Hundreds of Syrians took part in the funeral procession of Syrian activist Mazen al-Hamada, whose body was found in Sednaya prison. The prison is known as a torture center of the ousted Assad regime. Hamada, a prominent activist during the Syrian revolution, was re-arrested after speaking to international investigators about the torture he end...
At least 40 Palestinians were killed and 98 injured on Friday as Israeli airstrikes continued to target Gaza. A strike on a house in the Sabra neighbourhood near Gaza City killed two people and injured several others, Al Jazeera Arabic reported. In central Gaza, 15 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a home […]
ANKARA (AA) – Following the fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad regime, families who identified their loved ones in photographs taken by a whistleblower codenamed “Caesar” showing victims tortured to death by the regime hope that legal proceedings will ensure justice for the perpetrators. With the collapse of the tyrannical Ba’ath regi...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Fadl Abdulghani, the director of the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR), says the organization has documented over 6,000 regime officers involved in war crimes under Bashar al-Assad’s regime. In an interview, Abdulghani called for the prosecution of all those involved, urging Syria’s new government to swiftly establis...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Director of Israel’s Mossad spy agency David Barnea held talks with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha to discuss a Gaza cease-fire and prisoner swap deal, Israeli media reported. Israeli news portal Walla said Barnea’s visit to Qatar was part of efforts to reach a deal with […]...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken was confronted by a Democratic lawmaker Wednesday while testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the continued flow of weapons to Israel, despite its war crimes in Gaza. Joaquin Castro, a representative from Texas, sharply criticized the “inhumane” actions by...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A group of Palestine supporters repeatedly disrupted Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s testimony Wednesday before a House of Representatives panel on the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan. One protester shouted: “Bloody Blinken” and “Butcher of Gaza” as Blinken began his remarks. A second demonstrator, hold...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army Thursday morning killed at least 37 Palestinians in a series of airstrikes that targeted guards escorting aid trucks as well as homes sheltering displaced people across the war-torn Gaza Strip. A medical source told Anadolu that 15 Palestinians were killed and 30 others injured in two Israeli ...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution Wednesday reaffirming its support for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) and calling on Israel to ensure the agency’s uninterrupted operations. The resolution, stressing the urgent need for humanitarian aid, was adopted with 159 votes in favor, nine against ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A UN peacekeeping force has entered Khiam town in southern Lebanon to verify reports of Israeli troop withdrawal from the area. An engineering battalion from the UN peacekeeping mission UNIFIL moved into Khiam to inspect reports that the Israeli army had withdrawn from the town, the Lebanese state news agency NNA reported...
