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“In the context that our people are still under occupation, talking about disarmament is an attempt to make our people an easy victim to be eliminated," Hamas’s political leader, Mashaal, said.

Albanese is listed on Al Jazeera's site as a speaker during the forum's third session on its first day, during a panel titled: "The Palestinian Cause in a World Moving Toward Multipolarity."

The Middle East rewards power, clarity, and patience, and the US must learn to play by those rules. If they act desperate for deals and photo opportunities, then that is all they will get.

This could be a major game-changer for Syria as it begins to regrow its economy after decades of sanctions and isolation.

Gerald Steinberg, NGO Monitor’s president, said seized files and photos show Hamas embedded liaisons inside aid groups, and had ties to hospitals and doctors.

The visit comes ahead of reported talks between the United States and Iran in Istanbul scheduled for later this week, aimed at avoiding conflict and de-escalating tensions between the two sides.

Saudi Arabia welcomed Erdogan for talks highlighting closer Ankara-Riyadh ties as the kingdom reconsiders its regional priorities.

The encounter happened on January 12, 2025, on the same day as another meeting between the Qatari officials, Lapid's team, and the representatives of the Gaza hostages' families.

A meeting between US and Iranian officials in Istanbul is seen as a best-case scenario, sources familiar with the plans said.

To stand with the Iranian people would require activists to admit that an anti-Western regime can be a totalitarian engine of slaughter.