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Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has announced its decision not to take part in armed efforts geared towards pushing the militants of the Islamic State out of the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk in a released statement. Although on Thursday Ahmed Read more
U.N Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has met with officials in Baghdad and called for government forces and militias fighting against the Islamic State to stop reported abuses. He told the Iraqi government that “alleged violations or abuses of human rights Read more
Hezbollah has claimed responsibility of the anti-tank missiles that targeted an Israeli military convoy and said that the operation was carried out by a squad from the “fallen martyrs of the Quneitra brigade.” At least two Israeli soldiers were killed Read more
Militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) that are fighting on the Northern Syria border have claimed to have shot down a Jordanian warplane in Raqqa and taken the pilot hostage. Jordan confirmed that one of its Read more
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has cautioned leaders in South Sudan to bring an end to the fighting that has already claimed tens of thousands of lives and displaced almost 2 million people in a year. South Sudan is Africa’s youngest Read more
The death of Palestinian Minister, Ziad Abu Ein, at a protest march has generated international outrage. Around 300 Palestinians were trying to plant olive trees in the village of Turmusayyain, in the West Bank; an area Israel also intends to Read more
The speaker of the Israeli parliament has criticized the international donor conference for Gaza for sidelining Israel and warned that the millions being pumped into the Gaza Strip for reconstruction and rehabilitation will continue to be used by Hamas for Read more
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for “an urgent session” of the UN Security Council because the situation in the Gaza strip has become “intolerable” as the attacks carried out by the Israeli military is categorized as “crimes against humanity.” Read more
The operation to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons will go beyond the June 30 deadline, UN Secretary General Ban ki-moon has announced. The delay is due to the difficulty of safely transporting the remaining 7,2% of the stock left in the Read more
The war in Syria could receive a new twist if mediator Lakhdar Brahimi tenders his resignation as the envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League. He will be briefing the UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon and the Security Read more