A court in Dhaka on Monday sentenced Bangladesh’s fugitive former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death, finding her guilty of crimes against humanity committed during last year’s mass demonstrations against her…
Category: 3. Middle East
-

Palestinian injured by Israeli gunfire near separation wall in occupied East Jerusalem – Middle East Monitor
A Palestinian man was injured by Israeli gunfire on Monday in the town of Al-Ram, north of occupied East Jerusalem, according to medics, Anadolu reports.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society said in a statement that its…
Continue Reading
-

Exiled Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death in absentia | Protests
NewsFeed A Bangladeshi tribunal has sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity. She was found to be the “mastermind and principal architect” of a violent crackdown on protests that killed some 1,400…
Continue Reading
-
Palestinian militant faction says Israel killed a local leader in Gaza
CAIRO (Reuters) -The Palestinian Resistance Committees (PRC), an allied faction of Hamas, said on Monday that one of its local armed leaders was killed by what it described as an Israeli undercover force near Deir Al-Balah city in the central…
Continue Reading
-

Sudanese army captures town in North Kordofan after clashes with paramilitary RSF – Middle East Monitor
The Sudanese army recaptured a town in North Kordofan state from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), local sources told Anadolu on Monday.
The sources said that army forces seized Um Sayala town, 200…
Continue Reading
-

Why many Bosnian genocide scholars remain silent on Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict
This year marks three decades since the end of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in which an estimated 100,000 people lost their lives. The war culminated in the Srebrenica genocide in July 1995, in which the Bosnian Serb forces, led by General…
Continue Reading
-

Netanyahu faces backlash after US-backed statement on Palestinian statehood – Middle East Monitor
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Sunday that his government remains firmly opposed to the establishment of a Palestinian state, issuing the clarification amid intense criticism from far-right…
Continue Reading
-

Israeli army chief warns of rapid shift toward expanded aggression on Gaza – Middle East Monitor
Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said on Sunday that the Israeli army must be prepared to shift swiftly from defensive operations to a large-scale offensive aimed at occupying territory beyond the so-called “Yellow…
Continue Reading
-

Turkey ready to take responsibility in Gaza, urges mechanism to end occupation- Foreign minister – Middle East Monitor
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Saturday that Turkey is prepared to assume responsibility in the Gaza Strip, including the possibility of deploying troops if necessary, Anadolu Agency reported.
Turkey is…
Continue Reading
-

Gaza police seize drugs and weapons in raid on Zeitoun neighbourhood – Middle East Monitor
The Anti-Narcotics Police in the Gaza Strip announced on Sunday that they had seized a significant quantity of narcotics during a raid in the Zeitoun neighbourhood, south of Gaza City, as part of ongoing efforts to…
Continue Reading
