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January 15, 2020

Israel starts gas exports through Egypt

Israel began pumping natural gas to Egypt for the first time today under a $15 billion, 15-year deal to liquefy and re-export the gas to Europe, Reuters reported. Tel...

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January 15, 2020

2,000 Syria fighters arrive in Libya to confront Haftar’s forces

Two thousand Syrian opposition fighters have travelled through Turkey to Libya to fight alongside the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) against the advancing forces of warlord Khalifa Haftar,...

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January 15, 2020

Palestinian prisoner released after 113 days on hunger strike

Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Zahran has been released after spending 113 days on hunger strike in Israeli detention, the head of the Palestinian Commission of Prisoners and ex-Prisoners’ Affairs, Qadri Abu...

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January 15, 2020

Israel rearrests Palestinian prisoner as he was being released

Israeli occupation authorities rearrested Palestinian Ismail Afanan as he was being released, Al-Quds newspaper reported yesterday. The prisoner was taken out of Al Naqab Prison after completing an 18-year...

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January 15, 2020

Qatar to teach human rights in schools

The Qatari National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) and Ministry of Education and Higher Education yesterday launched the guide on human rights on the sidelines of the Doha International Book...

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January 15, 2020

Israel may increase number of work permits for Palestinian labourers from Gaza

Israeli occupation authorities are expected to issue work permits for Palestinian labourers from the occupied Gaza Strip, Ma’an news agency reported yesterday. According to Israeli media, the Israeli government...

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January 15, 2020

UAE-backed Yemen group, Hadi government complete prisoner swap

The President of the Yemeni Southern Transitional Council (STC), Aidarus Al-Zoubaidi, yesterday received a number of STC prisoners who had been released under the peace deal signed in Saudi...

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January 15, 2020

Israel soldiers beat Palestinian man for not carrying his ID card

A Palestinian security guard was brutally assaulted by Israeli occupation forces after he failed to show them identification documents, video footage has shown. Omar Hendi, who lives in the...

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January 15, 2020

Twitter campaign calls for Saudi Arabia to release Palestine prisoners

Social media activists on Monday launched a campaign calling for Saudi Arabia to release Palestinian and Jordanian prisoners from its jails, Safa news agency reported. The Twitter account Prisoners...

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January 15, 2020

Kuwait expects $30.4bn budget deficit next fiscal year

The Kuwaiti ministry of finance said yesterday that the budget deficit is set to increase by 11.2 per cent year-on-year to reach 9.2 billion KWD ($30.4 billion) in the...

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