Italian reporter Cecilia Sala described her conditions while being held at Iran’s Evin prison, including being blindfolded during hours of interrogations, left in a cell with bloodstains on the walls, and interrogated by a guard with…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Israel-Hamas ceasefire in place with first group of hostages, prisoners freed
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was holding Monday, with the two sides in the early stages of a six-week pause in fighting that could lead to an end to the war that began in October 2023.
So far three of the 99 hostages held by Hamas…
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Missing US journalist’s mother renews Syria search
ReutersDebra Tice said she had “no idea” where her son was following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria The mother of US journalist Austin Tice, abducted in Syria while on a reporting trip in 2012 and one of the longest-held American…
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Missing US journalist’s mother says new Syria leaders ‘determined’ to find son
The mother of US journalist Austin Tice, who went missing in Syria in 2012, said on Monday in Damascus that the war-torn country’s new leadership was committed to finding him.
Tice was working as a freelance journalist for Agence France-Presse,…
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Israel-Hamas truce holding after first hostage-prisoner swap
A fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was holding Monday, following the dramatic exchange of three hostages for 90 Palestinian prisoners in an agreement aimed at ending more than 15 months of war in Gaza.
The three hostages released Sunday,…
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European diplomat: Israel has decided to attack Iran’s nuke sites
A senior European diplomat said that Israel has already decided it will attack Iran’s nuclear sites, implying such an attack was not imminent, but also not in the distant future, Al Arabiya reported over the weekend.
“We believe Israel has…
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Freed Palestinian prisoners reunite with family and friends
Ninety Palestinians were released from Israeli jails as part of the first phase in a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
Footage shows the prisoners, mostly woman and children, greeted by cheers upon arrival as people gathered to welcome…
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For Gaza survivors war will live long into the future
Since the war started the job had become his life. Many of the people being bombed were his neighbours, people he’d grown up with.
Hatem Al-Atar, 25, wasn’t married. His bravery was not reckless, or born of ignorance. He knew he could die any…
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Late night tears and hugs for released Palestinian prisoners
Two buses carrying Palestinian prisoners released in the Gaza ceasefire deal had to inch through a thick crowd when they at last arrived in the West Bank at 2 am Monday.
After the doors opened, women hugged their relatives and cried tears of joy…
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American journalist Austin Tice’s mother, in Damascus, hopes to find missing son
Damascus, Syria —The mother of American journalist Austin Tice, who was taken captive during a reporting trip to Syria in August 2012, arrived in Damascus to step up the search for her son and said she hopes she can take him home with her….
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