Famous Tunisian rapper and alleged drug kingpin arrested
A famous Tunisian rapper has been arrested and is believed by authorities to be the kingpin of a drug trafficking...
Month: January 2025
Algeria: Calls for anti-French law criminalising colonialism
The speaker of the Algerian parliament has redoubled calls for a law criminalising French colonialism as relations remain frayed between...
Ammar Shamaileh: Federalist solution for Syria
In what has been a nightmarish decade for many throughout the region, the sudden and unexpected collapse of Bashar Al-Assad’s...
UK among western nations urging Israel to “work with” UN
The UK, France and Germany called on the Israeli government to cooperate with the UN so that vital aid operations...
Israel reveals it intercepted Hezbollah surveillance drone
The Israeli military said on January 30th that they had intercepted a surveillance drone launched towards Israeli airspace by Hezbollah...
US tries to block Hezbollah from nominating Lebanon finance minister
Washington is urging senior Lebanese officials to stop Hezbollah or its allies from nominating the country's new finance minister, according...
Jordan and Egypt will take in Palestinians from Gaza, Trump says
US President Donald Trump on January 30th stressed that Jordan and Egypt will take in Palestinians from Gaza- a suggestion...
US strike kills senior Al Qaeda-linked militant in Syria
A senior operative of an Al Qaeda-affiliated group in northwest Syria has been killed by a US airstrike, amid Washington's...
Hamas confirms death of military chief
The military wing of Hamas, known as the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, said on January 30th that its long-serving chief...
Guterres calls for evacuation of 2500 Gaza children
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on January 30th called for 2500 children from Gaza to be urgently evacuated to get...
UNRWA to continue working despite Israeli ban
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said it will continue to work within the occupied Palestinian territories despite Israel...
Jordan launches air bridge to send medicine to Gaza
Jordan's air force launched on January 28th the biggest air bridge so far to deliver urgent medical supplies to Gaza...
Syria’s al-Sharaa declared as interim president
Ahmed al-Sharaa was declared Syria’s president for a transitional phase on January 29th, according to The Arab Weekly via Reuters....
Israel says it will remain in Syria’s Mount Hermon indefinitely
Israeli forces are set to remain on the summit of Mount Hermon indefinitely, after seizing the strategic ground in southern...
Israelis must disclose military service for New Zealand entry
New Zealand has introduced a new immigration policy requiring Israeli visa applicants to reveal military service details, which has been...
