Latest in: Middle East
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CNN fires Marc Lamont Hill after author’s support for Palestinians’ rights
Image Credit: Way180/Wikimedia Author Marc Lamont Hill, an advocate for freedom of Palestinian lands under Israeli occupation, is no more with Cable News Network as political commentator after his critique of Tel Aviv’s policies violating human...November 30, 2018 950 0 -
U.S. relations with the Muslim world and the Jamal Khashoggi case
With the news that Riyadh is likely to admit that the missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi died accidentally during interrogation gone wrong, the United States is facing a huge foreign policy test. President Donald Trump’s predecessors,...October 16, 2018 848 0 -
55 Palestinians killed as U.S. relocates embassy to Jerusalem amid protests
Image Credit: OCHA The United States Monday moved its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem in accordance with President Donald Trump’s decision amid large Palestinian protests and killing of several protesters from Israeli fire. Meanwhile, several countries...May 14, 2018 936 0 -
Concern grows as threat of another conflict looms over the Middle East
A map showing North Africa and the Middle East Credit : Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin Already rattled by a spate of conflicts, the Middle East faces the threat another...May 11, 2018 1385 0 -
Interfaith Talk: A two-state solution will greatly improve Muslim-Jewish relations
A Palestinian girl inside her family’s partially destroyed home, looks at the destruction outside, in the Shejaiya neighbourhood of Gaza City. Photo: UNICEF On April 11, I had the privilege of speaking in Temple Emanuel, a...May 5, 2018 818 0 -
UN seeks independent probe into Gaza fence violence after 15 Palestinians killed
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for an independent and transparent investigation into clashes at the Gaza fence on Friday between Palestinians participating in the ‘Great Return March’ and Israeli security forces which resulted in at least...March 31, 2018 1044 0 -
World human rights advocates urge release of Palestinian teen facing Israeli military trial
Photo: Haim Schwarczenberg, https://schwarczenberg.com /Wikimedia Commons World human rights organizations are reacting to the Israeli military trial of Ahed Tamimi, 17-year-old Palestinian girl, with condemnation of disregard for her rights and called for her immediate release....February 14, 2018 968 0 -
U.S. hints at long-term presence in Syria to defeat ISIS, counter Iran
A child standing in front of his ground-flattened school after a bombardment in Ainjara village in rural Aleppo, Syria. Photo: UNICEF/Khalil Alshawi The United States will maintain a long-term presence in Syria to defeat the ISIS...January 18, 2018 883 0 -
30 children killed in Syrian escalation while the world watches
Ru’a, 18 months, rides on her grandfather’s motorbike as he drags it across Mesraba in East Ghouta, Syria. Photo:NICEF/2018/Amer Almohibany After one of the worst years for children in the ongoing Middle Eastern conflicts, 2018 has...January 15, 2018 1035 0 -
2018 UN red alert: Will the world work for a peaceful future?
A child carries a bag of firewood she bought for her family in besieged east Ghouta, Syria. Photo: UNICEF/Al Shami As head of the world’s top diplomatic forum, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, warned against excessive nationalism and...December 31, 2017 2035 0
