Al Jazeera The Israeli army said on Thursday it hit dozens of Iranian military targets in Syria overnight, accusing Tehran of launching rocket and missile attack towards its forces in the occupied Golan Heights. “The (Israeli military) has struck dozens of Iranian military targets in Syria,” Israeli military spokesman Jonathan Conricus told journalists. He said they targeted intelligence, logistics, storage and vehicles as well as… Read more »
Al Jazeera Earlier this month, Iraqi journalist Muntadher al-Zaidi, who shot to prominence in 2008 when he hurled a shoe at George W Bush and called the former US president “a dog”, announced his candidacy for the May 12 parliamentary elections. “I want to lock up all the thieves who’ve robbed Iraq of its wealth,” he told Al Jazeera, explaining… Read more »
Al Jazeera Qatari economy On May 9, the Chairman of General Authority of Customs (GAC) Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Jamal stressed that GAC worked to secure the entry of products necessary during the first weeks of the siege. On the total declaration volume of Qatar’s ports, Al Jamal said the number of completed declarations during the last year was 2,010,569… Read more »
Al Jazeera Beirut, Lebanon – The dust has finally settled in Lebanon’s parliamentary election, after most of the 128 winning candidates were announced on Monday. Yet, as election fever cools in the country, analysts continue to dispute the significance of the results, especially when it comes to Hezbollah‘s gains. Until Sunday’s vote, the country had not held a general election since 2009, due… Read more »
On May 6, Hezbollah and its political allies won more than half the seats in Lebanon’s first parliamentary elections in nine years. While the group’s own tally did not change much, gains by the Amal Party, Free Patriotic Movement, and other allies mean that Hezbollah will play a bigger role in the next government. Leading a coalition that holds a… Read more »
France 24 Tunisians head to the polls on Sunday for the first free municipal elections since the 2011 revolution, seen as another milestone on the road to democracy in the birthplace of the Arab Spring.
France 24 After nearly a decade and three postponements, Lebanese voters on Sunday are finally electing a new parliament. But a new electoral law has not changed old entitlements and divides, and a real change is not on the cards.
France 24 An air strike targeted the office of the presidency in Yemen’s rebel-held capital Sanaa on Monday, residents said, with rebel Al-Masirah television blaming the Saudi-led coalition for the raid.
France 24 Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced Monday that his Sunni-dominated political movement had lost a third of its seats in parliament while Hezbollah claimed victory in early results. Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah claimed victory on Monday after elections it said legitimised its military branch, leaving Saudi-backed Prime Minister Saad Hariri as the main loser. The two main protagonists of the country’s… Read more »
