This week I was very surprised to read that Iraq had banned the consumption and selling of alcohol. In Iraq, the main religion is Islam so the religion already bans alcohol, but there are Christians in the cities that rely on the business. The article also discussed the man who had wrote the bill hopes to make all sins of… Read more »
(The Telegraph) At least 26 people, many of them children, have been killed in air strikes on a rebel-held village in north-western Syria, activists say. A school complex was reportedly among several locations targeted in the village of Haas, in Idlib province. It was not immediately clear if the raids were carried out by Syrian government or Russian warplanes. State… Read more »
(The Guardian)Surprise move has angered many in the country’s Christian community who rely on the business.
(Daily Telegraph) Archaeologists have removed the protective cover from one of the Middle East’s largest carpet mosaics – but only for a day. Visitors got a glimpse on Thursday of the sweeping geometric and floral patterns in vibrant red, blue and ochre stones. The 827-square-metre (8,900 square feet) mosaic covers the floor of the main bath house of Hisham’s Palace near the biblical town of Jericho…. Read more »
(BBC) A Saudi prince has been executed for shooting a man dead during a mass brawl three years ago outside Riyadh.
Living in the United States, its hard to understand the citizens lives who are living in this war zone and what they are experiencing. Schools continue to be under fire and they are very few left in this area of the world. The Aleppo attack killed almost 400 people, with a quarter of those being children. These kids should not have to be put… Read more »
(BBC) At least 30 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack at a Kurdish wedding in north-eastern Syria. The bomber blew himself up on Monday night at a hall in Tal Tawil, outside Hassakeh city, reportedly while the bride and groom were exchanging vows. There were conflicting reports about whether the groom was among the dead.
(Reuters) About 6,055 migrants were rescued and 22 found dead on the perilous sea route to Europe on Monday, one of the highest numbers in a single day, Italian and Libyan officials said. Italy’s coastguard said at least nine migrants had died and a pregnant woman and a child had been taken by helicopter to a hospital on the Italian… Read more »
(Reuters) The health system in the Libyan city of Sirte has collapsed and thousands of residents are facing shortages of food and medicine as pro-government forces battle to seize control of the coastal city from Islamic State, a medical charity said on Tuesday. Over the past two days, forces led by brigades from Misrata have pressed further into Sirte’s neighborhood… Read more »
(New York Times) An array of groups allied with the Syrian government pressed an assault on rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Friday, as the World Health Organization said heavy bombardment of the area by Russia and Syria had killed 338 people in the last week, including more than 100 children. With more of the city’s already limited hospitals destroyed in the latest… Read more »