Archives for March, 2022

A Russian armoured personnel carrier burns next to an unidentified soldier's body in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second biggest city, following street battles

'Not our war': Gulf states resist pressure to raise oil output

Agence France-Presse

Children play on a swing on the first day of Eid al-Adha, in the opposition-held southern city of Daraa, Syria, Aug. 21, 2018.

Child kidnappings haunt civilians in Syria’s Daraa

Civilians in Syria’s southern province of Daraa are living in constant fear amid increasing cases of kidnappings.

Gaza self-defense classes

Culture

Gaza women study self-defense against domestic violence

Faten al-Naqla, a Gaza-based kung fu instructor, took it upon herself to train women in self-defense amid the rise of women’s deaths at the hands of their husbands.

Ukraine refugees

Palestinians in Ukraine fear another exodus

Palestinians residing in Ukraine, most of whom have taken refuge in the country to escape the Israeli wars, may have to emigrate again due to the Russian invasion.

Palestinian Khader Adnan, who staged a 56-day hunger strike while being detained for a year without charge by Israeli authorities and who Israel says is a member of Islamic Jihad, lies on a bed as he is treated at the Makassed hospital in East Jerusalem, July 15, 2015.

Assassination attempt on Islamic Jihad leader escalates tensions with Palestinian Authority

Islamic Jihad leader in the West Bank Khader Adnan was subjected to an assassination attempt in Nablus, raising speculation about the possible role of the Palestinian Authority’s security forces.

A woman arriving from Odessa looks out from a carriage window at a train station in Lviv, western Ukraine, as she prepares to continue her journey to Slovakia on March 3, 2022.

Ukrainians in Egypt share dreadful moments of Russian invasion

Ukrainians in Egypt are doing what they can to help or support their families back in Ukraine.

iron dagger

Culture

Tutankhamun’s meteorite dagger was likely gift from ancient Anatolia

New chemical analysis of the artifact has narrowed down the source meteorite of the blade, its manufacture and provenance.

People look at exchange rates outside an exchange office, Ankara, Turkey, Feb. 23, 2022.

Turkey’s inflation hits 54.4% as Ukraine crisis threatens fresh blows

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is producing fresh headwinds for Turkey’s economy, including further inflationary pressure and looming blows to the country’s tourism sector, a vital source of hard currency revenues.

The building of the Supreme Judicial Council, Iraq's top court, Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 19, 2022.

Iraqi federal court accused of politicization

Iraq's federal court is under scrutiny for seemingly politically influenced decisions on sensitive cases.

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades (R) and Israeli President Isaac Herzog give a joint press conference during an official visit by the latter, Nicosia, Cyprus, March 2, 2022.

Analysis

Israeli president reassures Cyprus over alliance

Israeli President Isaac Herzog traveled yesterday to Nicosia, trying to reassure his hosts that recent rapprochement with Ankara won’t come at the expense of the Israeli-Cypriot-Greek alliance.

Rina Bassist

By Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

Visitors look at displayed ancient jewelry during its official reopening a day after the Pharaohs' Golden Parade ceremony, National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Cairo, Egypt, April 4, 2021.

Culture

Egyptians abandon gold gifts as prices soar

Egyptians getting married have to cast gold gifts aside because of rising prices, but this appears to be a blessing for imitation gold traders.

Ruins of the Sasson synagogue in Iraq's northern city of Mosul

Heritage of Iraq's last few Jews at risk

Agence France-Presse

Egypt's print media has been in sharp decline as news has moved mostly online and readers tend to stay up-to-date via their smartphones

Cairo's newspaper vendors go silent as sales collapse

Agence France-Presse

US Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) .

Iran accuses Lindsey Graham of calling for assassination of Iranian scientists

The Republican lawmaker told reporters in Jerusalem last month that he would “expect more accidents” to befall Iranian scientists in an apparent reference to alleged Israeli assassinations of the country’s nuclear scientists.

Bahrain airport

Syria’s Cham Wings Airlines begins flights to Bahrain

Cham Wings was sanctioned by the US government for allegedly helping the Syrian government in the civil war.

Adam Lucente

By Adam Lucente

In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Bagheri Kani (R).

Analysis

The Takeaway: Ukraine war looms over Iran nuclear talks, energy markets

More on the Ukraine War from Israel, Russia, Lebanon and Gaza; Nile Dam crisis escalates … all in less than 1,100 words.

Andrew Parasiliti

Elizabeth Hagedorn

Joe Snell

By Andrew Parasiliti , Elizabeth Hagedorn , Joe Snell