by baharinmesir | Dec 22, 2016 | World news
The largest student union in Britain has officially endorsed the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, in a significant success for Palestine solidarity activists. The University of Manchester’s Student Union Senate voted last Thursday to pass a motion in...
by baharinmesir | Dec 21, 2016 | World news
Outgoing UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon reiterated on Friday that there is no alternative to the two-state solution and ending the Israeli imposed siege on the Gaza Strip, Turkish state-run Anadolu reported. In his last briefing to the UN Security Council as the UN...
by baharinmesir | Dec 20, 2016 | World news
The reconquest of Aleppo is a significant victory for the Syrian regime over the armed opposition which has now been confined to a few pockets in the east of the city. But this victory is drenched in the bitter taste of defeat. An impossible victory This is a civil...
by baharinmesir | Dec 19, 2016 | World news
The Syrian regime and pro-regime forces have detained hundreds of civilians in regime-held areas of Aleppo, a local activist said yesterday. Speaking in a video which she published on Twitter, Lina Shamy claimed that a large number of people came back from the...
by baharinmesir | Dec 18, 2016 | World news
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Green Party-backed campaign changed its strategy to force a statewide recount of Pennsylvania’s Nov. 8 presidential election, won by Republican Donald Trump, and said late Saturday night that it will seek help in the federal courts,...
by baharinmesir | Dec 17, 2016 | World news
Aung San Suu Kyi must step in to prevent the “genocide” of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, Malaysia’s prime minister said Sunday as he mocked the Nobel laureate for her inaction. Addressing a 5,000-strong rally in Kuala Lumpur, Najib Razak said the...
