Month: January 1970

At least 44 people were killed and more than 200 were wounded in clashes in Egypt on Sunday, the country’s Health Ministry said.

A string of car bombings in predominantly Shiite neighborhoods across Baghdad on Monday killed 37 people, adding to rising concern about sectarian violence.

Jordan executed 15 inmates at dawn Saturday, including 10 who were convicted of terrorism, officials said.

The number of Iraqi refugees fleeing western Mosul shot up to more than 46,000 by Friday, according to Iraq’s Ministry of Migration and Displaced. The number of refugees is expected … Read More

Twelve residents of the war-torn Iraqi city of Mosul were treated for injuries from a suspected chemical attack this week, an official with the International Committee of the Red Cross … Read More

The number of Iraqi civilians fleeing western Mosul since the start of the operation to take it back from ISIS has increased to 57,000. The number shot up by more … Read More

Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — who was in office when the country banned access to Twitter — joined the social media platform Sunday.

Israel has rejected a work permit application for Human Rights Watch’s Israel and Palestine director on the grounds the organization “engaged in politics in the service of Palestinian propaganda.”

A UN-established commission has issued a damning report on human rights violations in Syria’s war-ravaged Aleppo, accusing both sides of war crimes.

Jewish extremists are accused of killing an Israeli girl and a Palestinian boy in unlinked attacks. The deaths have sparked grief, and a wider discourse.