In ruined homes, Palestinians recall former Syria leader’s torture

School lessons ended in Syria’s biggest Palestinian refugee camp on October 18, 2012, judging by the date still chalked up on the board more than a decade later.“I am playing football”; “She is eating an apple”; “The boys are flying a kite” are written in English.Outside, the remaining children in the Damascus suburb of Yarmuk […]

Gaza medics struggle to rescue patients after Israel orders hospital evacuated

Military orders evacuation of Kamal Adwan HospitalHospital staff say this is impossible due to lack of ambulancesMediators struggle to secure ceasefireIsrael ordered the closure and evacuation on Sunday of one of the last hospitals still partly functioning in a besieged area on the northern edge of the Gaza Strip, forcing medics to search for a […]

Lebanese Caretaker PM discusses latest developments in South Lebanon with UN official

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati met Sunday with United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert.During the meeting, they discussed the current developments, particularly the situation in the south, and the continued Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement.Mikati also met with UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher, in the presence of UN […]

Dozens of martyrs, wounded in ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza

Dozens of Palestinians, including children and women, were martyred and injured in the ongoing Israeli occupation aggression on the Gaza Strip, which is entering its 443rd day.The Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) reported that eight Palestinians were martyred and others injured as a result of Israeli airstrikes on a school sheltering displaced people in Al-Daraj neighborhood […]