brutal killing and torture of hundreds of thousands of protesters, it seemed he had finally succeeded in crushing Syria's 13-year revolution.
It's time to face the facts, the diplomat said. Assad won the war and the world needed to move on.
While diplomats in Beirut were talking, Syrian rebels were making plans. A year ago, officials from the Islamic rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in northwestern Syria sent a message to southern rebels: “Get ready.”
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said recent attacks by Israel targeted military facilities in Damascus and its countryside.
Israeli airstrikes on Friday targeted “a missile base atop Mount Kashun in Damascus,” as well as an airport in southern Suweida governorate and “defense institutes and laboratories in Masyaf in Hama governorate,” the war monitoring group said. Announced.
The newspaper announced that “Israeli airstrikes destroyed military facilities at a scientific research institute in Barzeh, north of Damascus” and targeted a “military airport” on the outskirts of the capital.
The group added that “Scud ballistic missile depots and launch pads” in the Karamun area were also targeted, as well as “rockets, supply depots and tunnels under the mountains.”
Since Assad's defeat, Israel has repeatedly attacked military facilities in Syria.
Jordan to host Syria talks after celebrations in Damascus
Hello, we are back with live coverage of the ongoing crisis in the Middle East.
Jordan will today host diplomats from the US, EU, Turkey and Arab countries to discuss developments in Syria, 24 hours after many celebrated the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will also be among the envoys scheduled to discuss Syria in the Jordanian city of Aqaba.
Fireworks lit up the Damascus sky and Syrians dubbed the day “Victory Friday.” President Bashar al-Assad has ruled the country with an iron fist for more than 50 years, but rebels stormed the capital, sparking a 14-year war that has claimed more than 500,000 lives and displaced millions. As a result, his dictatorship came to an end.
A Qatari diplomat said a delegation from the Gulf emirate will visit Syria on Sunday to meet transitional government officials and discuss aid and reopening the embassy.
Unlike other Arab countries, Qatar never restored diplomatic relations with Assad, which had been severed in 2011.
In addition to the latest information on the talks in Jordan, we will bring you the latest developments from around the Middle East.
