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Deadly Lebanon storm blights Syrian refugees
At least four Syrian refugees have died as a result of the huge storm that is currently sweeping across Lebanon, as more than a million refugees try and survive against the onslaught of snow and rain. A three-month-old baby girl died on Tuesday night after being stuck at the Masnaa border crossing for four days. Three members of a four-person group.. More -
Israel detains 19 Palestinians in West Bank
Israeli army has detained 19 Palestinians in overnight raids across the West Bank, a Palestinian NGO said Tuesday. The Israeli army detained 17 Palestinians from several villages south and north of Hebron city, after raiding their houses and assaulting their families, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said in a statement. The Israeli troops also detained.. More -
Report reaffirms Syria chemical weapons use
Al Jazeera has obtained a leaked copy of a report by a chemical weapons watchdog that offers further evidence about the use of chemical weapons in Syria. The report by a fact-finding mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which deals with investigating the use of chemical weapons, includes eyewitness accounts.. More -
Germany: Muslims rally against anti-Islam groups
Thousands of immigrants and Germans took to the streets Monday to protest against a right-wing populist group and its copycat anti-Islam movements in Germany. Around 8,000 protesters attended a rally in the northwestern city of Cologne to protest the planned march of a recently formed anti-Islam group KOEGIDA, which was inspired by the Dresden-based.. More -
US opposes Israeli freeze on PA tax revenues
It would seem that under a giant complex spending bill passed in December to fund the US budget through the fiscal year 2015, any move to haul Israel before the ICC and impose charges of war crimes would trigger a freeze on US aid to the Palestinians. Psaki suggested that unlike in other foreign aid issues, US Secretary of State John Kerry would not.. More -
Syrians worried over Lebanon's new visa rules
A mixture of confusion and fear have struck the Syrian population currently residing in Lebanon following a recent announcement made by General Security over new visa measures to be implemented today. Huddled together under the pouring rain in a run-down neighborhood in Beirut, a number of Syrians who have been living in Lebanon for several years kept.. More -
Abbas to renew bid for Palestinian statehood
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said that he was discussing with Jordan plans to resubmit to the United Nations Security Council a resolution calling for the establishment of a Palestinian state that failed to win enough votes last week. Palestinian officials hope the UN will be more sympathetic to their resolution, demanding an Israeli withdrawal.. More -
Israel freezes Palestinian tax funds
Israel is delaying the transfer of taxes it collects on behalf of the Palestinians in retaliation for their application to join the Hague-based International Criminal Court, according to Israeli media reports. The online edition of Haaretz daily, citing an unidentified Israeli official, said on Saturday the move involves $127m in VAT and customs duties.. More -
Second refugee ship in a week lands in Italy
Hundreds of Syrian refugees finished disembarking Saturday from the "ghost" freighter Ezadeen in southern Italy as Italian and EU officials pondered how to counter traffickers using ruthless new tactics to dispatch human cargoes to western shores. In all, 360 people including 54 women and 74 minors left the vessel at the port of Corigliano.. More -
Syrians to face visa restrictions for Lebanon
Lebanon is to impose visa restrictions on Syrians for the first time after being overwhelmed by an influx of more than 1.1 million refugees, according to documents published online. The new regulations, posted on the website of the General Security agency, will come into effect on January 5 and lay out new visa categories, including for tourism and.. More -
Syrians fleeing war maimed by landmines
Syrians fleeing the war in their country are at risk of being killed or maimed by landmines placed along parts of Turkey’s border decades ago. A Syrian teenager in the Turkish city of Sanliurfa told Al Jazeera how he lost both his legs and his brother when he and his family headed for the border fence with Turkey, straying into a minefield. "Some.. More -
Palestinian home torched in West Bank
Suspected Israeli settlers have firebombed the home of a Palestinian family in the southern West Bank, causing extensive damage but no casualties, the village mayor and witnesses said. Five children and two adults were in the house in Yatta, south of the city of Hebron, at the time of the attack, overnight on Wenesday, in which several incendiary devices.. More -
Palestinians request membership of ICC
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has signed a document at a meeting in Ramallah requesting membership of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Abbas signed the document on Wednesday, a day after a UN Security Council (UNSC) failed to pass a resolution that had aimed to set a deadline for Israel to end its occupation of territories sought by the.. More -
'Bodies and debris' found in AirAsia search
Indonesian rescuers searching for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people have pulled dozens of bodies and pieces of wreckage from the sea off the coast of Borneo. Indonesia AirAsia's Flight QZ8501, an Airbus A320-200, lost contact with air traffic control early on Sunday during bad weather on a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore. The.. More -
UNSC rejects resolution on Palestinian state
The UN Security Council has rejected a Palestinian resolution calling for peace with Israel within a year and an end to Israel's occupation by 2017. The resolution failed to muster the minimum nine "yes" votes required in the council for adoption. The motion received eight "yes" votes, including from Russia and France, two "no&quo.. More
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