“The land does not belong to Balfour. We are Palestinians, and we are living here and we are following our issue till we succeed,” this is a quote said about the reasoning behind the march of the palestinians for their protest. Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets on Thursday in protests across the West Bank marking a century since the… Read more »
A crackdown appears to be pushing the problem across the border in north Africa, with dozens of bodies now washing ashore Chamseddine Marzoug at the small cemetary near Zarzis where he and volunteers bury the migrants and refugees that wash ashore. Photograph: Johannes Skov Andersen for the Guardian View more sharing options Shares 277 Jacob Svendsen and Johannes Skov Andersen… Read more »
‘The land does not belong to Balfour. We are Palestinians, and we are living here and we are following our issue till we succeed Palestinian protesters burn a mock of Prime Minister Theresa May and Arthur James Balfour EPA Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets on Thursday in protests across the West Bank marking a century since the Balfour… Read more »
(CNN)Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani will step down as president of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region as the political backlash to September’s Kurdish independence referendum continues. Barzani’s office released a statement Sunday announcing the Kurdish leader will not extend his current term, which ends Wednesday. He will also suspend the post of the presidency, dispersing executive powers over other branches of… Read more »
On November 1st and 2nd in Syria, Israeli warplanes struck in Hisya. A copper factory was the target of these attacks. While the Syrian Civil War continues, Israel strikes. This is not the first time that Israel has struck Syria. Syrian air defense responded by firing back after the Israeli jets struck. During the attack, Syrian military forces successfully hit… Read more »
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Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani has repeatedly stated his country’s commitment to dialogue [Denis Balibouse/Reuters] MORE ON QATAR Pentagon approves Qatari F-15 fighter jet support dealtoday Qatar-Gulf crisis: All the latest updatestoday What will happen when the Gulf countries’ oil runs out?yesterday Twitter users irked over anti-Qatar ‘propaganda’ adsyesterday Qatar has reiterated its readiness for dialogue to… Read more »
Syrian state television says Israeli warplanes carried out an air strike in western Syria overnight. A report said the Hisya area in the countryside south of the city of Homs was targeted, and that Syrian air defences fired back in response A military source told pro-government Masdar News that the jets attacked a storage warehouse in an industrial complex while… Read more »
“Fake facts!” exclaimed a senior Iraqi official in exasperation as he pointed to photographs online allegedly showing the Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in Kirkuk, orchestrating the Iraqi government retaking of the city last month. He said that in reality the picture, tweeted by a Kurdish leader as evidence of Iranian hegemony, dates from 2014. The greatest threat to the growing… Read more »
There is a broad-based consensus that security in Somalia has been deteriorating at an alarming rate. In the past few weeks, hundreds of people have been killed by truck bombs at two prominent locations in Mogadishu. The lethal potency of the explosives and the scale of death and devastation resulting from the Oct 14th one was far beyond what Mogadishu… Read more »