Today, Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said, "The convoys carrying the nationals of the State of Palestine moved from Khartoum to Port Sudan, carrying military students, civilian families, and civilian students, numbering approximately 85 citizens."

The ministry added in a statement: "At the same time, other convoys carrying our nationals moved towards the border with Egypt, carrying approximately 209 citizens on board."

The ministry indicated that this was done as a result of extensive efforts made by the ministry and in full partnership with Military Intelligence, the General Intelligence Service, partner ministries and institutions, and as a result of the great efforts made by our embassies in Khartoum, Riyadh, Cairo and Amman.

Today, Monday, Suleiman Ayesh , 20, was killed during the Israeli occupation forces’ raid on Aqbat Jaber camp in Jericho .

According to the governor of Ariha and the Jordan Valley, Jihad Abu Al-Assal , the occupation forces are holding the body of the martyr Ayesh.

The camp witnessed violent confrontations, as a result of which three young men were injured, while the occupation forces stormed a number of houses, which they thoroughly searched, tampering with their contents, and subjecting their residents to a field investigation.

They also arrested Ibrahim Al-Habash and Hossam Faraj from the camp.

On Monday , the Russian authorities announced that they had repelled an "attack" by naval drones targeting the port of Sevastopol in the Crimea , where the Black Sea Fleet is located, without any damage or injuries.

"An attempted attack on Sebastopol was repulsed as of 3:30 in the morning," said Mikhail Razvogayev, the city's local governor appointed by Moscow.

He added, via the Telegram application, that "a (marine) march was destroyed by" the forces responsible for defending the port, while "the second (marching) exploded on its own," indicating that this response took place outside the facility, which did not damage any parts of its "infrastructure." damages as a result.

Marine drones are equipment that operates on the surface of the water and is operated remotely.

Razvojayev stressed that "calm prevails in the city at present. All forces and equipment are in a state of combat readiness" in case of need.

Sevastopol is the seat of the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet. The port, located in Crimea, which Moscow annexed from Kiev in 2014, has been subjected to a series of attacks since Russia began its attack on Ukraine in February 2022, in which air and sea drones were used.

In mid-April, the Russian authorities announced the cancellation of the celebrations of May 1 and 9 (the date of the end of World War II in Russia) in Crimea for "security" reasons.

More than 20 children are sitting in one of Amman's private schools , listening eagerly while a Jordanian volunteer opens a book, asking, "Who among you is excited to hear a story?", as part of an initiative to instill a love of reading among children .

The "We Love Reading" initiative, which has spread to 65 countries, was founded by Jordanian Rana Dajani, professor of biology and biotechnology at the Hashemite University in Jordan.

Dajani spent five years in the United States, and after returning to Jordan in 2006, she founded the "We Love Reading" initiative after seeing that only a few Jordanian children read for pleasure.

"In the beginning, I noticed that the children only read their lessons, so I conducted research and found that the best way is for an adult to read the stories to them aloud," Dajani told AFP.

Dajani started with one weekly session of reading aloud to neighborhood children in a mosque adjacent to her home in Tabarbour, east of Amman, after obtaining the approval of the mosque’s imam.

Dajani recalls that "only 25 children attended on the first day," but she succeeded little by little in attracting more children.

In order to expand her initiative to reach all regions of the Kingdom, she began training other women until, three years later, she established the "Change" Association as a legal umbrella for "We Love Reading".

Its initiative reached all governorates of Jordan, and more than four thousand volunteers, between the ages of 18 and 100, were trained.

"Our program creates leaders, and it is strong and based on scientific research," says Dajani. "Through reading, thinking patterns change and the child's brain and mental health develop."

She points out that "four months, once a week, is enough to enhance the child's reading habits and behaviors."

According to Dajani, about half a million children have benefited from this program in the Kingdom, including tens of thousands of refugee children.

The volunteer is called an "ambassador" and his task is to read stories to children aloud at any time and place they choose, whether it is in a mosque, church, school or nursery school.

Dajani asserts that the most important thing is not to read stories through electronic devices and tablets, "which we want to keep them away from because it will be a losing battle. We want real paper books."

To date, We Love Reading has created 33 children's comics featuring topics around the environment, climate change, empathy, refugees, bullying, gender, social networking and science.

"We have an official website (for the initiative), and we launched, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, last year a platform so that people can learn where to read to children, and what to read to them," Dajani says.

"We are about to launch an electronic platform in September for our ambassadors from readers around the world to communicate and exchange their experiences," she added, noting that more than eight thousand volunteers have been trained to read around the world.

"I love the idea of the program, as it develops children's language, ideas and concepts," Huda Abu al-Khair, a volunteer in the reading program for four years, told AFP.

And she adds, "That is why I read to children in kindergarten and during school trips, and to the children of our neighborhood and in public parks and family gatherings, and when the opportunity arises."

More than 20 children between the ages of 4 and 5 sit around Abu al-Khair in an Amman private school, listening eagerly as she reads a story to them.

Abu al-Khair recounts, "I am Dina, and this is my brother Hani. We are twin children. I came to life minutes before him, but we are similar, and we both love birds, swallows, and little hummingbirds."

The narration of the story is accompanied by the sounds of birds chirping through a tape recorder placed on a table, to the astonishment of the children.

Abu al-Khair smiles and affirms that "education in childhood is like engraving in stone."

The "We Love Reading" program won the UNESCO-King Sejong Prize for Literacy and the Nansen Refugee Prize.

According to official figures, the illiteracy rate decreased dramatically in Jordan from 88 percent in 1952 to 19.5 percent in 1990, and by the end of 2020 it reached 5.1 percent.

Young Ibrahim Mohamed was surprised when he realized that the person who was receiving treatment next to him in a hospital in Khartoum had become a dead body, but the ferocity of the battles in the Sudanese capital prevented his body for days from being transported.

That was on April 15, the day the Sudanese woke up to the sounds of violent clashes between the army led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo , known as "Hemedti".

These battles, with which attempts to calm down did not succeed, turned Khartoum and other cities into open fields of war, impeded the provision of health care and the work of doctors, and put them under additional pressure in a country that suffered from conflicts and sanctions for decades.

In the capital, which is inhabited by nearly five million people, doctors and patients tell horrific stories about the situation in hospitals that have become incapable of achieving one of the most basic humanitarian and religious principles: honoring the dead by burying them.

Muhammad, 25, was receiving treatment for leukemia at Khartoum Teaching Hospital, according to his father, Ibrahim, 62, who used to visit him frequently.

"Because of the heavy fighting, the (deceased) person was not taken for burial," the father told AFP after his death on April 15.

Muhammad stayed in the room where the smell of death gradually emanated, in a city known for its hot climate even at this time of the year... After three days, the father and son left the hospital, and the corpse was in its place.

According to medical sources, this scene has become familiar in Sudan since the start of the fighting.

The Secretary-General of the Sudan Doctors Syndicate, Attia Abdullah, says that in several hospitals, "the decomposed bodies remain in the wards."

He told AFP that the fighting caused "a complete and total collapse of the health care system" in the country, and led to "morgues and streets being filled with corpses."

Before leaving the hospital, Ibrahim and his son faced two choices, the better of which was bitter.

"The stench filled the room," the father explained to AFP. "It was exacerbated by three days of power outages and the hot weather. The choice was either we would stay in a musty-smelling room, or we would go out and face bullets."

Ibrahim Muhammad confirms that "the hospital was being bombed," and the exchange of gunshots was taking place "immediately outside the hospital," noting that some of the patients who left at that time were shot.

On Sunday, the World Health Organization reported that "eight dead and two wounded" were among the medical staff.

According to the Doctors Syndicate, 13 hospitals were bombed and 19 other medical facilities were evacuated during the eight days of fighting.

For the medical staff, allowing hospital inmates to leave rather than stay for treatment was a very difficult option, especially with the continuing clashes.

"We found ourselves forced to allow the patients to leave... If they stayed, they would be killed," Abdullah explains.

In addition to the risk of injury from battles, leaving the hospital exposes patients to other health risks.

Muhammad explains that he and his son had to walk outside the hospital, and it took them about five hours to get home.

He confirms that "my son's health has deteriorated since then," especially since he was unable to transfer him to another medical center to complete treatment.
"I just want all of this to stop so I can treat my son," he says.

Abdullah points out that about three-quarters of hospitals have closed their doors, and medical facilities are now satisfied with providing emergency services and treating the injured as a result of the battles.

The clashes killed more than 420 people and injured 3,700, and prompted tens of thousands to flee from the areas of clashes towards other states, or towards Chad and Egypt.

However, estimates suggest that the actual number of dead is much higher, with doctors and humanitarian workers unable to reach those in need.

Even the facilities that kept their doors open are "at risk of being closed at any moment" due to the situation, according to Abdullah, who confirms that they are also suffering from an acute shortage of medical supplies, especially blood bags and adequate surgical equipment, as well as fuel to operate generators and even ambulances.

As for the staff, they are vulnerable to exhaustion because "the same (medical) team works in some hospitals" for eight consecutive days, according to Abdullah, who notes that "some have only one surgeon...".

"Everyone is so exhausted," he adds ruefully.

Medics made daily calls for a cease-fire to allow humanitarian access, to remove the wounded and to bury the dead, but no real, lasting truce has materialized after nearly 10 days of fighting.

While Sudanese are seeking through social media platforms to provide medicines for those suffering from chronic diseases, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned that power outages and fuel shortages are putting a stock of vaccines and insulin doses, worth more than $40 million, at risk of damage.

The current situation prompted the Doctors Syndicate to provide advice to civilians on how to deal with decomposing bodies and methods of shrouding and burying them.

Barcelona achieved the most important and regained its balance, approaching the first title since 2019, by winning the summit against its guest, Atletico Madrid, 1-0, on Sunday, in the thirtieth stage of the Spanish Football Championship .

Barcelona owes its victory to its international striker Ferran Torres, who scored the only goal in the 44th minute.

Barcelona returned to the winning streak after two disappointing goalless draws against Girona and Getafe, and regained the 11-point difference that separates it from its traditional rivals and direct chasers Real Madrid, the defending champion last season, who won 2-0 at home to Celta Vigo on Saturday.

Barcelona served the royal club after enabling the latter to move away by five points from its neighbor and put an end to a series of six successive victories for Atletico in La Liga.

"We had to win no matter what," Torres told Movistar. "It was important to take a big step forward in the search for the league title."

He added, "The team worked very hard, and the fans were with us from the first moment, and the result was in our favor."

As for his coach, Xavi Hernandez, he praised his German international goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen, who saved his goal from several opportunities, and said in statements to reporters, "I have always said that Mark is among the three best goalkeepers in the world, and for our match, I think he is the best," adding, "He is Guarantee, our defense too, defensive work is essential and Mark was decisive in different moments.
On the other hand, Slovenian international goalkeeper Atletico Madrid Jan Oblak said, "The Spanish League has been difficult for a while and still is, we could not make it a little more exciting," referring to his team's failure to win.

He added, "If Barcelona continues like this, with the advantage they have (the 11-point difference), they will win this league."

Atletico Madrid had a relative advantage in the first half and almost opened the scoring on two occasions, the first just seconds after kick-off with a shot by former Catalan club player French international Antoine Griezmann from a powerful left-footed shot from outside the area that bounced off the crossbar (1), and the second with a powerful, creeping shot by the striker. The Argentine sent Korea a creeping ball from inside the area in the hands of German goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen (19).

Barcelona gradually imposed itself in the atmosphere of the match, and Torres received a ball inside the area from the left side, and it was the most dangerous opportunity when the Dutch international, returning to the squad after recovering from injury, Frenkie de Young, took advantage of a ball inside the area while he was on the ground, and hit it powerfully over the crossbar a few centimeters (33).

And Griezmann almost did it with a shot from close range, which Ter Stegen saved, before the defense dispersed it (35).

Torres succeeded in opening the scoring when he received a ball from Brazilian Rafinha at the edge of the area, so he prepared it for himself and hit it powerfully, creeping to the left of Jan Oblak (44).

Barcelona continued its advantage at the beginning of the second half, and Polish international striker Robert Lewandowski hit a ball from close range in Oblak's hands (46).

Oblak pushed Torres' powerful shot from outside the area before the defense dispersed it (47), and Gavi almost added the second goal, taking advantage of a trail inside the area, and hit a powerful creeping ball next to the right post (61).

Rafinha followed suit after a strong cross pass from Lewandowski hit his legs and was picked up by Oblak (72).

Atletico Madrid responded with a cross pass by substitute Alvaro Morata to Griezmann in front of the goal, so he played it with his heel, and Ter Stegen blocked it in two waves (73).

Lewandowski missed a golden opportunity to enhance his team's progress when he received a ball behind the defense, so he preferred to hit it with his right from a long distance, taking advantage of Oblak's exit from his den instead of passing it to the unattended Rafinha, who was in a better position than him to score the net (77).
Moroccan international striker Youssef Al-Nusairi continued his brilliance recently and led his team, Seville, to a valuable victory, defeating Villarreal 2-1 at home.

Sevilla advanced through striker Rafa Mir in the 34th minute, with a wonderful powerful shot from inside the area, following a pass from Suso, but Villarreal managed to equalize through defense pole Pau Torres early in the second half (57).

The new coach of Sevilla, Jose Luis Mendilibar, pushed Al-Nusairi in the 58th minute instead of Mir, so he succeeded in scoring the winning goal in the last fourth minute of stoppage time when he rose above everyone and followed his head with a ball from a corner kick that the Croatian captain Ivan Rakitic approached and housed it to the left of veteran goalkeeper Pepe Reina Who just watched her hugging his net.

It is the eighth goal this season in La Liga for Nasri, who scored a brace from the hat-trick that the Andalusian team won over Manchester United, England, on Thursday, in the second leg of the quarter-finals of the European League competition, "Europa League".

Al-Nusairi raised his score to 51 goals in the colors of Seville in 147 matches in all competitions.

Sevilla rose to twelfth place with 38 points, compared to 47 for Villarreal VI, which suffered its second loss in a row.
And Valencia breathed a sigh of relief by defeating its host Elche, who finished in last place, 2-0.

Valencia decided the outcome of the match in its first half, with goals from Brazilian Samuel Lino (19) and Goncalo Verdo (42 fouls in his own goal).

It is the first victory for Valencia after three defeats and one draw, and the eighth this season, so he took advantage of Espanyol's draw with Cadiz negatively on Friday at the opening of the stage and got rid of the penultimate nineteenth place.

And Valencia rose to eighteenth place with 30 points behind Almeria because of the two direct confrontations, after the latter lost to Athletic Bilbao 1-2 on Saturday, and by two points against Espanyol, who fell to the nineteenth place before the last.

On the other hand, Elche suffered its fifth consecutive loss and its 21st this season, so his task of survival became more difficult after his score froze at 13 points.

Real Mallorca turned the tables on its guest, Getafe, when it fell behind with a goal by Borja Mayoral (23) to win with three goals scored by South Korean Lee Kang-in (57, 90 + 6) and Rayo (64).

Real Mallorca rose to tenth place, with 40 points, compared to 31 points for Getafe, the sixteenth.

Manchester United set a date with its neighbor City in the final of the England Football Cup by beating Brighton 7-6 on penalties, after the end of the regular and extra time in a goalless draw Sunday at Wembley Stadium in London in the semi-finals.

This is the second final for United this season, after it was crowned with the League Cup title, ending a six-year title drought in the first season of Dutch coach Eric ten Hag.

The Red Devils will meet in the final at Wembley Stadium on the third of next June with neighbor Manchester City, who beat Sheffield United 3-0 on Saturday, and who is still fighting on the fronts of the League and the Champions League.

Manchester United entered the match after the disappointment of being eliminated from the European League competition "Europa League" at the hands of Seville in Spain, with a humiliating loss 0-3 Thursday in the second leg of the quarter-finals.

Compared to the Sevilla match, Ten Hag commented, "On Thursday I saw a team I did not know, but today we are back to normal. I could see determination and resilience. We fought for every ball and competed in every battle. We had good chances."

And he added about facing City, he said, "The key to winning against them? I will not tell you. I keep it for myself, but it takes us to present the perfect match to achieve that."

This is the 21st time that United have reached the England Cup final, equaling the record for Arsenal, and the first since 2018 when they lost to Chelsea, knowing that their last title dates back to 2016 at the expense of Crystal Palace.

As for Brighton, he was hoping to return to the final for only the second time in its history, and the first since 1983, when it fell to Manchester United 0-4 after the first match ended in a 2-2 draw (the previous system).

The cup final will witness the Manchester derby for the first time in history.

United's Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea commented on this confrontation, "It will be a big match against one of the best teams in Europe and the world. But we showed when we played against them at home that we can beat them."

And he continued, "We are on the right track: another title and final, and we are fighting for third or fourth places (in the league). This is not enough, but it is a big step from last season."
United missed defender Harry Maguire, who caused the first goal in Seville, due to the accumulation of warnings, with the continued absence of Argentine defense heart Lisandro Martinez until the end of the season due to injury, and Frenchman Rafael Varane, who is away for a while for the same reason.
Ten Hag pushed Block Shaw alongside the Swedish Victor Lindelof in the heart of the defense, while the Portuguese Diogo Dalot played in the left back position.

Portuguese Bruno Fernandes returned to the squad after being suspended against Sevilla.

Brighton is presenting a distinguished season, led by Italian coach Roberto De Zerbi, and will be able to rise to fifth place in the league if it wins its two postponed matches, while United ranks fourth.

Brighton threatened first with a free kick to Argentine Alexis McAllister, which was blocked by De Gea, who also gifted two goals to Seville, brilliantly turning the ball into a corner (7).

The first attempt at the goal for United came through Fernandes with a powerful shot from the outskirts of the area, which was saved by Spaniard Robert Sanchez (15).

At the end of the first half, the Red Devils had two chances through the Portuguese again, who hit a creeping ball that passed close to the post (44), before the goalkeeper pushed away a powerful shot from Danish Christian Eriksen (45 + 2).

Brighton started the second half in a better way, and Paraguayan Julio Enciso almost opened the score, had it not been for a wonderful save from De Gea with his powerful shot (57), and then another on the right side of Solly March (60).

Then Ten Hag pushed the Brazilian Fred instead of Eriksen after half an hour, but the danger remained for Brighton, and De Gea had to tackle another attempt from Marsh from the outskirts of the area in the bottom right corner (83).

Before the extra two halves, Ten Hag pushed Jaidon Sancho instead of Frenchman Anthony Martial.

United had the most dangerous opportunity with a powerful shot from Rashford on the outskirts of the area, which Sanchez removed in a wonderful way (105), before De Gea turned away another attempt by Marsh (107).

In the penalty shootout, the Brazilian Casemiro, the Portuguese Diogo Dalot, Sancho, Rashford, the Austrian Marcel Sabitzer, the Dutchman Vout Vighorst and Lindelof United scored, while Marsh missed the last kick after McAllister, the Germans Pascal Grob and Dennis Ondav, the Ecuadorean Pervis Estupinian, Luis scored. Dunk and Adam Webster for Brighton.

Newcastle inflicted a humiliating defeat on its guest, Tottenham, 6-1, on Sunday, in a match in which the landlords scored the first five goals in the first 21 minutes, Sunday, in the thirty-second stage of the English Football League , thus resolving an important confrontation in the struggle for the Champions League positions.

Jacob Murphy (2 and 9) and Swede Alexander Isaac (19 and 21) scored a brace, and another for Brazilian Joelinton, so Newcastle achieved the second fastest quintet in the Premier League after 21 minutes.

Harry Kane responded with a goal at the start of the second half (49), before substitute Callum Wilson added the sixth (67).

And Newcastle raised its tally to 59 points, in third place, by goal difference, and a game more than Manchester United, the fourth who is absent from this stage because it was busy in the semi-finals of the cup against Brighton at Wembley Stadium.

Spurs' balance froze at 53 points in fifth place, noting that he played two matches more than the Red Devils.

Newcastle, led by coach Eddie Howe, and nearly a year and a half after the Saudi takeover, is close to returning to the Champions League for the first time since the 2002-2003 season.

This is the second loss in a row for Tottenham, led by Italian Christian Stellini, who has supervised the club since the departure of his compatriot Antonio Conte, in exchange for a draw and an orphan victory.

Stellini took out goalkeeper and captain Hugo Lloris at the half-time break, due to injury, according to the club's website, after the Frenchman conceded the second fastest quintet in the Premier League after Manchester City against Watford in September 2019 within 18 minutes.

"It was my responsibility to decide how we play," said Stellini after the match. "We decided to do it differently because of the injuries, but it was a mistake."

"It's very difficult to understand why the first 25 minutes were so bad. We weren't ready to play this kind of difficult game, to suffer, to control the spaces and win the doubles."

For his part, Lloris apologized to the fans, "It was very embarrassing. The first thing we have to do is apologize to the fans who traveled and watched the match. We missed the first half completely. The second half is another story, but it's a really painful (loss) today."

Regarding his injury, he said, "I don't know if it was the muscle, but it's about the hip. I felt something while clearing the ball, but we'll see tomorrow (Monday)."

This is the most severe loss for Spurs in the league since the defeat by Liverpool 0-5 in December 2013, and the biggest victory for Newcastle in the local championship since beating West Ham 5-0 in early 2011.

Newcastle opened the scoring when Joelinton penetrated gracefully into the area, dodged several defenders, and hit a creeping ball that was saved by Loris, but it was prepared in front of Murphy amid poor defensive control, so he followed it into the net (2).

Joelinton doubled the hosts' lead after Swiss defender Fabian Schar raised a wonderful ball from behind the mid-goal line behind the defenders, and the Brazilian reached the outskirts of the area, imposing it in a beautiful way, and Loris dodged and settled it into the net (6).

Murphy scored his second personal goal with a wonderful long shot from outside the area to the right of Lloris, who did not move a finger (9).

Isaac scored the fourth goal after Joe Willock passed an amazing ball with his instep from the left corridor to the Swede in the depths, so he penetrated into the area and hit it crawling to the right of the goalkeeper (19).

And the attacker completed the fifth two minutes later, with a creeping shot from the right side inside the area, after a back pass from Sean Longstaff (21).

With the start of the second half, Kane scored an honorary goal after he penetrated from the left side into the area, getting rid of Shar, who tried to catch him, and settled the ball with his left, creeping to the left of goalkeeper Nick Pope (49).

Seconds after they got off, Miguel Almiron and Wilson each contributed to the sixth goal, and the Paraguayan hit the goal. The ball bounced off Argentine Christian Romero, Spurs defender, and reached the Englishman, who followed it into the goal (67).

And West Ham achieved a big victory, in turn, at its host, Bournemouth, with a clean four, which was scored by Jamaican Michael Antonio (5), Brazilian Lucas Paqueta (12), Declan Rice (43), and Spanish substitute Pablo Fornals (72).

West Ham raised its score to 34 points in the thirteenth place, compared to 33 for Bournemouth in the fifteenth.

The poles of Milan, Inter and Milan, regained the track of victories in the Italian Football League , with the first victory over its host Empoli 3-0, including the double of the Belgian international Romelu Lukaku, and the second over its guest Elche 2-0, with the same victory for the Portuguese Rafael Liao, Sunday, in the thirty-first stage.

Lukaku returned his Inter team to the winning ways after five matches in which Nerazzurri did not taste victory in the league.

The two poles of the city, who set a date in the semi-finals of the Champions League, remained in the struggle for the positions of the main continental competition, which became more difficult with Juventus returning to third place (59 points), with the suspension of a 15-point deduction penalty.

Milan raised its score to 56 points in fifth place, equally with Roma IV, who plays with its host Atalanta on Monday, and Inter to 54 points in sixth place.

Lukaku opened the scoring for Inter in the 48th minute with his weak right, before doubling the score with a left-handed strike (76), achieving his first double since returning to the Italian club on loan last summer after a season with Chelsea.

With the release of the Belgian international, who had previously scored only three times this season in the league (two goals from two penalty kicks), he presented the third goal on a silver platter with a ground pass to his Argentine colleague Lautaro Martinez (88).

On Sunday, Inter won its first away win since late January and ended a series of five matches without a win (four defeats and a draw).

After a draw in the last two stages, Milan returned to victories, achieving its sixteenth victory this season.

Milan arrived in the match after eliminating Napoli, the leaders of “Serie A” from the Champions League, by drawing with it 1-1 on Tuesday, in the second leg, after beating it 1-0 in the first leg.

Liao scored the first goal with a header after he rose to Sandro Tonali's cross on the left side (40), and added the second with a wonderful individual effort after he received the ball from behind the mid-goal line and penetrated into it, manipulating the defense and shooting to the left of the goalkeeper (74), scoring his 12th goal in " Serie A this season.

In two other matches, Monza beat his guest Fiorentina 3-2 and Udinese beat his guest Cremonese 3-0.

Montsa raised its score to 41 points in 12th place, while Fiorentina's balance froze at 42 points in 10th place, trailing by goal difference from ninth Udinese, while Cremonese's balance froze at 19 points in the penultimate position.

Sunday's matches will be completed with the top of the stage when Napoli defeat Juventus.

Union Berlin and Freiburg strengthened their chances of being in the Champions League competition next season, by defeating Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-0 and Schalke 04, respectively, on Sunday, at the end of the twenty-ninth stage of the German Football Championship .

Union Berlin regained the winning streak after being satisfied with one point in its last two matches, achieving its sixteenth victory this season, consolidating its position in third place with 55 points, while Freiburg continued its awakening with a second successive and fifteenth victory this season, raising its tally to 53 points, snatching fourth place by two points. From Leipzig, who lost 0-2 to Bayer Leverkusen.

The teams with the first four positions qualify for the prestigious continental competition, while the fifth will compete in the European League “Europa League” and the sixth will compete in the Conference League. Five stages remain until the end of the season.

In the first match, Surinamese striker Sheraldo Becker scored the only goal in the 60th minute, adding the eleventh loss to Borussia Monchengladbach, the tenth, with 36 points.

In the second, Freiburg hit hard in the first half thanks to a double by Austrian striker Michael Grigoric in the seventh and thirty-fifth minutes, then added two goals in the second half through Lucas Holler (52) and defender Matthias Ginter (83).

Schalke returned to the track of defeats after stopping it in the last stage with a victory over Hertha Berlin, which was the fifth this season, so he received his fifteenth loss and his balance froze at 24 points in the penultimate seventeenth place.

Bayer Leverkusen continued its good results recently and achieved its sixth victory in its last eight matches, in which it did not taste the taste of defeat, when it defeated its guest, Leipzig, with two clean goals.

Bayer Leverkusen waited for the 40th minute to open the scoring by Czech striker Adam Hlojek, and Nadim Amiri secured victory by scoring the second goal from a penalty kick in the 86th minute caused by Hungarian midfielder Dominik Suboslay and received a second warning and thus a red card (85).

Bayer Leverkusen stopped Leipzig's revival and inflicted its first loss after two consecutive victories, and the third in its last five matches.

Bayer Leverkusen regained sixth place from Mainz, which sparked a heavy-caliber surprise by defeating Bayern Munich 3-1 on Saturday when it removed it from the lead, which Borussia Dortmund topped with a huge victory over its guest Eintracht Frankfurt, 4-0.

Bayer Leverkusen raised its score to 47 points, four points behind Leipzig, who fell to fifth place.

Marseille regained second place from Lens by defeating Lyon 2-1 on Sunday, at the end of the thirty-second stage of the French Football Championship .

Marseille was the first to score through its Turkish international striker Dengiz Under in the 44th minute, but veteran captain Alexandre Lacazette equalized for Lyon in the 68th minute, before the southern team snatched the winning goal thanks to friendly fire when Ivory Coast defender Senali Diomandé tried to clear a cross from the front of the goal, and it bounced off. His colleague Malu Gusto hit the net (90 + 2).

Lens temporarily snatched second place on Saturday, beating its guest, Monaco, 3-0.

Marseille raised its score to 67 points, one point ahead of Lens, and eight points behind leaders Paris Saint-Germain, while Lyon suffered its tenth loss this season and its first after three consecutive victories, so its score froze at 50 points in seventh place.

Strasbourg continued its revival by defeating its host Reims 2-0, scored by Senegalese international striker Habib Diallo, who scored both goals in the first and thirty-seventh minutes.

It is the second successive victory for Strasbourg and the seventh this season, raising its tally to 32 points and rising to fifteenth place, on goal difference against Nantes and Brest, who are tied with Troyes 2-2 and Ajaccio 0-0.

Nicolas Baloa (25) and Evan Gessan (90 + 6) scored Nantes' goals, and Guinean Mama Balde (64 from a penalty kick) and Wilson Oduber (90 + 2) scored the goals of Troyes.

Ajaccio completed the match with ten players, after Tunisian striker Yoan Tuzgar was sent off in the 66th minute.

On the other hand, Reims suffered his second loss in a row, and the bleeding of points broke in three matches, during which he scored one point, so his score froze at 47 points in eighth place.

Rennes failed to regain fifth place from Lille, losing to its host Montpellier, with a single goal scored by Englishman Stevie Mavididi in the 84th minute.

Montpellier achieved its victory despite playing with ten players since the 53rd minute, after midfielder Tigi Savanier was sent off.

Montpellier stopped a series of three matches without victory (a draw and two losses), winning its twelfth match this season, consolidating its position in thirteenth place with 41 points.

On the other hand, Rennes failed to take advantage of Lille’s stumbling in front of its host Auxerre 1-1 on Saturday, and it suffered its eleventh loss this season, so its balance froze at 53 points in sixth place, three points behind Lille and by the same difference against Lyon.

Moroccan international striker Zakaria Abu led his team, Toulouse, to restore balance and strengthen its position in the twelfth place, by scoring the winning goal at its host Lorient in the 68th minute, following a pass from Algerian international Fares Chaibi.

Toulouse raised its score to 41 points, compared to 45 for Lorient, which fell to eleventh place after its score was frozen at 45 points, on goal difference behind Nice, which in turn fell to tenth place by losing to its guest Clermont-Ferrand with a goal by Gaetan Laborde (41) compared to two goals for the Austrian Mohamed Cham (37). And the Tunisian Saifuddin Khawi (83).

Clermont-Ferrand rose to ninth place with 46 points.

The Algerian Union of the Capital came close to putting an end to Morocco's hegemony in the Confederation of African Football Cup title, after it beat its guest, the FAR 2-0, on Sunday in the "Maghreb Summit" at the "5 July" stadium in Algiers in the first leg of the quarter-finals.

The two teams will meet again next Sunday in the capital, Rabat, where the Moroccan league leader hopes to remedy the situation in his quest for the fourth successive title for Moroccan clubs in the competition, and the second in its history after 2005.

And the Moroccan “leader” started pressing, as he tried to surprise the host team through Hamza Ekman, who shot into the side net (2), and USM player Ayman Mahyous responded with a shot next to the right post (4).

The Algerian team was able to gradually control the course of events, and the military team retreated to its area, relying on fast counterattacks, which were dangerous, especially when Ahmed Hammoudan hit with force, and the Algerian goalkeeper, Osama Bin Bout, pushed him to a corner (26).

Botswana Tomisanf Oriboni was alone, but he failed to pass goalkeeper Ayoub Lakrd (29).

Before the end of the first half, Ibrahim Bin Zaza took a corner kick and crossed it in front of the army goal, so Zakaria Fati made a mistake in banishing it, so she prepared in front of Al-Saadi Al-Radwani, so he followed it strong into the net (44).

The Moroccan team pressed hard in the second half, fiercely attacking goalkeeper Ben Bout, who blocked Reda Selim's shot with his fists from a direct free kick (56).

The owners of the land relied on the rebounds, and Abd al-Rahman Meziane sent a cross ball, which the goalkeeper sent to Kurd with his fingertips to a corner. Ibrahim Benzaza played it, so Zinedine Belaid slipped from behind and turned it with his head into the heart of the goal (63).

The team of French coach Fernando da Cruz pressed after the goal in an effort to reduce the difference, but the Algerian defense, and the substitutions of coach Abdelhak Bencheikha contributed to maintaining the advantage as it was until the end.

The Royal Army will lose one of its prominent players, Reda Selim, in the second leg at Moulay Abdallah Stadium, after receiving a direct red card for kicking Mahyous without a ball (90 + 11).

Al-Radwani said that his team cut "half of the visa" to the Golden Square, adding, "The match was not easy, and this matter will apply to the second leg. Today we were forced to present a strong performance against an ancient team, and our discipline and focus contributed to a positive result."

The Egyptian Pyramids, seeking its first continental titles, avoided losing after snatching a draw in the last minutes with its guest, Marumo Gallants, South Africa, 1-1 at the Air Defense Stadium in Cairo.

Pyramids aspired to win and with a comfortable result in order to play comfortably in the second leg, and began to achieve danger early on the visitors’ goal through continuous pressure, and Mustafa Fathi hit a powerful ball over the crossbar (6), and the South African team responded with a shot from its scorer Ranga Shifafero, which also passed high ( 9).

Maromo goalkeeper Washington Arube from Zimbabwe blocked Islam Issa Bergen's shot from a defender (27), and Moroccan Walid Al-Karti hit a powerful ball that passed near the goal (28).

The right post of Galants' goal blocked Mustafa Fathi's shot, following a cross from Muhammad Hamdi (38).

Maromo's players took the initiative to attack after the break, and Ranga Shivafero managed to translate his team's advantage into a header that hit goalkeeper Ahmed El-Shennawy's net after a corner kick from Lucky Mohomi (55).

Ahmed El-Shennawy shone in defending his goal, as he brilliantly parried a powerful shot from Mondi Mbambaniso from the outskirts of the region, preventing the guests from consolidating their superiority (88), before Pyramids got a penalty kick that Ramadan Sobhi successfully beat, equalizing (90 + 2).

And the Portuguese coach of Pyramids, Jaime Pacheco, believed that his team could return with a qualifying card from the land of the Gallants, adding, “I am not satisfied with the performance of the players, and I talked to them a lot about the need to play with full strength and focus.”

And he continued, "There is more than one player who was feeling very tired due to the successive and pressure of matches, locally and continually."

And he added, "The team has another match ahead of it, and I will not lose confidence in the players, and I will work on a different way of playing in the second leg, in search of a return with a pass to the next round."

The Tunisian Monastir Federation failed to take advantage of the land and public factors, as it fell into the trap of a goalless tie with its guest Asec Mimosas Ivory Coast at Hammadi Al-Aqrabi Stadium in Rades.

The Tunisian team participated in the meeting in the absence of key names, most notably goalkeeper Bashir bin Saeed, Niger national team midfielder Youssef Amr and striker Ziad Alaoui.

The Ivorians dominated the course and created many opportunities, and the Serbian coach of Monastiri, Darko Novic, tried to change his team's playing style in the second half by making offensive substitutions, but it did not affect the advantage of the Ivory Coast team, which continued its danger, especially through the full-back Yao Kwasi Atohula's shot, which was blocked by goalkeeper Yadis Al-Sadiq (68). ).

Al-Monastiri almost snatched the victory goal after Heikal Al-Sheikhawi penetrated and passed a perfect ball to substitute Ahmed Al-Juffali, who exaggerated dribbling after he was facing the goal, so the Ivorian defense intervened and pushed it away to prepare in front of the impulsive Abdul Qadir Botish, and he hit it hard outside the goal (86).

Young Africans of Tanzania put forward in the golden square after defeating Nigerian host Rivers United with two clean goals scored by Veston Makalalili (73 and 80), raising his tally to five goals at the top of the competition's top scorer list (80).

Al-Hilal booked the ticket to the final round of the King’s Cup of Saudi Arabia for football by defeating its host Al-Ittihad 1-0 after extension in the El Clasico Sunday in the semi-finals at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah and in front of 53,642 spectators.

The only goal of the match was scored by the Egyptian International Federation defender Ahmed Hegazy by mistake against his own team (106).

Al-Hilal, who reached the final No. 19 in its history, will meet the winner of Monday’s match between Al-Nasr and Al-Wehda at Marsool Park Stadium in Riyadh.

The Argentine coach of Al Hilal, Ramon Dias, said in the press conference after the match: “Our confrontation against Al-Ittihad was difficult, as is the case with the matches of the two teams.” He added, “We faced a difficult team and we are happy to achieve this result.

On the other hand, the Portuguese coach of the federation, Nuno Santo, attributed the loss to the lack of focus in some periods of the match.

"The players performed collectively and suffered from a lack of concentration in some periods of the match, and the result was not expected," he said.

He added, "Despite the loss, we should be proud of what the team did, and I thank the fans for supporting the team throughout the match."
He continued, "Our goal was to control the course of the match, and we were able to decide its outcome in regular time. Our group spirit is high, and this is the team spirit that we need."

Al-Hilal rushed into the attack from the start, and Salman Al-Faraj hit a powerful ball over the crossbar (7), and Al-Ittihad responded with a corner, which was removed by defender Saud Abdel Hamid (21).

Al-Ittihad was close to scoring when Moroccan Abd al-Razzaq Hamdallah received a cross that hit it powerfully next to the post (41), and Brazilian Romarinho da Silva missed a dangerous opportunity alone, ending it with a powerful shot over the crossbar (45).
The second half was more exciting, and Al-Ittihad almost snatched a goal when Romarinho hit a powerful ball that Abdullah Al-Mayouf shone in blocking it in two waves (48).

Brazilian goalkeeper Marcelo Grohe saved his goal from a goal when he saved Nigerian Odion Ighalo with difficulty (53).
The crossbar denied Al-Ittihad a goal when it tackled Hamdallah's ball before it was prepared in front of the same player, who hit it with force, and Al-Maouf pushed it away to a corner (56).

Al-Mayouf continued his brilliance when he brilliantly blocked Bruno Henrique's ball (84), and Omar Hawsawi's header hit the post (88).
Al-Ittihad missed a goal when Romarinho followed a ball inside the area, but he hit it in the corner of Al-Mayouf, who removed it with his fist before the defense dispersed it (89).
In the first extra half, Al-Ittihad had an opportunity when Henrique hit a powerful ball that was blocked by Al-Mayouf in two waves (93), and Al-Hilal responded with a powerful shot by Salem Al-Dosari, far from the goal (97).

Romarinho missed a real opportunity when he received a ball inside the area, which he played easily in the arms of Al-Mayouf (98), and Al-Hilal missed a valuable opportunity when the ball was prepared in front of Argentine Luciano Vietto, but he hit it hard along the post (101).

In the second additional half, Al-Hilal succeeded in scoring when Malian Musa Mariga played a cross that Hegazy accidentally deposited in his own net (106).

There was an opportunity for Al-Ittihad through Abdulaziz Al-Bishi with a shot that passed by the post (115), and Al-Ittihad rushed in the remaining minutes in search of an equalizer, but its attempts were unsuccessful.

Shabab Al-Ahly is 3 points away from winning the eighth title in its history, despite neglecting its two-goal lead against its guest Al-Wasl, and falling into the trap of an exciting 2-2 draw on Sunday, at the opening of the twenty-fourth stage of the UAE Football League .

Shabab Al-Ahly raised its score in the lead to 51 points, 3 points behind Al-Ain, who in turn neglected its lead by two goals against its host, Bani Yas, and tied it 2-2.

Shabab Al-Ahly will play with Bani Yas and Ajman in the last two matches, and it is enough for him to win one to be crowned champion, as he has the advantage in direct confrontations with Al Ain, as well as the third unit with 45 points, which has the opportunity to rise to second place in its victory over Khor Fakkan on Monday.

In the first match, Shabab Al-Ahly opened the scoring after a corner played by the Brazilian Yuri Cesar, and the Syrian Omar Kharbin passed it with his head to the Iranian Ahmed Nourallah, who put it in the net (47).

Shabab Al-Ahly added the second goal after a pass from Cesar to Yahya Al-Ghassani, who singled out and hit a creeping ball into the net of goalkeeper Khaled Al-Sanani (57).

But the third Al-Wasl, with 44 points, made an amazing comeback, reducing the difference through Fabio Lima (65), then equalizing through substitute Ghanem Ahmed (90 + 7).

Al-Ahly youth striker Al-Ghassani said: "We should not be sad about our draw in the fatal time, because the result of the Al-Ain match served us, and we will try to be crowned in the next match against Bani Yas."

In the second, Al Ain, the defending champion, beat Bani Yas with the goals of Togolese Laba Kodjo (48) and Moroccan Sufyan Rahimi (61), but he received two fatal goals from the eleventh-place finisher scored by Argentine Nicholas Jimenez (90 from a penalty kick) and Ahmed Berman (90 + 7 by mistake). own goal).

Al-Ittihad Kalba defeated its host, Sharjah, with two goals, Ahmed Jishk (15) and Ahmed Amer (90 + 8), against a goal by Salem Sultan (90).
Bosnian Miralem Pjanic missed a penalty kick for Sharjah in the 79th minute.

The two also play Dibba Al-Fujairah with Al-Nasr, Al-Jazira with Al-Bataeh, and Ajman with Al-Dhafra.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided, at dawn on Monday, that his government would continue to request the Supreme Court to postpone the eviction of the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar , east of occupied Jerusalem, for confidential reasons, until further notice.

According to the Hebrew website Ynet, this decision was taken after a special session held by Netanyahu last night in the presence of his army minister Yoav Gallant, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich , and the so-called National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir .

The session was held after Smotrich, who holds the position of minister in the Israeli Ministry of Defense, refused to inform the court to cancel the consideration of the petition submitted to evacuate Al-Khan Al-Ahmar.

Yesterday, Smotrich asked the Israeli government secretary to refrain from providing this response until a special discussion was held on this matter, which Ben Gvir supported, before Netanyahu decided to hold the special session for that.

The Israeli ground forces, stationed at the Mount Hermon observatories, bombed with more than 20 shells the Qors al-Nafl site, west of the town of Hader in the Quneitra countryside, near the occupied Golan .

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the site, which was bombed by the Israeli army , is where armed groups belonging to the Lebanese Hezbollah are stationed, and it was subjected to another targeting on the seventeenth of last August.

Social networking pages from Quneitra published a statement distributed by the Israeli army, including pictures of the movements of Hezbollah members in the targeted site and other locations, warning that it would not allow these movements to monitor its forces at the border.

On Monday morning, dozens of settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque , under the strict protection of the occupation police.

The settlers made provocative tours inside the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and performed Talmudic rituals.

Settler groups storm Al-Aqsa on a daily basis, except for Friday and Saturday.

On Monday morning, the Israeli occupation forces stormed the Bab al-Rahma chapel in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque .

Those forces cut off the electricity wires in the chapel, and prevented the guards from approaching and entering.

This is the second time that the occupation forces stormed the chapel and cut off the electricity wires from it.

A number of citizens were injured, and a number of others were arrested, at dawn and Monday morning, during incursions carried out by the occupation forces into several areas in the West Bank governorates.

According to local sources, 4 young men were shot by the occupation forces in Aqabat Jabr camp in Jericho, and one of the injured was arrested, without knowing his health condition.

The camp witnessed violent confrontations, as the occupation forces stormed a number of houses, which they thoroughly searched, tampering with their contents, and subjecting their residents to a field investigation.

And those forces arrested from the camp, Suleiman Ayesh, Ibrahim Al-Habash, and Hussam Faraj.

In Nablus , the occupation forces carried out a wide campaign of raids in several areas in the governorate and its south, and arrested 7 citizens, they are: Yazan Aslan, Ihab Abu Duhair, Youssef Al-Ashqar, Muhammad Sharaya, Laith Abu Laila, Hamdan Hamayel, Abdullah Abu Khudair.

The occupation operations focused on Street 15, Al-Maajeen, the new and old Askar camps, and the town of Beita, amid sporadic shooting by the resistance groups towards those forces.

In the town of Ya`bad , Jenin district, the occupation forces arrested 3 young men, the editor Yasser Amarneh, Abdullah Herzallah, and Saeed Al-Abadi from the security services, and the young man Uday Stiti from Al-Hashimiyya near the governorate.

While the young man, Ahmed Abu Khudair, was arrested after storming his house in the town of Surif , north of Hebron, and the young men were Khalil Ishaq Jabareen, his brother Ismail from Yatta, Osama Suhail Al-Ajlouni, and his brother Fahd from the governorate.

Today (Sunday) , the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs began evacuating Iraqi citizens from Sudan due to the ongoing conflict between the army and the Rapid Support Forces .

"We succeeded in evacuating 14 Iraqi citizens from Khartoum to a safe location in the Port Sudan region, at their request, and we are continuing our multilateral efforts to evacuate the remaining numbers," said Ahmed al-Sahhaf, spokesman for the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, in a statement.
"We are working with a national response and coordinating around the clock with the honorable community in Khartoum," he added.

He explained that hot numbers have been allocated to receive calls and respond to the appeals of the Iraqi community, despite the difficult situation there.
He stressed that Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein directed to maximize the collective effort of the Iraqi embassies in Khartoum, Cairo and Abu Dhabi to expedite coordination and response with sister countries to facilitate the evacuation of the Iraqi community in Sudan.

Al-Sahhaf called on the Iraqi community in Khartoum to register immediately to return to Iraq by contacting the numbers of the Iraqi embassy there.

He revealed that the number of the Iraqi community in Sudan amounts to 300 people, stressing that the ministry is preparing for the second phase of the evacuation.

Yesterday (Saturday), a number of foreign and Arab countries began evacuating their nationals from Sudan, in light of the clashes that erupted since April 15 in Khartoum and a number of Sudanese states between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, which caused hundreds of victims and injuries, and severe material damage.

The two parties to the conflict exchanged accusations of attacks against some diplomatic missions in Sudan.

And the Sudanese army announced yesterday (Saturday) that several countries will immediately evacuate their diplomats and nationals.

The Sudanese army commander, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, pledged, according to a statement issued by the Sudanese army yesterday, to facilitate and secure the evacuation of foreign nationals and diplomatic missions from the country.

As of yesterday, the total number of people killed in armed clashes has reached more than 424 and 3,730 wounded, according to the Sudanese Ministry of Health.

The British government tested a new alert system to warn the public in emergency situations such as fires, floods, or in the event of a danger of death, and the siren sounded on mobile phones Sunday at 15:00 local time.

This alert system launched by the government is inspired by existing systems in the United States, Canada, the Netherlands and Japan.

And it will allow messages to be sent to mobile phones to warn quickly in the event of imminent danger. The government confirmed that the system would be used exceptionally.

"Wherever you are, Sunday at 15:00 (1400 GMT) you will receive an emergency alert," Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wrote on Twitter Saturday. "You will receive a message on the mobile screen with sound and vibration for a maximum of ten seconds and you will not have to take any action," he added.

The beep lasted for a few seconds.

"Keep calm and carry on," the government said in response to the criticism, using the famous British slogan during World War II. "It's just a test."

"Who of a genius thought it was a good idea to panic the country on Sunday at 15:00?" the Daily Mail wrote on Tuesday.

Drivers were asked to refrain from picking up their phones during the test, and people who didn't want to receive alerts could turn them off in their device settings.

And London theaters asked the audience to turn off their phones so that the alarm does not sound during the performance.

And Judy Edworthy, an international expert in alarm systems and a professor of psychology at Plymouth University (southern England), saw the alert system as a positive development, even if its use for the first time may raise eyebrows.

"If people look at their phones and see the message and act on it, we can say it was a successful experiment," she told the British PA agency before the test.

On Sunday evening, a settler attacked a resident of the town of Hawara , south of Nablus , and sprayed him with hot pepper gas .

According to local sources, a settler got out of his vehicle on the main Hawara Street, attacked a citizen while he was in the place, and sprayed him with hot pepper gas in his face, which caused him burns in his eyes.

Hundreds demonstrated Sunday in the city of Idlib, in northwestern Syria, to protest against the resumption of relations between several Arab countries and the regime of President Bashar al-Assad .

"We came to participate in the just demonstration...to reject normalization and the idea of normalization with this criminal, murderous regime, with this terrorist regime," Fahd Abdul Karim, 49, from the southern countryside of Aleppo, told AFP.

In turn, Abdul Salam Muhammad Youssef, director of a camp for the displaced, stated, "We came to convey a message to the whole world that with this normalization, you will win the criminal Bashar al-Assad and lose the Syrian people."

Hundreds of Syrians participated in the demonstration, some of whom were displaced from other parts of the country due to the 12-year war, according to an AFP correspondent.

Following the outbreak of protests in Syria, which soon turned into a bloody conflict in 2011, several Arab countries, led by Saudi Arabia, severed diplomatic relations with Damascus.

However, the devastating earthquake that occurred on February 6th, claiming thousands of lives in Turkey and Syria, contributed to the process of Damascus resuming its relationship with its regional surroundings, as the Syrian president received a torrent of contacts and aid from the leaders of Arab countries.

The Arab openness to Damascus coincides with the change of the political map in the region after the agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, Syria's ally, to resume relations between them.

And on Tuesday, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan met the Syrian President in the first official visit by a Saudi official to Syria since the estrangement between the two countries since the start of the war, less than a week after the visit of the Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Al-Miqdad to the Kingdom.

Also this month, diplomats from nine Arab countries met in Saudi Arabia to discuss ending Syria's diplomatic isolation, while Al-Miqdad visited Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt as part of the diplomatic efforts.

"We categorically reject normalization," said protester Hanifah al-Hamoud, 22, a university student. "They all know that the regime is criminal and are trying to float it so that we accept it. This is not their business. This is the business of the revolutionaries here at home. We are the ones who decide whether we will reconcile or not."
About three million people live in Idlib, which is controlled by the Headquarters for the Liberation of Al-Sham (formerly Al-Nusra), half of whom have been displaced by the war.

The demonstrators carried several banners, one of which read, "Against all forms of normalization with the lowly criminal," and another banner wrote, "Whoever forgives and reconciles a traitorous criminal is like him."

Since 2011, Syria has been witnessing a bloody and complex conflict, which has caused the death of more than half a million people, massive destruction of infrastructure, and the displacement of more than half of the population inside and outside the country.

Today, Sunday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested four citizens from the village of Al-Zuwaidin Arab Al-Ka’abneh, east of Yatta , south of Hebron .

Local sources said that the occupation forces raided a number of citizens' homes in the aforementioned village, and arrested Atallah Yousef Al-Ka'abneh, Abdullah Muhammad Al-Ka'abneh, Suleiman Ibrahim Al-Ka'abneh, and Salem Muhammad Al-Ka'abneh.

The occupation forces arrested the four citizens after they erected a tent on their land, on which the settlers established a settlement outpost, earlier.

It is noteworthy that on January 7, 2023, a settler installed caravans, brought sheep, and turned lands in the village into a pastoral settlement outpost under the protection of the occupation army.

It is noteworthy that the occupation authorities have classified 35,000 dunums of Al-Mosafer land as a firing range, and issued decisions to expel citizens from it, while settlers are trying to seize another 25,000 dunums.

In Jerusalem , the occupation forces arrested a boy from Al-Thawri neighborhood in the occupied city of Jerusalem, and released four Jerusalemites, including a woman, on the condition that they be removed from the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and pay a fine.

The Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs stated that the occupation forces arrested the 16-year-old Abdullah Awad, after they raided and searched his family's house.

The authority added that the occupation authorities released Rasha Saeed, Muhammad Khwais, Moayad Khwais, and Ahmed al-Julani, on the condition that they be removed from Al-Aqsa until next May 30, and pay a fine.

In a related context, the occupation authorities renewed the administrative detention of the Jerusalemite prisoner Munther Nasser for a period of 6 months, for the third time in a row.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Sunday that his country "will not forgive" the United States for refusing to grant visas to Russian journalists accompanying him on Monday and Tuesday on his visit to the United Nations.

"We will not forget and we will not forgive," Lavrov said before heading to New York , denouncing Washington's decision, describing it as "ridiculous" and "cowardly."
Russia assumed the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council in April, despite its invasion of Ukraine, which it considered a "slap in the face".

"A country that considers itself the strongest, smartest, freest and fairest is cowardly," Lavrov said, sarcastically noting that this "shows what the value of their statements about freedom of expression is."

Since the start of the attack, Moscow has tightened the conditions for obtaining the necessary credits to obtain journalist visas in Russia.
For his part, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov warned of further retaliatory measures.

"We will find ways to respond to this so that Americans will remember for a long time that these things should not be done," he was quoted by government news agencies as saying.

Likewise, the RIA Novosti news agency quoted a diplomatic source as saying that after this incident, "American journalists will suffer harassment and trouble."

And last month, the American journalist Ivan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia on charges of espionage, but the latter, the newspaper in which he works, and officials strongly denied this.

Gershkovitch, who also worked for AFP, is the first foreign journalist to be arrested on espionage charges since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

RIA Novosti quoted the diplomatic source as saying that the visa incident proves Washington's "imaginary concern" for Gershkovitch, explaining, "Otherwise, they would not have treated Russian journalists in this way."

The official spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriate Affairs, Ambassador Sinan Al-Majali , said that the ministry, in coordination with all concerned authorities, is following up the case of Representative Imad Al-Adwan , who was arrested by the Israeli authorities for interrogation on the background of an alleged smuggling of quantities of weapons and gold.

Majali said that the ministry, in cooperation with the concerned agencies in the Kingdom, is working to find out the merits of the situation and address it as soon as possible.

Jordanian jurists told media outlets in the Kingdom of Jordan that the deputy loses his immunity outside the country, and therefore the Israeli Penal Code will be applied to him unless there is political interference.

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune will head to Paris in the second half of June, on a visit that was expected in May, after turning the page on the latest tension between Algeria and France.

And a statement issued by the Algerian presidency stated that today, Tebboune received a phone call from French President Emmanuel Macron to congratulate Eid Al-Fitr. According to the statement, the two presidents discussed "bilateral relations and ways to enhance them, including the state visit of the President of the Republic to France, and agreed on the second half of next June as a date" for it.

The statement continued, "Work is ongoing and continuous by the two teams of the two countries to make the visit a success, which will come ten months after Macron's state visit to Algeria, in a step to improve relations that deteriorated in the fall of 2021."

Macron's visit cooled the tension between the two countries, but in February a new diplomatic crisis arose due to the assistance of the French consulate in Tunisia, the French-Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui, to travel to France.

Despite a decision banning her from leaving Algeria, Bouraoui entered Tunisia on February 3, before Tunisian security stopped her while she was trying to board a flight to Paris.

She was finally able to travel to France on February 6, despite the Tunisian authorities' attempt to deport her to Algeria.
Algeria considered that its travel to France constituted a "secret and illegal evacuation" that was carried out with the help of French diplomats and security personnel, and summoned its ambassador to Paris, Saeed Moussa, for consultations.

A month ago, Presidents Tebboune and Macron ended this crisis, and "agreed to strengthen channels of communication ... to prevent the recurrence of this kind of unfortunate misunderstanding," according to the Elysee. The Algerian ambassador returned to Paris.
This came during a phone call between them to remove the "misunderstanding".

Amira Bouraoui, a 46-year-old doctor, was known in 2014 for her participation in the "Barakat" movement against the late President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's candidacy for a fourth term.

She was imprisoned in 2020 on several charges and then released on July 2, 2020. She faces a two-year prison sentence for “insulting” Islam due to comments she made on Facebook.

Among the fruits of the improvement of relations between Algeria and France, which colonized Algeria for many years and emerged from it after bloody events, the edition of the history of the two countries, was the holding of the first meeting of the Joint Historians Committee on the period of France’s colonization of Algeria last Wednesday to “consider the historical period” extending from the beginning of colonialism (1830) until independence ( 1962).

On the Algerian side, the committee included five historians: Mohamed El Korso, Lahsan Zghidi, Jamal Yahyaoui, Abdel Aziz Filali and Idir Hashi, headed by Abdel Majid Sheikhi, advisor to President Tebboune.

On the French side, the committee is chaired by Benjamin Stora, with members of the historians Florence Audovitz, Jacques Frémaux, Jean-Jacques Gordy and Tramore Kimonour.

The first meeting took place via the Internet, according to what was announced by the Algerian presidency, which clarified that “the Algerian side presented a working paper in accordance with the basic principles contained in the Algeria statement” signed on the occasion of President Macron’s visit, and “as well as the statement of the high-level intergovernmental committee” that was held in Algeria in October. oct.

The French presidency affirmed that this independent commission "will first work on the origins and causes of French colonization of Algeria in the nineteenth century, through an inventory of archive documents deposited in France and Algeria, which deal in particular with the colonial invasion."

In a second phase, topics related to "the period of the twentieth century, especially the sequence of war and decolonization," can be discussed, according to the Elysee statement.

In 2020, Algeria half-heartedly received a report prepared by historian Benjamin Stora, commissioned by Macron, in which he called for a series of initiatives to achieve reconciliation between the two countries. The report was devoid of any recommendation for an apology from the French side, which Algeria has constantly demanded.

Macron reaffirmed at the beginning of the year that he would not ask the Algerians for "forgiveness" for France's colonization of their country, but he hopes to receive his Algerian counterpart in Paris this year to continue working with him on the file of memory and reconciliation between the two countries.

He explained, "The worst that can happen is to say, 'We apologize and each of us will go our own way'," stressing that "the work of memory and history is not an inventory of calculation, it is quite the opposite."

The era of the Shiites began after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, in 632 and continues to this day with the distinction of the Shiites and their distinction as a separate sect within Islam, and the opposition of the Sunni caliphs.

Despite the division of the Shiites into separate paths, the most important division and disagreement is what is going on between Shiites and Sunnis in the aftermath of the death of the Messenger of God, Muhammad, based on the policies of the first caliphs, given the Shiites’ belief that the caliph Ali bin Abi Talib should have been the first caliph, and that the three caliphs who preceded him, Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman were considered illegal usurpers.

For this reason, the Shia hadith collectors did not accept any hadith narrated by these three caliphs (or any of their supporters).

As a result, the number of hadiths accepted by the Shiites is much lower than the hadiths accepted by the Sunnis...

What concerns us in today's report is the study of the possible dimensions of an old sectarian dispute. Will Iran, its president and mentors intend to deepen this dispute, and will it have a potential and significant impact on the overall sectarian tensions in the Middle East? Or are the intentions heading towards a reflection of opinions and beliefs with the recent Iranian-Saudi rapprochement?

Going back several years, things reached the point of attacks against the largest Shiite state centers, which Sunni groups accused of being responsible for that with the support of Saudi Arabia. This included other Sunni extremist groups in Iran carrying out attacks from time to time on military and civilian targets in order to shed light on what they say Discrimination against Iran's Arab minority and Sunni ethnic groups.

Iran did not stand idly by and launched attacks on social networking sites, including mass arrests and death sentences that are still being carried out to this day.

Arab minorities who live mainly in the oil-rich southern province of Khuzestan say they are denied decent living standards and some civil rights.

The main Sunni separatist groups in Iran see themselves as part of a larger conflict between Shiite Iran and the Sunni-ruled Arab states in the Gulf. Iran and these countries support different parties in the Syrian conflict, in Iraq and Yemen.

Tehran claims that Saudi Arabia funds most of these groups, an accusation Riyadh has repeatedly denied.

Among the most prominent major Sunni militant groups in Iran are: Jaish al-Adl, Jund Allah, Ansar al-Furqan, and others...

And the interest in the regional role of Iran has escalated, on the rhythm of wars in the Middle East. The Islamic Republic actively supports its allies in the main conflicts in the region - Iraq, Syria and Yemen - which has put it at odds with most of its neighbors. Such division is neither political nor strategic, but sectarian. Iran and its main allies are all or perceived to be Shiite, and they are fighting together against Sunni forces backed by Sunni-led states. This dynamic has deepened the region's slide into sectarianism and exacerbated political conflicts between Iran and many of its Sunni neighbors.

Iran's operations in Syria provided the clearest examples of its sectarian behavior. It facilitated the involvement of thousands of non-Syrian Shiite militants in defending the Bashar al-Assad regime. Although the Iranian leaders focused on the legitimacy of their intervention in Syria, and denied the existence of any sectarian agenda, the Iranian forces and their followers weave their role along the lines of very clear sectarian lines that affect Iran's foreign policy without any doubt, as sectarianism is mainly on Iranian foreign policy. It obscures more than it reveals the nature of its behaviors. However, just as the Middle East has become more sectarian since the fall of Saddam Hussein and the outbreak of the Arab Spring, the same applies to Iran's regional behavior.

It can be said that the foreign policy of the Iranian Republic is the result of its self-interest, which is represented in protecting Iranian Islamic rule from external threats. A sectarian angle also emerges here. Because of its isolation from its neighbors since the 1979 revolution, Iran has pursued a strategy based on weaving relations with entities that do not possess the characteristics of the state to help them advance their interests. The strategy. Although it supports Sunni groups, such as the Palestinian Jihad and Hamas movements, its support for Shiite organizations has angered its neighbors. This approach, often combined with an unspoken policy of exporting the revolution, has yielded strategic gains for Iran, but it has also resulted in deepening perceptions of its sectarian biases.

Returning to history and geography, and the administration it provides for the most important Islamic sanctities and the consequent enormous symbolic legacy, Saudi Arabia leads the Islamic world religiously. But it aspires to more than that politically, and not only at the level of the Middle East region, but rather it seeks to play a distinguished global role, given the economic position that Saudi Arabia enjoys, the main reason for which is the oil wealth, and the influence of the massive structural renaissance (intellectually, socially, culturally and economically) that it initiated. Muhammad bin Salman, as soon as he was appointed crown prince, and as it is located in the heart of the areas of strategic competition between the various global projects, it finds itself in the midst of a frantic struggle to prove itself and lead.

On the other hand, Iran finds itself in direct contradiction with Saudi Arabia, as it is fully aware that it cannot compete with it for religious leadership, given that the overwhelming majority of Muslims are Sunnis, and therefore, the velayat-e faqih has no power over them.

All this made the competition between Saudi Arabia and Iran the most intense, and was reflected in the region's devastation and destruction. And while the Kingdom is heading towards integrating within the effective international system, and after jumping great strides in establishing the state with its modern concepts, we find that Iran is moving in the opposite direction.

The announcement of the Saudi-Iranian agreement, which was sponsored by China, raises many more questions than answers. This is not due to the nature of the ruling systems in the two countries only, nor to their great aspirations to lead the region, but also to the large number of files between them and their ramifications as well. The Arab Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, the drug industry and smuggling, and direct interference in the Palestinian cause from Iran through the support of Hamas and Islamic Jihad and other armed organizations, made the points of discord and disagreement more than the points of agreement and cooperation. And let's not forget that Saudi Arabia has announced its intention to acquire nuclear weapons as soon as Iran is able to do so, and this in itself opens the gates of hell for the region as a whole.

Iran's arms in the region are capable of harming Saudi Arabia and disrupting its interests, just as the Houthi militia has repeatedly bombed oil installations.

Can this agreement be reduced, for example, to Saudi Arabia’s desire to avoid the effects of an imminent Israeli war on Iran to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons, and will Iran really be about to change its destructive behavior in the region, and what are the guarantees for that, and can China press in this direction motivated by passing its transitory economic interests? Between the two arch-neighbors? What is the impact of this on the Syrian and Lebanese files, and what are the effects of this rapprochement in Iraq, which began to slowly awaken from its stupor twenty years after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime?

Only days are enough to show the extent of Iran's commitment to these understandings. Although its interest in stability and ending international isolation is very great, the nature of its extremist regime cannot leave Iran the state and Iran society any role in completing this reconciliation with neighboring countries. A regime in crisis that was built on the basis of destruction and sabotage cannot guarantee its side in any regional or international agreement.

It is very important what the coming weeks will produce, which will guide us to this Saudi-Iranian step. Is it a tactical step for both of them or a long strategic journey? Will there remain an impact of sectarianism despite the new trends, which could undermine all agreements? Or will international diplomacy be the strongest to spare the region from the effects of a comprehensive war to restore calm, and thus the language of ideology and sectarianism becomes a bridge only to achieve a fleeting truce, to return to the fore again and ignite sectarian conflict in the Middle East?

We conclude by saying that the Iranian-Saudi deal has the potential to end one of the most important rivalries in the region and expand economic relations across the Gulf.

So Iran will no longer stand alone in the face of the Arab-Israeli coalition that the United States had hoped would do the difficult task of containing it.

Rather, the deal has the potential to bring Iran closer to its Arab neighbors and gradually stabilize its relations in the region.

The Iranian President, Ibrahim Raisi, accepting an invitation to visit Riyadh at a date that has not yet been determined is another sign of the intention of the Saudi and Iranian sides to strengthen relations between them further. "Will this visit and this rapprochement have positive benefits towards reducing sectarian differences, if they are deep and develop positively, or are they Will you achieve political goals for the benefit of the international parties that control the region, primarily China and the United States?

Days alone reveal the important dramatic developments that await our region

Today, Sunday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned in the strongest terms the occupation forces and groups of extremist settlers raising the Israeli flag today on the roof and walls of the Ibrahimi Mosque, in flagrant violation of international law and the Geneva Conventions, and an explicit provocation of the feelings of citizens and Muslims.

The Ministry considered that this aggression is an integral part of the occupation's projects aimed at perpetuating the theft of the Ibrahimi Mosque and its Judaization by changing its features and its historical and civilized identity. colonial.

The Ministry called on UNESCO and the relevant international organizations to break their silence and condemn these procedures and measures, and to activate fact-finding committees to learn about the details of the Judaization of these historical places and places of worship, and to take the necessary measures to pressure the Israeli government to stop it immediately.

The Ministry affirmed that this violation and other forms of continuous aggression against the Islamic and Christian holy places, foremost of which is the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, is new evidence of the occupation government's intentions to escalate the situation and its rejection of the calls and efforts for calm, which is also another evidence of the absence of the Israeli peace partner.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates , Riyad Al-Maliki , asked his Saudi counterpart , Faisal bin Farhan , to help the Kingdom evacuate the Palestinian nationals in Sudan.

And the Saudi Foreign Minister, during a call that Al-Maliki made with him, expressed the Kingdom's readiness for that, and that there are clear instructions to provide all support to the Palestinians to complete the evacuation process easily and smoothly through Port Sudan to Jeddah and from there to their final destinations.

The two ministers agreed to continue coordination between them in the coming period.