Headlines
  • President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has been authorized by the Egyptian parliament to offer military assistance to Saudi Arabia in response to the escalating attacks by the Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen.
  • Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro, defeated by left-wing incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brazil.
  • Asserting that "there will not be an attack today," US President Donald Trump has ruled out taking immediate military action against Iran.
  • Iran says that Washington must now "take the necessary actions to extricate" itself from the "quagmire" that the US has entered as a result of its miscalculations in starting the conflict.
  • Over the past six months, US forces have assisted over 3,000 commercial vessels in crossing the Strait of Hormuz, according to US Central Command (CENTCOM).
  • On Sunday, Qatari mediators visited Tehran in an attempt to ease tensions in the area.
  • Israeli forces have raided Hebron, locked down the whole occupied West Bank, and killed at least eight Palestinians in Gaza.

Tag: Iraq

January 31, 2020

Iraq Garment Factory Fosters Multi-Ethnic Female...

A garment factory in the small town of Bartella – east of Mosul, Iraq – employs some 550 workers; most of whom are women. The town is known by locals as ‘Small Iraq’ because workers from different religions and ethnicities live here. But while a factory of mostly women is a mark of progress, there are still issues

January 29, 2020

Iraqi Protesters Defiant as Clashes Intensify

Since Iraqi Shi’ite Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr withdrew his support for anti-government protests last week, security forces and protesters have been clashing daily across southern Iraq. The clashes are the latest escalation in a spate of protests over poverty, unemployment, corruption and foreign intervention

March 7, 2019

Hanging Gardens of Babylon Recreated for...

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, words that evoke colorful images of lost riches. While debate continues over where the gardens were located, or even if they existed at all, researchers have collated decades of research to produce what they claim is the most stunningly accurate portrayal of what the gardens looked like when they were built, 2½ millennia ago

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