How Global Conflicts Helped Reignite Syria’s Civil War
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How Global Conflicts Helped Reignite Syria’s Civil War

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Rebels launched sweeping assaults against the forces of President Bashar al-Assad in northwestern Syria, taking control of large portions of territory, including much of the city of Aleppo. Carlotta Gall, a senior correspondent for The New York Times, explains how events beyond Syria’s…

US military strikes ‘Iranian-backed’ fighters in Syria for a second day | Military News

US military strikes ‘Iranian-backed’ fighters in Syria for a second day | Military News

The US military said it carried out strikes against an Iranian-backed armed group in Syria, its second such operation in two days. The United States military has again carried out air strikes in Syria targeting “Iranian-aligned targets” following a recent rocket attack against US forces at a base in Syria’s…

Israel, Haiti top CPJ list of states where journalist murders go unpunished | Freedom of the Press News

Israel, Haiti top CPJ list of states where journalist murders go unpunished | Freedom of the Press News

Committee to Protect Journalists says globally no one is held to account in 80 percent of cases where journalists are targeted. Israel is the world’s second-worst offender after Haiti in letting the murder of journalists go unpunished, according to a new report from the Committee to Protect Journalists. According to…

What does UNRWA do and why has Israel banned it from West Bank, Gaza? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

What does UNRWA do and why has Israel banned it from West Bank, Gaza? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The Israeli Knesset has passed a bill banning UNRWA from operating in Israel and another that will likely scale back aid distribution across war-ravaged Gaza. UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) supports Palestinian refugees in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, including occupied…

UN warns of humanitarian catastrophe in Lebanon amid Israel-Hezbollah war | Israel attacks Lebanon News

UN warns of humanitarian catastrophe in Lebanon amid Israel-Hezbollah war | Israel attacks Lebanon News

UNICEF and WFP call for support for hundreds of thousands displaced by fighting, with women and children bearing the brunt. United Nations agencies have called for an urgent increase in funding to deal with the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Lebanon as the Israeli military continues its offensive against Hezbollah. UNICEF…

Desperate journeys: Syrian refugees fleeing Israel’s assault on Lebanon | Israel attacks Lebanon

Desperate journeys: Syrian refugees fleeing Israel’s assault on Lebanon | Israel attacks Lebanon

Al-Bara, Syria – Musa Baghdadi paid $6,000 for the privilege of exchanging one bombardment for another. “I paid to escape the shelling in Lebanon to reach my village, which is also under bombardment by Assad’s army,” he tells Al Jazeera at his modest, one-storey home in al-Bara, western Idlib. The…

Are the US and Israel creating a ‘new world order’ in the Middle East? | Politics

Are the US and Israel creating a ‘new world order’ in the Middle East? | Politics

The US and Israel are rearranging the Middle East to their liking, argues Matt Duss of the Center for International Policy. The United States and Israel have no intention of calming the situation down in the Middle East, argues Matt Duss, executive vice president at the Center for International Policy…

How has the world changed after a year of genocide in Gaza? | Gaza

How has the world changed after a year of genocide in Gaza? | Gaza

We explore the harrowing impact of Israel’s genocide in Gaza the past year and the world’s response to the ongoing massacre. This month marks the first anniversary of Israel’s genocide in Gaza – a year of profound loss, displacement and suffering. Nearly 42,000 people have been killed and 1.5 million…