Category: Middle East
Israeli forces have shot and killed three Palestinians in Jerusalem over an alleged attack on police officers, in the latest act of violence against Palestinian people. The shooting took place on Wednesday at the Damascus ...
Sixteen other people died of hunger in the Syrian city of Madaya (west), since humanitarian convoys are entered mid-January, according to Doctors without Borders (MSF). Cases of malnutrition are estimated at 320, including 33 patients ...
The Secretary General of the UN Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday denounced settlement activity in the territories occupied by Israel, speaking of « provocations » that cast doubt on the willingness of Israelis to reach a two-state solution. ...
Israeli forces killed at least 178 Palestinians and injured 16,200 others in 2015, the Palestinian Health Ministry says. According to a report released by the ministry on Wednesday, at least 145 of the killings happened ...
Saudi security forces have opened indiscriminate fire on vehicles and buildings in a Shia-populated town in the country’s east, where a contingent of armored vehicles arrived on Tuesday to curb any unrest. The kingdom is ...
For the millions of Syrians displaced by conflict, 2015 was a year of unprecedented misery. For those Syrian refugees exiled in Turkey there is only one wish on their New Year list. Mune Mohammed fled ...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today condemned the destruction of parts of the ancient Syrian city of Bosra in fighting two days ago, alerting the world art market to potential trafficking ...
Zuhair Kutbi, Saudi writer, was sentenced to four years in prison and banned from writing for 15 years for having called for political reforms in his country. Zuhair Kutbi « was sentenced to 4 years in ...
Israeli Vice Premier, Silvan Shalom, has resigned after allegations that he sexually harassed a number of women during his career. Shalom was a veteran politician in the cabinet of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel’s attorney ...
Amnesty International has called on Jordan to allow some 12,000 Syrian refugees stranded along the country’s border with Syria, warning of a worsening humanitarian situation. The rights group urged Amman to “take immediate action” in ...
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