‘I just sit and hope’: A Sierra Leonean mother’s refugee story | Refugees

‘I just sit and hope’: A Sierra Leonean mother’s refugee story | Refugees

An Al Jazeera series: Leaving two children behind, a pregnant Sierra Leonean mother pins her hopes on crossing to Europe. Tunis, Tunisia — Standing in the drizzle outside the Tunis office of the International Organization for Migration, Saffiatu Mansaray is staring down at her swollen stomach. On the other side…

Why do evangelical Christians support Israel? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Why do evangelical Christians support Israel? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Palestinian human rights activist Jonathan Kuttab explains how Christian Zionism affects US policy in the Middle East. In the evangelical Christian worldview, the 1948 creation of Israel was a fulfilment of Biblical prophecy and the Palestinians are either “non-existent” or “the enemies of God, because they are the enemies of…

India’s navy deploys warships to Arabian Sea after tanker attack | Israel-Palestine conflict News

India’s navy deploys warships to Arabian Sea after tanker attack | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Guided missile destroyers to ‘maintain deterrent presence’ after Israel-linked vessel hit off Indian coast. The Indian Navy has dispatched guided missile destroyers to the Arabian Sea after an attack on an Israel-linked chemical tanker off its coast, the Ministry of Defence said. Three stealth-guided destroyers were deployed “in various areas…

‘We cry for Palestine’: Indonesian homemakers mobilise support for ‘family’ | Israel-Palestine conflict

‘We cry for Palestine’: Indonesian homemakers mobilise support for ‘family’ | Israel-Palestine conflict

Medan, Indonesia – On a cloudy and dull Sunday morning in December, more than a thousand people gathered on the grounds of the Istana Maimoon, a 19th-century palace that is a local landmark in the city of Medan in North Sumatra. Outside the palace, a sea of people dressed predominantly…

US launches strikes on Iraq over drone attack blamed on Iran-backed forces | Conflict News

US launches strikes on Iraq over drone attack blamed on Iran-backed forces | Conflict News

White House says strikes targeted three sites used by Kataeb Hezbollah and other Iran-affiliated groups in Iraq. The United States has launched strikes on Iran-aligned forces in Iraq after a drone attack that wounded three US service members, one of them critically, the White House has announced. US President Joe…

Gaza’s Maghazi refugee camp in ruins after deadly Israeli attack | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Gaza’s Maghazi refugee camp in ruins after deadly Israeli attack | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Residents of Gaza’s Maghazi refugee camp have returned to their neighbourhood to find only blocks of concrete lying where their homes had stood. “These houses are destroyed. Our house was bombed,” Abu Rami Abu al-Ais said on Monday, standing in the debris. “There’s no safe place in the Gaza Strip.”…

What message do Palestinian Christians send by cancelling Christmas? | Israel-Palestine conflict

What message do Palestinian Christians send by cancelling Christmas? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Celebrations are muted in the occupied territories as Israel’s war on Gaza rages. Usually bustling with visitors from around the world this time of year, Bethlehem is empty this Christmas. Festivities are muted in the occupied West Bank as Israel shows no sign of ending its onslaught in Gaza. Israeli…

Israel intensifies Gaza strikes, killing 250 Palestinians in 24 hours | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel intensifies Gaza strikes, killing 250 Palestinians in 24 hours | Israel-Palestine conflict News

More than 100 people have been killed in an Israeli strike on the Maghazi refugee camp with families still trapped in rubble. Israel has intensified its assault on the Gaza Strip, killing more than 100 people at the Maghazi refugee camp, with Palestinian authorities reporting that 250 people have been…

Israel’s Netanyahu heckled inside parliament by families of Hamas captives | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel’s Netanyahu heckled inside parliament by families of Hamas captives | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Prime minister booed when he promises to bring the captives home but adds that ‘more time’ needed. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been heckled and booed by the families of captives held by Hamas in Gaza during an address to parliament. “Now! Now!” the families chanted from the gallery…