Israeli airstrikes on Monday killed dozens across Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria in a series of deadly attacks. In northern Gaza’s Jabalia, 36 people were killed in one assault, and another 23 were killed in a strike on Almat village, near the Lebanese capital Beirut. Overnight, Israeli forces also bombed Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, killing ...
LONDON (AA) – Finland’s Non-Discrimination Ombudsman has said that the country’s refugee quota plan is discriminatory on religious grounds. The assessment came after the government announced that it will reduce the number of refugees accepted from Muslim-majority countries while increasing the number from Christian countries. According t...
GENEVA (AA) – The United Nations says Lebanon’s densely populated capital Beirut is increasingly being targeted by Israel. Hundreds have been killed, and over a million people have fled their homes throughout the country, with the situation for civilians on the ground in Lebanon, Gaza and Syria worsening every day. “Just last night, Beirut was...
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has said that approximately 250,000 people have crossed from Lebanon into Syria following Israel’s intensified attacks. Filippo Grandi wrote on X that hundreds of thousands of people were left destitute or displaced by Israeli air strikes. He added that local authorities, the Syrian Red Crescent, the...
BEIRUT (AA) – The Israeli army has conducted another airstrike targeting the Masnaa area in eastern Lebanon cutting off the international road linking Lebanon and Syria, according to the Lebanese National News Agency. The attack follows Tel Aviv’s allegations that Hezbollah attempted to “smuggle weapons across the border.” Le...
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least three people have been killed and nine others injured in Israeli airstrikes targeting multiple sites in the Syrian capital, Damascus, according to the Syrian state news agency. “The Israeli enemy launched an aerial assault using warplanes and drones from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights, targeting seve...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Israeli strikes hit central Syria late Sunday, killing at least 14 people and wounding 43 others, as well as causing fires at sites believed to house Iranian forces, according to Syrian state media. Syrian air defenses responded to the attacks, which damaged a highway in the Hama province, with firefighting teams working ...
BERLIN (AA) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has promised new measures to prevent irregular migration but ruled out suspending asylum rights, amid calls from opposition parties for a drastic overhaul of migration policy. “The individual right to asylum will remain in place. This is in our constitution, and nobody can get my support to cha...
CAIRO (AA) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad on Saturday discussed the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza that has persisted for about nine months and the “dangers” posed by the escalating conflict in the region. In a statement, the Egyptian Presidency announced that Sisi received a...
The United Nations marked the 27th International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on Wednesday, highlighting ongoing global concerns, particularly in Palestine and Syria. The Convention Against Torture has been in force since June 26, 1987. The date was designated an international day in 1997 to raise awareness and support for torture vic...
