Category: 1. Palestine

Life sentence handed to Alaa Mousa highlights the ‘brutality of Assad’s dictatorial, unjust regime’.

A German court has handed down a life sentence to a Syrian doctor convicted of committing acts of torture as part of  Bashar al-Assad’s brutal crackdown on dissent.

The Frankfurt Higher Regional Court imposed the sentence on Alaa Mousa on Monday, ruling that the doctor’s actions formed part of the Assad regime’s “inhumane and repressive” campaign against opposition figures.

Gaza (Quds News Network)- At least 20 starving Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces on Monday morning while waiting for food near aid distribution sites operated by the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), backed by the US and Israel, near Rafah in southern Gaza, amid a weeks-long Israeli blockade that has left the population desperate for basic necessities.

According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, 20 aid seekers were killed and over 200 others wounded after…

Israel and Iran have been exchanging air attacks as the open hostilities between the old foes extended into a fourth day.

Israeli attacks across Iran, stretching from the western border with Iraq to the capital, Tehran, and as far east as Mashhad, were followed by an Iranian barrage on Israeli cities in retaliation.

The death toll from Israel’s attacks on Iran has risen to more than 220, including 70 women and children, according to reports. The intelligence chief of Iran’s Islamic…