Syria army says shot down Israeli plane, hit another
Author: AFPFri, 2017-03-17ID: 1489743215511253200 SYRIA: The Syrian army said Friday it shot down an Israeli plane and hit a second one as they were carrying out pre-dawn strikes near the famed desert city of Palmyra. “Our air defense engaged them and shot down one warplane over occupied territory, hit another one, and forced the rest to flee,” […]
US claims Syria strike, denies targeting mosque where 46 killed
Author: AFPFri, 2017-03-17ID: 1489742360951189400 SYRIA: The US said it carried out an air strike in Syria against an Al-Qaeda meeting but denied deliberately targeting a mosque where a monitor said on Friday 46 people were killed. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said most of the dead in the Thursday evening raid on Al-Jineh, in the northern […]
UN report on Israeli ‘apartheid’ seen as unprecedented
Author: HANI HAZAIMEHFri, 2017-03-17ID: 1489694267675000000 JEDDAH: A new report by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) sets two landmark precedents on the question of Palestine, a Palestinian rights activist told Arab News. The report, entitled “Israeli Practices Toward the Palestinian People and the Question of Apartheid,” has drawn swift criticism from the UN […]
From Bethlehem to the Big Apple: An Arab American’s historic run for New York City Council
Author: DAOUD KUTTABFri, 2017-03-17ID: 1489694267685000200 AMMAN: It was in a cold and small Israeli prison cell that Khader El-Yateem received his calling. “I was arrested arbitrarily from our home by Israeli soldiers and was being accused of belonging to the communist party,” El-Yateem said in an interview with Arab News. Although a number of his family members […]
Rain hampers Iraqi soldiers’ push on Mosul’s Old City
Author: Reuters, AFPFri, 2017-03-17ID: 1489692045314761100MOSUL: Heavy rain slowed Iraqi government forces battling Daesh on Thursday around Mosul’s Old City, where militants holed up in narrow alleyways and homes resisted with sniper fire, suicide attacks and car bombs.Troops from the federal police and elite Rapid Response units were about 500 meters from Al-Nuri Mosque from where Daesh leader […]
Wednesday’s Damascus blast killed 16 lawyers
Author: The Associated PressFri, 2017-03-17ID: 1489692045274760800DAMASCUS: The head of Syria’s Bar Association said Thursday that 16 lawyers were among the dozens killed in the suicide attack that struck the main judicial building in the capital Damascus on Wednesday.Nizar Skeif said that targeting the Justice Palace aimed to “undermine the Syrians’ morale and stir anarchy and terror.”Skeif said […]
Truce agreed; Libyan ex-PM wounded in Tripoli battle
Author: AFPFri, 2017-03-17ID: 1489692045234760500TRIPOLI: Khalifa Ghweil, Libya’s former prime minister, was wounded in heavy fighting in the capital Tripoli on Wednesday but his injuries are not life threatening, sources close to him said.Militia loyal to the ex-premier exchanged artillery fire with forces of the UN-backed government for several hours before withdrawing from their headquarters in the Guest […]
US won’t participate in UN rights council without reforms
Author: Associated PressFri, 2017-03-17ID: 1489688803164316200NEW YORK: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the US will not continue participating in the Human Rights Council unless the UN rights agency undergoes “considerable reform.”He gave no time frame for reforms to take place, saying in a letter to eight non-governmental organizations obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press (AP) that […]
Gaza father seeks Israeli apology for killing of 3 daughters
Author: Associated PressFri, 2017-03-17ID: 1489688803134315900JERUSALEM: A Palestinian doctor pleaded with Israel on Tuesday to apologize for a 2009 tank shell strike on his Gaza home that killed three of his daughters and a niece in the final days of the first Israel-Hamas war.Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, struggling to compose himself at a news conference, urged “officials who live […]
Haj arrangements finalized for Iranian pilgrims
Author: Arab NewsSat, 2017-03-18ID: 1489756296002439400 RIYADH: Arrangements for Iranians to participate in the upcoming Haj pilgrimage have been completed, according to the Saudi Press Agency. All necessary steps were taken following a recent meeting in Jeddah between Dr. Mohammed Saleh bin Tahir Bentin, Saudi minister of Haj and Umrah, and Hamid Mohammadi, head of Iran’s Haj and […]
