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

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