Middle East
Facebook ‘Blocks Accounts’ of Palestinian Journalists
SOPHIA HYATT
Editors from two Palestinian news publications based in the occupied West Bank say their Facebook accounts were suspended last week and that no reason was...
Regime, Russian Warplanes Strike Aleppo, Killing 86
HALIT SULEYMAN
ALEPPO (AA): Scores of people were killed Friday when Assad regime and Russian warplanes targeted opposition-held parts of Syria’s northwestern city of Aleppo, local...
Israeli Forces Shoot Palestinian Girl, 13 After Refusing Orders to Stop at Checkpoint
QALQILIYA (Ma’an) — Israeli forces shot and injured a 13-year-old Palestinian girl at the Eliyahu checkpoint in eastern Qalqilya near the illegal Israeli settlement...
Hamas Official Discusses Internal Elections, Prisoner Swap Deal in Interview with Ma’an
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Hamas-movement is planning on holding internal elections during the first half of 2017, Hamas official Ahmad Youssef said in an...
Israeli Forces Carry Out Airstrikes On Gaza Strip, Target 3 Alleged Hamas Military Sites
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces carried out several airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip during predawn hours on Thursday after a rocket was launched...