Tag: Middle East
With the truce, Gaza treats its children wounded by the bombardments
In Gaza, life resumes only in appearance, despite the truce that came into effect Sunday, August 7 in the evening, after a new outbreak of violence between Israel and the…
Fatah warlord Ibrahim al-Nabulsi killed in Israeli assault
Public enemy number one for the Israelis was shot dead in Nablus on Tuesday morning. Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, a Fatah warlord, had taken refuge in a house in the occupied West…
the crossing points reopen, the truce still holds
The truce still holds between Israel and the Gaza Strip, even if the interpretation that is made of the ceasefire agreement varies from one camp to another. This Monday morning,…
what reactions from the Gulf countries?
The Gulf Cooperation Council, an organization made up of the six Gulf monarchies, condemned “ the military aggression of the Israeli occupation forces against the Gaza Strip. In a statement,…
What about Hamas in the face of the Israeli operation against Islamic Jihad in Gaza?
The Israeli army is stepping up strikes on the Gaza Strip and preparing for a week-long operation. And the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement continues to fire. This violence is the…
rocket fire intensifies, no ceasefire in sight
At this stage, Israel has no casualties. No real negotiation for a cease-fire started on Saturday August 6 at the end of this second day of the Israeli offensive in…
negotiations resume in Vienna after 5 months of deadlock
This is a first since March. All the Iranian nuclear negotiators met this Thursday, August 4 in Vienna, Austria. After months of blocking, they will try to revive the moribund…
Dissolution of Parliament in Kuwait, mired in the political crisis
This decree by Sheikh Mechaal al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al-Sabah comes the day after the formation of a new government in this country plunged into a long political crisis which pits the…
Rival protests in Iraq amid political tensions
Illustrating the standoff that is tearing Iraq apart, the political rivals of Moqtada Sadr demonstrated by the thousands this Monday, August 1 in Baghdad, when the supporters of the powerful…
supporters of Moqtada al-Sadr decided to occupy Parliament “until further notice”
For the second time this week, the Iraqi Parliament in Baghdad was invaded on Saturday July 30 by thousands of supporters of the Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr who intend to…