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

Egypt’s Need for Low-income Housing

In March 2014, before resigning as Egypt’s minister of defense and pursuing his campaign for the presidency, General Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi announced an agreement with the UAE construction firm Arabtec to build a million affordable homes

Winter Storm Brings Misery to Region`s Displaced

BBC News, 7 January 2014   A fierce winter storm has brought freezing temperatures to the Middle East, raising worries about the plight of the millions of refugees there.   Snow has fallen in the mountains around Lebanon`s

Rise and Fall of World’s Poorest Nations

UNITED NATIONS—The  world’s 48 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)—a special category of developing nations created by the General Assembly in 1971, but which the World Bank refused to recognise—have long been described as “poorest of the

Israel Drilling Syrian Golan Oil

Israel is set to drill for oil in occupied Syrian Golan Heights   24 Dec 2014   MEMO/Middle East MOnitor   Israel has approved an exploratory oil drilling programme in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, at a time when the