Category: 3. Middle East

LATAKIA, Syria (Reuters) -Syrian security forces used gunfire on Tuesday to break up two rival groups of demonstrators in the coastal town of Latakia, heartland of the country’s Alawite minority, witnesses and officials said.

Syria has been rocked…

An iconic Popemobile belonging to the late Pope Francis has been turned into a mobile medical clinic for children in the war-torn Gaza Strip.

Aid workers say it has a practical purpose and also serves as a symbol of goodwill.

The BBC’s Middle…

The Catholic aid organization Caritas Internationalis unveiled in Bethlehem Tuesday the “Vehicle of Hope” — a “popemobile” used by the late pope Francis, refitted as a mobile pediatric clinic for wounded children in Gaza.

“It is…

GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) -Heavy rain caused flooding in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, swamping the tents of thousands of homeless Palestinians facing the prospect of harsh winter storms without sturdy shelter.

The large majority of Gaza’s 2 million…

Thousands of people demonstrated on Tuesday across Syria’s coastal Alawite heartland in protest against recent attacks targeting the minority community, AFP correspondents said.

The protests are the biggest in the Alawite region since the fall…