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Authorities in the German capital decided to tear up all contracts with the refugee shelter managing company after emails leaked to the local media showed that its senior employees were cracking sick jokes about refugee children. Building a child guillotine in a Berlin’s refugee center […]

Thousands of Iraqi migrants have become disillusioned by Europe and end up returning to their home country, according to a new report. Facing asylum delays and poor living conditions, they said their idealized expectations have been dwarfed by harsh realities. Trends EU refugee & migrant […]

Israeli soldiers have killed one teenager in clashes with Palestinian youth at the Fawwar refugee camp, West Bank, also leaving dozens wounded. The IDF used live ammunition, tear gas and rubber bullets against the locals who hurled homemade explosives at the Israelis. Today, IOF stormed […]

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned on Tuesday of an unprecedented “humanitarian catastrophe” in Syria’s Aleppo and urged Russia and the United States to quickly reach a deal on a ceasefire in the city and elsewhere in the country. Fighting for […]

Change and Reform bloc MP Ibrahim Kanaan urged on Tuesday the Lebanese leaders to resort to the Constitution and the apt representation while drafting a new electoral law. Kanaan’s comments were made following the bloc’s weekly meeting in Rabieh whereby he noted that the ongoing […]

US Air Force tanker planes sit on the tarmac of Incirlik Airbase in southern Turkey US Air Force tanker planes sit on the tarmac of Incirlik Airbase in southern Turkey (AFP Photo/Tarik Tinazay) Washington (AFP) – Dozens of US nuclear weapons stored at a Turkish […]

Sirte (Libya) (AFP) – Libyan pro-government forces advanced Tuesday against last pockets of resistance by fighters of the Islamic State jihadist group in the coastal city of Sirte. Backed by tanks and mortar fire, pro-government forces seized “District Two” of central Sirte, military officials said. […]

NNA – Egypt’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Sameh Shukri, said that his presence in Lebanon was to press every effort in favor of “reaching a rapprochement among Lebanese sides in line with an understanding to be achieved through political symbols and the constituents of people.” Minister […]

In November 2015, a cartoon in Al-Ahram, an Egyptian state-owned newspaper, depicted an Islamic State ogre with “Made in America” emblazoned on his back. It wasn’t unusual. A look at Middle Eastern news media shows that this idea is startlingly common. Even prominent officials in […]