Syria’s remaining hospitals under bombardment
It appears that the already severely degraded medical services available to civilians in Syria are diminishing fast under assault from barrel bombs.
The Islamic State group returns to attack the Syrian border town of Kobani, five months after it was driven out by Kurdish forces. IS is also moving on districts of al-Hasakah, in eastern Syria.
It appears that the already severely degraded medical services available to civilians in Syria are diminishing fast under assault from barrel bombs.
It has been a bad week for the American-led “strategy” against militants from so-called Islamic State – a strategy with the US president himself views with great qualms and some reluctance.
The plight of the Al-Jazeera three has focused the spotlight on the dark side of the Egyptian regime, including the case of Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa.
The truth about the killings of Armenians, condemned as genocide by Pope Francis, exposes a fragility at the heart of modern Turkey, dating back to the era of Ataturk, the country’s founder.
If Tony Blair was ever considered an honest broker as Middle East envoy, it is a title he may well have lost – even if most of what has gone wrong is not his fault.
A day of bloodshed on Israel’s border with Lebanon and Syria leaves two Israeli soldiers and one UN peacekeeper dead and raises fears of a conflict between the IDF and Hezbollah.
Three journalists, including one Australian, will face a retrial after serving one year of a sentence under controversial charges. The families of the men say there is still “a long road ahead”.
Three Al Jazeera journalists including one Briton have been in prison for a year today. As the world seems to get ever more dangerous for journalists, there are hopes of an appeal in the courts.
Expect Gen Dempsey and many other voices to grow louder in the coming weeks that more must be done with ground forces if IS is to be dislodged.
Most people don’t know what “rendition” means – but they do understand the word kidnapping. The same applies for “enhanced interrogation”. Such words convey a false reality.
The most influential pro-Islamic State Twitter account to be followed by foreign jihadis – Shami Witness – is shut down after a Channel 4 News investigation uncovers the identity of the man behind it
Palestinian authorities declare three days of national mourning after the death of minister Ziad Abu Ein shortly after a scuffle with Israeli troops during a protest in the occupied West Bank.
Why did the UK government ever think that the vetting of participants in a scheme to train Libyan soldiers in the UK could be left to the Libyans, when that country was in a state of collapse?
The need for proper investigation of Serena’s death is obvious and pressing and should happen at once. Conclusions without evidence are wrong, stupid and distasteful.