AU Condemns Forum in Occupied Western Sahara

The African Union has issued a strong Declaration condemning the plans of the Swiss organization Crans Montana to hold its Forum in Dakhla, occupied Western Sahara, as “a grave violation of the International Law." Read

Syria: Kobani 80% Destroyed in Battle with Isis

Approximately 80% of Kobani has been destroyed after months of brutal combat between Islamic State (Isis) militants and Kurdish forces supported by coalition air strikes, said the head of the Kobani canton. Isis on Friday conceded

Palestine: Israel plans for 450 new illegal settlement

Plans to build 450 new homes in Israel’s illegal settlements in the Palestinian territory will “inflame tensions” in the Middle East, the United States government has said. US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the move

Armenia-Azerbaijan Land Dispute Escalates

AGDAM, Azerbaijan—Overshadowed by the fighting in Ukraine, another armed conflict in the former Soviet Union—between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh—has escalated with deadly ferocity in recent months, killing dozens of soldiers on

More Israeli Settler Colonies, and Responses

Israel to Build 430 New West Bank Settler Homes: NGO   JERUSALEM—The Israeli government on Friday published tenders to build 430 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank, the head of an NGO that monitors settlement

B’Tselem Confirms Israeli Gaza Home-bombing as “Policy”

Syria: Massive Destruction in Kobani by ISIS

KOBANI, Syrian Kurdistan, Pulverised buildings, heavily armed fighters roaming otherwise deserted rubble-strewn streets: the ferocious battle for Kobani has left the Kurdish border town in Syrian Kurdistan in ruins, according to a team of AFP

Israel Razed 77 Homes This Week

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM—The United Nations has accused Israel of illegally demolishing the homes of 77 Palestinians, mostly children, this week in occupied east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. "In the past three days, 77 Palestinians,

Turkey: Confronting Mine’s Destruction of Black Sea Region

Local villagers in the Black Sea Region of Turkey are locked in a long and bitter battle against a foreign extraction industry that is destroying both the environment and peoples’ livelihoods. The English mining company