Tag: Middle East
crisis-stricken Beirut airport expansion project sparks outcry
A project to build a new terminal at Beirut airport has raised an outcry in the country, as Lebanon is going through an unprecedented economic and financial crisis. Local and…
the justice reform project has cast a chill over relations with the United States
After three months of uninterrupted popular protest in Israel, Benyamin Netanyahu finally gave in to pressure from the streets and suspended his contested project. And this is what worries US…
“A ticking time bomb” off Yemen, warns the UN
The FSO Safer, a supertanker loaded with more than a million barrels of oil, has been abandoned off the coast of Yemen since the start of the war in 2015.…
three NGOs plead for more democracy in the disputed territories
It was under the aegis of the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, that the negotiations between the political parties around the judicial reform began, Tuesday, March 28 in the evening. But…
time zone change turns into sectarian dispute
Prime Minister Najib Mikati returned on Monday March 27 to his decision, taken last Thursday, to postpone the transition to summer time for one month. The chaos that reigned in…
the house of a Sinjil family burnt down
Fourth day of Ramadan for the Palestinians, and in the north of the West Bank, the tension has risen again a notch. On Saturday evening March 25, two Israeli soldiers…
Iran strongly warns against any US attack on its positions in Syria
Iran has issued a warning to the United States against any attack on its positions in Syria, after several days of tensions between American forces and pro-Iranian fighters in this…
demonstration against the new electoral law near the Parliament
In Baghdad, more than a hundred demonstrators gathered Friday evening near the Iraqi Parliament to protest against the new electoral law, which must be voted on this Saturday, March 25…
new demonstration in front of the Central Bank in Beirut
In Lebanon, the economic plunge seems endless, but society is no longer mobilizing. Several demonstrations this week have suddenly created a surprise. On Wednesday March 22, former soldiers, whose retirement…
young people still determined to demand more freedoms
In Iran, six months after the death of Mahsa Amini, street protests to demand more freedoms are less numerous. It must be said that the repression was severe. However, the…