Tag: Middle East
five pro-regime fighters killed in IS attack in Hama province
Five pro-regime fighters were killed on Thursday (December 15th) in an attack by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria’s central Hama province. This report brings to 21 the number…
Iranian refugees in Iraq testify to the repression in their country
In Iran, opponents of the regime counted on Sunday December 11 more than 485 victims of the regime since the death of Mahsa Amini, almost three months ago, and more…
“China is very present in the Middle East”
Xi Jinping is in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He was received with great fanfare, this Thursday, December 8, by Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Salman. China and Saudi Arabia have signed twenty…
China wants to strengthen its ties with Riyadh and the Middle East, under the watchful eye of the United States
Second day of visit for Xi Jinping in Saudi Arabia this Thursday, December 8. The Chinese president meets the leaders of fourteen Arab and Gulf countries, with the signing of…
former president Khatami backs student protesters
The third day of general strike in Iran was concentrated around universities. On the occasion of Students’ Day, youth organizations had called for it to be transformed into a “day…
five death sentences for the assassination of an Islamist militiaman
Iran’s judiciary has announced new death sentences amid calls for a three-day strike and protests from Monday the 5th until tomorrow Wednesday. With our correspondent in Tehran, Siavosh Ghazi In…
cartridges from a Franco-Italian company used in the repression
Since September 16, the repression of demonstrations has killed nearly 450 people, according to the NGO Iran Human Rights. Ersahd Alijani is a journalist for Les Observateurs de France 24…
Blinken warns Israel against creating new settlements in the West Bank
US Foreign Minister Antony Blinken warned on Sunday that the United States would oppose the establishment of new settlements by the next Israeli government in the occupied West Bank. With…
“The demands of the demonstrators go far beyond the question of the veil”
In Iran, the attorney general announced this Sunday, December 4 the abolition of the morality police, implicated in the death of Mahsa Amini. The information has not been confirmed by…
power announces the abolition of the morality police
Nearly three months after the beginning of the protest movement, following the death of Mahsa Amini last September, this young Iranian Kurd during her detention by the morality police, the…