MENA News Enough evidence to convict Syria’s Assad of war crimes: Prosecutor Yomna Yasser Aug 14, 2017 0 A UN commission probing Syria rights abuses has gathered enough evidence to convict President Bashar al-Assad of…
MENA News U.S.-led coalition strikes kill 29 civilians in Syria: monitor Yomna Yasser Aug 9, 2017 0 Airstrikes by a U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State killed at least 29 civilians including 14 children in 24…
Tech news Google’s firing of memo writer strikes nerve in Silicon Valley Yomna Yasser Aug 9, 2017 0 A Silicon Valley culture war pitting liberal-leaning tech firms against a small conservative cohort took on new…
MENA News Saudi Arabia still sees no role for Assad in Syrian transition Yomna Yasser Aug 7, 2017 0 Saudi Arabia, a main backer of Syrian rebels, said on Sunday it still supported an international agreement on the…
International News Turkey warns new military moves in Syria imminent Yomna Yasser Aug 6, 2017 0 Turkey's president reiterated Saturday that new cross-border operations into Syria are in the works as the country…
MENA News Saudi Arabia says that calls for internationalization of holy sites ‘a declaration… Yomna Yasser Jul 31, 2017 0 Saudi Arabia's foreign minister called what he said was Qatar's demand for an internationalization of the Muslim…
MENA News US-Russian ceasefire deal holding in southwest Syria Yomna Yasser Jul 10, 2017 0 A U.S.-Russian brokered ceasefire for southwest Syria held through the day, a monitor and rebels said on Sunday,…
MENA News Death toll in Yemen rises to 1,500 from cholera: WHO Mennatullah Hamzawy Jul 2, 2017 0 The death toll from a major cholera outbreak in Yemen has risen to 1,500, Nevio Zagaria, the World Health…
MENA News How war brought cholera and polio back to the Middle East Mennatullah Hamzawy Jun 21, 2017 0 As war ruins public health systems in Yemen and Syria, doctors are treating epidemics and diseases they once…
MENA News No Syrian ‘Marshall Plan’ but rather prolonged war: Red Cross Mennatullah Hamzawy Jun 4, 2017 0 Syria is unlikely to see a major "Marshall Plan" for reconstruction as peace remains difficult despite hundreds of…