The Mediterranean: An unheard tale of climate, threats, hopes
Nov 05,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Nasser Kamel For the first time in the history of climate negotiations, there will be a Mediterranean voice at the table. A diverse coalition […]
The Mediterranean: An unheard tale of climate, threats, hopes
Nov 05,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Nasser Kamel For the first time in the history of climate negotiations, there will be a Mediterranean voice at the table. A diverse coalition […]
More coordination needed to protect Mediterranean from pollution
BY MEHMET EMIN BIRPINAR SEP 27, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Life-size mock-up of two whales emerge from a sea filled with plastic waste in front of Rome’s Pantheon, Italy, July […]
Why a maritime deal with Israel may be good for Lebanon
OSAMA AL-SHARIF September 20, 2022 Short Url In the midst of all the solemn reports that have come from Lebanon over the past few years, there is suddenly a chance […]
Conference hears of ‘the archaeology of olive oil’
By Saeb Rawashdeh – Aug 06,2022 – JORDAN TIMES An olive press cut into limestone bedrock at Khirbet Um Al Ghozlan (Photo by Adam Carr) IRBID — Enclosed sites were specialised processing […]
Palestinians drown at sea while escaping death under Gaza’s siege
Yahya Barbakh recounts the harrowing journey to reach Europe over the Mediterranean that ended in the death of his companions A photo of a Palestinian who drowned in the Mediterranean […]
EU is in denial on rising migrant deaths
RANVIR S. NAYAR December 28, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/vtune More than 160 migrants died when their boat capsized off the coast of Libya this month as they were trying to […]
Migration across the Mediterranean in context
YOSSI MEKELBERG November 28, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/zxzme The chilling news earlier this week about the drowning of 27 migrants in the English Channel after their boat sank near the […]
Europe’s Brutal and Illegal Approach to Migration: “Our Orders Are Clear. Nobody Gets Through.”
Europe’s Brutal and Illegal Approach to Migration“Our Orders Are Clear. Nobody Gets Through.” Months of reporting has revealed the violent – and illegal – brutality the EU is deploying at […]
NGO rescue ship with 800 migrants aboard asks Italy for safe port
Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese reiterated Italy’s frequent calls for other countries to share responsibility for migrants. (AFP/File) Short Url https://arab.news/c2z9f REUTERS November 05, 2021 ROME: German rescue charity Sea-Eye said […]
How can Israel be a good neighbor?
BY HAKKI ÖCAL COLUMNS OCT 25, 2021 12:05 AM GMT+3Commercial and residential high-rise properties along the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 2, 2021. (Photo by Getty Images) It is no wonder […]
Pope: Don’t send migrants back to Libya and ‘inhumane’ camps
Pope Francis waves to faithfuls from the window of the apostolic palace overlooking St. Peter’s Square, as he arrives to hold his weekly Angelus prayer in The Vatican. (AFP) Short […]
Humanitarian ships rescue over 700 migrants from Mediterranean in one weekend
By Euronews with AFP • Humanitarian ship Ocean Viking rescues people off the Maltese coast, August 1, 2021 – Copyright Flavio Gasperini /SOS Mediterranee Humanitarian ships rescued over 700 migrants off the coasts of […]
Rescuers pull 394 migrants from dangerously overcrowded boat off Tunisia
A RHIB (rigid hulled inflatable boat) crew member from the German NGO migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 distributes life jackets to migrants on an overcrowded wooden boat. (File/Reuters) Short Url […]
Ocean Viking: Hundreds of rescued migrants disembark in southern Italy
COMMENTS By AP • Updated: 09/07/2021 Staffers distribute food to migrants on the deck of the Ocean Viking rescue vessel. – Copyright Flavio Gasperini/SOS Mediterranee via AP Hundreds of migrants have disembarked from a humanitarian rescue ship […]
EU to establish new asylum agency
The European Union Agency for Asylum is intended to make the bloc’s asylum procedures more efficient and uniform. Asylum seekers frequently attempt to reach the EU via rubber dinghies on […]
Libyan official says EU help needed to tackle migrant route
Najla Al-Mangoush speaks during a conference with Oliver Varhelyi (back-L), Evarist Bartolo ( back-C), and Luigi Di Maio (back-R) in Tripoli on May 28, 2021. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/w2hha Libya […]
Greece in panic as East Med balance serves Turkey
BY BURHANETTIN DURAN COLUMNS APR 20, 2021 This illustration by Erhan Yalvaç satirically depicts Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias begging for help besides a European Union flag after the Greek minister […]
Diplomacy prevails again in Turkey, Greece talks
BY YAHYA BOSTAN COLUMNS JAN 29, 2021 Turkey’s research vessel Oruç Reis, in red and white, is surrounded by Turkish naval vessels as it cruises near Antalya province on the […]
Ocean Viking ship rescues hundreds of migrants off Libya coast
Al Jazeera English More than 370 migrants and refugees have been rescued off the coast of Libya by the Ocean Viking humanitarian vessel in two days, a French NGO running […]