November 2020

The UN’s Mideast envoy on Monday said he was “very concerned” by Israel’s decision to advance construction in a Jewish settlement in east Jerusalem that would make it even harder to establish a contiguous Palestinian state. The move…

Various geopolitical issues, in which Turkey has taken active steps in recent years, are quickly developing and on two key fronts, the conflict has given way to reconciliation. In Libya, Tripoli and Benghazi…

What drives the small but often heroic everyday acts of people in their attempts to challenge dehumanization and abuse in violent conflict? PRIO is proud to share the second of a series of three animations and comics from Myanmar, Syria…

On Nov. 13, 1970, a young air force officer from the coastal hills of Syria launched a bloodless coup. It was the latest in a succession of military takeovers since independence from France in 1946, and there was no reason to think it…

During more than half a century in the foreign service, Muallem held posts in Tanzania, Saudi Arabia, Spain and the United Kingdom, among other countries (AFP) Syria's long-time foreign minister, Walid al-Muallem, a…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8f_uLZf8uY&ab_channel=TimesofOman Armenians torch their own homes outside Nagorno-Karabakh Outraged Kalbajar residents set their houses alight and fled to Armenia Saturday on the eve of a deadline…

Abdullah Sabri, Sanaa’s new envoy to Damascus, appointed by Yemen’s Houthi-led National Salvation Government, 11 November 2020 Yemen's Houthi-led National Salvation Government (NSG) has appointed a new ambassador…

Turkish backed militias have turned life in Afrin into one of constant fear of torture, kidnapping, and death. Civilians leave the city of Afrin, Syria, on 14 March 2018 to escape Turkey's military operation…

A Palestinian boy is being a tested for COVID-19 in Gaza City, Gaza on 30 October 2020 The World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday condemned Israel for its violations of health rights in the Palestinian territories and in the…

Israel on Sunday issued a tender for the construction of 1,257 settlement homes in the occupied East Jerusalem, according to local media, Anadolu Agency reports. The Walla news website said the new settlement units will be constructed in…