Global policing body gives Damascus powers to pursue refugees and dissidents living outside the countryInterpol has allowed Syria to rejoin its communications network, a widely criticised decision that gives Damascus new powers to pursue refugees and d…
Israel preparing to resume settlement building in West Bank
Minister says there are plans for 2,000 new housing units for Jewish settlers in Palestinian territoriesIsrael is preparing to resume settlement building in the occupied West Bank after a hiatus of almost a year, the country’s defence minister has said…
‘Parents are dressing up their children to be buried’: Syria’s war on young escalates
Mural artist Hussein Sabbagh, 13, one of 27 children killed in government attacks in north-west Syria in two monthsAmid the rubble of bombed homes in Binnish, a town in north-west Syria, a brightly painted mural stands out. The image shows an intact ho…
Israel supreme court decision expected on Sheikh Jarrah evictions
Verdict due in case that could lead to Palestinians being forcibly displaced to make way for Jewish settlersIsrael’s supreme court is due to make a decision on whether to evict Palestinian families from the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah…