middle east affairs

by Ahmed Janabi On May 15, 1948, Israel was created. For Israelis it is known as Independence Day; but for Palestinians and Arabs it is al-Nakba, or The Catastrophe. From the late 19th...

The Ruling Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah) says it will hold Israel responsible for any consequences of its decision to establish a buffer zone in northern Gaza.

by Ahmed Janabi UN Security Council Resolution 1559 set up an inquiry commission to investigate former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri's murder after a UN fact-finding mission found that Lebanon's own investigation was...

A joint statement by the Arab Commission for Human Rights in Paris and International Justice Organisation in The Hague has expressed concerns about the unrest in al-Ahwaz town in southwestern Iran.