Category: 2. Middle East

The deaths of three Tunisian sixth-formers in a school wall collapse in the small inland town of Mezzouna has fuelled anger over underinvestment and neglect in the nation’s hinterland.

Since Monday’s accident, angry residents have blocked roads leading to the town’s National Guard post with burning tyres, as young men clashed repeatedly with security forces.

“We’re asking for the most basic things: healthcare and education,” said Najet Messaadi.

“Instead, they sent us 112 police cars. What are…

Lebanon’s health ministry said an Israeli strike Friday on a vehicle near the southern coastal city of Sidon killed one person, with Israel announcing that an attack in the same area had targeted a Hezbollah operative.

Despite a November 27 ceasefire that sought to halt more than a year of conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, Israel has continued to conduct near-daily strikes in Lebanon.

“The attack carried out by the Israeli enemy against a car on the Sidon-Ghaziyeh road…

Lebanon’s health ministry said Israeli air strikes killed two people in the south on Friday, with Israel announcing attacks in the same areas targeting Hezbollah militants.

Despite a November 27 ceasefire that sought to halt more than a year of conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, Israel has continued to conduct near-daily strikes in Lebanon.

An Israeli attack on “a car on the Sidon-Ghaziyeh road resulted in one dead”, a Lebanese health ministry statement said on the fourth…

Gaza’s civil defence rescue agency said Friday that Israeli strikes killed at least 24 people, including 10 from the same family, after Hamas signalled its rejection of Israel’s latest ceasefire proposal.

The Palestinian militants’ chief negotiator dismissed what he called Israel’s “partial agreements” and called for a “comprehensive deal” to halt the 18-month-long war.

Khalil al-Hayya also urged international pressure to end Israel’s complete blockade of Gaza that began on March 2.

The appeal…

Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed on Wednesday to exhaust all efforts to secure the release of all captives held by Palestinian resistance in Gaza, Anadolu agency reported.

Meeting in the Kremlin with Russian- Israeli dual national Aleksandr Trufanov and his family, who was released in February, Putin credited Russia’s longstanding ties with the Palestinian people for enabling Trufanov’s release.

“Certainly, we’ll do everything possible to replicate…

An Israeli airstrike on Friday 18 April, targeted tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, killing several members of the Abu Akar family, including children.

The strike destroyed the makeshift shelter, rendering it uninhabitable.

Earlier in the day, at least 25 Palestinians were killed in a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting residential areas across the northern and southern Gaza Strip, including two major attacks…

At least 35 civilians were killed and 40 others wounded after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shelled residential neighborhoods in the city of El-Fasher, North Darfur, the Sudanese army announced on Friday; reports Anadolu Agency.

In a statement, the army’s 6th Infantry Division stationed in El-Fasher said the RSF launched “indiscriminate and scattered artillery shelling” on Thursday, targeting populated areas across the city.

The bombardment, according to…

Hamas on Friday urged the international community to exert immediate pressure to end Israel’s complete blockade of the Gaza Strip that has been in place since March 2.

The appeal from the militants comes after the United Nations warned of worsening conditions and shortages of medicine and other essentials.

“The international community is required to intervene immediately and exert the necessary pressure to end the unjust blockade imposed on our people in the Gaza Strip,” Hamas’s chief…

The 16th International Opera Festival, organised by the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry’s State Opera and Ballet, will feature a rich variety of performance with international and local talent alike from 10 May to 3 June.

The festival will present 11 productions, including appearances by international guest artists and ensembles worldwide, across 20 performances.

After breaking attendance records in recent years and attracting audiences of all ages, this…

The Israeli occupation, with support from the United States, is blackmailing the Palestinians to release its captives without a prisoner swap deal and without any compensation while it continues to commit crimes of genocide, starvation, and destroying health facilities in Gaza, a Yemeni Houthi leader has said.

Abdulmalik al-Houthi said Thursday that Israel has been starving the Palestinian for almost two months, creating terrible suffering for the people of Gaza,…