Palestinian soap gets UNESCO recognition as Israel’s military operation closes in
Ahmad Dwikat, a Palestinian worker, inspects bars of soap stacked to dry before packing them at a soap factory in the West Bank city of…
Category: Middle East
What happened when Syria’s conservative new leaders tried to shut 60 Damascus bars
Kifah Zainie, 34, co-owns and manages Sugar Man, a popular nightspot in Damascus, on March 27. Zainie says he’s uncertain about the future of the…
Iran has rejected direct negotiations with the US in response to Trump’s letter
In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a rally commemorating anniversary of 1979 Islamic Revolution that toppled the…
Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian director beaten by Israeli settlers, is now released
Hamdan Ballal, an Oscar-winning Palestinian co-director of No Other Land, is released from a police station in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba on…
Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers, detained by army
Hamdan Ballal, Palestinian co-director of Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, is detained by the Israeli military from his home in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on…
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 26, including Hamas official
People take part in a protest demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, March…
Trump blames Iran for Houthi attacks on shipping after U.S. strikes in Yemen
Houthi supporters chant slogans and hold pictures of Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the leader of the Houthi movement, during an anti-U.S. and anti-Israel rally in Sanaa,…