Co-Author: Amir Havasi | – Tehran (AFP) – Iran said it struck jihadists on Monday in Syria with ballistic missiles and combat drones in retaliation for a deadly attack on an Iranian military parade, warning the “real punishment” was still to come. Last month’s shooting in the Iranian city of Ahvaz killed 24 people and […]
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Middle East
Legal Center: ‘Israeli snipers continue to target unarmed Palestinians’
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli army continues killing unarmed Palestinian civilian protesters with snipers and live ammunition in the besieged Gaza Strip, with the approval of Israel’s Supreme Court, according to Adalah, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel. More than 18 years since October 2000, when the Israeli police killed 13 unarmed […]
Miss Iraq: Death Threats target Women Media Activists after Miss Baghad was Assassinated
Iraqi fashion model and media activist, Shaimaa Qasem, holder of the title of Miss Iraq in 2015, yesterday said that she had received “death threats.” Qasem, who held the title of Miss Iraq in 2015, posted a short live video on Facebook’s Instagram, revealing that she had received a message read “your turn is coming.” […]
Gaza: Israeli Snipers Murder 7 unarmed Protesters, send 210 to Hospital, including 35 Children
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hundreds of Palestinians of the Gaza Strip marched, on Saturday afternoon, in the funerals of seven Palestinians killed by Israeli forces a day earlier during protests at the eastern borders of the besieged strip. The funerals of Iyad al-Shaer, 18, Muhammad Haniyeh, 23, Muhammad Shakhsa, 25, Muhammad Anshahi, 18, Muhammad al-Awawdeh, […]
Palestine Sues in Int’l Court of Justice to stop Trump move of Embassy to Contested Jerusalem
Jerusalem (AFP) – Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki said Saturday the Palestinians have petitioned the UN’s top court, alleging that the US inauguration of an embassy in Jerusalem was illegal. The Palestinians have filed a lawsuit at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) “for violating international law by moving its embassy in Israel to the […]
Israeli Authorities call Real Madrid Team Indirect Terrorists for giving Ahed Tamimi a Shirt
Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid were criticised by Israeli officials on Saturday after Ahed Tamimi, a teenager associated with Palestinian resistance to the Israeli occupation, was pictured being presented with a club shirt. The 17-year-old is visiting Spain this week with her family to participate in various social and political events. According to top Spanish […]
15 Years after US Occupied Iraq, it is too Unsafe for Trump Admin to keep a Consulate There
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A little over 15 years after the United States invaded and occupied Iraq on false pretences, the Department of State has been forced to close the US consulate in Basra because the US cannot guarantee its security. Basra has been roiled this summer by huge protests against lack of services […]
Israel Turned Down 2,173 Gaza Requests for Treatment Outside in Aug., 20% Cancer Sufferers
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A fifth or 20% of medical applications submitted in August by patients in the besieged Gaza Strip were denied, by Israel, a permit to leave for medical treatment in East Jerusalem or Israeli hospitals were for cancer patients, according to a monthly report by the World Health Organization (WHO). On Thursday, WHO […]
In Midst of Saudi-US war on Yemen, Doctors Despair as Babies die in ‘Orphaned Province’
Daleh (Yemen) (AFP) – At Nasr Hospital’s emergency room in the Yemeni city of Daleh, a little boy struggles to breathe. He is too tired, or too hungry, to cry. Born with a degenerative neurological disease, his muscles have atrophied to nothing, his tiny joints visible through his pale skin, his stomach distended. The child’s […]
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