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Binnish, Syria – Despite the dangers of dissent, people in northwestern Syria have been taking to the streets in recent weeks to protest an armed group formed out of an al-Qaeda breakaway faction. The protests against Hay’et Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which controls a large portion of Idlib province, began on February 25 in Sarmada, near the Syria-Turkey border. Prompted by the treatment of prisoners by the group’s security arm, the General Security Service (GSS), protesters carry banners calling HTS prisons “slaughterhouses”. Protests with hundreds of participants have now taken place across Idlib. In Binnish, 29-year-old Mohammed Ali Basha spent the…

Former United States president was in February found liable for misrepresenting his net worth by as much as $2bn.Former United States President Donal Trump has posted a $175m bond in his civil fraud case in New York, avoiding asset seizures which could have dealt a serious blow to his finances and reelection hopes. Trump, who is set to face off against US President Joe Biden for the presidency in November, was in February found liable for misrepresenting his net worth by as much as $2bn to secure better terms for loans and insurance. An appeals court last week ordered Trump,…

The Israeli military has withdrawn from its second devastating raid on Gaza’s largest hospital, al-Shifa, leaving it in ruins.Here’s how things stand on Tuesday, April 2, 2024: Fighting and humanitarian crisis The Israeli military withdrew from its second raid on al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest medical facility, on Monday after a two-week siege, leaving it in ruins. Despite the widespread devastation, Israeli forces claimed to have killed and captured dozens of Hamas fighters and described the raid as one of the most successful operations of its war on Gaza. The Israeli military claimed it did not harm civilians sheltering inside the al-Shifa…

Japanese foreign minister makes the announcement after holding talks last week with UNRWA chief.Japan has announced it will lift its pause on funding to the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees. Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa confirmed the resumption of funding to UNRWA with local media after meeting UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini last week. “Japan will lift the moratorium on its financial contributions to UNRWA and provide assistance while ensuring and confirming the appropriateness of Japan’s funds,” Kamikawa told reporters on Tuesday. During their meeting in Tokyo, Kamikawa and Lazzarini discussed ways the UN agency could strengthen its transparency and…

Seven people working with the United States-based NGO World Central Kitchen (WCK) have been killed in the Gaza Strip in what the group’s founder chef said was an Israeli air attack. The NGO, which provides fresh meals in response to conflict and natural disasters, was set up by Michelin-starred chef Jose Andres and his wife Patricia in 2010, and has been supplying food assistance in Gaza, which the United Nations has warned is on the brink of famine. Here is what we know so far about the attack: What happened? WCK said it was “devastated to confirm” that seven members…

US President Joe Biden’s son is scheduled to go on trial for tax evasion in June.Hunter Biden, the son of United States President Joe Biden, has failed in a bid to have tax charges against him dismissed. US District Judge Marc Scarsi on Monday denied eight motions to dismiss the case accusing the younger Biden of scheming to evade $1.4m in taxes. Scarsi said Hunter Biden’s lawyers had provided “virtually no evidence” that his prosecution showed political bias, one of a number of grounds raised for dismissing the case. “Defendant fails to present a reasonable inference, let alone clear evidence,…

Commander Mohammad Reza Zahedi and his deputy Mohammad Hadi Hajriahimi among seven killed, IRGC says.Iran has promised to respond after two commanders from its Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) were among seven people killed in an Israeli air strike that flattened the Iranian consulate in Damascus. Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander in the elite Quds Force of the IRGC and his deputy General Mohammad Hadi Hajriahimi were killed in the attack, the IRGC said in a statement on Monday. Reporters at the scene in Damascus’s Mezzeh district, where the consulate is located, saw smoke rising from rubble,…

Iran has promised a response after its consulate in the Syrian capital Damascus was destroyed in a suspected Israeli missile attack, killing seven people including a top commander and his deputy. Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander in the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and his deputy General Mohammad Hadi Hajriahimi were killed in Monday’s attack, the IRGC said in a statement. Israel has long targeted Iran’s military installations in Syria and those of its proxies but Monday’s attack was the first time it had targeted the embassy compound itself. Here’s what we know:…

Top US and Israeli officials have ‘constructive engagement on Rafah’ during talks previously delayed by Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu.Washington, DC – Israeli officials have agreed to take the United States’s “concerns” about a possible invasion of Rafah in Gaza into consideration after a virtual meeting, the White House has said. It remains unclear whether the talks on Monday will push Israel to delay or cancel its planned assault on the crowded southern Gaza city, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have taken shelter. Officials from both countries had a “constructive engagement on Rafa”, the US White House said in a…

blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, Foreign and Palestinian aid workers with World Central Kitchen were killed in Israeli air attack after delivering food supplies to central Gaza. Source link