February 27, 2016
Syria’s permanent envoy to the UN Bashar al-Jaafari said on Friday that the Syrian government has spared no effort, since the beginning of the crisis, to find a political settlement to the crisis in the country. (more…)
February 26, 2016
On Friday, 26 February, after completing 94 days of hunger strike, Palestinian journalist Mohammed al-Qeeq suspended his strike in an agreement announced by the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society. (more…)
Case against Carlos Aznárez and Rubén Saboulard has been dismissed
February 22, 2016
By Carlos Aznarez (Director of Resumen Latinoamericano)
Photo: Bill Hackwell
In the midst of the ongoing repression against the Palestinian people and while the Palestinian journalist Muhammad Al – Qiq continues to fight for his life on the 89th day of a hunger strike in Israeli captivity, we are happy to report some good news in the struggle for the self determination of the Palestinian people. (more…)
By Stephen Kinzer on February 18, 2016
COVERAGE OF the Syrian war will be remembered as one of the most shameful episodes in the history of the American press. Reporting about carnage in the ancient city of Aleppo is the latest reason why. (more…)
By Hafsa Kara-Mustapha on February 18, 2016
It seemed unthinkable that after the Iraq tragedy and the ensuing chaos that followed the 2003 US-led war there would ever be any support for another attack on an Arab country. (more…)
By Ali Abunimah on February 19, 2016
Israel is refusing to allow the family of Muhammad al-Qiq to visit the gravely ill hunger striker in the hospital where he is being detained.
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus take part in a demonstration on 17 February calling for the release of Muhammed al-Qiq. Nedal Eshtayah APA images
As al-Qiq’s condition continues to deteriorate, his wife Fayha Shalash and their two young children are desperate to be by his bedside. (more…)
By Nancy A. Youssef on February 11, 2016
Not long ago, U.S. jets and Shia militias worked together to battle ISIS. Today, those militias are trying to take down American proxies in Syria. (more…)
By Budour Youssef Hassan on February 3, 2016
Fadi Shaludi, 14, has not left his house since November. Every day, he sees the children from his neighborhood go off to school. He especially misses playing football with his friends and walking around Jerusalem’s Old City. (more…)