Link to Article: “‘Suffered far too long’: 12.3 million Syrian children need aid“ Syrian children are in dire need of aid, the UN claims, with over 12.3 million children suffering both inside the country’s borders and within neighboring countries. This comes after Syria’s devastating civil war. Adele Khodr, the UNICEF Middle East Chief stated, “In Syria’s neighboring countries, strained by… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/27/parliament-pushes-capital-controls-law-lebanese-protest This article covers a Lebanese bill that is working its way through parliament. The bill plans to impose capital controls over banking institutions. In preparation of this bill the Lebanese government has already imposed restrictions on the withdrawal of foreign currency, amount of money that can be withdrawn at once and created a high tax on currency exchange in… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkish-opposition-vows-overturn-sentences-against-kavala-others-2022-04-26/ This article covers a recent court ruling in Turkey where a government deemed radical and extremist was given a life sentence for a crime he was previously acquitted of. The individual in question is Osman Kavala who was being charged for organizing and financing a nationwide protest that was protesting the president and government at the time. Osman was… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/business-middle-east-israel-lebanon-169a1c68be932e6cbde2c068baa421dd This article details an escalating conflict emerging in Israel. The conflict stems from the Israel and Palestine conflict that has been raging on and off for over 40 years. However recently there have been rockets and artillery shells fired from the Lebanon border at Israel. Lebanon has reported that there were no casualties or damages. Israel states that this… Read more »