The Middle East is a breeding ground for conflict, it is believed to be a region of violence and instability. The media is almost completely filled with negative news of events that are occuring in that particular region. While searching for my articles, it was hard to find a headline that didn’t contain negative information. Obviously, the more negative articles… Read more »
Israel has banned Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimiand her family from travelling abroad, her father said, citing Palestinian authorities. Basim Tamimi told Anadolu Agency on Friday that he and his family had planned to travel to Europe via Jordan, to participate in events and discussions on the Palestinian resistance movement and the experience of being detained in Israel.
On September 7, a three-way summit in Tehran failed to produce a clear agreement between Russia, Turkey and Iran on the fate of Syria’s Idlib province, the last stronghold of the Syrian armed opposition. A ceasefire suggested by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was rejected and a full-fledged government offensive now seems imminent, in what is expected to be Syria’s deadliest battle yet. Idlib… Read more »
Israeli forces have dismantled several shacks near Khan al-Ahmar set up by Palestinian activists to protest against the planned demolition of the Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank. Israeli border police arrived before dawn on Thursday and dismantled the protest camp, according to witnesses. Israel’s plan to demolish the village, home to nearly 200 people, and relocate its residents has been criticised by Palestinians and… Read more »
ADEN/GENEVA (Reuters) – A Saudi-led coalition launched air strikes on the outskirts of Yemen’s main port city of Hodeidah as heavy fighting resumed days after U.N.-sponsored talks between the warring parties collapsed, military sources and residents said on Wednesday. A senior Yemeni source in the coalition told Reuters that the alliance had renewed an offensive to take control of… Read more »
Palestinians and rights groups condemned a decision by an Israeli court giving the green light for the military to demolish a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, forcibly evicting its 180 residents. In a statement on Wednesday, the Palestinian Authority said the decision to raze Khan al-Ahmar village consolidates Israel’s “colonial project” of building “an arc of settlements” that… Read more »
Local officials in Basra, Iraq decided to lift a curfew they set on the Iraqi people for good behavior, so it may seem. The reason behind the curfew was because protests were breaking out from the lack of government intervention with public services. The water supply in and around Basra had been polluted and left 30,000 people in the hospital;… Read more »
Three mortar shells were fired into Baghdad’s green zone early Friday as a curfew was imposed in the southern Iraqi city of Basra after a fresh outbreak of violent protests over poor public services left one person dead and 35 injured. The rare assault by unidentified attackers on the heavily-fortified green zone, which houses Iraqi government officials and the US… Read more »
When reading the article concerning Iraqi rebels setting fire to government buildings, in protest of the current Iraqi government, I became overwhelmed with concern, hostility, and determination. For as long as we have known, the Shiite and Sunni are in turmoil and constant conflict. Iraq is the only state that the majority is Shiite and the government is run in… Read more »
In her first speech to the UN Human Right’s Council (OHCHR) on Monday, the body’s new head, Michelle Bachelet, said she was “shocked” by the death sentences handed down to 75 people in Egypt after a mass trial there. The verdict, which a judge issued on September 7, condemned 75 people to death and another 600 to prison terms of varying… Read more »