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June 21, 2016

Gaza workers dig into work at night during Ramadan

Gaza’s construction workers have taken to working nights during the Islamic month of fasting, Ramadan. The workers are digging into their jobs after they break their fast when they...

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June 21, 2016

Preparing at grassroots for a peaceful, post-war Syria

When International Alert were asked to come up with a peace project spanning Turkey, Lebanon and Syria, they looked at the role peace education could play in reducing young...
June 21, 2016

Around 42% of West Bank, Gaza Strip residents are refugees

Some 41.6 per cent of Palestinian residents in the state of Palestine are refugees, Quds Press reported Palestine Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) saying yesterday. In an official report,...

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June 21, 2016

Official: Yemen talks need a miracle to bridge gap between warring parties

Abdullah Alimi, head of the Yemeni government advisory delegation in Kuwait, has described talks with rebels as “difficult and complex”, adding that the distance between the two parties is...

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June 21, 2016

Iraq’s Anbar tribes demand government withdraw Shia militia

Sunni tribes in Iraq’s Anbar province have demanded the government withdraw the Shia Popular Mobilisation Forces from the area and replace them with military units and clansmen. The tribes’...

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June 21, 2016

Oil prices increase as Brexit chances dim

Oil prices rose on Monday, with Brent crude climbing above the $50 a barrel mark with speculation that Britain will remain a member of the European Union in the...

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June 21, 2016

Egypt asks Israel to help solve Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam crisis

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is reported to have asked the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to intervene and help solve his country’s dispute with Ethiopia over the Renaissance...

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June 21, 2016

Arab parliament welcomes al-Bashir’s ceasefire announcement in Blue Nile, South Kordofan.

The Arab Parliament Speaker Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Jarwan has welcomed the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir’s announcement of a comprehensive four-month ceasefire in the states of Blue Nile and South...

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June 21, 2016

Syrian opposition calls on Turkey to ensure safe passage of Syrians fleeing conflict

The National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces has called on the Turkish government to ensure the safe passage of Syrians fleeing the conflict to safety in Turkey....

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June 21, 2016

PA refuses to comment on Egypt’s denial of border discussions

Palestinian Authority (PA) foreign ministry yesterday refused to comment on Egypt’s denial that the two authorities are discussing their mutual sea borders, Quds Press reported. On Friday, Western media...

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