Middle East

The Israeli army continues its policy of rounding up West Bank cities and colonizing Palestinian lands. Yesterday, again, Jenin and Nablus were the scene of incursions by Tel Aviv troops. Harsh clashes took place with young people throwing stones and…

Iran has been invited to become a member of the BRICS group of emerging economies, whose leaders are in Johannesburg, South Africa, to discuss the bloc’s expansion. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Thursday that the BRICS member states agreed…

On the 26th August, The Gaza Swimming Carnival shall be celebrated on the beaches of Gaza. On the same day, people at more than two dozen locations all over the world will be taking part in a swim in solidarity…

Jordan has enacted what human rights organisations have described as a “draconian” anti-cybercrime law. The legislation, which will come into force in a month’s time, punishes with prison sentences and fines the publication of content that is deemed “immoral”, insulting…

On August 8th, President of the Republic of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan sent an urgent appeal to the international community to take measures to prevent the genocide of the Artsakh people and to lift the siege. The video of the appeal…

The battle over Israel’s democracy, if not its very soul, has been raging since the current Netanyahu government came to power seven months ago. The passage of the first round of ‘reforms’ has made an indelible crack in Israel’s democracy;…

President Biden may have crossed a new red line for the Democratic Party when he announced he would send banned cluster munitions to shore up Ukraine’s slow counter-offensive against Russian troops. By Medea Benjamin and Marcy Winograd On Friday, 19…

ANKARA, July 8. /TASS/. The presidents of Turkey and Ukraine, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Zelensky, wrapped up their talks in Istanbul on Friday, TGRT television reported. The meeting took place at the Vahdettin Pavilion in Istanbul’s Uskudar district and…

Hundreds of armed settlers continued their arsonist actions yesterday. They set fire to dozens of houses in several villages in the Ramallah area. Particularly devastating was the attack in Umm Safa, which required Palestinian firefighters to rescue a family trapped…

The Sardasht chemical attack is one of the most devastating uses of chemical weapons in the Middle East. On June 28, 1987, the Iraqi Air Force conducted an aerial bombardment on the town of Sardasht, located in northwest Iran. The…