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February 26, 2015

Syria’s youth rebuild life in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley

In Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, home to a third of the country’s 1.5 million Syrian refugees, Al-Qaeda linked attacks on the Lebanese Armed Forces have provoked violent sectarian retaliation. Amid...

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February 26, 2015

Oxfam: Rebuilding Gaza will take more than a century

Reconstructing the Gaza Strip will take more than a century if the Israeli siege on the Strip is not lifted, the London-based charity Oxfam warned today. “At current rates...

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February 26, 2015

Heir to Libyan throne denies calling for return of monarchy

A spokesman for the heir to the Senussi throne in Libya has denied calling for the monarchy’s return. Media reports have claimed that Prince Mohammad Al-Hassan Al-Rida Al-Mahdi Al-Senussi...

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February 26, 2015

Netanyahu accuses world powers of forsaking commitment to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear programme

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday accused the six world powers (the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany) of giving up on their commitment to prevent...

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February 26, 2015

Amnesty International slams Egypt in annual report

Amnesty International has criticised the situation in Egypt, especially the Egyptian authorities’ targeting of civilians in neighbouring countries. In its annual report 2014-2015, the international watchdog said that several...

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February 26, 2015

Turkey ‘won’t wait 50 years for EU membership’: minister

Turkey’s aim is to reach European standards in its membership process, the country’s EU minister has claimed. Speaking at a meeting of the Paasikivi Society think tank in Finland,...
February 26, 2015

Exclusive interview with former US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford

Former US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford ‘Syria needs a national government that has popular support and can mobilise the population to reject and fight extremism’ The United States...
February 26, 2015

PLO, PA to appeal against US court that sued Palestinians

A senior member of Fatah’s Central Committee, Nabil Shaath, said on Wednesday that the PLO and the Palestinian Authority (PA) are going to appeal against the US jury that...

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February 26, 2015

Qatar initiates water projects in more than 30 African countries

A leading Qatari charity carried out 632 water projects in more than 30 African countries in th year 2014, Al-Sharq Portal reported on Wednesday. The Qatari charity spent around...

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February 26, 2015

Identity of British ISIS militant ‘Jihadi John’ revealed

The British ISIS militant known as “Jihadi John,” who has been pictured in videos showing the beheading of Western hostages, has been named as Mohammed Emwazi, according to the BBC. Emwazi,...

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