Wed 02 March 2022: In 2012, six months into the protests in Syria, activists asked for UN observers to be embedded with demonstrators to stop the Assad regime shooting indiscriminately into the crowd. They called for a no-fly zone, the same international protection from NATO that led to the overthrow of Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi. […]
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Tue 01 March 2022: The Russian president is facing an unexpected level of resistance, but remains determined to continue on a belligerent path. As Russia’s war on Ukraine enters another day, with reports of hundreds killed in less than a week, there are rising questions about what President Vladimir Putin is trying to achieve. According […]
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Mon 28 January 2022: Britain’s Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said that she will support anyone who wants to go to Ukraine to join an international brigade of fighters against Russia. She described such a mission as taking part in a battle “for freedom and democracy”. I can’t help but wonder, though, about those who’ve left British […]
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Mon 28 January 2022: Ukraine’s invasion is a painful reminder for many Iraqis who have lost their hopes and dreams due to conflict. Baghdad, Iraq – The air assaults and gunfire on Ukrainian soil following the Russian invasion are stirring up memories barely sealed in Iraq nearly 19 years after the US-led invasion. The attack ordered […]
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Muslim soldiers pray before before going into battle in Ukraine against Russian-backed forces (Supplied by Imam Yevhen Hlushchenko). __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sun 27 January 2022: On Thursday, Russia launched a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine. Several Ukrainian casualties have already been reported, with the Russian military describing the first day of battle as “successful”. Igor Konashenkov, spokesman […]
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Sat 26 January 2022: In Scotland, when someone is on shaky ground or skating on thin ice they are said to be hanging by a “shoogly peg”. That is exactly where Israel has found itself over the crisis in Ukraine as the hypocrisy of Tel Aviv and its Zionist allies is exposed for the whole […]
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Wed 23 February 2022: A recent poll suggests just 20 percent think an invasion will happen soon, in line with some Ukrainian leaders. Kyiv, Ukraine – The White House’s increasingly worrying warnings about an imminent Russian invasion in Ukraine are nothing but a political game designed to help Democrats win Senate seats in the autumn. This is not […]
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The Gesture, a 25-meter sculpture by Lebanese architect Nadim Karam to commemorate victims of Beirut blast, is seen at the capital’s port in Lebanon. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sat 19 February 2022: Relatives call for an international inquiry to help push forward a floundering local investigation into the deadly explosion in Lebanon. Beirut, Lebanon – About a dozen teenagers gathered […]
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Thu 17 February 2022: The triennial high-level summits between the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) are often criticised as being photo opportunities without substance. Nevertheless, even photo opportunities are important. They show that European leaders are willing to receive their African counterparts on par with full honours. This is important given the […]
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Sun 13 February 2022: President Biden’s move to put aside Afghan funds for 9/11 victims sets ‘problematic precedent’, advocates say. President Joe Biden’s decision to effectively seize the Afghan central bank’s funds in the United States and repurpose half of the money as compensation to the victims of the 9/11 attacks has drawn rebuke and accusations of […]
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