Tunisia General Labour Union protests against government’s refusal to raise salaries of 670,000 public servants. Tunisia’s biggest labour union is staging a nationwide strike to protest against the government’s refusal to raise the salaries of 670,000 public servants. Rail, bus and air traffic stopped while schools, ports, hospitals, government offices and state media were affected on […]

The world powers voice support for Nicolas Maduro after US declares he’s no longer the country’s president. Turkey, Russia, and China came to the aid of Venezuela’s leader on Thursday after the United States declared Nicolas Maduro was no longer its president. The pledges of support came after opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself interim […]

Survivors gather in Gaza City to remember 48 family members killed in Israel’s Operation Cast Lead attack in 2008-2009. Gaza City – Surviving members of the al-Samouni family gathered in Gaza City, commemorating the 10th anniversary since the horrors of Israel’s 2008-2009 offensive ruptured their lives forever. On the morning of January 4, 2009, 16 members […]

Iran says entering into a direct war with Israel is a decision for the Syrian government, but experts fear the escalating tensions between Israel and Iran. Israeli attacks earlier this week in Damascus killed dozens of people, reported to be Iranian and pro-Syrian government fighters. The open animosity between the two countries is no secret […]

Refugees seek shelter in incomplete housing units, garages or evacuated schools after Storm Norma hit last week. Bekaa Valley, Lebanon – Syrian refugees in Lebanon are enduring yet another heavy storm, bringing more rains and snowfall to the camps in the country’s eastern and northern regions.  Warnings of the winter storm have pushed refugees in […]

The ‘man-made’ tragedy in the encampment of about 50,000 people already killed eight children this winter. Beirut, Lebanon – There was no heating to keep the tent warm. There was no money to buy the medicine which might have saved his daughter. There was not even enough milk in the breast of the mother – […]

Authorities hand eviction order to the Sabbagh family of 45 people, so Israeli settlers could move into their homes. Sheikh Jarrah, occupied East Jerusalem – Huddled around an electric heater on a chilly winter day, four Palestinian women sit nervously, making calls to acquaintances to ask about homes for rent in the city. “We can’t leave […]

Leyla Guven launched hunger strike on November 8 in protest against jail conditions for Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan. A Turkish court has ordered the supervised release of an arrested legislator from the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) who is seriously ill as a result of her 11-week-long hunger strike. Leyla Guven, 55, started the hunger […]

US vulnerability exposed as hundreds surround heavily fortified compound in Iraqi capital to protest against attacks. Hundreds of protesters breached the outer walls of the heavily fortified US embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday, setting parts of its parameter on fire – an angry reaction to deadly US air raids days earlier against Kataib Hizbollah, […]

Protesters and militia fighters enraged by US air strikes on Iraq staged a violent demonstration outside the US Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, torching a security post and hurling stones as security forces and embassy guards hit back with stun grenades and tear gas. Iraqi officials said the ambassador and other staff had been evacuated, […]