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Chinese FM Calls for Positive, Responsible Policy from NATO toward China

Chinese FM Calls for Positive, Responsible Policy from NATO toward ChinaBeijing, 16 Feb (ONA) --- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has expressed hope that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) would adopt a rational and pragmatic approach, develop an objective and accurate perception of China, and pursue a positive and responsible policy toward China. Wang made the remarks when meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte here on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, China's News Agency (Xinhua) reported. Wang said that China is a force for ...

Oman Condemns Act of Ramming in Munich

Oman Condemns Act of Ramming in Munich Muscat, 13 Feb (ONA) --- The Sultanate of Oman has condemned the running over of pedestrians in Munich, Germany, that left one person dead and dozens injured. Oman expressed its sincere condolences to the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the families of the victims, wishing the injured a speedy recovery. In a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry today, Oman affirmed its unwavering position rejecting all forms of violence and terrorism, irrespective of their motives and causes. --- Ends/Bishara/AH ...

Oman Expresses Condolences to Afghanistan Over Terrorist Bombings in Kabul

Oman Expresses Condolences to Afghanistan Over Terrorist Bombings in Kabul Muscat, 13 Feb (ONA) --- The Sultanate of Oman has expressed its sincere condolences and sympathies to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the families of the victims of two terrorist bombings that targeted Kunduz province in north-eastern Afghanistan and a ministry building in Kabul. Oman wished the injured a speedy recovery. In a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry, Oman affirmed its steadfast position rejecting all forms of violence and terrorism, irrespective of their motives and ...

Arrests, Raids, Siege, Infrastructure Destruction as Israel Continues Assault on Tulkarm

Arrests, Raids, Siege, Infrastructure Destruction as Israel Continues Assault on TulkarmOccupied Jerusalem, 13 Feb (ONA) --- The Israeli occupation forces continue the aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the 18th consecutive day and the fifth day on Nour Shams camp, as the siege, raids on homes and forced displacement of citizens, accompanied by a wide-scale arrest campaign, continue. This ongoing aggression has led to widespread destruction of infrastructure and property, and forced thousands of civilians to flee their homes in the Tulkarm and Nour Shams ...

NATO Ministers to Discuss Military Spending, Ukraine War

NATO Ministers to Discuss Military Spending, Ukraine WarBrussels, 13 Feb (ONA) —- NATO defence ministers will gather in Brussels later today to discuss raising military expenditure, expanding defence industry capacities and the war in Ukraine. US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is to attend the meeting as the pressure mounts on European NATO allies to drastically increase their defence expenditure. US President Donald Trump has long criticized what he calls the low defence expenditure in some NATO countries and has urged allies to increase spending to 5% of their gross domestic ...

Foreign Minister Bids Farewell to Ambassador of India

Foreign Minister Bids Farewell to Ambassador of India Muscat, 12 Feb (ONA) --- Sayyid Badr Hamad Al Busaidi, Foreign Minister received here today Amit Narang, Ambassador of the Republic of India to the Sultanate of Oman to bid him farewell at the end of his tour of duty. Sayyid Badr expressed his appreciation to the ambassador for his efforts in enhancing bilateral relations, wishing him success in his future endeavors. --- ...

MWL Condemns Israeli Prime Minister's Statements

MWL Condemns Israeli Prime Minister's StatementsMakkah Al Mukarramah, 10 Feb (ONA) --- The Muslim World League (MWL) strongly condemned the absurd statements issued by the Israeli Prime Minister calling for the displacement of Palestinians. The MWL Secretary-General Sheikh Dr. Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa denounced in a statement these barbaric statements that reflect disregard for all international norms and laws, an infringement on the sovereignty of states, and a disregard for the rights of the Palestinian people to establish their independent state on their lands. ...

Oman Expresses Solidarity with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Oman Expresses Solidarity with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Muscat, 9 Feb (ONA) --- The Sultanate of Oman has expressed its full solidarity with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), and its rejection of the statements made by the Israeli Prime Minister against the KSA and its territorial integrity. In a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry, Oman reiterated its unwavering and supportive position for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on all its sovereign lands in Palestine, with East Al Quds as its capital, on the 1967 borders, in accordance with ...

Egypt to Host Emergency Arab Summit on Palestinian Issue Developments

Egypt to Host Emergency Arab Summit on Palestinian Issue DevelopmentsCairo, 9 Feb (ONA) --- The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that the Arab Republic of Egypt will host an emergency Arab summit on 27 February 2025, in Cairo. In a statement issued by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, it confirmed that the summit will be convened in coordination with the Kingdom of Bahrain, as it is chairing the current presidency of the Arab League summit, and the Secretariat General of the Arab League. The ministry added that the decision to hold the summit followed ...

Israeli Occupation Aggression on Tulkarm, Its Refugee Camp Enters 14th Day

Israeli Occupation Aggression on Tulkarm, Its Refugee Camp Enters 14th DayOccupied Jerusalem, 9 Feb (ONA) --- The Israeli occupation's aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its refugee camp has entered its 14th day, with Israeli forces escalating their offensive to include Nour Shams refugee camp, located to the east of the city. This escalation has led to widespread destruction of infrastructure and forced residents to flee their homes. According to Palestinian News Agency (Wafa), early this morning, Israeli forces deployed large military reinforcements, including heavy ...

Oman Affirms Firm Stance Rejecting Any Attempts to Displace Palestinian People

Oman Affirms Firm Stance Rejecting Attempts to Displace Palestinian People Muscat, 5 Feb (ONA) --- The Sultanate of Oman has affirmed its unwavering stance and categorical rejection of any attempts to displace the population of the Gaza Strip and the occupied Palestinian territories. Oman called for the need to respect the Palestinian people’s legitimate rights to establish their independent state on their land. In a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry today, the Sultanate of Oman warned that any plans aimed at transferring Palestinians from their lands constitute a ...

Israeli Occupation Forces Detain 30 Palestinians from West Bank

Israeli Occupation Forces Detain 30 Palestinians from West BankOccupied Jerusalem, 5 Feb (ONA) ---- The Israeli occupation forces detained at least 30 people, including a child and former detainees, in the occupied West Bank during the last 24 hours.The Palestinian WAFA news agency reported the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission and the Palestine Prisoners Society as saying in a joint statement that the detention operations took place in the cities of Tulkarm, Tubas, Hebron, Ramallah, Nablus, Qalqilya, and Jerusalem, accompanied by widespread raids and abuse, assaults and threats ...

Palestinian Martyred by Occupation's Fire in Southern Gaza Strip

Palestinian Martyred by Occupation's Fire in Southern Gaza StripGaza, 5 Feb (ONA) ---- A Palestinian was martyred after being shot by Israeli occupation forces east of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip.Palestinian news agency (WAFA) reported that civil defense teams arrived at the scene and transferred the martyr's body to the hospital.Since the start of the aggression in October 2023, the death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip rose to 47,540 martyrs, with 111,618 wounded.The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that 22 martyrs arrived at hospitals in the Gaza ...

Occupation Forces Storm Al Fawwar Camp in Hebron

Occupation Forces Storm Al Fawwar Camp in Hebron Hebron, 5 Feb ONA) --- The Israeli occupation forces raided last night Al Fawwar Camp, south of Hebron city in the occupied West Bank.Local sources told Palestinian news agency (WAFA) that the occupation forces stormed the camp, firing live ammunition and stun grenades. They raided and searched homes, though no arrests were reported.The occupation forces also broke into several towns in the West Bank, and arrested several Palestinians, while continuing their military assault on Jenin, Tulkarm, Tubas, and their ...

Ukrainian President Says He is Ready for Direct Talks with Putin

Ukrainian President Ready for Direct Talks with Russian CounterpartKyiv, 5 Feb (ONA) --- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he is ready to sit at the negotiating table with Russian President Vladimir Putin if it is the only setup that will bring peace to Ukraine."If that is the only setup in which we can bring peace to the citizens of Ukraine and not lose people, definitely, we will go for this setup," Zelensky said in an interview.The Ukrainian President has said that during the nearly three-year war with Russia, 45,100 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed, and 390,000 ...

Occupation Forces Continue Military Onslaught across West Bank

Occupation Forces Continue Military Onslaught across West Bank Ramallah, 4 Feb (ONA) --- The Israeli occupation forces have continued their military onslaught on various areas across the West Bank, including Tulkarm and Tubas.According to Palestinian news agency (WAFA), the occupation forces have conducted a series of aggressive operations in Tulkarem and its camp.The forces raided a home in the town of Dhinnaba east of Tulkarem, where they interrogated family members and fired gunshots in the vicinity of the house. During this raid, they detained a 25-year-old resident in the ...

Dozens of Colonists Storm Al-Aqsa Mosque

Dozens of Colonists Storm Al-Aqsa MosqueOccupied Jerusalem, 4 Feb (ONA) --- Dozens of colonists stormed the courtyards of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque today, under the protection of the Israeli occupation police.Palestinian news agency Wafa said that dozens of colonists entered Al-Aqsa Mosque in groups, carried out provocative tours in its courtyards, and performed Talmudic rituals.Since the beginning of the Israeli occupation's full-scale aggression against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank in October 2023, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have tightened measures at ...

UN Official Warns of Israel's Criminal Practices in West Bank

UN Official Warns of Israel's Criminal Practices in West BankNew York, 3 Feb (ONA) --- Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories warned of Israel's practices in the West Bank, which she described as "criminal," indicating that there is a clear intent for genocide in the way the occupation forces target the Palestinians.According to the Palestinian news agency (WAFA), the UN official said that "Israel's actions in the West Bank are CRIMINAL, as widening the scope of destruction beyond Gaza across all the occupied Palestinian territory." "I ...

Colonists Storm Al-Aqsa Mosque

Colonists Storm Al-Aqsa MosqueOccupied Jerusalem, 3 Feb (ONA) ---- Colonists stormed the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque today, under the protection of the occupation police. Wafa news agency reported that dozens of colonists, heavily guarded by the occupation police, stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in groups, carried out provocative tours in its courtyards and performed Talmudic rituals. Wafa stressed that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) heightened their military measures at the gates of the Old City and the mosque, imposing restrictions on the entry of Palestinian ...

Car Bomb Explosion in Northern Syria Kills 15 in Initial Toll

Car Bomb Explosion in Northern Syria Kills 15 in Initial TollDamascus, 3 Feb (ONA) --- A total of 15 persons were killed and others were injured - some in critical condition, in a car bomb explosion on the outskirts of Manbij city in the northern countryside of Aleppo.A car bomb exploded near a car transporting agricultural workers on a main road on the outskirts of Manbij city in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, causing a horrific massacre that killed 14 women and one man and injured 15 women, some in critical condition, which raises the death toll, the Syrian Arab News ...

Openness, Neutrality and Mutual Respect Shape Oman’s Foreign Policy: Foreign Minister Affirms

Openness, Neutrality and Mutual Respect Shape Oman’s Foreign Policy: Foreign Minister AffirmsMuscat, 31 Jan (ONA) —— Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, Foreign Minister has set out the vision and principles of openness, neutrality and mutual respect that shape the Sultanate of Oman’s foreign Policy.Policies based on antagonism impede conflict resolution, Oman’s Foreign Minister told an audience in Muscat.In a speech to an international delegation of young company executives, Sayyid Badr spoke about the principles that underpin Oman’s foreign policy and how they are deeply rooted ...

Foreign Minister Receives Written Message from Armenian Counterpart

Foreign Minister Receives Written Message from Armenian Counterpart Muscat, 29 Jan (ONA) --- Sayyid Badr Hamad Al Busaidi, Foreign Minister received a written message from Ararat Mirzoyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia dealing with boosting diplomatic relations and cooperation between the two countries. The message was handed over to Sheikh Khalifa Ali Al Harthy, Undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry for Political Affairs when he received Hrachya Poladian, Envoy of the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs. The meeting was attended by Munthir ...

Occupation Forces Open Fire on Palestinians Returning to Southern Gaza

Occupation Forces Open Fire on Palestinians Returning to Southern Gaza Gaza, 28 Jan (ONA) ---- The Israeli occupation tanks opened fire this morning at a number of people returning to their homes in the Zeitoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City.The occupation forces opened fire at citizens while they were trying to return to their homes in the vicinity of Khalil al-Nubani School, south of the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City, the Palestinian news agency (WAFA) reported. The occupation forces also opened fire towards the northeastern borders of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza ...

US Announces Extension of Ceasefire Agreement between Lebanon, Israeli

US Announces Extension of Ceasefire Agreement between Lebanon, Israeli Washington, 27 Jan (ONA) --- The White House announced today that "the arrangement between Lebanon and Israel, monitored by the United States, will continue to be in effect until 18 February 2025." The White House statement said that the governments of Lebanon, the Israeli entity, and the US "will also begin negotiations for the return of Lebanese prisoners captured after 7 October 2023."The ceasefire agreement that entered into force on 27 November 2024, stipulates the withdrawal of the Israeli occupation from ...

Displaced Palestinians Return to Northern Gaza

Displaced Palestinians Return to Northern Gaza Gaza, 27 Jan (ONA) --- Thousands of Palestinians who were forcibly displaced to central and southern Gaza due to Israeli aggression began to return to the north this morning. Tens of thousands of displaced citizens and families journeyed on foot towards Gaza and the northern Gaza Strip through Al Rashid street.Tens of thousands of Palestinians rushed to return after the withdrawal of Israeli occupation vehicles and tanks that were blocking the road near the Netzarim Corridor.The entry of the displaced came this morning after they ...

Israeli Occupation Forces Arrest 26 Palestinians in West Bank

Israeli Occupation Forces Arrest 26 Palestinians in West BankOccupied Jerusalem, 27 Jan (ONA) --- The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested 26 Palestinian civilians in Al-Khalil in the West Bank today. Wafa news agency reported that the IOF stormed several neighborhoods in Beit Amer town, north of Al-Khalil, during which they raided and searched dozens of homes, destroyed owners' furniture and belongings, and arrested 19 Palestinians. The IOF also arrested seven other Palestinians, including a college student, in Beit Awa town, southwest Al-Khalil. --- Ends/AH ...

Oman Condemns Attack on Saudi Hospital in Sudan

Oman Condemns Attack on Saudi Hospital in SudanMuscat, 26 Jan (ONA) —— The Sultanate of Oman has condemned and denounced the attack on the Saudi Hospital in the city of Al Fashir, the Republic of Sudan, expressing its heartfelt condolences and sympathy to the Sudanese government and families of the victims.In a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry today, Oman stressed the need to respect international humanitarian law and spare civilian, medical facilities and their personnel the impacts of armed conflicts.Oman called upon all parties to resort to dialogue to resolve differences, in ...

4 Palestinians Injured by Israeli Gunfire in Nuseirat Camp

4 Palestinians Injured by Israeli Gunfire in Nuseirat CampGaza, 26 Jan (ONA) --- Four Palestinians were injured today by Israeli gunfire west of the Nuseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip.According to reports, the incident occurred when Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a gathering of civilians in the Tabbat Al-Nuwari area, while waiting to return to the northern Gaza Strip.However, their return has been significantly delayed by the Israeli occupation, with the Israeli army targeting anyone trying to reach the so-called Netzarim Corridor, which splits the Gaza Strip ...

Russia Announces Downing 15 Ukrainian Drones Last Night

Russia Announces Downing 15 Ukrainian Drones Last NightMoscow, 26 Jan (ONA) --- The Russian Ministry of Defence said that its air defense systems destroyed 15 Ukrainian drones over several provinces. According to a statement released today, the ministry said that over the past night, the air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 15 Ukrainian drones.The statement added that the 8 of the drones were shot down over the territory of the Ryazan region, 6 over the territory of the Kursk region, and one over the territory of the Belgorod region.Since the beginning of the ...

GCC Secretary-General Values Oman’s Efforts in Releasing Galaxy Leader Ship's Crew

GCC Secretary-General Values Oman’s Efforts in Releasing Galaxy Leader Ship's Crew Riyadh, 23 Jan (ONA) --- Jasem Mohamed Al Budaiwi, GCC Secretary General has expressed appreciation for the Sultanate of Oman’s efforts of mediation that led to the release of the crew of Galaxy Leader ship. The members of the crew, which consisted of 25 people of different nationalities, were detained off the Yemeni coast since November 2023. Al Budaiwi pointed out that those efforts reflect the Sultanate of Oman’s valuable role in supporting regional stability and security, ...