Wed 02 April 2025: When the Assad regime fell in December 2024, opposition forces opened prison doors across Syria. For many, Assad’s demise was both a shock and a moment of long-awaited freedom. Yet for those who had endured years of torture, the scars – both physical and emotional – remain. How did they survive […]
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Wed 02 April 2025: New offensive comes as Israel’s attacks kill 21 Palestinians and its blockade forces all bakeries to shut down. Israel’s defence minister has announced a major expansion of the Israeli ground assault on Gaza, promising to seize large areas of the Palestinian enclave and incorporate them into so-called “security” zones. The announcement […]
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Tue 01 April 2025: Activists allege that authorities have deliberately dragged their feet over prosecutions of individuals believed to have taken part in the war The South African government is facing mounting criticism from anti-war campaigners over its failure to prosecute nationals who have fought for the Israeli army in Gaza. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign in South Africa […]
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Tue 01 April 2025: A majority of Americans aren’t on board with Donald Trump’s approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A new poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 54 percent disapprove of how he’s handling the situation, with that number soaring to 84 percent among Democrats. The survey also revealed […]
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Tue 01 April 2025: Israel submitted a new proposal Monday for a ceasefire in Gaza, local media reported. The Haaretz daily, citing a senior Israeli official, said Israel had asked the Palestinian group Hamas through mediators Egypt and Qatar for the release of 11 living hostages and the return of 16 bodies, in addition to […]
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Tue 01 April 2025: Companies are selling homes in illegal settlements and individuals are fundraising to buy weapons for Israeli soldiers in Gaza. Facebook has platformed more than 100 paid advertisements promoting illegal settlements and far-right settler activity in the occupied West Bank, an Al Jazeera investigation has found, raising concerns that the social media giant is […]
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Mon 31 March 2025: Amnesty International says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must be arrested and handed over to the International Criminal Court should he visit Hungary or any other states that are members of the court. The rights group made the comment in response to reports that Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has invited […]
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Mon 31 March 2025: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has issued a stinging response to Trump’s message that Iran will face heavy US bombardment if it fails to reach a nuclear weapons deal. “They threaten to attack us, which we don’t think is very probable, but if they commit any mischief they will surely receive a […]
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Image is for Illustration purposes. Mon 31 March 2025: A joint Egyptian-American archaeological team from the University of Pennsylvania has uncovered a royal tomb from the Second Intermediate Period in the Jebel Anubis necropolis in Abydos, southern Egypt, the Egyptian Tourism and Antiquities Ministry said Sunday. Another archaeological team from Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities also discovered a pottery workshop from the Roman era […]
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Sun 30 March 2025: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that Türkiye would not allow Syria’s territorial integrity to be sabotaged or the festering of instability across the southern Turkish border. In a statement for Eid al-Fitr – the holiday at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan – Erdogan highlighted that […]
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