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September 10, 2017

Turkey kills 99 Kurdish militants in latest operations

Turkish security forces have killed 99 Kurdish militants, including a high-ranking one, in operations in southeast Turkey over the last two weeks, the armed forces said on Saturday. Security...

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September 10, 2017

Sudanese Banks ready to open foreign branches on lifting of US sanctions

Sudanese banks have opened branches in Arab, Asian and European countries to allow the easy movement of hard currency and to re-establish banking relations in anticipation of a positive...

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September 10, 2017

US-backed forces, Syrian army advance separately on Daesh in Deir al-Zor

US-backed militias and the Syrian army advanced in separate offensives against Daesh in eastern Syria on Saturday, piling pressure on shrinking territory the group still holds in oil-rich areas...

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September 10, 2017

Red Cross says staff member killed in South Sudan ambush

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Saturday one of its drivers was shot dead when a convoy of their vehicles was ambushed in South Sudan’s...

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September 10, 2017

Israeli jets break sound barrier in south Lebanon causing damage

Israeli jets flew low over the city of Saida in southern Lebanon on Sunday causing sonic booms that broke windows and shook buildings for the first time in years,...

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September 10, 2017

Abbas stops allocations for Prisoners Club

The President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, has suspended the allocations of leading human rights body, the Prisoners Club; no details have been given for the decision. Palestinian sources...

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September 10, 2017

Bethlehem: Activists rebuild Jubbet Ad-Dib School after Israel demolished it

On Saturday morning, Palestinian activists reconstructed Jubbet Ad-Dib School in the east of Bethlehem, just a few days after its destruction by the Israeli occupation, which coincided with the...

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September 9, 2017

UN: Don’t leave Saudi-backed commission to probe Yemen abuses

The United Nations must take over responsibility for investigating rights violations in Yemen’s civil war as the country’s government is not up to the job, the global body’s human...

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September 9, 2017

Hamas leader in Cairo to discuss Gaza blockade

Chief of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Cairo on Saturday to hold talks with senior Egyptian officials on his first such visit as leader, a Hamas...

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September 9, 2017

Amnesty says after year of ‘repression’ in Bahrain, West remains silent

Bahrain’s government has crushed dissent and violently cracked down on protests in the past year, Amnesty International said on Thursday, and it accused Britain and the United States in...

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