After Blast, Historic Beirut Risks Collapse
Beirut blast: dozens of historic buildings in Lebanon capital at risk of collapse UNESCO vows to lead global effort to rescue culture and heritage of Beirut as FBI joins inquiry to investigate cause of massive port
Published : 14 August 2020
Yemen: Houthis Kill, Expel Ethiopian Migrants
BEIRUT--Houthi forces in April 2020 forcibly expelled thousands of Ethiopian migrants from northern Yemen using Covid-19 as a pretext, killing dozens and forcing them to the Saudi border, Human Rights Watch said today. Saudi border
Published : 13 August 2020
Beirut: Rage Unites Diverse Neighborhoods
Beirut Blast Hit 3 Disparate Neighborhoods. Now They’re United in Rage. The demands for a change in Lebanon’s leadership are growing louder. BEIRUT—For months, the restaurateurs poured their time and money into a gamble on a new
Published : 09 August 2020
Land Times issue 20
HIC’s Housing and Land Rights Network (HIC-HLRN) welcomes you to its 20th issue of Land Times. This milestone edition emphasizes the role of civil society in identifying and remedying housing and land rights problems in
Published : 08 August 2020
Beirut Blast: $15 bn Damage, 300K Homeless
Beirut explosion left 300,000 homeless, caused up to $15 billion in damage Two days after a massive explosion in Beirut, the death toll held at 135 people with 5,000 wounded, yet the estimate on those made
Published : 06 August 2020
Occupied Kashmir’s Year of Exploding Memories
In Kashmir, a Year of Exploding Memories A year after the state’s special status was revoked, peace remains a distant hope. SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir—Over the past year, life in Indian-administered Kashmir has grown markedly more challenging.
Published : 02 August 2020
Iran: Central Bank on Tehran`s Housing Market
A total of 14,047 homes were sold in the capital during the fourth month of the current fiscal year (June 21-July 21), registering a 30.3% rise compared with the preceding month. They saw a year-on-year
Published : 31 July 2020
Iran: Rent Increases over 25% Banned in Tehran
Tenancy agreements signed as of June 29 may not increase rents by more than 25% in Tehran and 20% rise in other large cities, President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday. “As per the decision made by
Published : 29 July 2020
Battir, Palestine: Settlers Invade Heritage Site
‘I want Battir to go to hell’: Settlers move in on Palestinian World Heritage site Palestinians in the West Bank agricultural village of Battir are encountering armed Israeli settlers trying to push them off their land. Khaled
Published : 29 July 2020
