Author: Fri, 2020-02-21 01:33 BEIRUT: Authorities are battling to prevent “a social explosion” among Palestinian refugees crammed into camps in Lebanon, a top official has revealed. Fathi Abu Al-Ardat, secretary of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) factions in Lebanon, told Arab … read more
Author: Fri, 2020-02-21 01:26 DARET EZZA, Syria: Mustafa and Ines were helping their parents load the van once again to flee advancing Syrian troops, when bombardment hit the area and sowed panic on the street. The 12-year-old boy flinched and … read more
Fri, 2020-02-21 01:01 Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who succeeded longtime leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika in December, asked in the face of his country’s insistent protest movement for time to implement “radical changes,” in an interview published on Thursday. The interview with … read more
Fri, 2020-02-21 00:57 GENEVA: Anti-headscarf campaigner Shaparak Shajarizadeh once believed in the potential for change in Iran but is now so despondent she is calling for a boycott of Friday’s parliamentary elections in the Islamic republic. Shajarizadeh became a dissident … read more
Author: Fri, 2020-02-21 00:53 CAIRO: An Egyptian ban on performances of a popular form of street music, branded “more dangerous than coronavirus,” has sparked uproar in the country. Singers of mahraganat (Arabic for festivals) have been accused of overstepping moral … read more