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Detained Bahraini Shia cleric denied medical care, subjected to physical assault: Rights group
Sep 29, 2022 10:08Abduljalil al-Miqdad, a political detainee and a leading Shia cleric has been assaulted at Bahrain’s notorious Jau Prison en route to a medical appointment, as the Manama regime keeps up harassment of imprisoned political dissidents.
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Rockets hit Baghdad's Green Zone for second day amid political unrest
Sep 29, 2022 10:01Four rockets fired from eastern Baghdad have landed in the capital’s fortified Green Zone amid intensified political unrest.
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Four Palestinians martyred, dozens injured during Israeli raid on Jenin camp
Sep 28, 2022 11:44Four Palestinians have been martyred and dozens of others injured after Israeli forces carried out a raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.
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US forces bring in new military reinforcements to bases in Syria’s Hasakah
Sep 28, 2022 11:23American occupation forces have brought in new military reinforcements to their bases in the northeastern province of Hasakah, as Washington pushes ahead with the looting of oil reserves and natural resources in the war-ravaged West Asian country.
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UN needs to do more to clear Yemen of landmines: Rights group
Sep 28, 2022 06:12The Yemen Executive Mine Action Centre (YEMAC) has urged international organizations, especially the United Nations, to support its efforts in clearing the country of landmines.
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Turkish military shells villages in Syria’s Hasakah, casualties reported
Sep 28, 2022 04:38Turkish military forces and their allied militants have reportedly launched an artillery attack on several villages in Syria's northeastern Province of Hasakah, leaving a number of civilians dead or injured.
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Saudi-led coalition seizes Yemen-bound fuel tanker in another truce breach
Sep 28, 2022 04:33The Saudi-led coalition waging war in Yemen has seized another tanker carrying much-needed fuel to the besieged country, in yet another blatant violation of a UN-sponsored ceasefire agreement between the parties to the Yemen conflict.
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Iraq says working to arrange ‘foreign ministerial’ Iran-Saudi meeting
Sep 28, 2022 04:17Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, whose country has hosted reconciliation talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia, says Baghdad is currently working with Tehran and Riyadh to help boost the representation of the two sides in the talks from security and intelligence levels to foreign ministerial level.
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Lebanese Parliament set to convene on Thursday to elect new president
Sep 28, 2022 03:43The Lebanese Parliament is set to hold a session later this week to elect a new president in an effort to thwart another governmental vacuum in the crisis-riddled country, with President Michel Aoun’s term being about to expire next month.
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Thirty Palestinian detainees continue hunger strike for 3rd day
Sep 28, 2022 03:42A Palestinian prisoners advocacy group says thirty Palestinian inmates in Israeli jails continue their open-ended hunger strike for the third consecutive day in protest against Israel’s so-called policy of administrative detention.