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Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the Syria-Russia alliance of committing possible war crimes and crimes against humanity by attacking civilians in rebel-held Idlib province and called for sanctions against top military officials. In a [ More … ]
Prisoners at Tora Istiqbal Prison are demanding putting an end to harsh disciplinary measures, according to rights groups Detainees at one of Egypt’s most notorious prisons have gone on hunger strike in protest against ill-treatment, [ More … ]
Lebanon and Israel have started talks to settle a maritime border dispute between them Lebanon and Israel, still technically at war, began unprecedented talks sponsored by the United Nations and the United States on Wednesday [ More … ]
Egyptian writer and Sisi critic Amin El-Mahdi died a few days after he was released from pretrial detention, which raised questions among Egyptian activists on the causes of his death. Amin El-Mahdi was first imprisoned [ More … ]
The three Egyptian dissidents have reportedly shown support for anti-Sisi protests that erupted across rural Egypt in September, according to Kuwaiti newspaper al-Qabas. The three opposition figures were handed over to Egyptian Interpol in line [ More … ]
Turkey is preparing to revise upward its estimate of its natural gas discovery in the Black Sea, Bloomberg reported, citing sources with direct knowledge of the plans. The Bloomberg report says Turkey expects to raise [ More … ]
Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Saad Hariri said he was a possible candidate to head a new government to stem the country’s economic collapse after a massive port explosion. French President Emmanuel Macron last month extracted [ More … ]
Accounts purported to belong to members of Qatar’s royal family and fabricated statements from Amnesty and Human Rights Watch Twitter says it has deleted more than 30 accounts that stoked rumors of a coup in [ More … ]
UN denounces execution of opponents in Egypt [ More … ]
Erdogan in Qatar after official visit to Kuwait [ More … ]
Essam Al-Zamil, who once criticized plans to sell Saudi Arabia’s state-owned Aramco oil company, was reportedly sentenced to 15 years in prison. A leading human rights platform has raised the alarm over the fate of [ More … ]
Egypt’s execution of 23 detainees, 15 of whom were political prisoners, over the weekend has ignited condemnation online. For years, rights groups have lamented Egypt’s judicial system which metes out death sentences in mass trials [ More … ]
Thousands of Israelis have protested across the country for the 15th week in a row, flouting a new law meant to curb anti-government demonstrations during a coronavirus lockdown. The street protests on Saturday and into [ More … ]
Owais al-Rawi was shot in the head as he confronted a police officer who slapped his father during a home raid The Egyptian city of Luxor has turned into a militarized area, with heavily armored [ More … ]
Egyptian security forces have used teargas, batons, birdshot and on at least one occasion live ammunition, and arrested hundreds of protestors and bystanders to disperse rare scattered demonstrations over several days, Amnesty International said yesterday, [ More … ]
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