Israeli Strikes Raise Stakes in Face-off with Hezbollah
May 03, 2017
By Luke Baker and Laila Bassam
- Israeli strikes in Syria signal shift
- Miscalculation could cause escalation
- Neither Israel nor Hezbollah want new war
- Israel also seeks to avoid angering Russia
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two Israeli air...
Children Living off Trash Bins
Monday, October 9, 2016
On 19 December 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 66/170, declaring 11 October as the International Day of the Girl Child. The main objective of this resolution was to...
Women Sleeping in Cardboard Boxes to be Sterilised
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
A proposal calling for the compulsory sterilisation of homeless women with drug addiction was introduced last year. The idea received negative reactions from the women’s rights activists and the Ministry of...
New U.S. instability, old MidEast quagmire – annual peace index
June 1, 2017
By Anna Pujol-Mazzini
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - An annual global peace index said on Thursday that U.S. political turmoil had pushed North America into deep instability in 2016 while the Middle East sank deeper into...
Letters to a Young Muslim: A Breath of Fresh Air on Normally Taboo Topics
February 19, 2017
Peyman Pejman
Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, in the United States, the topic of radicalization of mostly young men in the Islamic world has become a top political topic. I...
Iran Minister Warns Saudi Arabia After ‘Battle’ Comments
May 07, 2017
Iran will leave no part of Saudi Arabia untouched except holy Muslim sites if Riyadh "does anything ignorant", Iran's defense minister was quoted as saying after a Saudi prince threatened to move...
Step by Step to Tel Aviv and Haifa; Nekhsa, War and Music on Syrian...
Friday, September 9, 2016
A few days ago the Israeli daily, Yedioth Ahronoth, reported on a joint effort by Iran and Israel to learn the fates of Ron Arad, the Israeli Air Force navigator who...
Iran-backed Iraqi Force Fight Islamic State Militants Towards Syrian Border
May 31, 2017
IRAQI-SYRIAN BORDER (Reuters) - An Iraqi Shi'ite force backed by Iran said on Wednesday (May 31) it continued its advance towards the Iraqi-Syrian border.
The Popular Mobilisation force (Hashd al-Shaabi) said it pushed Islamic State...
Trump Administration Comes Under Fire From Four Iranian-American Organizations
February 09, 2017
By Peyman Pejman
Four prominent Iranian-American organizations Thursday filed a lawsuit against the administration of President Donald J. Trump, arguing its recent Executive Order banning nationals from Iran and six other predominantly Muslim...
Dire Conditions for Political Prisoners
February 21, 2017
By Firooze Remezanzade
In a joint letter to the head of Iran’s judiciary, Dr Ketan Desai, president of the World Medical Association (WMA), has expressed grave concern over the mistreatment of political prisoners...
