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January 12, 2022

Egypt: prosecutors remove political activist from ‘terrorist’ list

The Egyptian Public Prosecution Service accepted yesterday the petition filed by political activist Mamdouh Hamza against the inclusion of his name on the state’s list of “terrorists”. The move...

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January 12, 2022

Verdict in landmark trial against state-sanctioned torture in Syria expected tomorrow

The verdict in a landmark trial for crimes against humanity will be heard tomorrow against a Syrian secret intelligence agent in the town of Koblenz in Germany. Anwar Raslan,...

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January 12, 2022

Abbas asks Sisi for help with contacts in Israel

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has asked his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi for help in opening contact channels with Israel, Al Arab Al Jadeed revealed yesterday. According to...

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January 12, 2022

Israel advances bill censoring Palestinian content on social media

The Israeli Ministerial Committee for Legislation yesterday approved a draft bill that gives Israeli authorities broad powers to censor Palestinian digital content. Last Wednesday, Israeli lawmakers provided preliminary approval...

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January 12, 2022

Israel: cyberattacks against apartheid state increase

Hackers targeted Israel in 2021 at twice the international rate of cyberattacks, the Jerusalem Post reported today. According to Israeli cybersecurity provider Checkpoint, hackers targeted Israel more frequently than...

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January 12, 2022

Lebanon court bans Banque du Liban governor from travel

A Lebanese judge yesterday imposed a travel ban on central bank Governor Riad Salameh, who is at the centre of investigations into alleged fraud and other misconduct launched after...

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January 12, 2022

Hamas: Fatah has rejected Russia invitation to hold reconciliation talks

Fatah has recently rejected a Russian invitation to hold new reconciliation talks, senior member of Hamas’ Political Bureau, Musa Abu Marzouq, said yesterday. Speaking to Al-Aqsa TV, Abu Marzouq said:...

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January 12, 2022

Iran complicit in killing 500,000 Syrians, says ex-lawmaker

Iran is complicit in the killing of some 500,000 Syrians, former Iranian lawmaker Faezeh Hashemi said yesterday. Hashemi, the daughter of former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, told Iran...

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January 12, 2022

Basketball player moves from Israeli to Moroccan team

Basketball player Mahmoud Abu Arisha has moved for one year from an Israeli to a Moroccan team, Anadolu news agency reported yesterday. Speaking to the news wire, member of the executive bureau of Morocco’s Association Michlifen Ifrane Basketball said 24-year-old...

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January 12, 2022

Sisi: Claims of rights violations in Egypt are ‘lies’

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi yesterday claimed that all human rights violations in the country highlighted by national and international rights groups are “lies”, Anadolu reported. Al-Sisi’s remarks came during a...

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