The UN human rights office has issued a long-awaited report on companies linked to Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The report names 112 business entities the office says it has reasonable grounds to conclude have been involved in activities related to settlements. They include Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia Group and Motorola Solutions. The Palestinians said the report was a… Read more »
The United States has killed the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), President Donald Trump said. Qasim al-Raymi, who has led the jihadist group since 2015, was killed in a US operation in Yemen, the White House said. The jihadist leader had been linked to a series of attacks on Western interests in the 2000s. He took over… Read more »
In a recent interview, Mohsen Rezaee said that Iran would use any US activity as a pretext to attack Israel. By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL FEBRUARY 12, 2020 13:22 Mohsen Rezaee(photo credit: TASNIM NEWS AGENCY/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)Ahead of the governments of France and Germany congratulating Iran’s regime on its Islamic revolution this week, an Iranian politician who advises the supreme leader said his nation was… Read more »
By Tsvetana Paraskova – Feb 11, 2020, 6:00 PM CSTJoin Our Community The global drive to mitigate the impact of climate change and boost renewable energy is threatening the immense wealth that the Arab Gulf oil producers have accumulated from crude oil over the past decades.close [x]PauseUnmuteLoaded: 89.57%Remaining Time -0:51Picture-in-PictureFullscreen In less than a decade and a half, the six members of the Gulf… Read more »
11 February 2020 Syrian civil war Turkey’s president has warned the Syrian government that it will “pay a very, very heavy price” for attacks on Turkish soldiers in north-west Syria. Five troops were killed in opposition-held Idlib province on Monday, as the Syrian army continued an offensive. Turkish forces struck dozens of targets in response, but President Recep Tayyip Erdogan… Read more »
Lyse DoucetChief international correspondent@bbclysedouceton Twitter 11 February 2020 A crisis within the world’s greatest humanitarian emergency could be reaching breaking point over the control of lifesaving aid millions of Yemenis need to survive. Major donors and some of the world’s biggest aid agencies will meet in Brussels on Thursday in an effort to forge a collective response to what is… Read more »
President Trump’s new Middle East Peace Plan is not going to create peace like it is supposed to, according to officials. The United States is continuing to support Israel and officials are expecting Palestinians to experience more trouble than they already are. The main points of the plan include drawing different borders, recognizing Palestine, and setting up different security measures…. Read more »