Hezbollah’s head of external relations, Ammar al-Moussawi, took part on Saturday in a conference on Palestine held in Istanbul (Photo via the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida )
By Newsroom
December 11, 2025 10:49 AM GMT+03:00
Hezbollah’s head of external relations, Ammar al-Moussawi, took part on Saturday in a conference on Palestine held in Istanbul.
The gathering brought together about 300 participants from more than 30 countries as part of the “Pledge to Jerusalem” conference, during which a charter in support of the Palestinian cause was unveiled.
The event aimed to strengthen Arab and Islamic unity in opposing efforts to erase the Palestinian issue and addressing the ongoing crimes against Palestinians.
Talks aiming to ease Syria tensions
According to the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida, Moussawi and other Hezbollah officials had previously visited Türkiye, where they held meetings with Turkish officials tasked with conveying messages between the party and Syria’s new leadership.
These efforts aim to ease tensions, reassure both sides and prevent either from posing a threat to the other.
Moussawi’s appearance at the conference, leading a Hezbollah delegation, coincided with the first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad’s fall in Damascus, underscoring that Hezbollah and Türkiye had long been positioned on opposite sides of the Syrian conflict. The newspaper noted that Ankara has intervened repeatedly between Damascus and Hezbollah, as well as between Syria and Iran, communicating messages calling for coordination and cautioning against actions that could ultimately benefit Israel.
No Hezbollah in Syria’s coastal region
These initiatives, seen by Arab newspapers as one of Türkiye’s key priorities, aim to ensure that neither Iran nor Hezbollah gains a role in Syria’s coastal region, in Homs or in any area that could serve as a base for undermining the rule of President Ahmad al-Sharaa.
Participants in the conference announced the adoption of a new popular charter titled “The Pledge to Halt and Criminalize the Zionist Genocide in Gaza and Pursue Its Perpetrators.” The initiative seeks to unify popular, legal and media efforts to stop crimes committed against the people of the Gaza Strip and to hold those responsible accountable before international bodies.
Panel condemning Gaza genocide
The announcement was made during a panel titled “Toward Renewing the Nation’s Will in Confronting Erasure and Genocide,” held within the conference’s program.
Organizers said the document remains open for endorsement by institutions and individuals wishing to participate in implementing its provisions.
The charter was presented by the head of the Jordanian Bar Association, Yahya Abu Aboud, who said it is grounded in the reality that Palestinians in Gaza have faced nearly two years of full-fledged genocide.
These crimes, he noted, were committed openly and in full view of the world, making the genocidal intent unmistakably clear.
The charter calls for intensifying popular mobilization to restore Gaza to the top of the international agenda and for bolstering initiatives aimed at breaking the blockade through land and sea convoys until it is fully lifted.
It also urges expanding documentation and media work to expose abuses and challenge genocide denial.
December 11, 2025 10:49 AM GMT+03:00