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Israeli settlers reportedly set fire to Palestinian agricultural land located east of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank on Friday, according to media sources, Anadolu reports.
The official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, said the arson attack targeted more than 200 square meters (2,153 feet) of land between the villages of Al-Mughayyir and Abu Falah, with the Israeli army protecting the settlers during the assault.
Wafa noted that attempts by settlers to…
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The Gaza Bakery Owners Association has slammed the UN World Food Program’s (WFP) newly adopted bread distribution mechanism as “unjust, “Anadolu reports.
It said it fails to meet the minimum needs of Palestinians amid flour shortages and the shutdown of most bakeries.
Abdel Nasser Al-Ajrami, chairman of the association, told Anadolu the plan forces “bakeries to operate with limited quantities of flour, sugar, oil, yeast, and fuel to produce bread, and…
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101 East investigates cross-border persecution and the killing of former Cambodian opposition MP, Lim Kimya, in Thailand
Critics say the Cambodian government’s attacks on opposition members and activists have gone global.
On January 7, 2025, former Cambodian opposition politician, Lim Kimya, was gunned down outside a busy bus station in central Bangkok.
A former Thai marine confessed to carrying out the hit as a gun for hire, but two Cambodians with ties to their country’s governing party…
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Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani met Friday with UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen in Damascus to discuss security, stability and transitional justice efforts, according to a statement by the Foreign Ministry, Anadolu reports.
It said both sides emphasized “the importance of maintaining the country’s security and stability” and discussed “transitional justice, as well as enhancing cooperation between the Syrian government and the United…
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By John McAulay
For the past year and a half, Spain has been part of a select group of European countries highly critical of Israel’s massacre in Gaza; in the space of a week, it has doubled down and set itself ahead of the pack. This shift offers Europe a blueprint.
A scandal broke out in Spain just over a month ago. After repeated promises from the government that it had halted all arms trade with…
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It’s not romantic melancholy or existential questioning that you may see on the streets of Gaza. Rather, it’s a unique condition: Fagadaan, Loss.
In his memoir, Istanbul, Turkish Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk devotes an entire chapter to the concept of melancholy and its relationship to the city he loved and grew up in. He addresses the centrality of melancholy in Istanbul’s culture, in…
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As Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza intensifies, its allies begin to speak up.
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Syria on Saturday hailed the Trump administration’s lifting of US sanctions, as Washington looks to open a new chapter in its relations with Damascus.
US President Donald Trump surprised many with his announcement of the new policy on a Gulf tour earlier this month, during which he shook hands with Syria’s jihadist-turned-interim President Ahmed al-Shara.
Trump said he wanted to give the war-torn country’s new rulers “a chance at greatness” after their overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar…
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Syrian authorities on Saturday announced an interior ministry restructuring that includes fighting cross-border drug and people smuggling as they seek to improve ties with Western nations that have lifted sanctions.
Keen to reboot and rebuild nearly 14 years after a devastating civil war broke out, the new authorities in Damascus have hailed Washington’s lifting of US sanctions.
The move was formalised Friday after being announced by President Donald Trump on a Gulf tour this month during…
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