HEADLINES:
* Trump to Netanyahu: No intention to recognize Israel’s right to annex West Bank*
* The occupation launches the most violent raids in 12 years on Tartous in Syria – Video*
* Prince Hussein stresses keenness to expand cooperation opportunities in various fields during meeting with Crown Prince of Kuwait*
* Maariv: Netanyahu responds to al-Julani’s “reconciliatory” messages…*
* Violent Israeli strikes on Tartous and Hama.. First bombing…*
* Netanyahu approves settlement expansion in the Golan Heights…and condemnations…*
* UAE condemns Israeli government’s decision to expand settlements in occupied Golan Heights
ARTICLE SUMMARY (2024-12-16)
A. Sh. Israeli media reported that US President-elect Donald Trump informed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he has no intention of recognizing Israel’s right to annex the West Bank.
The Israeli Channel "i24" confirmed that Trump promised Netanyahu that he would deal with the Iranian nuclear file and would provide significant support for that.
The Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth said that US President-elect Donald Trump’s advisor for prisoners and missing persons affairs, Adam Boehler, will visit Israel in the coming days.
Yedioth Ahronoth confirmed, quoting a source, that there are estimates that Trump’s advisor will hold consultations in Israel regarding the prisoner exchange deal.
ARTICLE SUMMARY (2024-12-16)
The raids targeted air defense units and "surface-to-surface missile depots" Israeli warplanes launched intensive raids targeting military sites in the Syrian coastal region of Tartus on Sunday/Monday night, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The observatory explained that the raids targeted air defense units and "surface-to-surface missile depots," describing the attacks as "the most violent in the Syrian coastal region since the beginning of the Israeli raids in 2012."
Earlier on Sunday, the occupation aircraft carried out a series of raids on the city of Deir Ezzor, the last of which targeted the vicinity of the city’s military airport.
Escalation in SyriaThe occupation has continued to target military sites in Syria for years, claiming that it seeks to prevent threats from armed factions.
The recent "Israeli" raids resulted in the destruction of military equipment and laboratories belonging to the Syrian army, without recording any casualties, according to initial reports.
ARTICLE SUMMARY (2024-12-15)
Crown Prince stresses that cooperation between Jordan and Gulf states is an example of Arab integration His Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II held talks today, Sunday, with his brother His Highness Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al Hamad Al Mubarak Al Sabah, Crown Prince of the sisterly State of Kuwait.
His Highness the Crown Prince affirmed his pride in the level of strong fraternal relations between Jordan and Kuwait and their brotherly peoples, and his keenness to expand opportunities for cooperation in various fields, especially economic ones.
His Highness stressed during the talks, which were held at Bayan Palace in the Kuwaiti capital, that cooperation between Jordan and Gulf states is an example of Arab integration.
The talks touched on regional developments, as the need to intensify Arab efforts to stop the war on the Gaza Strip, and to grant the Palestinian brothers their full legitimate rights, and to stop displacement attempts, and to increase humanitarian aid to the Strip was emphasized.
The talks were attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi, Director of the Office of His Highness the Crown Prince Dr. Zaid Al-Baqaeen, and Jordan’s Ambassador to Kuwait Sinan Majali.
ARTICLE SUMMARY (2024-12-15)
Syria is not the same Syria, Lebanon is not the same Lebanon, Gaza is not the same Gaza, and the head of the axis – Iran – is not the same Iran.
We also struck the weapons supply routes from Syria to Hezbollah.
The Secretary-General of Hezbollah said this yesterday frankly: ‘Hezbollah has lost the military supply route through Syria.’
These words are, of course, further evidence of the great damage we have inflicted on the entire Iranian axis.
However, the Prime Minister demands clarification: "We are committed to preventing the rearmament of Hezbollah.
We will work to establish relations with the international community." Al-Jolani added that the Syrian revolution has won, but Syria must not be drowned in a revolutionary mentality, and that there is a need for law and institutions.
ARTICLE SUMMARY (2024-12-15)
Russian Sputnik Agency: Israeli warships fired a number of missiles off the Syrian coast, indicating that "the Israeli army is using such missiles for the first time to strike Syrian military sites" More than 60 Israeli strikes targeted military sites across Syria within hours, about a week after the armed opposition factions overthrew the regime.
ARTICLE SUMMARY (2024-12-16)
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar have denounced an Israeli plan to double the population of the occupied Syrian Golan after the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime. Israel took control of the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau in southwestern Syria next to Mount Hermon, in the 1967 war.
ARTICLE SUMMARY (2024-12-15)
The UAE strongly condemned the Israeli government’s decision to expand settlements in the occupied Golan Heights, which threatens further escalation and tension in the region.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed, in a statement, the UAE’s keenness on the unity, independence and territorial integrity of Syria, noting that the decision to expand settlements in the Golan Heights is an attempt to consolidate the occupation and a violation of international laws.
The ministry expressed the UAE’s categorical rejection of all measures and practices that aim to change the legal status in the occupied Golan Heights, and threaten the security, sovereignty and stability of the sisterly Syrian Arab Republic.
ARTICLE SUMMARY (2024-12-15)
The UAE strongly condemned the Israeli government’s decision to expand settlements in the occupied Golan Heights, which threatens further escalation and tension in the region.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed, in a statement, the UAE’s keenness on the unity, independence and territorial integrity of Syria, noting that the decision to expand settlements in the Golan Heights is an attempt to consolidate the occupation and a violation of international laws.
The ministry expressed the UAE’s categorical rejection of all measures and practices that aim to change the legal status in the occupied Golan Heights, and threaten the security, sovereignty and stability of the sisterly Syrian Arab Republic.
ARTICLE SUMMARY (2024-12-15)
The UAE strongly condemned the Israeli government’s decision to expand settlements in the occupied Golan Heights, which threatens further escalation and tension in the region.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed, in a statement, the UAE’s keenness on the unity, independence and territorial integrity of Syria, noting that the decision to expand settlements in the Golan Heights is an attempt to consolidate the occupation and a violation of international laws.
The ministry expressed the UAE’s categorical rejection of all measures and practices that aim to change the legal status in the occupied Golan Heights, and threaten the security, sovereignty and stability of the sisterly Syrian Arab Republic.