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Egypt Rejects Israel’s Demolition of Palestinian Home in Sheikh Jarrah

Israeli forces stand by the ruins of the Palestinian house they demolished in Sheikh Jarrah on Wednesday. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images)
Israeli forces stand by the ruins of the Palestinian house they demolished in Sheikh Jarrah on Wednesday. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images)
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Egypt Rejects Israel’s Demolition of Palestinian Home in Sheikh Jarrah

Israeli forces stand by the ruins of the Palestinian house they demolished in Sheikh Jarrah on Wednesday. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images)
Israeli forces stand by the ruins of the Palestinian house they demolished in Sheikh Jarrah on Wednesday. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images)

Egypt’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Thursday rejecting Israeli authorities’ demolition of a Palestinian home and a building in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in the occupied East Jerusalem.

“Israel’s continued attempts to evict Palestinians from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood constitute a flagrant violation of international and humanitarian laws, which further exacerbate the already troubled situation in the occupied Palestinian territory,” the statement read.

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Hafez reiterated Cairo’s firm stance, which rejects Israel’s settlement policy, including the building of new settlements and the expansion of existing ones, as well as the forced displacement of Palestinians and the confiscation of their lands and properties.

Israel’s unilateral policies undermine efforts to realize a two-state solution and directly contribute to failure to achieve just and comprehensive peace in the region, he warned.

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Report: France Issues New Arrest Warrant for Syria's Assad

A damaged portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hangs in the city of Qamishli, as Syrian Kurds celebrate the fall of capital Damascus to anti-government fighters on December 8, 2024. (AFP)
A damaged portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hangs in the city of Qamishli, as Syrian Kurds celebrate the fall of capital Damascus to anti-government fighters on December 8, 2024. (AFP)
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Report: France Issues New Arrest Warrant for Syria's Assad

A damaged portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hangs in the city of Qamishli, as Syrian Kurds celebrate the fall of capital Damascus to anti-government fighters on December 8, 2024. (AFP)
A damaged portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hangs in the city of Qamishli, as Syrian Kurds celebrate the fall of capital Damascus to anti-government fighters on December 8, 2024. (AFP)

Two French investigating magistrates have issued an arrest warrant against ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for suspected complicity in war crimes, the second such move by France's judicial authorities, a source said on Tuesday.

Assad, who was ousted late last year in a lightning offensive by opposition forces, is held responsible in the warrant issued on Monday as "commander-in-chief of the armed forces" for a bombing in the Syrian city of Daraa in 2017 that killed a civilian, a source close to the case, asking not to be named, told AFP.

This mandate was issued as part of an investigation into the case of Salah Abou Nabout, a 59-year-old Franco-Syrian national and former French teacher, who was killed on June 7, 2017 following the bombing of his home by Syrian army helicopters.

The French judiciary considers that Assad ordered and provided the means for this attack, according to the source.

Six senior Syrian army officials are already the target of French arrest warrants over the case in an investigation that began in 2018.

"This case represents the culmination of a long fight for justice, in which I and my family believed from the start," said Omar Abou Nabout, the victim's son, in a statement.

He expressed hope that "a trial will take place and that the perpetrators will be arrested and judged, wherever they are".

French authorities in November 2023 issued a first arrest warrant against Assad over chemical attacks in 2013 where more than a thousand people, according to American intelligence, were killed by sarin gas.

While considering Assad's participation in these attacks "likely", public prosecutors last year issued an appeal against the warrant on the grounds that Assad should have immunity as a head of state.

However, his ouster has now changed his status and potential immunity. Assad and his family fled to Russia after his fall, according to Russian authorities.