Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/9/algeria-to-ban-unauthorised-protests Last week, Algerian government announced they will ban protests held without permit, responding to a 2 year movement for democratization and citing instability and COVID as their reasoning. This movement, Hirak, began when the former Algerian president announced he would seek a fifth term in office; this never happened due to Hirak’s demands and fears of another Arab… Read more »
Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/11/isil-committed-genocide-against-yazidis-un-investigation After years of thorough examination, UN investigators have determined there is “clear and compelling” conclusive evidence that ISIL groups in Iraq committed brutal genocide in 2014 against their Yazidi minority populations. This genocide included torture, rape, mass killing and enslavement, and biochemical weapons like mustard gas. Evidence was also solidified that they committed war crimes against majority Shia… Read more »
Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/17/qatari-red-crescent-condemns-deadly-israeli-attack-on-gaza-hq On Monday, an Israeli air raid struck in Gaza the office of the Qatari Red Crescent Society, a Qatar state-affiliated relief organization providing for the welfare of Palestinians. This came only a day following the QRSC announced they would allocate $1m to the relief effort going to the families of Palestinians afflicted by the recent crisis. The conflict… Read more »
Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/18/israel-shells-lebanon-as-biden-continues-push-for-gaza-ceasefire Just over a week ago, a crisis emerged between Israel and the Gaza Strip. It’s unclear what specifically could accept blame for initiating the conflict, as violent tensions between the two powers have mounted steadfast through the last month. Within the conflict, AJ reports in Palestine that 218 have been killed and an estimated 1500 wounded, with twelve… Read more »
Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/18/saudi-arabia-summons-lebanons-envoy-over-ministers-remarks On Monday, the foreign minister of Lebanon, Charbel Wehbe, appeared on network Alhurra TV sparring in argument with a Saudi speaker. In anger, he implied that Saudi Arabia and other Gulf States are responsible for the creation and actions of ISIL. Wehbe’s phrasing was, translated, “Those countries of love, friendship and fraternity, they brought us Islamic State,” which… Read more »
