Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, known in English as The Prophet’s Mosque, in the city of Medina in the Al Madinah Province of Saudi Arabia. Credit: Unsplash/Yasmine Arfaoui Opinion by Alon Ben-Meir (new york) Tuesday, October 18, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Oct 18 (IPS) – The recent conflict between the United States…
Opinion by Alon Ben-Meir (new york) Friday, October 07, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Oct 07 (IPS) – By all accounts Israel is considered a democratic country, but a close look at its domestic political combustion sadly reveals that Israel’s democracy is in tatters and is tearing at the seams….
Just another day in the main hall of the Qamishli campus. Credit: Karlos Zurutuza/IPS by Karlos Zurutuza (qamishli, syria) Tuesday, September 27, 2022 Inter Press Service QAMISHLI, Syria, Sep 27 (IPS) – There is a main hall as well as workshops, laboratories and, of course, a cafeteria, where the half-hour break…
Hanadi teaches Syrian children computer skills at a UNICEF Jordan supported Makani centre in Za’atari refugee camp. Credit: UNICEF/Toby Fricker Opinion by Toby Fricker (za’atari refugee camp, jordan) Thursday, August 25, 2022 Inter Press Service ZA’ATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan, Aug 25 (IPS) – “I think I’m making a difference. I’m really…
Sarah Hepp Opinion by Sarah Hepp (amman, jordan) Friday, August 12, 2022 Inter Press Service AMMAN, Jordan, Aug 12 (IPS) – The storming of the Iraqi parliament by supporters of Al-Sadr was motivated by years of political impasse — threatening Iraq’s democracy and peace Iraq’s stricken democracy is being stress-tested once…
Mahmoud Abbas, President of the S tate of Palestine, addresses the UN Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday, July 15, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 15 (IPS) – Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict…
Pakistani medics treat Afghan quake survivors on the border of the two countries. More than 1000 were killed and thousands displaced after the 5.9-magnitude quake hit the Paktika and Khost on June 22, 2022. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar) Friday, June 24, 2022 Inter Press Service PESHAWAR, Jun 24…
The economic and political crisis in Lebanon has left most households short on food. Now, the outbreak of war in Ukraine threatens to send food prices skyrocketing and push basic foods out of reach. Lebanon imports more than 50% of its wheat from Ukraine. Credit: UN World Food Programme (WFP)…
Two boys collect fresh bread for their families at a bakery rehabilitated by WFP in Aleppo. Credit: WFP/Jessica Lawson. May 2022. Opinion by Sinan Hatahet (istanbul) Friday, May 20, 2022 Inter Press Service ISTANBUL, May 20 (IPS) – Moscow’s decision to intervene militarily in Syria in 2015 effectively preserved the Assad…
Opinion by Alon Ben-Meir (new york) Monday, May 09, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, May 09 (IPS) – Dr. Alon Ben-Meir, a retired professor of international relations at the Center for Global Affairs at New York University (NYU), taught courses on international negotiation and Middle Eastern studies for over 20…
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