Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made extreme allegations against Israel while calling on the 57 member states during the first session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. His claims were stressing about how he is convinced that the Israeli government is “openly executing” Palestinians in the streets. “Unfortunately, the situation in Palestine and in its inseparable part, Al-Quds, gets worse… Read more »
Twenty-four civilians were killed by air strikes and artillery fire in the opposition-held Syrian province of Idlib on Tuesday, first responders say. Nine people, including three children, died when warplanes bombed the town of Talmenes, the White Helmets reported. Meanwhile the wife and three children of one of the group’s volunteers were among six members of the same family killed… Read more »
Young Shia Muslim men clashed with police in Lebanon’s capital overnight, after a video emerged that purportedly insults religious figures they revere. The youths, reportedly supporters of the Hezbollah and Amal movements, set cars ablaze and threw stones and fireworks at police, who used tear gas and water cannon to disperse them. It was the third consecutive night of violence… Read more »
Italian prosecutors have accused Egyptian officials of deliberately trying to mislead the investigation into student Giulio Regeni’s death. Regeni, a postgraduate student at the University of Cambridge, was doing research for his doctorate in Cairo when he went missing in January 2016. His body was found nine days later. Prosecutors said Egypt’s claims about Regeni’s death had either been contradicted… Read more »
A Polish crowd-funding initiative has raised nearly 250,000 zlotys (£50,000) to buy a new lorry for an Iranian driver, who was stranded when his vehicle broke down. Fardin Kazemi was delivering raisins to Poland, and was due to continue to the Czech Republic to pick up goods for import to Iran. He had to sleep in his vehicle, when he… Read more »
Thirteen Pakistani nationals, including eight children and four women, have died in a fire at a farm in Jordan, the civil defence department (CDD) has said. The fire swept through corrugated iron sheds housing labourers at the farm in South Shouna, a rural area west of the capital Amman, early on Monday. Three other people were injured. The Petra news… Read more »
Iranian state TV has said security forces killed what it called “thugs and rioters” during last month’s mass protests against a petrol price rise. Activists have accused the authorities of deliberately covering up the scale of the crackdown on the four days of unrest in more than 100 locations. Amnesty International has said at least 208 people were killed, but… Read more »
Three European powers have warned the UN that Iran is developing nuclear-capable ballistic missiles in violation of a Security Council resolution. A letter sent by the UK, France and Germany says Iran tested a Shahab-3 missile variant “equipped with a manoeuvrable re-entry vehicle” that could deliver a nuclear weapon. Such activity is “inconsistent” with a resolution endorsing the 2015 Iran… Read more »
The Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, announced the introduction of the new Buraq 120 rocket to its arsenal on Thursday, according the Shehab News Agency. “We announce the introduction of a new Buraq 120 for the first time for military service, a purely Palestinian jihadist industry,” the group said in a statement posted on its channel… Read more »
A former British Army officer honoured by the Queen for his work with the White Helmets civil defence group in Syria has been found dead in Turkey. The body of James Le Mesurier, who received an OBE in 2016, was discovered on Monday near his home in Istanbul, White Helmet sources told the BBC. Mr Le Mesurier set up the… Read more »
