For as long as we can remember there has been chaos in Syria. War and refugees fleeing are the two most common things we hear about Syria, but in addition to those things we now have a somewhat mysterious gas attack in Aleppo. The people of Aleppo and Syria in general are unsure of who actually made the attack, which… Read more »
(CNN)Activists on two continents are trying to disrupt Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s first global tour since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at a Saudi consulate last month. The tour — which includes visits to Arab-allied countries and the G20 summit in Argentina — is widely seen as an attempt by the Crown Prince to rehabilitate his image in the… Read more »
Yalova, Turkey (CNN)Police are searching a villa in northwest Turkey in connection with the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Istanbul’s Chief Prosecutor’s office said Monday that the villa was searched because one of the Saudi suspects in the killing contacted a Saudi national who resides near Samanli the day before Khashoggi was murdered. “We believe this contact was about… Read more »
A month and a half since digging in one of Raqqa‘s largest discovered mass graves began, grave diggers continue to exhume bodies, with one official saying that more than 500 bodies have been so far recovered. The operation in the city in northern Syria, once the de facto capital of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) armed group,… Read more »
Five international aid groups on Monday urged the United States government to halt all military support for a Saudi Arabia-UAE-led war in Yemen, saying this will save millions of lives. A joint statement by the International Rescue Committee, Oxfam America, CARE US, Save the Children, and the Norwegian Refugee Council said that 14 million people are at risk of starving to death in… Read more »
Transportation Minister Israel Katz pushed for cooperation between Israel and the Gulf states in a speech in Oman on November 7. “In my view, cooperation between Israel and the Gulf states can and should be expanded,” he said. “Israel also has a lot to offer when it comes to water desalination and irrigation, agriculture and medicine.” The trip bookended several… Read more »
The embassy of Hungary in Amman recently announced in a statement that Hungary had donated $1.3 million for several community projects across Jordan. The projects, implemented in cooperation with churches and Caritas Jordan, include contributing to the construction of a Latin church at the Baptism Site. The statement added that similar programs under the banner Hungary Helps have been conducted… Read more »
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in an interview published on Tuesday that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had asked for a meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and that there was currently no reason not to meet him. “Yes, he has asked Erdogan on the phone, whether they could meet in Buenos Aires. Erdogan’s answer was ‘Let’s see’,”… Read more »
Around 100 people were injured in toxic gas attack on the government-controlled city of Aleppo Saturday, according to Syrian state media and a British-based human rights group. It’s not clear who carried out the attack, but Syria’s state news agency quoted a local commander as blaming “terrorist groups,” while Russia accused militants of firing mortar rounds containing chlorine on the… Read more »