Category: 3. Middle East
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Leader of Islamic Union of Kurdistan visits Turkey for talks
Salahaddin Bahadin, the secretary-general of the Islamic Union of Kurdistan (IU), visited Turkey this week, following an official invitation from the Turkish Foreign Ministry. While the party has not shared details about the visit’s purpose,… Continue Reading
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What Israel’s capture of Syrian territory as Assad fell signifies for the Middle East
LONDON: In the early hours of Sunday, Dec. 8, shortly after a coalition of opposition forces seized Damascus and toppled Bashar Assad’s regime, Israeli troops infringed on Syrian territory for the first time in 50 years, marking another… Continue Reading
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Torture and repression in Iraqi and Syrian prisons
Abu Ghraib, Saydnaya and other prisons in Iraq and Syria are symbols of the brutal regimes of the Baathist parties that ruled both countries. Under the dictatorial rule of the Tikrit family in Iraq and the Assad family in Syria, prisons became… Continue Reading
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Syria’s SDF says five fighters killed in strikes by Turkish-backed forces
What Israel’s capture of Syrian territory as Assad fell signifies for the Middle East LONDON: In the early hours of Sunday, Dec. 8, shortly after a coalition of opposition… Continue Reading
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Kobani residents fear new threats amid Turkish-backed groups’ attacks
Residents of Kobani and nearby villages are worried about renewed threats from Turkish-backed armed groups, despite their hopes for peace following the collapse of the regime of Bashar al-Assad earlier this month. Having endured the devastation… Continue Reading
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Syria’s musicians await their future under HTS rule
Siin experience Syria has a thriving electronic music scene and many now wonder what comes next In the midst of the scramble for a new Syria, the country’s musicians are warily eyeing the Islamist rebel leadership and hoping to build on hard-won… Continue Reading
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16 injured after Israel hit by Yemen-launched ‘projectile’
Israel’s military said Saturday it had failed to intercept a “projectile” launched from Yemen that landed in Tel Aviv, with the national medical service saying 16 people were lightly wounded. Yemen’s Iranian-backed Huthi rebels have repeatedly… Continue Reading
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16 wounded after Israel hit by missile fired from Yemen
A projectile fired from Yemen struck Israel’s commercial hub of Tel Aviv early Saturday, wounding 16 people, the military and emergency service providers said, the second such attack within days. Israel’s military said it had failed to intercept… Continue Reading
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Yemen rebels strike Israel’s Tel Aviv in pre-dawn missile attack
A missile fired from Yemen by Iran-backed Huthi rebels struck Israel’s commercial hub of Tel Aviv before dawn on Saturday, wounding 16 people in the second such attack within days. Israel’s military said it had failed to intercept the missile,… Continue Reading
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US strikes Huthi targets in Yemen, hours after rebels hit Israel
The United States on Saturday said it struck targets in Yemen’s rebel-held capital, hours after a Huthi rebel missile wounded people in Israel’s commercial hub Tel Aviv. The missile, which wounded 16 people, was the second such attack in two… Continue Reading