A report by the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) highlighted ongoing violence and discrimination against Christians in Türkiye. The report says Christians face armed attacks, threats, hate speech, and legal obstacles that make their lives unsafe. Recent attacks include shootings at Kurtuluş Protestant Church on New Year’s Eve 2023 and Santa Maria Catholic [...]
Violence has erupted in Aleppo, Syria, between the Syrian army and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes. The Syrian army declared the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods as “closed military zones” and opened humanitarian corridors for civilians to leave before shelling and fighting began. Over [...]
Israeli air strikes hit southern Lebanon on January 6,2026, killing two people, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. Israel said the attacks targeted Hezbollah fighters, one day before an important meeting to review a ceasefire that has been in place for about a year. The Israeli military said it struck two Hezbollah operatives in the village [...]
A mass protest by ultra-Orthodox Jews against military service turned deadly in Jerusalem on January 6,2026, when a bus drove into a large crowd. A 14-year-old boy was crushed and died at the scene after being trapped under the bus. Police detained the driver and said they are investigating what happened. Authorities said the protest [...]
Some Iraqi citizens are symbolically applying for the presidency to challenge the country’s long-standing ethno-sectarian power-sharing system (muhasasa), which allocates top political posts based on sect and party affiliation rather than merit. Critics argue this system fuels corruption, inefficiency, and division.One such candidate, Ahmed Tawfiq, a retired engineer and economist, says his candidacy aims to [...]
Since 28 December, Iran has witnessed a rapidly spreading wave of protests triggered by a sharp devaluation of its currency and worsening economic hardship. Demonstrations have been verified in more than 50 towns and cities, including traditionally pro-government strongholds such as Qom and Mashhad, signaling deep dissatisfaction even among the state’s usual base of support. [...]
The India Economic Forum opened in Amman alongside Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jordan, bringing together leaders from over 20 major Indian companies and Jordanian private-sector firms across key industries such as manufacturing, energy, ICT, healthcare, infrastructure, logistics, and finance. The forum aims to strengthen bilateral trade and investment ties and promote partnerships [...]
GAZA STRIP: According to UN agencies, heavy rainfall over the past week has made the already tough living conditions worse for the hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. UNICEF spokesperson Jonathan Crickx told the BBC that the weather overnight was "horrendous," with rain so heavy that he observed up to 15 [...]
Iraq is facing one of its worst droughts in decades as record-low water levels in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers threaten wheat production and food security. Farmers like Ma’an al-Fatlawi near Najaf are struggling as river water dwindles and groundwater proves too saline for farming. Although Iraq achieved wheat self-sufficiency in recent years, the current [...]
Jordan is experiencing a deepening weather system caused by a cold, moist air mass advancing into the eastern Mediterranean and aligning with a surface low-pressure system. This combination has increased atmospheric instability, resulting in significant temperature drops and the formation of vertically developed thunderclouds capable of producing heavy rain and hail. Rainfall is expected to [...]
