Category: 1. Palestine

The armed group says it seizes control of Wargaadhi town and its military base, but the Somali army denies the claim.

Al-Shabab fighters have battled Somali troops and allied forces for control of a strategic army base in southern Somalia, according to the government and a military official.

Capturing the base in Wargaadhi town in the Middle Shabelle region, which houses soldiers, special forces and clan fighters, would enable the al Qaeda-linked group to sever a crucial road between the…

In tit-for-tat moves this week, India and Pakistan have entered a strategic standoff following Tuesday’s attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir, which resulted in the deaths of at least 26 people.

On Wednesday, India downgraded ties with Pakistan, announcing a series of steps, the most important of which is a decision to suspend its participation in the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), which could seriously restrict Pakistan’s water supplies.

India has also closed its main land…

By Fayha Shalash – Ramallah

Tens of thousands of Palestinians continue to endure displacement and loss in Tulkarm and other northern West Bank refugee camps under ongoing Israeli military aggression.

Tasneem Sleit continues to endure the suffering of displacement after being expelled with her family from their home in Tulkarm camp, like tens of thousands of…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

In February, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara sent a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding concerns about Ben-Gvir’s conduct as minister.

Israel’s Supreme Court ordered far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Thursday to respond to petitions demanding his dismissal within six days, the Anadolu news agency reported.

The report said that Israeli…

Israel’s latest war on Gaza is killing civilians at four times the rate of previous conflicts there. Experts say it’s likely not an accident, suggesting that Israeli forces are choosing to use the most powerful weapons available to deliberately maximise death and destruction.

By Mohamed El Mokhtar

Gaza is not an aberration. It is a mirror. And in that mirror, young America no longer sees empire — it sees its moral ruin.

Not long ago, in a courteous written exchange, an American friend — Anglo-Saxon, an attorney by profession, graduate of George Washington University and Yale — shared with me a conviction he believed to be lucid: in his view, Israel far…

There is no other way to say it. The American university as the United States has known it since the 1960s is at an end. The spate of college closings and consolidations that began 15 years ago is certain to increase over the next few years.

Overall college enrolments peaked in 2010, but have fallen consistently since then, as the cost of college, the COVID-19 pandemic and other trends have curtailed students from attending higher education institutions. But with the recent crackdowns…

Israel’s Supreme Court has approved a delay for Prime Minister Netanyahu’s response to accusations that he sought to politicize the Shin Bet for personal and legal gain.

The Israeli Supreme Court has approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request to delay submitting his testimony in the high-profile case concerning the attempted dismissal of Shin Bet Director Ronen Bar.

According to Israeli media,…

Sanctions on 12 Syrian entities removed, including the defence and interior ministries.

The United Kingdom has removed its sanctions on 12 Syrian government entities, including the Ministries of Defence and Interior and the General Intelligence Directorate.

The move on Thursday was made four months after the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) armed group led opposition groups in ousting President Bashar al-Assad following more than 13 years of war.

The entities removed from the sanctions list will no…