In pictures: Iraqi troops push deeper into Mosul
Source: BBC Just over five weeks ago, Iraqi government forces launched a major offensive to retake the city of Mosul from so-called Islamic State. Jewan Abdi has been following special […]
In pictures: Israel wildfires force evacuations in Haifa
Source: BBC Tens of thousands of people flee their homes as wildfires reach the northern Israeli city of Haifa. AP Wildfires have raced into northern districts of the Israeli coastal […]
Syrian army captures second rebel district in Aleppo
Source: Aljazeera Assad forces capture Jabal Badro and intensify air raids in and around the city, killing 15 civilians in Anjara village. The Syrian military has announced it had taken control of a second residential district of the rebel-held eastern part of Aleppo city in two days, as government air […]
Ahmadiyya leader ‘dismayed’ as Likud MK hints Muslims behind fires
Source: Times of Israel Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim sect in Israel, Muhammad Sharif Odeh, expresses dismay at comments made by Anat Berko on Channel 10 news last night, which the Likud MK wondered aloud why the Kbabir neighborhood in Haifa was spared the fires that swept parts of the […]
Igniting incitement
Source:Times of Israel Following an unfortunate and irresponsible tweet by Minister Naftali Bennett — “the only ones capable of setting the land on fire are people to whom it doesn’t belong” — fearful Israelis cranked up their hatred to a level that will soon extinguish every remaining shred of sanity here. Indeed, the […]
Wildfire blamed on ‘terror’ roars through Israeli city Haifa.
Source:Daily Mail UK HAIFA, Israel (AP) — A wildfire roared through parts of Israel’s third-largest city on Thursday, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes as the country’s leaders raised the possibility that Arab assailants had intentionally set the blaze. Spreading quickly due to dry, windy weather, […]
Iraq suicide bomb: Shia pilgrims among nearly 80 dead
Source: BBC Nearly 80 people, many of them Shia pilgrims, have been killed in a truck bomb attack at a road stop in Iraq, a security official says. The blast […]
Red Cross Warns of ‘Desperate’ Situation in Yemen’s Taiz
Source: ABC News An international aid group has warned of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Yemen’s western city of Taiz, saying that corpses litter the streets and civilians are trapped. “Sniper fire and indiscriminate shelling has trapped civilians. Dead bodies are in the streets and people are unable to attend […]
Iranian-Saudi proxy struggle tore apart the Middle East
Source: TOI Saudi Arabia and Iran are waging a struggle for dominance+ that has turned much of the Middle East into their battlefield. Rather than fighting directly, they wield and in that way worsen the region’s direst problems: dictatorship, militia violence and religious extremism. The history of their rivalry tracks […]
UN: Number of Syrians Under Siege Doubled in 6 Months, Now Nearly 1 Million
Source: ABC News By J.J. GALLAGHER The number of Syrians living under siege has doubled in just the past six months and now totals nearly one million, the United Nations‘ humanitarian chief said on Monday. Stephen O’Brien, the U.N.’s Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, told the United Nations Security Council that […]
Rebel-Held Aleppo No Longer Has a Functioning Hospital
Source: Time By Jared Malsin There are currently no functioning hospitals in the rebel-held section of the Syrian city of Aleppo following days of heavy shelling and airstrikes by Syrian government and Russian warplanes, medical officials say. Airstrikes took out the last remaining hospital on Friday, according to the Health Directorate […]
Muslim prayer call ban blasted as ‘an attempt to erase the religion’
Source: Sunday Express By ZOE EFSTATHIOU The draft law, proposed by the Israeli government, has sparked outrage among Muslims who claim they are being discriminated against. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
Turkish Nato officers ‘seek asylum’ after failed coup
Source: BBC A number of Turkish officers posted to Nato have sought asylum since the country’s failed military coup in July, Nato’s secretary-general has said. Jens Stoltenberg said the officers […]
Scores of Turkish Teachers Have Been Expelled From Pakistan
Source: Time The politically motivated move comes ahead of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit Pakistan has expelled more than 100 Turkish teachers from 28 international schools in response to […]
Knesset synagogue rededicated with ‘shocking’ women’s section
Source: The Jerusalem Post Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein promised at a ceremony opening the Knesset’s renovated synagogue on Monday that it would soon feature a “beautiful women’s section.” At the […]
In post-Arab Spring Egypt, Muslim attacks on Christians are rising
Source: the Washington Post By Sudarsan Raghavan November 13 at 5:39 PM An Egyptian Coptic Christian woman sits in the rubble of a makeshift chapel that was torched a few […]
Region’s first self-cooling eco-home unveiled
Source: Gulf News Dubai: A full-sized home that cools itself in the UAE’s scorching summer heat was unveiled in Dubai on Friday. At first, the two-storey, four-bedroom house, which stands […]
Quieten calls to prayer in Israel – Netanyahu
Source: BBC Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is backing a proposal to quieten calls to prayer, saying he has received complaints from all quarters about “noise and suffering”. Later on […]
Isis deploys child suicide bombers as Iraqi army advances
Source: The Guardian By Martin Chulov Islamic State fighters have killed scores of alleged spies or battlefield deserters in the past week and are dispatching boys as young as 12 to the frontlines with suicide belts as the group’s enemies advance on its last major strongholds. Witnesses in Raqqa and Mosul […]
It’s not Donald Trump who matters now in the Middle East – it’s Putin
It is easy to say that the Arabs are appalled that an Islamophobe has won the White House. But did they think Obama or any of his predecessors – Democrat or Republican – had any special concern for Islam? Of course not Robert Fisk @indyvoices Donald Trump has been talking […]